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Note: There is not been a vanilla parity test challenge yet (There is a C/C++ one but that disallows the ability to use languages other than C/C++, and other non-vanilla ones are mostly closed too), So I am posting one.

Given a positive integer, output its parity (i.e. if the number is odd or even) in truthy/falsy values. You may choose whether truthy results correspond to odd or even inputs.


Examples

Assuming True/False as even and odd (This is not required, You may use other Truthy/Falsy values for each), responsively:

(Input):(Output)
1:False
2:True
16384:True
99999999:False

Leaderboard

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    \$\begingroup\$ This isn't the first time I've confused mathematical with computational parity... this is a code site after all! \$\endgroup\$
    – Neil
    Mar 21, 2017 at 10:38
  • \$\begingroup\$ Since this is pretty much one of these(1,2,3) questions, it should probably have a snippet to see all the answers. \$\endgroup\$ Mar 21, 2017 at 13:57
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    \$\begingroup\$ @tuskiomi The challenge only asks about positive integers. (0 is considered even but not positive) \$\endgroup\$ Mar 22, 2017 at 2:46
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    \$\begingroup\$ @LucioCrusca Welcome to PPCG! The basic idea of Code Golf is to make a program in the shortest form you can. This challenge is to read an integer (positive,non-zero), and output if it is even or odd. If you are confused with something, please visit The Nineteenth Byte and ask freely. Or if you are confused with the site's policy or rules, go to the Meta. Finally, Thanks for subscribing to our community! \$\endgroup\$ Mar 23, 2017 at 15:09
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    \$\begingroup\$ As @HelkaHomba mentioned, zero is not positive; what is the expected result for input of zero? Or do we not care? \$\endgroup\$
    – Richard
    Mar 26, 2017 at 18:42

261 Answers 261

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0
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Underload, 10 bytes

(0)(1)()^S

Input is in hard-coded in Unary, using ~ in the 3rd bracket. 0 for odd, 1 for even.

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0
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AsciiDots, 16 bytes

.-#?{&}$#
 .-#1/

Outputs 0 if even, and 1 if odd. Basically just a Boolean AND with 1.

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0
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asm2bf, 7 bytes

modr1,2

Yes, it compiles. Takes input in r1, writes output to r1. 1 for odd, 0 for even.

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SystemVerilog, 29 bytes

task t(n);$write(n%2);endtask

Prints 1 for odd numbers and 0 for even numbers.

Testbench:

module m;
  initial begin
    t(1);
    t(2);
    t(16384);
    t(99999999);
  end

  task t(n);$write(n%2);endtask
endmodule

Output (VCS on EDA Playground):

 1         0         0         1
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0
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FEU, 21 bytes

u/x
m/^(xx)+x$/1/x+/0

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0 for even, 1 for odd

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0
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Python 3, 15 bytes

lambda n:n%2==0

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Prints True/False when even/odd respectively.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ ==0 can be <1 \$\endgroup\$
    – Jo King
    Aug 11, 2020 at 7:26
  • \$\begingroup\$ There are two earlier answers that use exactly the same approach but without the (in)equality (printing 1/0 instead of True/False). Does your answer really contribute anything new? \$\endgroup\$
    – Dingus
    Aug 11, 2020 at 9:08
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Dingus Dupe answers are considered OK. From xnor's comment: "Our 'answers' aren't actually answers that are useful to people, but submissions where people show what they accomplished." \$\endgroup\$
    – Bubbler
    Aug 19, 2020 at 1:05
0
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Rockstar, 47 bytes

listen to N
let D be N/2
turn up D
say D is N/2

Try it here (Code will need to be pasted in)

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0
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05AB1E, 1 Byte

É

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   # (implicit) push STDIN to stack
É  # push 1 if top of stack is odd, 0 if even
   # (implicit) output top of stack to STDOUT
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0
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Duocentehexaquinquagesimal, 6 bytes

5Q¬$††

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0
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Python 3, 16 bytes

x=lambda n:n%2<1

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Do you need the <1? Since %2 returns 0 if even and an integer > 0 if not, that should be allowed since it follows the truthiness conventions of Python 3, albeit inverted \$\endgroup\$
    – emirps
    May 2, 2023 at 18:49
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INTERCAL, 39 bytes

Domain is ZERO or OH to FOUR TWO NINE FOUR NINE SIX SEVEN TWO NINE FIVE. _ (zero) for even and I (one) for odd. Also works in CLC-INTERCAL.

DOWRITEIN:1DO:1<-':1~#1'PLEASEREADOUT:1

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0
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INTERCAL (C-INTERCAL), 229 bytes

This version accepts any integers, in decimal (e.g. -156); requires to be terminated with EOF.

Outputs _ for even and I for odd.

DO,1<-#1DOCOMEFROM#3DOWRITEIN,1(1)DO.1<-,1SUB#1DO.2<-.4DO(1000)NEXTDO.4<-.3PLEASE.3<-!3~#15'$!3~#240'DO.3<-!3~#15'$!3~#240'DO.2<-!3~#15'$!3~#240'PLEASE.1<-.5DO(1010)NEXT(3)DO.5<-.2PLEASECOMEFROM.1~#256DO.2<-.2~#128PLEASEREADOUT.2

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How it works

  • First part is taken from 229 bytes of cat program but without READing out character.
  • In ASCII 0 is 48, 1 is 49, ... 9 is 57.
  • But C-INTERCAL reverses bit order, so 0 is 0x0c, 1 is 0x8c, ... 9 is 0x9c.
  • If bit at 0x80 is 1, then it's odd digit.
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LOLCODE, 151 bytes

HAI 1.2
I HAS A N
GIMMEH N
N IS NOW A NUMBAR
I HAS A V ITZ QUOSHUNT OF N AN 2
VISIBLE MAEK BOTH SAEM DIFF OF V AN MAEK V A NUMBR AN 0.5 A NUMBR
KTHXBYE

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  • \$\begingroup\$ bruh u can just use the MOD OF operator: Try it online! \$\endgroup\$
    – naffetS
    May 4, 2022 at 2:44
0
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Python REPL, 14 bytes

int(input())%2

Where 0 (falsy) is even, and 1 (truthy) is odd.

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Headascii, 20 13 bytes

{UN()}:R--O<E

Try it here! Code will have to be copied and executed like this:

erun("{UN()}:R--O<E","input here")

Outputs two differing error messages. For odd inputs:

error 0:12 E [ 1, 0, 0, 1 ] (1)
'Error: E index out of range'

For even inputs:

error 0:12 E [ 1, 0, 0, 1 ] (2)
'Error: E index out of range'

Explanation:

{UN()}:R--O<E  Full program (Block 0)

{    }         Loop, which
 U             Discard(s) input byte(s)
  N() :        Until there is no input
  N(           (and stores 1 in the comparison register)
       R       Recall the last byte
        --O    Subtract 2 and save
           <   If this number is less than the comparison register (1)
                 Return the number in the comparison register (1)
               Else
                 Return 0
            E  Go to the code block corresponding to this number.
               If it is block 0, the program loops to the beginning
               with the saved byte as "input"
               If it is block 1, the program will exit with an error,
               as there is no block 1 in this program. The error message
               will include register state information, including the
               currently recall-able byte. In this state of the program,
               odd inputs will have reached 1, and even inputs will have
               reached 2.

I still think this is further golfable, but I'm proud of this clever little -7

Old solution (20 bytes):

{UN)}:R--O(<)[E:+()?

Try it here! Code will have to be copied and executed like this:

erun("{UN)}:R--O(<)[E:+()?","input here")

Prints a Headascii debug message if odd, and nothing if even.

Explanation:

{UN)}:R--O(<)[E:+()?  Full program

{   }                 Loop which
 U                    Discard(s) input byte(s)
  N) :                Until there is no more input
      R               Recall the last byte (as a number)
       --O            Subtract 2 and save
          (<)         If the number is greater than or equal to 0
             [E         Return to start of program, with saved number as input
               :      Else
                +()     If the number is -1
                   ?      Print a debug message

Repeatedly subtracts 2 from the last digit until it is -1 or -2. There might be a way to shave off a byte or two by switching the conditions / thens / elses around a bit. Just want to submit for now

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BotEngine, 3x9=27 (27 bytes)

v  02468
>IRSSSSST
  F<<<<<

Outputs TRUE for odd and FALSE for even.

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GolFunc, 9 bytes

.O..%.JN2

Outputs 1 for odd inputs and 0 for even inputs. (there will soon be an interpreter, but this works for now)

Explanation:

     .JN  # take input as a number
  ..%   2 # mod 2
.O        # and then output.
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minigolf, 6 bytes

0i,0=_

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Explanation

0      0, Initial output: 0 _
i,     0, Repeat input times: _
  0=   0, Logical not (is it equal to 0?) _
_      0, End repeat _

0, Implicit output TOS _
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Desmoslang, 10 Bytes

\mod(I,2OT

0 means even, 1 means odd.

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sed, 20 bytes

s/^(!!)*$/T/
s/!+/F/

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Input is in Unary, using exclamation marks.

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Javascript <= ES5, 28 bytes

function i(n){return n%2==1}

If returning 1 or 0 is allowed, than (27 bytes):

function i(n){return n%2&1}
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  • \$\begingroup\$ The second one is invalid JS, but the first is ok. \$\endgroup\$
    – Riker
    Apr 17, 2017 at 21:40
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Riker fixed... \$\endgroup\$
    – user68281
    Apr 17, 2017 at 21:43
  • \$\begingroup\$ 1 or 0 is okay, yes. Also, you might be able to make this an anonymous function or lambda to save some bytes. \$\endgroup\$
    – Riker
    Apr 17, 2017 at 21:52
  • \$\begingroup\$ You don't need the &1 at all, since -1 and 1 are both "truthy" and returning -1, 1, and 0 is allowed since it passes the "truthiness" test, i.e., they're valid values to place in an if() statement and be evaluated as you would expect. \$\endgroup\$ May 17, 2017 at 4:43
  • \$\begingroup\$ function(n){return n%2}, 22 bytes \$\endgroup\$
    – Joao-3
    Mar 26, 2023 at 13:27
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