how would you guys solve a sliding block puzzle (where bricks of different shapes are in a fixed area, and you have to move a specified block to a specific position)?
Because % and * are the same precedence, with 1%n*" %s\n"%(n/2*4*"_") when n is 1 we try to format an empty string and get a TypeError and with " %s\n"%(n/2*4*"_")*1%n we modulo a string by an int
Simple question: if I answer a code golf with a function (for a task which is supposed to terminate), does the function actually have to be reusable? Or could it, say, modify some globals which break the function when called again?
Functions may output by modifying their arguments or writing to out arguments
heh... I've been waiting for a downvote on the Retina answers since yesterday... now I got a downvote... on my Mathematica SUDSI answer o.O ... that's surprising.
Is there a guideline on how different 2 answers should be? I have a 45 byte solution in Pyth for the SUDSI sequence. But it's more or less a golfed version of Pietu1998's 51 byte solution. Well I save 5 bytes using golfing tricks, and 1 byte by using a simple observation regarding the sequence.
Some people have been linking to off-site resources for counting the length of an answer (mostly https://mothereff.in/byte-counter). Some people also pointed out that it only counts in UTF-8.
Well, I was bored so I created a snippet. It counts in UTF-8 if you paste in code, and counts in pure bi...
Children Sum Game
code-golf
When I was a kid I liked to play a sum game with my cousin (I don't know if there's a name for the game).
The first player choose a number between 1 to 9, then by turns players go summing a number between 1 to 9 to the result until one is able to reach 100.
So, the...
actually, looks like there was less discussion than I remember (chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/18467032#18467032) ... but I remember that I noticed that after a day all vote counts were reduced by 2 or 3, so that was suspicious ;)
Help the President!
Tags: code-golf
There is an anonymous president of a country who needs your help! He wants to retain absolute control, but needs to have elections to prevent uprisings. They ask you to create a program to help them gerrymander.
These are the specifications:
Input
(You wil...
Simple question: if I answer a code golf with a function (for a task which is supposed to terminate), does the function actually have to be reusable? Or could it, say, modify some globals which break the function when called again?
Children Sum Game
code-golf
When I was a kid I liked to play a sum game with my cousin (I don't know if there's a name for the game).
The first player choose a number between 1 to 9, then by turns players go summing a number between 1 to 9 to the result until one is able to reach 100.
So, the...
Help the President!
Tags: code-golf
There is an anonymous president of a country who needs your help! He wants to retain absolute control, but needs to have elections to prevent uprisings. They ask you to create a program to help them gerrymander.
These are the specifications:
Input
(You wil...
