With people using such cryptic languages as Jelly, where is the line? can I write my own compiler that solves the problem in a more wordy language when I type the number '0'? I can see that this is immoral and ruins the point of code golf, but how do you decide which languages are legal and which...
Inspired by this little game.
Challenge
Given as input the initial position of a grid (always 5x5), like this:
-ABCD
-A---
---C-
---BD
--E-E
You need to connect the letters (same letters all together), and no one empty - space. The letters will be always A,B,C,D and E.
The input can be read...
In the standard loopholes post here,
There's an answer that says:
Using a made-up language specifically designed for the challenge
link
and another titled
Using built-in functions to do the work
link
Writing a language titled "MyTotallyMultipurposeLang" that only has a builtin "99b" that a...
> I'm rarely truly impressed by codegolf answers written in for instance Java, because Java is so verbose and I can't help thinking that the person have chosen wrong language for the job.
@Vihan Oh yeah, I have an account there. It's never been a particularly active community. Since homebrewing became its own separate site, there was barely anything left to talk about.
Reverse Engineering
cops-and-robbers reverse-engineering code-golf
Cops
You must write a program or function in as few bytes that takes in an integer or a set of integers, performs a defined task on them (for example, finds the prime factorisation), and gives an integer or a set of integers as...
I remember reading somewhere on the SE network that scientific equations were best coded using the symbols from the equation rather than full words like density or velocity (for variable names). Does anyone know where I might find that?
Lua, 30 Bytes
print(arg[1]*os.date"%m.%d%y")
Multiply the first command-line argument by the current date in format mm.ddyy, which is actually 03.1416.
Lua, 350 Bytes
I think there's two way to golf it down further :
I could make use of macro.define to replace some of the commons expressions (can't test right now, and not sure it would make me gain some bytes)
Use split on the dot instead of iterating on the whole string. Once again, I'm not ...
(For a comparison with a non-trivial problem that has no votes ^^)
Is there a good way of finding the positions of all the array elements that obey a condition in CJam? Like # but returning an array of the matches instead of the first match
Htrae is a planet with an abnormally strong gravity. In Htrae, the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light. Suppose a civilization like humans (call them snamuhs) evolves, with the unique ability to withstand Htrae's abnormal gravity. If the snamuhs have the ability to become as techno...
> I hesitate to call it a black hole outright, though I suspect in a strict technical sense it actually is a black hole outright, because of its relatively small mass; black holes tend to be of far greater mass than planets.
I agree with that point, but a black hole can be something of any mass, ass long as it is dense enough, with that said, anything which isn't dense enough isn't a black hole
@MichaelKjörling: You are correct that you usually need large mass in order to create a black hole, but the question assumes that the black hole already exists. There is no question about whether a planet with superluminal escape velocity would be a black hole since "superluminal escape velocity" is basically a three word definition of "black hole". — Dietrich Eppyesterday
Gravity increases as you move closer to the surface of a celestial body, so not only can you not escape once you cross the event horizon, but you cannot move towards the event horizon, either. The energy gradient is infinite, so any upward motion would require infinite energy. The existence of objects, actually, within an event horizon is a bit of a grey area in physics, but you definitely couldn't have humanoid beings living within the event horizon of a black hole. — ckersch16 hours ago
@zyabin101theHated I've been wanting to ask for a while: What's the point in ignoring a user who never says anything, if all that it does is mute what that user says?
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Repdigit Base Finding
code-golf base-conversion
Meta: Anything missing? Anything unclear?
A repdigit is a natural number that can be written solely by repeating the same digit. For example, 777 is a repdigit, since it's solely composed of the digit 7 repeated three times.
This isn't limited t...
@Dennis I chose x > 10 just to get numbers that have at least two digits in decimal. No real reason beyond that. I see what you mean with the repeating digits wording. I'll edit that.
@TimmyD I'd prefer 0 as the only fallback value, instead of any falsy value. Some languages can't even return falsy values and ints with the same function.
@Zgarb I was considering that, but I wanted to leave open the possibility of empty string as an output (e.g., if the algorithm simply doesn't return anything), since that could be golfier in some languages.
@Katenkyo Reminds me of a particular jump in "I Wanna be the Boshy" -- the developer tried it once and succeeded and then moved on. Turns out it's a pixel-perfect double jump that is actually incredibly difficult and the dev was just really lucky.
I'm pretty used to see frame/pixel-perfect actions, and sometimes to perform them in the context of speedruns, but couldn't expect someone to do that on the first try x)
True enough, but this is just a regular jump, not one that's particular to an optimized route. Like, normal players who are just playing through the game would also need to complete this pixel-perfect jump.
I know, but even in normal game, to get to the hidden treasure, it's sometimes intended ^^. But that's the first time I've heard of an unintended one ^^
(The first thing that comes to my mind are dev time on Towerfall Ascension)
I have not laughed as much from StackExchange content as I have from this. I think you all will enjoy this challenge, as it is inspired by what is over there.
You will write a function or program that is code-golf, i.e. it would have to be as short as you can make it.
Given a text, return (both...
@AquaTart I tend to waffle back and forth between VOY and DS9 as the best series. But, after further review, it's VOY. Sure, some of the episodes may be goofy (Let's have them de-evolve because they go past Warp 10!), but every series has those. VOY by far has the best camaraderie between cast and the best character development.
TNG has some of the best episodes, without a doubt. Inner Light is just amazing, and it's my favorite of the entire universe of Trek. TNG also has good episodes with subtext and implications, like Sins of the Father, but the series as a whole is just not as strong.
Inspired by this little game.
Challenge
Given as input the initial position of a grid (always 5x5), like this:
-ABCD
-A---
---C-
---BD
--E-E
You need to connect the letters (same letters all together), and no one empty - space. The letters will be always A,B,C,D and E.
The input can be read...
In the standard loopholes post here,
There's an answer that says:
Using a made-up language specifically designed for the challenge
link
and another titled
Using built-in functions to do the work
link
Writing a language titled "MyTotallyMultipurposeLang" that only has a builtin "99b" that a...
I looked at someone's profile and it said Unregistered User. What does that mean?
Reverse Engineering
cops-and-robbers reverse-engineering code-golf
Cops
You must write a program or function in as few bytes that takes in an integer or a set of integers, performs a defined task on them (for example, finds the prime factorisation), and gives an integer or a set of integers as...
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Repdigit Base Finding
code-golf base-conversion
Meta: Anything missing? Anything unclear?
A repdigit is a natural number that can be written solely by repeating the same digit. For example, 777 is a repdigit, since it's solely composed of the digit 7 repeated three times.
This isn't limited t...
I have not laughed as much from StackExchange content as I have from this. I think you all will enjoy this challenge, as it is inspired by what is over there.
You will write a function or program that is code-golf, i.e. it would have to be as short as you can make it.
Given a text, return (both...
