Charlie, Oscar, Delta, Echo

Question

A big part of radio communication is the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, which encodes letters as words to make them easier to understand over comms. Your job, if you wish to accept it, is to print them one by one.

You must print this exact string to stdout:

A: Alfa
B: Bravo
C: Charlie
D: Delta
E: Echo
F: Foxtrot
G: Golf
H: Hotel
I: India
J: Juliet
K: Kilo
L: Lima
M: Mike
N: November
O: Oscar
P: Papa
Q: Quebec
R: Romeo
S: Sierra
T: Tango
U: Uniform
V: Victor
W: Whiskey
X: Xray
Y: Yankee
Z: Zulu

Rules:

• Your program takes no input
• Standard loopholes are Disallowed.
• If there are any builtins in your language that turn letters to their NATO equivelants, you may not use them (I'm looking at you Mathematica).
• You may have trailing spaces and one trailing newline.

Answer 1

Python 2, 189 186 bytes

i=65
for w in"lfa ravo harlie elta cho oxtrot olf otel ndia uliet ilo ima ike ovember scar apa uebec omeo ierra ango niform ictor hiskey ray ankee ulu".split():print'%c: %c'%(i,i)+w;i+=1

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Previous: (this was cool, but I realised the simpler version could be made shorter by a byte)

w=''
i=65
for c in"lfAravOharliEeltAchOoxtroTolFoteLndiAulieTilOimAikEovembeRscaRapAuebeComeOierrAangOniforMictoRhiskeYraYankeEulU":
 w+=c.lower()
 if'_'>c:print'%c: %c'%(i,i)+w;w='';i+=1

Answer 2

Jelly, 76 bytes

“ṭṡl°ẠkWßġȮRẎ+wḋñȥạġ¢ƊḌ¬kạẠ¦WṡỊƒK⁹ç}⁶hm}Kñ£ɦ/lṇẊɠƓ}pƤ°⁸Ụ.g⁹Ġh9ṁ{f»ḲØAżj€⁾: Y

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How?

Pretty much just dictionary values and compression. The code between “ and » is just a compressed value that will form the string "Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu" by looking up all the words (with single space prefixes, except for "Alfa") in Jelly's dictionary (except for " Xray" which is not in the dictionary, so the direct string value " X" and the dictionary entry "ray" are used instead).

The rest of the code does the rest:

“...»ḲØAżj€⁾: Y - Main link: no arguments
“...»           - the string described above (really a list of characters)
     Ḳ          - split at spaces
      ØA        - alphabet yield - ['A','B','C', ...,'X','Y','Z']
        ż       - zip - makes a list of lists [['A'],['A','l','f','a']],[['B'],['B','r','a','v','o']], ...]
         j€     - join each with
           ⁾:   - the string ": "
              Y - join with line feeds
                - implicit print

Answer 3

Retina, 156 bytes

Byte count assumes ISO 8859-1 encoding.

AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu
[A-Z]
¶$&: $&
G`.

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Answer 4

05AB1E, 102 98 bytes

Saved 4 bytes thanks to Erik the Outgolfer

”AlfaІvo¼¯¤œ®È¨›trotŠˆƒ‹Š™ÈŸt Kilo´àma—……ÍЗŽêpa¼°«Äoµ†Çâgo¸šÉµ Whiskey Xrayµ‹nkeeâ¸lu”#vy¬„: «ì,

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Explanation

Uses dictionary compression for the words in 05AB1E's dictionary.
Uses partial dictionary compression whenever possible for other words.
Plain-text words where neither is possible.

#          # split on spaces
 v         # for each word
  y        # push the word
   ¬       # get the first letter of the word
    „:     # push the string ": "
       «   # append this to the letter
        ì  # prepend the result to the word
         , # print with newline

Answer 5

Ruby, 169 characters

(Heavily based on Jonathan Allan's Python 2 solution. If you like the idea, please upvote the original answer.)

i=?@
"LfaRavoHarlieEltaChoOxtrotOlfOtelNdiaUlietIloImaIkeOvemberScarApaUebecOmeoIerraAngoNiformIctorHiskeyRayAnkeeUlu".scan(/.[a-z]+/){|w|puts i.succ!+": "+i+w.downcase}

Sample run:

bash-4.3$ ruby -e 'i=?@;"LfaRavoHarlieEltaChoOxtrotOlfOtelNdiaUlietIloImaIkeOvemberScarApaUebecOmeoIerraAngoNiformIctorHiskeyRayAnkeeUlu".scan(/.[a-z]+/){|w|puts i.succ!+": "+i+w.downcase}' | head
A: Alfa
B: Bravo
C: Charlie
D: Delta
E: Echo
F: Foxtrot
G: Golf
H: Hotel
I: India
J: Juliet

Answer 6

Java 7, 242 225 222 217 bytes

void d(){char c=65;for(String s:"lpha ravo harlie elta cho oxtrot olf otel ndia uliet ilo ima ike ovember scar apa uebec omeo ierra ango niform ictor hiskey ray ankee ulu".split(" "))System.out.println(c+": "+c+++s);}

Explanation:

void d(){                          // Method
  char c = 65;                     //  Starting character 'A'
  for(String s : "lpha ravo harlie elta cho oxtrot olf otel ndia uliet ilo ima ike ovember scar apa uebec omeo ierra ango niform ictor hiskey ray ankee ulu"
      .split(" "))                 //  Loop over the word-parts
    System.out.println(            //   Print line with:
      c                            //    The current character
      + ": "                       //    + ": "
      + c++ + s                    //    + the current character + word-part (and raise the character afterwards)
    );                             //   End of print line
                                   //  End of loop (implicit / single-line body)
}                                  // End of method

Test code:

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class M{
  static void d(){char c=65;for(String s:"lpha ravo harlie elta cho oxtrot olf otel ndia uliet ilo ima ike ovember scar apa uebec omeo ierra ango niform ictor hiskey ray ankee ulu".split(" "))System.out.println(c+": "+c+++s);}

  public static void main(String[] a){
    d();
  }
}

Answer 7

Octave, 215 210 209 bytes

Saved 5 bytes thanks to Luis Mendo. I saved 4 bytes thanks to Luis Mendo, but changing the approach help me save one more

fprintf('%s: %s%s\n',[k=num2cell(65:90);k;regexp('lfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu','[A-Z]','split')]{:})

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If I got rid of the spaces, I'd save 25 bytes, but then I'd have to use a regex. The regex itself would cost quite a few bytes, and it would also remove the capital letter of all words, leaving me with the words lfa, ravo etc. I would therefore have to concatenate the new strings with the leading characters. All this costs bytes.

Old explanation:

fprintf('%s: %s\n',      % Print a string with the format "str: str\n"
num2cell(65:90)          % Create a cell array with the numbers 65 - 90, one in each cell
strsplit('Alfa ...       % Split the string on the default delimiter: space
[num2cell();strsplit()]  % Concatenate cell arrays, leaving us with
                         % {'A',    'B'
                         %  'Alfa', 'Bravo'}
[...]{:}                 % Convert the cell array to a comma-delimited vector
                         % 'A', 'Alfa', 'B', 'Bravo' ...

Answer 8

PHP, 202 227 196 187 bytes

Thanks to Dewi Morgan for saving 9 bytes

echo preg_replace('/([A-Z])[a-z]+/',"$1: $0\n",AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu);

https://repl.it/GMkH/1

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Older versions

Thanks to manatwork and insertusernamehere for saving 31 bytes!

foreach(preg_split('/\B(?=[A-Z])/',AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu)as$k)echo"$k[0]: $k\n";

https://eval.in/749541

Thanks to insertusernamehere for noticing the output was wrong with the previous version.

$a=preg_split('/(?=[A-Z])/',AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu,-1,PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);foreach($a as $k)echo "$k[0]: $k\n";

https://repl.it/GKS8/3

$a=preg_split('/(?=[A-Z])/',AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu);foreach($a as $k)echo"$k[0]: $k\n";

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Answer 9

Brachylog, 178 bytes

"Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu"ṇ₁{hw": "w?ẉ}ᵐ

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Explanation

"…"ṇ₁               Split the string on spaces
     {         }ᵐ   Map on each word:
      hw              Write the first letter
        ": "w         Write ": "
             ?ẉ       Write the word followed by a new line

Answer 10

PHP, 188 186 180 174 bytes

no trailing spaces, one leading newline

<?=preg_filter("#[A-Z]#","
$0: $0",AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu);

simply replaces all uppercase letters in the compressed string with
<newline><letter><colon><space><letter>

Answer 11

Python 2, 186 182 bytes

print''.join('\n%s: '%c*('['>c)+c for c in'AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu')

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Answer 12

C (MinGW, Clang), 218 bytes

Thanks to @gastropner!

i;f(){char s[]="lfa:ravo:harlie:elta:cho:oxtrot:olf:otel:ndia:uliet:ilo:ima:ike:ovember:scar:apa:uebec:omeo:ierra:ango:niform:ictor:hiskey:ray:ankee:ulu";for(i=64;++i<91;)printf("%c: %c%s\n",i,i,strtok(i^65?0:s,":"));}

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C, 259 236 bytes

i;f(){char*s="lfa\0ravo\0harlie\0elta\0cho\0oxtrot\0olf\0otel\0ndia\0uliet\0ilo\0ima\0ike\0ovember\0scar\0apa\0uebec\0omeo\0ierra\0ango\0niform\0ictor\0hiskey\0ray\0ankee\0ulu";for(i=64;++i<91;s+=strlen(s)+1)printf("%c: %c%s\n",i,i,s);}

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Answer 13

Gema, 168 characters

\A=@subst{?<J>=\?: \$0\\n;AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu}@end

Sample run:

bash-4.3$ gema '\A=@subst{?<J>=\?: \$0\\n;AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu}@end' | head
A: Alfa
B: Bravo
C: Charlie
D: Delta
E: Echo
F: Foxtrot
G: Golf
H: Hotel
I: India
J: Juliet

Answer 14

x86 Assembly, 512 bytes

Compiled with NASM and tested with QEMU. To boot you need to put a 2 byte boot signature at the end of the bootsector (510 bytes into the file) so I lost 317 bytes filling the compiled code with zeros. This is my first golf so I have to apologize for any gigantic errors.

[org 7c00h]     ;So NASM can change the labels into memory locations correctly.

cld             ;Tells lodsb to look forward in memory

mov bh, 65      ;Moves the ASCII value of A into the BH register
mov si, NATO    ;Moves the first byte of NATO into the si register
call print      ;Call the 'print' subroutine

jmp $            ;Loops forever

print:
    mov ah, 0eh ;Moves the hex value 0E into the AH register. Tells interrupt 10h that we want subfucntion 0E
    lodsb       ;Load a byte of SI into AL and increments a register (DL i think) that tells it the offset to look at

    cmp al, 3   ;Compares the AL register that now has a byte from our string to ASCII value 3 (Enf Of Text)
    je R        ;If AL == 3 then jump to R

    cmp al, 0   ;Comapre AL to ASCII 0 (NULL)
    je newWord  ;If AL == 0 hump to newWord
    int 10h     ;Execute interrupt 10h Subfunction 0Eh (stored in AH register) which prints character value in AL
    jmp print   ;Jump to print

newWord:
    mov al, 10  ;Move ASCII 10 (New Line) into AL
    int 10h     ;Print character

    mov al, 13  ;Move ASCII 13 (Carriage Return) into AL
    int 10h     ;Print character

    mov al, bh  ;Move BH (which has our starting letter) into AL
    int 10h     ;Print Character

    mov al, 58  ;Move ASCII 58 (:) into AL
    int 10h     ;Print Character

    mov al, 32  ;Move ASCII 32 (Space) into AL
    int 10h     ;Print Character

    mov al, bh  ;Move BH into AL
    int 10h     ;Print Character

    inc bh      ;Increments BH by one (BH++)
    jmp print   ;Jump to print

R:
    ret         ;Returns from a subroutine

;Below defines bytes (db) of our string to print. I used 0 as word seperators and 3 to end the string.
NATO: db 0,"lfa",0,"ravo",0,"harlie",0,"elta",0,"cho",0,"oxtrot",0,"olf",0,"otel",0,"ndia",0,"uliet",0,"ilo",0,"ima",0,"ike",0,"ovember",0,"scar",0,"apa",0,"uebec",0,"omeo",0,"ierra",0,"ango",0,"niform",0,"ictor",0,"hiskey",0,"ray",0,"ankee",0,"ulu",3

times 0200h - 2 - ($ - $$) db 0 ;Zerofill the file with upto 510 bytes (This is where all my bytes are)
dw 0AA55H   ;Write the bootsignature

Output

This is what the above code outputs. As you can see A: Alfa is missing and that is because the prompt is 25 lines tall...

To prove I printed A: Alfa I replaced 0,"ulu" with 32,"Z: Zulu" so that Zulu is one on the same line as Yankee.

I would appreciate it if someone told me if I would be able to subtract the 317 bytes of zerofill from my code so it would be 195 bytes. Also if this is even valid because the output won't fit on the screen.

Answer 15

Bash, 224 205 188 180 bytes

Thanks to Digital Trauma for removing 17 bytes, and manatwork for 8 bytes.

set {A..Z}
for i in lfa ravo harlie elta cho oxtrot olf otel ndia uliet ilo ima ike ovember scar apa uebec omeo ierra ango niform ictor hiskey ray ankee ulu;{ echo $1: $1$i;shift;}

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Answer 16

Python 2, 198 bytes

for x in'Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu'.split():print x[0]+': '+x

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Not exciting or clever. Just loops through the list and prints the first letter then ': ' then the whole word.

Answer 17

PHP, 184 bytes 179 bytes 178

<?=preg_filter('/(.)[a-z]+/',"$1: $0
",AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu);

saved a single byte by using preg_filter instead of preg_replace.

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Original answer 184 bytes 179 bytes

for($c=A;$s=[lfa,ravo,harlie,elta,cho,oxtrot,olf,otel,ndia,uliet,ilo,ima,ike,ovember,scar,apa,uebec,omeo,ierra,ango,niform,ictor,hiskey,ray,ankee,ulu][+$i++];$c++)echo"$c: $c$s
";

uses the fact that its sorted to generate the first char on the fly.

5 bytes saved by @Titus.

Answer 18

SOGL, 91 bytes

╗D↕«∙φā¡75↔TI.½!γΜΧ…¡%<F┼0h╔κy|▓@TņV≈%⁹cr_σy░mgļΕžΕ⅝ »τ{M╔|«▼↔»aΓ²⁹┘′⅓G…└g↔bFΞ‽‘θ{KUtƧ: ooo

Explanation:

...‘θ{KUtƧ: ooo  that gibberish is a compressed string                 
...‘             push the compressed string of the words
    θ            split on spaces
     {           for each
      K          pop the 1st letter off & push it
       U         uppercase it
        t        output in newline a copy of the letter
         Ƨ: o    append ": "
             o   append the alphabet letter
              o  append the rest of the word

Answer 19

GNU sed, 165 bytes

This script is based on the Retina answer by Martin Ender.

s/$/AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu/
s/[A-Z]/\n&: &/g
s/.//

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Explanation:

s/$/AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu/
   # generate the alphabet words in concatenated form
s/[A-Z]/\n&: &/g
   # prepend '\nUL: ' before each upper-case letter (UL), getting the needed format
s/.//
   # delete the leading newline, plus implicit printing at the end

Answer 20

Bash, 184 bytes

printf '%c: %s
' {Alfa,Bravo,Charlie,Delta,Echo,Foxtrot,Golf,Hotel,India,Juliet,Kilo,Lima,Mike,November,Oscar,Papa,Quebec,Romeo,Sierra,Tango,Uniform,Victor,Whiskey,Xray,Yankee,Zulu}{,}

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Answer 21

Lua, 278 260 bytes

Thanks again to Manatwork for saving 18 bytes!

function f(w)print(w.sub(w,0,1)..": "..w)end
f"Alfa"f"Bravo"f"Charlie"f"Delta"f"Echo"f"Foxtrot"f"Golf"f"Hotel"f"India"f"Juliet"f"Kilo"f"Lima"f"Mike"f"November"f"Oscar"f"Papa"f"Quebec"f"Romeo"f"Sierra"f"Tango"f"Uniform"f"Victor"f"Whiskey"f"Xray"f"Yankee"f"Zulu"

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Older versions

a={"Alfa","Bravo","Charlie","Delta","Echo","Foxtrot","Golf","Hotel","India","Juliet","Kilo","Lima","Mike","November","Oscar","Papa","Quebec","Romeo","Sierra","Tango","Uniform","Victor","Whiskey","Xray","Yankee","Zulu"}
for i=1,26 do print(a[i].sub(a[i],0,1) .. ": " .. a[i]) end

https://repl.it/GK8J

First time doing Lua, do probably can golf more, but thought I'd add it as an answer anyways.

Answer 22

Lua, 177 bytes

print(("AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu"):gsub('%u',"\n%1: %1"):sub(2))

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Without trailing newline, 180 bytes:

io.write(("AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu"):gsub('%u',"\n%1: %1"):sub(2))

Explanation

str = "AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu"
str = str:gsub('%u',"\n%1: %1") -- returns "\nA: Alfa...". %u matches uppercase letters, %1 returns matched letter in this case.
str = str:sub(2) -- remove added newline in the beginning
print(str) -- native print command

It uses Lua's string.gsub substitution function to pattern match the uppercase letters. The letters are then replaced with the requested format (plus the letters themselves). Newlines are also added on the same pass.

The sub-function at the end just trims out newline from the beginning and also works nicely to hide the second return value of gsub, which would have been the amount of replacements.

Answer 23

PowerShell, 187 185 bytes

0..25|%{($a=[char]($_+65))+": $a"+(-split'lfa ravo harlie elta cho oxtrot olf otel ndia uliet ilo ima ike ovember scar apa uebec omeo ierra ango niform ictor hiskey ray ankee ulu')[$_]}

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Loops from 0 to 25, each iteration forming $a of the corresponding capital char. Then string-concatenated with : $a (i.e., the colon-space-letter). Then that string is string-concatenated with an string that's formed by indexing into an array created by -splitting the phonetic string on spaces. Each of those 26 strings is left on the pipeline, and an implicit Write-Output happens at program completion, inserting a newline between elements.

Saved two bytes thanks to @Matt.

Answer 24

C, 216 215 212 bytes

i=64,l;f(){for(char*s="lfAravOharliEeltAchOoxtroTolFoteLndiAulieTilOimAikEovembeRscaRapAuebeComeOierrAangOniforMictoRhiskeYraYankeEulU";++i<91;printf("%c: %c%.*s%c\n",i,i,l,s,s[l]+32),s+=l+1)for(l=0;s[++l]>90;);}

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A detailed, human readable, well commented and perfectly valid (no compiler warnings) version of the program can be found below:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    // Uppercase characters designate the last character of a word
    char*s="lfAravOharliEeltAchOoxtroTolFoteLndiAulieTilOimAikEovembeRscaRapAuebeComeOierrAangOniforMictoRhiskeYraYankeEulU";

    int i = 64; // Consecutive character
    int l; // Word length

    // Loop `i` from A to Z; Shift `s` with word length
    // `s` always points to the beginning of a word
    for( ; ++i < 91; s += l + 1 ) {
        // Increment `l` until you reach the next capital letter
        for( l = 0; s[++l] > 90 ;);
        // Print the current character, the word without it's last letter
        // and the last letter lowercased
        printf( "%c: %c%.*s%c\n", i, i, l, s, s[l]+32 );
    }
}

Answer 25

JavaScript ES6, 216 187 184 180 174 bytes

"AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu".replace(/[A-Z]/g,`
$&: $&`).trim()

Saved a byte thanks to Neil. Saved 5 bytes thanks to ETHproductions.

console.log("AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJulietKiloLimaMikeNovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu".replace(/[A-Z]/g,`
$&: $&`).trim());

Japt, 127 bytes

`AlfaBŸvoC•r¦eDeltaE®oFoxÉ•GolfHÇUI˜iaJªietKiloL‹aMikeNovem¼rOs¯rPapaQue¼cRo´oSi€ŸTÂ
UnifŽmVÅ¡rW–skeyXŸyY„keeZªu`r"%A""
$&: $&

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Saved 2 bytes thanks to obarakon.

Answer 26

PHP, 175 171 164 162 bytes

Note: no longer requires compressed file, uses IBM-850 encoding.

for($l=A;$c=LfaRavoHarlieEltaChoOxtrotOlfOtelNdiaUlietIloImaIkeOvemberScarApaUebecOmeoIerraAngoNiformIctorHiskeyRayAnkeeUlu[$i++];)echo$c<a?"
$l: ".$l++:"",$c|~▀;

Run like this:

php -nr 'for($l=A;$c=LfaRavoHarlieEltaChoOxtrotOlfOtelNdiaUlietIloImaIkeOvemberScarApaUebecOmeoIerraAngoNiformIctorHiskeyRayAnkeeUlu[$i++];)echo$c<a?"
$l: ".$l++:"",$c|~▀;';echo

Explanation

Prints every character individually (lowercased by OR with a space). If an uppercase character is encountered, it first prints a string of the form "\nA: A".

Tweaks

• Saved 4 bytes by using another compression strategy
• Saved 7 bytes by using a different delimiter (to combine assignment of $l with explode param), and not preventing a leading newline
• Saved 2 bytes with a new method

Answer 27

Japt, 216 214 bytes

`A: Alfa
B: Bvo
C: Cr¦e
D: Delta
E: E®o
F: FoxÉ
G: Golf
H: HÇU
I: Iia
J: Jªiet
K: Kilo
L: La
M: Mike
N: Novem¼r
O: Os¯r
P: Papa
Q: Que¼c
R: Ro´o
S: Si
T: TÂ
U: Unifm
V: VÅ¡r
W: Wskey
X: Xy
Y: Ykee
Z: Zªu

Explaination: There is most likely a much better way to do it, but since i'm new I don't know it. I basically compressed the string with Oc" and put that string to be decompressed using Od"

If someone wants to help me save bytes by using something different from line breaks, I'd be happy to learn!

edit: Saved 2 bytes using ` instead of Od"

Answer 28

Pyke, 89 bytes

.d⻵㡺ᐒଆຳ뼙΋ÒΗ䊊繎ㅨڨǔᯍⰬᐓ❤ᄵ㤉ተ᤬䆰髨⨈性dc Fl5DhRJ": 

Answer 29

Qbasic, 383 bytes

Not impressive, but for what it's worth:

dim a(1to 26)as string
a(1)="lfa
a(2)="ravo
a(3)="harlie
a(4)="elta
a(5)="cho
a(6)="oxtrot
a(7)="olf
a(8)="otel
a(9)="ndia
a(10)="uliet
a(11)="ilo
a(12)="ima
a(13)="ike
a(14)="ovember
a(15)="scar
a(16)="apa
a(17)="uebec
a(18)="omeo
a(19)="ierra
a(20)="ango
a(21)="niform
a(22)="ictor
a(23)="hiskey
a(24)="ray
a(25)="ankee
a(26)="ulu
for i=1to 26
?chr$(i+64);": ";chr$(i+64);a(i)
next

Answer 30

///, 220 bytes

/;/: /A;Alfa
B;Bravo
C;Charlie
D;Delta
E;Echo
F;Foxtrot
G;Golf
H;Hotel
I;India
J;Juliet
K;Kilo
L;Lima
M;Mike
N;November
O;Oscar
P;Papa
Q;Quebec
R;Romeo
S;Sierra
T;Tango
U;Uniform
V;Victor
W;Whiskey
X;Xray
Y;Yankee
Z;Zulu

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-20 bytes thanks to @ETHproductions.