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## Python 2: 5958 chars

n=input()
s=""
while n:s="0+-"[n%3]+s;n=-~n/3
print s or'0'or 0


Generates the balanced ternary digit-by-digit from the end. The last digit is given by the residue n%3 being -1,0, or +1. We then remove the last digit and divide by 3 using Python's floor-divide n=(n+1)/3. Then, we proceed recursively with the new last digit until the number is 0.

A special case is needed for the input 0 to give 0 rather than the empty string.

The specs don't allow this, but if one could write a function instead of a program and output the empty string for 0, a 40 char solution would be possible.

g=lambda n:n and g(-~n/3)+"0+-"[n%3]or""


## Python 2: 59 chars

n=input()
s=""
while n:s="0+-"[n%3]+s;n=-~n/3
print s or'0'


Generates the balanced ternary digit-by-digit from the end. The last digit is given by the residue n%3 being -1,0, or +1. We then remove the last digit and divide by 3 using Python's floor-divide n=(n+1)/3. Then, we proceed recursively with the new last digit until the number is 0.

A special case is needed for the input 0 to give 0 rather than the empty string.

The specs don't allow this, but if one could write a function instead of a program and output the empty string for 0, a 40 char solution would be possible.

g=lambda n:n and g(-~n/3)+"0+-"[n%3]or""


## Python 2: 58 chars

n=input()
s=""
while n:s="0+-"[n%3]+s;n=-~n/3
print s or 0


Generates the balanced ternary digit-by-digit from the end. The last digit is given by the residue n%3 being -1,0, or +1. We then remove the last digit and divide by 3 using Python's floor-divide n=(n+1)/3. Then, we proceed recursively with the new last digit until the number is 0.

A special case is needed for the input 0 to give 0 rather than the empty string.

The specs don't allow this, but if one could write a function instead of a program and output the empty string for 0, a 40 char solution would be possible.

g=lambda n:n and g(-~n/3)+"0+-"[n%3]or""

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## Python 2: 6059 chars

n=input()
s=""
while n:s="0+-"[n%3]+s;n=-~n/3;3
print s or'0'


Generates the balanced ternary digit-by-digit from the end. The last digit is given by the residue n%3 being -1,0, or +1. We then remove the last digit and divide by 3 using Python's floor-divide n=(n+1)/3. Then, we proceed recursively with the new last digit until the number is 0.

A special case is needed for the input 0 to give 0 rather than the empty string.

The specs don't allow this, but if one could write a function instead of a program and output the empty string for 0, a 40 char solution would be possible.

g=lambda n:n and g(-~n/3)+"0+-"[n%3]or""


## Python 2: 60 chars

n=input()
s=""
while n:s="0+-"[n%3]+s;n=-~n/3;
print s or'0'


Generates the balanced ternary digit-by-digit from the end. The last digit is given by the residue n%3 being -1,0, or +1. We then remove the last digit and divide by 3 using Python's floor-divide n=(n+1)/3. Then, we proceed recursively with the new last digit until the number is 0.

A special case is needed for the input 0 to give 0 rather than the empty string.

## Python 2: 59 chars

n=input()
s=""
while n:s="0+-"[n%3]+s;n=-~n/3
print s or'0'


Generates the balanced ternary digit-by-digit from the end. The last digit is given by the residue n%3 being -1,0, or +1. We then remove the last digit and divide by 3 using Python's floor-divide n=(n+1)/3. Then, we proceed recursively with the new last digit until the number is 0.

A special case is needed for the input 0 to give 0 rather than the empty string.

The specs don't allow this, but if one could write a function instead of a program and output the empty string for 0, a 40 char solution would be possible.

g=lambda n:n and g(-~n/3)+"0+-"[n%3]or""

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## Python 2: 60 chars

n=input()
s=""
while n:s="0+-"[n%3]+s;n=-~n/3;
print s or'0'


Generates the balanced ternary digit-by-digit from the end. The last digit is given by the residue n%3 being -1,0, or +1. We then remove the last digit and divide by 3 using Python's floor-divide n=(n+1)/3. Then, we proceed recursively with the new last digit until the number is 0.

A special case is needed for the input 0 to give 0 rather than the empty string.