Users with 3,500 rep (or 15,000 if when we get a site-design) can protect challenges. This makes it so that users who have not earned 10 rep on the site can not answer.
As a user with this privilege, I have no idea when it would be appropriate to use. This is because the idea of "protecting ques...
Cheddar, 50 45 42 37 bytes
25|>0=>i->print" "*(i/2|0)+(65+i)@"90
Straightforward, but utilizes cheddar's consise ranging syntax (both numerical and alphabetical)
Try it online!
Explanation
25 |> 0 => // Map range [0, 26) (i.e. [25, 0] reversed) over....
i ->
print // Prints i...
Ruby, 182 bytes
->{o=?O.ord;o/=o;t=o+o;"O00O000OO00O0OOO0OO00OO0OO00OO0OOOO0O00000O0O0OOOOO0OOOOOOO00O0OO0OO00OO00O000O0000O".tr(?O,o.to_s).chars.each_slice(t+t+t+o).map{|i|i.join.to_i(t).chr}.join}
Lambda function, returns desired value.
I don't think we should generally disallow solutions written in non-programming languages:
They are only an issue for a minor subset of challenges (mainly kolmogorov-complexity or quine challenges).
Challenge authors can already exclude such solutions, if they don't want them. Individual voter...
We're asking the wrong question
We're having the XY problem. The question is really, "What formats should we allow in answers?" For this purpose, I think that markup languages and limited output languages should be treated the same as programming languages.
Having fewer features puts a language...
Create a program that:
Takes a file name as a command line argument
Using that file as an input file, display the following menu of options and respond to the user's choices:
1-Print data
2-Print Largest row
3-Print Largest column
4-Print Sum
5-Print Average
6-Change value
7-Save Copy of grid
We should allow algorithm-only answers.
We currently accept code that is impossible to verify. Furthermore, we rarely actually run the code to verify anyways. Hence, the fact that it is impossible to test should be taken into consideration by the OP, but it should not prevent the OP from askin...
HamSort a list of strings
Given a list of strings, sort them in a manner such that the Hamming distance between each is minimal.
The Hamming distance between two strings of equal length is the number of positions where the corresponding characters do not match. For example, the Hamming distance...
I came across this question recently and I am unable to interpret the expected output for this question. The problem statement goes like this -
Doomsday Fuel
Making fuel for the LAMBCHOP's reactor core is a tricky process because of the exotic matter involved. It starts as raw ore, then durin...
n-dimensional circles!
Write a program that takes two numbers as it's input. The first one is the number of dimensions - 0 for a dot, 1 for a straight line, 2 for a circle, 3 for a sphere. The second number is the radius of the object, or, if it's 1-dimensional, the number itself. Output 0 for 0...
Derive the Units
code-golf
Challenge
Given a list of base units, a list of equations and a target, you must derive the units of the target using only the base units.
Derived Units
From Wikipedia:
The International System of Units (SI) specifies a set of seven base units from which all ot...
