Golfing language design question: When converting an array to a string via an instruction (i.e. S), is it best to include brackets around arrays, or quotes around strings, or both, or neither?
@Okx That is a very good idea. Of course I already have a join command, but one that takes the next char as separator saves a byte if you know what the separator is
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Solution of the equation at 5 decimals e.g. if the solution is 1.000026, your solution should at least give 1.00003
Sources:
https://twitter.com/ShareDVI/status/818071665993203714
https://twitter.com/qntm/status/839630424125095936
https://twitter.com/bydorian/statu...
Input:
None
Output:
Solution of the equation at 5 decimals e.g. if the solution is 1.000026, your solution should at least give 1.00003
Sources:
https://twitter.com/ShareDVI/status/818071665993203714
https://twitter.com/qntm/status/839630424125095936
https://twitter.com/bydorian/statu...
Calling the fruits a, b, and c, and assuming b = c, Wolfram|Alpha says that there's a solution for every non-zero value of a
So I'd assume that without b = c, there's infinite solutions for every non-zero value of a
@ATaco Anyway... So the default way of printing the array is separated by newlines, but you also have a function that pretty-prints it, and a join-by-whatever function?
@ASCII-only But the OP seems to have a sketchy understanding of the problem and what they want from the challenge. Do they just want the solution to that picture or are they really trying to make it into a challenge?
In retrospect I have no idea why I chose q for Crayon's print command instead of p or similar
I'll think about whether the default separator should be a newline or the empty string. It'll make a large difference for saving a byte or two when drawing ASCII-art, after all
@Okx The encoding is set up currently to work with UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, or whatever else uses the ASCII charset for bytes 00-7E. That's why I only have 127 available bytes
I have thought about using a dedicated 256-byte charset though, and I haven't reached a definite conclusion, but the plan is to just use the first 128 bytes for now
@ConorO'Brien To do with the writing code one, can I think of the fastest code and also the shortest code for something on... say... codegolf.stackexchange.com
> you cannot move or harm items held, carried, or worn by a creature stuck in normal time, but you can affect any item that is not in another creature’s possession.
for #3, you can think of a task, and that task will be written in a language of your choice, assuming it is possible. (E.g. no file reading in vanilla BF)
For a story I'm writing, I needed to convert 101⅐ (101 + 1/7 if that doesn’t show up for you) into base 47.
Expressing an integer in some base brings back memories of first learning how to program back in the days of 8-bit systems; it’s a fairly easy exercise. Doing a floating-point format is a...
anybody have any experience writing a binary file?
I'm wanting to serialize some data. However, there are a couple of restrictions: 1. Binary not text (File size matters) 2. Can be readable/writable in any language (so no built-in serializers) 3. Can be extended (My data includes lists and dictionaries of other objects)
so, with my built-in serializer, how do you deal with an arbitrary amount of data?
@NathanMerrill I would say choose two high code points such as 254 & 255, as most executables don't have that high code points. Use that to delimit data, replacing existing 255s with 254 255, and 254s with 254 254
or you could always store length of the header
e.g. d<NULL><header> would be for a header of 100 bytes (d is code point 100)
@DestructibleWatermelon my name is [redacted] riker w., where riker is my middle name (pls no jokes about [redacted]). I was wondering whether I could put "Riker" as my given nam
> In western cultures, people normally retain the same given name throughout their lives. However, in some cases these names may be changed by petitioning a court of law.
My name is A but I go by B. The relation of A and B is like that of William and Bill, although non-obvious because the name comes from a non-English-language environment. A is formal and used for all official stuff (e.g. Passport, certificates of all sorts, state business) but I never would use i...
Input:
None
Output:
Solution of the equation at 5 decimals e.g. if the solution is 1.000026, your solution should at least give 1.00003
Sources:
https://twitter.com/ShareDVI/status/818071665993203714
https://twitter.com/qntm/status/839630424125095936
https://twitter.com/bydorian/statu...
05AB1E, 1 byte
4
Yep, 4 is the solution to the equation. What did you expect?
For a story I'm writing, I needed to convert 101⅐ (101 + 1/7 if that doesn’t show up for you) into base 47.
Expressing an integer in some base brings back memories of first learning how to program back in the days of 8-bit systems; it’s a fairly easy exercise. Doing a floating-point format is a...
