Questions tagged [c#]
This challenge is related to the C# language. Note that challenges that require the answers to be in a specific language are generally discouraged.
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Help golfing this solution further
We are doing a PCG challenge at work, and I'm submitting answers in C#. This is a modification of the "M'Kay" challenge. My solution has been deemed correct by the requirements, I'm just trying to ...
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Write a semi-compact FizzBuzz that can scale handle to "unlimited" if cases [closed]
I saw Tom Scott's video on FizzBuzz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPZ0pIK_wsc
so I felt to write my own more "complex" version,this is what I came up with, its very flexibly and easy to scale, and ...
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Four In A Row: AI Tournament [duplicate]
Four-In-A-Row AI Tournament
Today, we will be playing a Four-In-A-Row tournament. However, it is not us humans playing... instead, we must have our computers battle instead! This challenge is ...
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C# First 1 (right to left) in binary number
I am trying to use C# to find the index of the first 1 (right to left) in the binary representation of a number. For example, since 100 in binary is:
0b1100100
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Create another empty string in .NET? [closed]
I apologize if this isn't fit for this site but it is a puzzle, not all that practical, so I thought it would fit.
Take this code:
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C# is the Main problem
This programming puzzle is inspired by another question which has been asked here yesterday but which was deleted by the author...
The challenge:
Create an executable binary (Windows .EXE or Linux ...
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Make a better score than my students! [closed]
For the last day of the semester, I decided to have some fun with my students and I showed them Code Golf... poor guys, they're addicted now.
The goal was to compete against the other students to ...
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A little bool magic
Challenge
Given the following C# method:
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C# program containing `? null :` that is still valid without `null` [closed]
I found an old post on Jon Skeet's blog that pointed out a puzzle from a tweet by Vladimir Reshetnikov:
C# quiz: write a valid C# program containing a sequence of three tokens ...
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Convert a string representation of a number to int[] in C#
What is the shortest C# statement that will convert a string representation of a number to an int[] that contains each digit?
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Leibniz golf in C#
I'm starting with golf code. But im only do C# so I know wont be a breaking record, but I want give it a try. Leibniz
Challenge is here
The first line contains the number of test cases (N) which is ...
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Make the function comparing two variables with different value print True [closed]
Without changing the actual function, call it in such a way that it prints "True"
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Throwing uncatchable ExecutionEngineException
The shortest C# code that generates an uncatchable ExecutionEngineException wins. You are not allowed to call FailFast directly or indirectly.
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reach catch when everything in the try block is caught already
This is limited to Java and C# by the syntax I guess.
In this programming puzzle, you are to produce Exceptions that can be caught but are thrown again at the end ...
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Can you cancel the stackoverflow exception in the following code? [closed]
The following code will produce a run-time error, stackoverflow exception.
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Code Injection works in C# too!
Given the following C# program outputting False, inject a 'malicious' line of code such that the program outputs True.
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Inherit from class with inaccessible abstract members and all constructors inaccessible
The class System.Globalization.EastAsianLunisolarCalendar of the mscorlib.dll assembly is non-nested ...
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Flip the commented-out code [closed]
This puzzle works for any programming language that has the same // single-line and /* ... */ multi-line comments that C++, C# ...
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When is a giraffe not a giraffe? [closed]
I hope this kind of "riddle" is ontopic in Programming Puzzles & Code Golf.
Give an example of a situation where the C# method below returns false:
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Write 'hello world' to standard output without using certain common words - C# only [duplicate]
The challenge is to write the string hello world to your processes standard output, using as few characters of code as possible.
The following restrictions apply:
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Write the implementation to pass this test
Given the following test, implement an addOne function in C# so it passes, without any modification to the test. TIP: Yes, it is possible.
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Storing a DNS name as compactly as possible in memory (preferably in C#) [closed]
What is the most compact way to encode/save DNS names in memory?
For example, storing "www.google.com" as a string in .NET will result in the object being encoded as UTF-16, and it will consume twice ...
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Shortest Hello World program with no semi colons
I recently saw some questions on SO that asked if you could make a Hello World program without using any semi colons using C#. The challenge is to do this again, but in the shortest amount of code ...
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Tips for code-golfing in C#
What general tips do you have for golfing in C#? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to C# (e.g. "remove comments" is not an ...