« first day (3361 days earlier)      last day (1485 days later) » 

12:15 AM
@RedwolfPrograms wait why is the word any linked?
Also, what happens if my program becomes a right-angled triangle during execution?
E.g. I submit an equilateral triangle but it turns into a right triangle after 3 cycles.
 
 
2 hours later…
1:54 AM
3
A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

petStormSum in 2540 Sums code-golf pristine-programming code-shuffleboard This is my attempt to pair code-shuffleboard with code-golf. You need to write a program that sums all codepoints of the input string. Rules The input will always be in printable ASCII. The sum of the codepoints of your source...

Any feedback for this?
 
 
1 hour later…
3:11 AM
Currently, there's a positively voted answer stating that it's never okay to edit to add an explanation. I've tried to argue it can be [here](codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/18813/87594, but was not well received. I've just doubled-down and made it more specific and less controversial here (it's this one I'm actually asking for feedback on!). Please let me know your thoughts and why you agree/disagree.
I'm finding the current pre-natal consensus terribly disheartening!
 
@Lyxal It would have to start out as a right triangle
 
What are your thoughts on whether one should be able to edit in explanations for languages like 05AB1E, APL, Jelly, CJam, Pyth Golfscript, etc. Redwolf?
@petStorm Creative meta-challenge :) Curious as to the significance of 2540! Feel like I should know it but I can't come up with anything... or is it just a lucky number?
 
 
1 hour later…
4:33 AM
0
A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

newbieAuto BrainFuck Golfer brainfuck metagolf test-battery Inspired by Auto BATCH golfer, thanks! You might have seen tons of question like this. These questions just want you to write a short program to output some quotes. One day, you think you're fed up with this and decided to write an automatic...

 
5:10 AM
0
A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

dingledooperRot1Rot3 code-golfstring Write a program or function such that given a string \$ S \$, encode it with Rot1Rot3. To encode it, do the following: Take \$ S\$ and partition it into blocks with \$ 3 \$ characters each. If it does not partition equally (i.e. \$ |S| \bmod 3 \neq 0 \$), take away som...

 
5:24 AM
@AviF.S. sure, adding an obvious explanation of what each symbol means wouldn't cause top much harm, but you never know if the author of an answer is writing up a more thorough explanation.
I know I've posted a barebones answer before writing a lengthy explanation several times.
But I wouldn't downvote your answer
However, adding an explanation for short answers (e.g. <= 5 bytes, or extremely trivial) seems pointless
 
 
1 hour later…
6:41 AM
@AviF.S. 2540 is 127 * 20. I don't expect such a trivial question to have an answer completely consisting of tildes of over length of 20.
Next username. Stop. Hammer Time
29
Q: Unrestricted Languages

Ad Hoc Garf HunterOne of my favorite types of challenges on this site are restricted-source challenges. These challenges impose a computer tractable restriction that the sources of potential answers must pass. I like these challenges so much I have been working on a golfing language designed to win at these chal...

I'm going to improve upon Width. Anyone interested at it?
Sort an integer list. "Set theory", 3 bytes: A∪A
Hello world. "Set theory", 15 bytes: "Hello, World!"
Prime checker.. "Set theory", 14 bytes: |+#(1..A)÷A|=2, # is single-instruction reduce.
Ohh, this isn't really set theory anyway.
km!S2= m!W2=
Firstly though, let's jot down the neccecary instructions.
More natural primalty checker. {X|X∈N,1<X<A,A÷X}
Let's translate it to postfix notation.
Sort, it's simply AA∪
Prime checker, it's X|XN∈,1X<A<,AX÷
How do I specify implicit input though?
There's implicit input for every single clause. |N∈,1>>,÷
Maybe there should be a "between" operator though...
|NE,1@,:
Golf it down. Let's make the initial clause the source. The body should be started with |.
NE,1@,:
Turn it to prefix and make all operators readable. ∈N,>>1,÷
So sort is since it already employs the source.
"Hello, World!"
 
7:27 AM
@petStorm I think you should use a mathematical function f(A)=... to define something that takes input.
 
Is it possible to do a bracket matcher in the Set Theory?
Otherwise I can't fullfill the requirement to solve the challenges.
 
0
Q: Counting shortest paths on a triangular grid

BubblerBackground An Eisenstein integer is a complex number of the form \$ z = a + b\omega \$ where \$a, b\$ are integers and \$\omega\$ is the third root of unity \$\frac{1-\sqrt3i}{2}\$. The Eisenstein integers can be viewed as the triangular lattice points, as shown in the image below (from Wikipedi...

 
Ahh, I see!
A bracket matcher basically means: Find a subset of the input that does not conain any of the matching brackets.
Output is either an empty set or a set with something inside.
 
7:49 AM
0
Q: Symmetrical difference

petStormSurprised that we don't have a symmetrical difference challenge yet. Given two lists only containing positive integers, return all items among these two lists that aren't contained in both of the lists. Rules From the set definition: A set is a collection of definite distinct items. So ...

 
8:26 AM
0
Q: Produce an image based on an elementary cellular automata ruleset

DionWhat is elementary cellular automata? Since I'm not sure I'll be able to explain this so that somebody who has never heard of this is able to understand, I'm giving an explanation from https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ElementaryCellularAutomaton Elementary cellular automata have two possible va...

 
 
4 hours later…
12:46 PM
hi all
 
12:57 PM
Hi!
 
@NewMainPosts In memory?
 
1:39 PM
1
Q: Compactify the input

Command MasterGiven a word, your task is to compact it by saving its first character and removing any other vowel (aeiou). Input Your input can be the word in STDIN, a function argument or any other input format that doesn't break the standard loopholes. You can assume the input only consists of lower chara...

1
Q: Find acronym-like words in a sentence

chxSay, you have a sentence like this is a very long sentence with several words of no significance It contains the 26 lowercase letters of the alphabet and spaces And you have a dictionary, each words contains any number of the 26 lowercase letters and nothing else: henge renton then the out...

 
1:55 PM
@NewMainPosts Simple, but nonetheless fun.
 
2:29 PM
-4
A: When it is and is not acceptable to edit someone else's post

Avi F. S.It is OK to Add an Explanation Above there's already a contradicting answer. Originally, I was posting this as a comment. Decided to submit my own answer and let the community decide: While there are subtleties that may be missed, I feel strongly that some explanation is better than no explanat...

Getting a lot of downvotes! makes me think of a person having fun on a beach.
 
3:02 PM
@AviF.S. I think editing in explanations should be allowed, doesn't seem like it could really harm the original poster in any way
 
3:38 PM
22
A: Things to avoid when writing challenges

MegoPointless links Links pointing to relevant information that aid in understanding the challenge are good. Links that point to information that is common knowledge or irrelevant to the challenge are not. They distract the reader, and can lead to dozens of tabs being opened at once. If a challenge...

 
4:30 PM
Rip
 
 
1 hour later…
5:42 PM
0
Q: Algo to match different trades and calculate profit

NickpickWhile I'm looking to implement this with python pandas ideally, this is more of an algorithm issue, and I wonder if some of you have some suggestions. The problem is as follows: A table contains purchases and sales of products by date, item, quantity (+ for purchases and - for sales) and price. ...

 

« first day (3361 days earlier)      last day (1485 days later) »