The challenge is to implement a function or program that takes two numbers, \$x\$ and \$y\$ and return the result of \$x^y\$.
The program cannot use any other mathematical operation other than \$+\$ or \$-\$, so no multiplication or division. Functions built into languages are also not allowed....
Write shortest possible code that will return true if the two given integer values are equal or their sum or difference is 5.
Example test cases:
4 1 => True
10 10 => True
1 6 => True
-256 -251 => True
The shortest I could come up with in python2 is 56 characters long:
x=input();y=input();pr...
Given a 2D map of the border between Astan and Blandia, make the Blands pay (with land) for a border trench.
For example, with Alandian cells are marked A, Blanian cells are marked B and trench cells are marked + (the map frames are only for clarity):
┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐
│AAAAAAAAAA│ │AAA...
UTF-8 is a relatively simple way to encode Unicode codepoints in a variable-width format such that it doesn't easily confuse code that isn't Unicode aware.
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#thanosdidnothingwrong
Even if you are happy about Thanos "humanitarian" actions with the famous snap, there is a trully sad point , the infinity gauntlet is basically destroyed.
The Gaunlet "works" with a 50/50 chance to destroy a random ammount of characters from right to left of a "line of yo...
A reversible cellular automaton is a cellular automaton in which every configuration has a unique predecessor. That is, it is a regular grid of cells, each containing a state drawn from a finite set of states, with a rule for updating all cells simultaneously based on the states of their neighbors, such that the previous state of any cell before an update can be determined uniquely from the updated states of all the cells. The time-reversed dynamics of a reversible cellular automaton can always be described by another cellular automaton rule, possibly on a much larger neighborhood.
Several methods...
The president of Blandia, recognizing how expensive the trench will be between his country and that of Astan and that the Astanians will be able to swoop in and snatched up the land that ends up being nothing but trench for themselves (represented by !):
[
"AAAAAAAAAA",
"A!AAAAAA!A",
"A+++...
