Convert Input to Direction

Question

Challenge

Given input in the form <n1>, <n2> where number can be -1, 0, or 1, return the corresponding cardinal direction. Positive numbers move East in the x-axis and South in the y-axis, Negative numbers move West in the x-axis and North in the y-axis.

Output must be in the form South East, North East, North. It is case-sensitive.

If the input is 0, 0, your program must return That goes nowhere, silly!.

Sample Input/Outpot:

1, 1 -> South East

0, 1 -> South

1, -1 -> North East

0, 0 -> That goes nowhere, silly!

This is code-golf, the shortest answer in bytes wins.

Answer 1

Japt, 55 51 bytes

`
SÆ 
NÆ° `·gV +`
E†t
Wƒt`·gU ª`T•t goƒ Í2€e, Ðéy!

Explanation

                      // Implicit: U, V = inputs
`\nSÆ \nNÆ° `       // Take the string "\nSouth \nNorth ".
·                     // Split it at newlines, giving ["", "South ", "North "].
gV                    // Get the item at index V. -1 corresponds to the last item.
+                     // Concatenate this with
`\nE†t\nWƒt`·gU       // the item at index U in ["", "East", "West"].
ª`T•t goƒ Í2€e, Ðéy!  // If the result is empty, instead take "That goes nowhere, silly!".
                      // Implicit: output result of last expression

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Answer 2

Python, 101 87 bytes

Really naive solution.

lambda x,y:['','South ','North '][y]+['','West','East'][x]or'That goes nowhere, silly!'

Thanks to @Lynn for saving 14 bytes! Changes: Using the string.split method actually makes it longer ;_; And also, negative indexes exist in python.

Answer 3

PHP, 101 Bytes

[,$b,$a]=$argv;echo$a|$b?[North,"",South][1+$a]." ".[West,"",East][1+$b]:"That goes nowhere, silly!";

Answer 4

Perl 6, 79 bytes

{<<'' East South North West>>[$^y*2%5,$^x%5].trim||'That goes nowhere, silly!'}

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Expanded:

{ # bare block lambda with placeholder parameters ｢$x｣ and ｢$y｣

  << '' East South North West >>\ # list of 5 strings
  [                               # index into that with:

    # use a calculation so that the results only match on 0
    $^y * 2 % 5, # (-1,0,1) => (3,0,2) # second parameter
    $^x % 5      # (-1,0,1) => (4,0,1) # first parameter

  ]
  .trim  # turn that list into a space separated string implicitly
         # and remove leading and trailing whitespace

  ||     # if that string is empty, use this instead
  'That goes nowhere, silly!'
}

Answer 5

JavaScript (ES6), 106 100 97 93 bytes

It's a very simple approach. It consists of a few ternary operators nested together -

f=a=>b=>a|b?(a?a>0?"South ":"North ":"")+(b?b>0?"East":"West":""):"That goes nowhere, silly!"

Test Cases

f=a=>b=>a|b?(a?a>0?"South ":"North ":"")+(b?b>0?"East":"West":""):"That goes nowhere, silly!"

console.log(f(1729)(1458));
console.log(f(1729)(-1458));
console.log(f(-1729)(1458));
console.log(f(-1729)(-1458));
console.log(f(0)(1729));
console.log(f(0)(-1729));
console.log(f(1729)(0));
console.log(f(-1729)(0));

Answer 6

JavaScript (ES6), 86 bytes

a=>b=>["North ","","South "][b+1]+["West","","East"][a+1]||"That goes nowhere, silly!"

Explanation

Call it with currying syntax (f(a)(b)). This uses array indices. If both a and b are 0, the result is a falsy empty string. In that case, the string after the || is returned.

Try it

Try all test cases here:

let f=
a=>b=>["North ","","South "][b+1]+["West","","East"][a+1]||"That goes nowhere, silly!"

for (let i = -1; i < 2; i++) {
    for (let j = -1; j < 2; j++) {
        console.log(`${i}, ${j}: ${f(i)(j)}`);
    }
}

Answer 7

Batch, 156 bytes

@set s=
@for %%w in (North.%2 South.-%2 West.%1 East.-%1)do @if %%~xw==.-1 call set s=%%s%% %%~nw
@if "%s%"=="" set s= That goes nowhere, silly!
@echo%s%

The for loop acts as a lookup table to filter when the (possibly negated) parameter equals -1, and concatenating the matching words. If nothing is selected then the silly message is printed instead.

Answer 8

GNU sed, 100 + 1(r flag) = 101 bytes

s:^-1:We:
s:^1:Ea:
s:-1:Nor:
s:1:Sou:
s:(.*),(.*):\2th \1st:
s:0...?::
/0/cThat goes nowhere, silly!

By design, sed executes the script as many times as there are input lines, so one can do all the test cases in one run, if needed. The TIO link below does just that.

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Explanation:

s:^-1:We:                         # replace '-1' (n1) to 'We'
s:^1:Ea:                          # replace '1' (n1) to 'Ea'
s:-1:Nor:                         # replace '-1' (n2) to 'Nor'
s:1:Sou:                          # replace '1' (n2) to 'Sou'
s:(.*),(.*):\2th \1st:            # swap the two fields, add corresponding suffixes
s:0...?::                         # delete first field found that starts with '0'
/0/cThat goes nowhere, silly!     # if another field is found starting with '0',
                                  #print that text, delete pattern, end cycle now

The remaining pattern space at the end of a cycle is printed implicitly.

Answer 9

Japt, 56 bytes

N¬¥0?`T•t goƒ Í2€e, Ðéy!`:` SÆ NÆ°`¸gV +S+` E†t Wƒt`¸gU

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Explanation:

N¬¥0?`Tt go Í2e, Ðéy!`:` SÆ NÆ°`¸gV +S+` Et Wt`¸gU
Implicit U = First input
         V = Second input

N´0?`...`:` ...`qS gV +S+` ...`qS gU
N¬                                                     Join the input (0,0 → "00")
  ¥0                                                   check if input is roughly equal to 0. In JS, "00" == 0
    ?                                                  If yes:
      ...                                               Output "That goes nowhere, silly!". This is a compressed string
     `   `                                              Backticks are used to decompress strings
          :                                            Else:
           ` ...`                                       " South North" compressed
                 qS                                     Split on " " (" South North" → ["","South","North"])
                   gV                                   Return the string at index V
                     +S+                                +" "+ 
                        ` ...`                          " East West" compressed
                              qS gU                     Split on spaces and yield string at index U
                                

Answer 10

05AB1E, 48 45 43 bytes

õ'†Ô'…´)èUõ„ƒÞ „„¡ )èXJ™Dg_i“§µ—±æÙ,Ú¿!“'Tì

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Explanation

õ'†Ô'…´)                                       # push the list ['','east','west']
        èU                                     # index into this with first input
                                               # and store the result in X
          õ„ƒÞ „„¡ )                           # push the list ['','south ','north ']
                    èXJ                        # index into this with 2nd input
                                               # and join with the content of X
                       ™                       # convert to title-case
                        Dg_i                   # if the length is 0
                            “§µ—±æÙ,Ú¿!“       # push the string "hat goes nowhere, silly!"
                                        'Tì    # prepend "T"

Answer 11

Retina, 84 82 81 bytes

1 byte saved thanks to @seshoumara for suggesting 0...? instead of 0\w* ?

(.+) (.+)
$2th $1st
^-1
Nor
^1
Sou
-1
We
1
Ea
0...?

^$
That goes nowhere, silly!

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Answer 12

Jelly, 40 bytes

Ṛị"“¡ƘƓ“¡+9“»,“wµ“¡ḳ]“»Kt⁶ȯ“¬ɼ¬<¬O÷ƝḤẎ6»

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Answer 13

Swift 151 bytes

func d(x:Int,y:Int){x==0&&y==0 ? print("That goes nowhere, silly!") : print((y<0 ? "North " : y>0 ? "South " : "")+(x<0 ? "West" : x>0 ? "East" : ""))}

Answer 14

PHP, 95 bytes.

This simply displays the element of the array, and if there's nothing, just displays the "default" message.

echo['North ','','South '][$argv[1]+1].[East,'',West][$argv[2]+1]?:'That goes nowhere, silly!';

This is meant to run with the -r flag, receiving the coordenates as the 1st and 2nd arguments.

Answer 15

C#, 95 102 bytes

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Golfed

(a,b)=>(a|b)==0?"That goes nowhere, silly!":(b<0?"North ":b>0?"South ":"")+(a<0?"West":a>0?"East":"");

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Ungolfed

( a, b ) => ( a | b ) == 0
    ? "That goes nowhere, silly!"
    : ( b < 0 ? "North " : b > 0 ? "South " : "" ) +
      ( a < 0 ? "West" : a > 0 ? "East" : "" );

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Ungolfed readable

// A bitwise OR is perfomed
( a, b ) => ( a | b ) == 0

    // If the result is 0, then the 0,0 text is returned
    ? "That goes nowhere, silly!"
    
    // Otherwise, checks against 'a' and 'b' to decide the cardinal direction.
    : ( b < 0 ? "North " : b > 0 ? "South " : "" ) +
      ( a < 0 ? "West" : a > 0 ? "East" : "" );

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Full code

using System;

namespace Namespace {
    class Program {
        static void Main( string[] args ) {
            Func<Int32, Int32, String> f = ( a, b ) =>
                ( a | b ) == 0
                    ? "That goes nowhere, silly!"
                    : ( b < 0 ? "North " : b > 0 ? "South " : "" ) +
                      ( a < 0 ? "West" : a > 0 ? "East" : "" );

            for( Int32 a = -1; a <= 1; a++ ) {
                for( Int32 b = -1; b <= 1; b++ ) {
                    Console.WriteLine( $"{a}, {b} = {f( a, b )}" );
                }
            }

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

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Releases

• v1.1 - + 7 bytes - Wrapped snippet into a function.
• v1.0 -  95 bytes - Initial solution.

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Notes

I'm a ghost, boo!

Answer 16

Scala, 107 bytes

a=>b=>if((a|b)==0)"That goes nowhere, silly!"else Seq("North ","","South ")(b+1)+Seq("West","","East")(a+1)

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To use this, declare this as a function and call it:

val f:(Int=>Int=>String)=...
println(f(0)(0))

How it works

a =>                                // create an lambda with a parameter a that returns
  b =>                              // a lambda with a parameter b
    if ( (a | b) == 0)                // if a and b are both 0
      "That goes nowhere, silly!"       // return this string
    else                              // else return
      Seq("North ","","South ")(b+1)    // index into this sequence
      +                                 // concat
      Seq("West","","East")(a+1)        // index into this sequence

Answer 17

C, 103 bytes

f(a,b){printf("%s%s",b?b+1?"South ":"North ":"",a?a+1?"East":"West":b?"":"That goes nowhere, silly!");}

Answer 18

Java 7, 130 bytes

String c(int x,int y){return x==0&y==0?"That goes nowhere, silly!":"North xxSouth ".split("x")[y+1]+"WestxxEast".split("x")[x+1];}

Explanation:

String c(int x, int y){               // Method with x and y integer parameters and String return-type
  return x==0&y==0 ?                  //  If both x and y are 0:
     "That goes nowhere, silly!"      //   Return "That goes nowhere, silly!"
    :                                 //  Else:
     "North xxSouth ".split("x"[y+1]  //   Get index y+1 from array ["North ","","South "] (0-indexed)
     + "WestxxEast".split("x")[x+1];  //   Plus index x+1 from array ["West","","East"] (0-indexed)
}                                     // End of method

Test code:

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class M{
  static String c(int x,int y){return x==0&y==0?"That goes nowhere, silly!":"North xxSouth ".split("x")[y+1]+"WestxxEast".split("x")[x+1];}

  public static void main(String[] a){
    System.out.println(c(1, 1));
    System.out.println(c(0, 1));
    System.out.println(c(1, -1));
    System.out.println(c(0, 0));
  }
}

Output:

South East
South 
North East
That goes nowhere, silly!

Answer 19

CJam, 68 bytes

"
South 
North 

East
West"N/3/l~W%.=s_Q"That goes nowhere, silly!"?

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Prints one trailing space on [0 -1] or [0 1] (North or South).

Explanation

"\nSouth \nNorth \n\nEast\nWest"  e# Push this string
N/                                e# Split it by newlines
3/                                e# Split the result into 3-length subarrays,
                                  e#  gives [["" "South " "North "]["" "East" "West"]]
l~                                e# Read and eval a line of input
W%                                e# Reverse the co-ordinates
.=                                e# Vectorized get-element-at-index: accesses the element
                                  e#  from the first array at the index given by the 
                                  e#  y co-ordinate. Arrays are modular, so -1 is the last
                                  e#  element. Does the same with x on the other array.
s                                 e# Cast to string (joins the array with no separator)
_                                 e# Duplicate the string
Q"That goes nowhere, silly!"?     e# If it's non-empty, push an empty string. If its empty, 
                                  e#  push "That goes nowhere, silly!"

Answer 20

Röda, 100 bytes

f a,b{["That goes nowhere, silly!"]if[a=b,a=0]else[["","South ","North "][b],["","East","West"][a]]}

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This is a trivial solution, similar to some other answers.