Here's a nice easy challenge:
Given a string that represents a number in an unknown base, determine the lowest possible base that number might be in. The string will only contain 0-9, a-z. If you like, you may choose to take uppercase letters instead of lowercase, but please specify this. You...
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I asked random.org for 128 random integers between 0 and 232 - 1. Since the random number generator was so eager to give the first 64 numbers first, they're obviously more random than the other 64.
Write a full program or function that returns a truthy result when one of the following 64 integer...
Cheddar, 34 bytes
@.bytes.map(n->n>60?n-54:n-47).max
Try it online (NOTE: Cheddar on TIO will assume input as a number if input is all numeric. I reccomend installing cheddar npm install -g cheddar-lang and running it from there to test more)
Requires uppercase letters
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Jelly, 15410 bytes
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Python, 25 bytes
lambda x:int(max(x),36)+1
Defines a lambda that takes the string x. Finds the largest digit in the string (sorted with letters above digits, by python's default), and converts to base 36. Adds 1, because 8 is not in base 8.
Stump The Golfing Languages
This is the seed of an idea. I'm unclear on the details that might make it work.
I want people to submit answers in the form of a program in a "normal" language (defined how?), such that reproducing its functionality in a golfing language isn't much smaller. That is,...
What number is this in the lowest possible base?
The challenge "What base is this number in" has an obvious extension:
Given a string that represents a number in an unknown base, determine the lowest possible base that number might be in, and taking the number in that base, output its base-1...
