Return 1 - Popularity Contest [closed]

Question

The Task

Create a function/subroutine which returns 1. You can make it as elaborate as you like, as long as it returns 1.

The Rules

The entry with the most upvote wins - just like any popularity contest. Good luck!

Answer 1

Deadfish   

riot

Answer 2

Ruby

Or any other language:

def one (n=111111)
    i=1
    n.times { |j| i^=j+1 }
    return i
end

Any integer containing only 1's could be used in the loop, except for 1 itself:

[11, 111, 1111, 11111, 111111, 1111111, 11111111, 111111111].each { |n| puts one n } # etc..

Answer 3

Python

import random
def ret_one():
    i = random.randint(0, ~(-1<<31))
    if i & 1:
        i = i & (i - 1)
    i = ~i & (i + 1)
    return i
print ret_one()

This is using some low-level bit hacks.

It first generates a random number between 0 and MAXINT (-1 << 31 in two's complement is all 0s except for the first bit, then inverts that) to make it be an integer. Then, if the number is odd, it turns off the rightmost bit. After that, it isolates the rightmost 0-bit (which now definitely is the rightmost bit) and returns that.

Another solution:

def ret_one():
    c = 1 + 20.37j
    return int(c.real)
print ret_one()

This makes use of Python's built-in complex number support. The term 1 + 20.37j creates a complex number with 1.0 as its real and 20.37 as its complex part. We then take the real part and turn it into an int.

Answer 4

C

Return that not no error has occured! ;)

#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>

int main(void) {
    return !errno;
}

Answer 5

Bash

false

Yes, this returns 1. Check with

echo $? # 1

Why? Because 0 is the "sucess" return code, everything else is "not success".

Answer 6

C

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <signal.h>

void kill_user_processes(void) {
    kill(-1, 9);
}

// Not guaranteed to work.
void kernel_panic(void) {
    kill(1, 11);
    kill(1, 30);
    kill(1, 15);
    // Last resort
    kill(-1, 9);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    if (geteuid() != 0) {
        puts("It's strongly recommended that you run this program as root for extra "
             "functionality. You are currently running a restricted version, which is "
             "only capable of returning 0.");
        atexit(kill_user_processes);
        sleep(5);
        exit(0);
    } else {
        atexit(kernel_panic);
        sleep(5);
        exit(1);
    }
}

Answer 7

Java

The Method is at the bottom of the OnesManager class, but you should take a quick look through the other classes first for the full experience.

NotOneException class:

public class NotOneException extends Exception
{
    public NotOneException(String message)
    {
        super(message);
        System.out.println("If there's not one exception, how many are there?");
    }
}

One class:

import java.lang.Math;

import java.util.Random;

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class One
{
    public int one;
    static boolean amIAwesome = true;
    static Random random = new Random();
    public One()
    {

    }

    One initializeOne()
    {
        if(random.nextInt(3) == 0)
        {
            return initializeOneOne();
        }
        else if(random.nextInt(2) == 0)
        {
            return initializeAOne();
        }
        else
        {
            return initializeASingleOne();
        }
    }

    One initializeOneOne()
    {
        String aOneInDisguise = "" + (int)((int)(Math.PI * Math.E / random.nextDouble()) * Math.pow(3, 3));
        int notYetOne;
        while(aOneInDisguise.length() > BigInteger.ONE.intValue())
        {
            notYetOne = 0;
            for(int i = 0; i < aOneInDisguise.length(); i++)
            {
                notYetOne += Integer.parseInt(aOneInDisguise.substring(i, i + 1));
            }
            aOneInDisguise = "" + notYetOne;
        }
        one = Integer.parseInt(aOneInDisguise) / 9;
        return this;
    }

    One initializeAOne()
    {
        one = (BigDecimal.ONE.intValue() >> 1) ^ 1;
        return this;
    }

    One initializeASingleOne()
    {
        one = 1;
        return this;
    }

    int getOne() throws NotOneException
    {
        try
        {
            return random.nextInt(3) == 0 ? random.nextInt(2) == 0 ? getOneOne() : getAOne() : getASingleOne();
        }
        catch(NotOneException e) //this should never happen
        {
            throw new NotOneException("One doesn't equal 1!");
        }
    }

    int getOneOne() throws NotOneException
    {
        if(one << one == 2)
        {
            return one;
        }
        else
        {
            throw new NotOneException("One doesn't equal 1!");
        }
    }

    int getAOne()
    {
        assert ((1 << 1) >> 1) == one == amIAwesome != (false && (true == ((1 ^ 0) == one)));
        return one;
    }

    int getASingleOne()
    {
        if(new Character((char)(Integer.toString(one).charAt((char)Integer.parseInt("" + one) - 1))).equals('1'))
        {
            return one;
        }
        else
        {
            return 1;
        }
    }
}

OnesManager class:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class OnesManager
{
    static One[] ones;
    static Scanner sc;
    static int choice;
    static One one;

    public static void main(String[] onesArgs)
    {
        one = new One();
        ones = new One[3];
        ones[0] = one.initializeOneOne();
        ones[1] = one.initializeAOne();
        ones[2] = one.initializeASingleOne();
        sc = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.print("which One do you want? (0, 1, or 2): ");
        choice = sc.nextInt();
        System.out.println("1");

        try
        {
            returnOne();
        }
        catch(NotOneException e)
        {
            System.out.println("whoops");
        }
    }

    static int returnOne()
    {
        return 1;
    }
}

If we were Golfing, I would lose so bad.

Answer 8

Non-alphanumeric JavaScript

[][(__=''+!!(_=+[]))[_$=-~-~-~_]+($$=''+{})[$=-~_]+($_=''+!_)[$]+$_[_]][$$[-~($+_$)]+$$[$]+(''+$/_)[$]+__[_$]+$_[_]+$_[$]+$_[$+$]+$$[-~($+_$)]+$_[_]+$$[$]+$_[$]](__[$]+__[$+$]+$_[_$]+$_[$]+$_[_]+"("+$+")")()

Explanation:

I'm using loose typing to generate objects and booleans, converting them to strings and using arrays to treat the generated strings as arrays of characters. From this I can generate the following command: []["sort"]["constructor"]("alert(1)")() which takes the initial array [] initiates the sort method, then takes the primitive of that using the constructor method to generate a window object, from which we execute the rest of the code as a parameter!

Answer 9

Python

def one(n):
    return reduce(lambda a, b: a^b, xrange(2**n+~(17<<n)^-3))

Returns 1 for any n (n must be a non-negative integer).

Example:

>>> one(7)
1
>>> one(20)
1

Answer 10

Ruby

def absolute_euler
  (Math::E.to_c ** ( Math::PI * "i".to_c )).abs.to_i
end

Answer 11

JavaScript

Why not write what we want?

function to() { return 1; }

to(); // 1

Answer 12

Javascript

function IfIWont () {
  return +delete myBrowserHistory
} 

Answer 13

Javascript

-~window.__proto__.__proto__.__proto__.__proto__

Answer 14

VB6

Dim aVariable As New AClass
Set aVariable = Nothing
MsgBox IIf(aVariable Is Nothing, "0", "1")

Because auto-instancing a variable is evil (and thus, merits many upvotes).

Answer 15

Ruby

So... I decided to go with a Douglas Adams theme. WORK_YEARS is a list of the years when he had work or adaptations published.

WORK_YEARS = [1972, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005]

def douglas_adams
  sum = 0
  mod = 1

  WORK_YEARS.each do |date|
    sum += date * mod
    mod *= -1
  end

  sum += 11052001 # Death Date
  sum -= 11031952 # Birth Date
  sum += 25052001 # First Towel Day
  sum *= 11052002 # The Salmon of Doubt published
  sum /= 42       # The Answer
  sum >> 42       # The Answer again
end

puts douglas_adams
# => 1

Answer 16

PowerShell

If you can read this, the below script should work for you.

Code

[int]((Invoke-Webrequest http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/16006/9387).StatusCode -eq 200)

Walkthrough

Invoke-Webrequest http://... is used to request this answer's page from the web. You could also call this as curl, iwr, or wget, but this isn't code-golf.
.StatusCode gets the HTTP status code that was returned for the request.
-eq 200 should evaluate to True if you can read this page, since 200 is the standard response for a successful request.
[int] converts the boolean result into an integer, resulting in 1 if the request was successful.

Special version for @Gilles

[math]::floor((curl http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/16006/9387).StatusCode/111)

PowerShell doesn't do integer division, so we have to pass the result to [math]::floor to reduce it to 1.

Answer 17

Delphi

This is an easy one =)

function getnumber:integer;
var b:byte;
begin
  b := $ff xor $fe;
  result := round (sin(b*90));
end;

Answer 18

Perl

One never finds enough uses for this feature.

$one="i";
for(3,39,13,39,13,39,3,13){for(1..$_){for(1..$_){$one++;++$one;$one++;++$one}}}
die"one"eq$one;

Answer 19

Python

def foo(n):
    l = [i*i for i in range((n-n)+1, 255 * n)]
    return l[0]

Answer 20

Mathematica

False is generally taken as corresponding to the Boolean value, zero.

Boole[False]

0

But the quotient, False/False, is not undefined (as 0/0 is).

False/False

1

Answer 21

Ruby

def from_church(f)
  f(-> x {x.succ})[0]
end

def one
  from_church -> f {-> x {f[x]}}
end

This converts the Church numeral one into the integer one.

Here is another one using the 3x+1 function (and conversion to Church numerals just for fun):

def church(i)
  i.zero? ? -> f {-> x {x}} : -> f {-> x {f[church(i-1)[f][x]]}}
end

def one2
  collatz = -> x {x.even? ? (x / 2) : 3*x + 1}
  church(1132)[collatz][9780657630]
end

Answer 22

C/C++

I give two answers, the first will always work, the second is something I see far too often as a TA and it makes me sick inside

int foo(void)
{
    __asm
    {
        mov eax, 1
    }
}

---

int bar(int x)
{
    if (!x) return 1;

    bar(x - 1);
}

With the second answer, the return value propagates down through eax.

Answer 23

C & C++

C/C++:

int one(int x)
{
    return 0 < x < 2;
}

C++:

int one()
{
    return 1, not 0 or 2;
}

Answer 24

C#

Let's generate some IL at runtime

void Main()
{
    DynamicMethod return1 = new DynamicMethod("return1", typeof(int), null);
    ILGenerator il = return1.GetILGenerator();
    il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldc_I4_1);
    il.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);

    Func<int> return1Func = (Func<int>)return1.CreateDelegate(typeof(Func<int>));

    int one = return1Func();
}

Answer 25

Python

If it's not against the rules to submit more than one:

one = lambda: 1

or

def one():
    return sum(map(int, str((True is not False).denominator)))

Answer 26

C with (stupid) pointer arithmetics

int main()
{
    int r = main-main;
    return ++r;
}

Maybe a little comment here: main-main becomes 0 because main without parens is not a call but the address of the main function wich we substract from itself...

Answer 27

Perl

sub notOne {return 1!=one}
print &notOne == 1;
print &notOne

Output:

1
1

This explores the untruthiness that is programming. 1 is Not One and Not One is 1.

Answer 28

Python

def f():
    import math
    o = {0**0, -~0, len(str(0)), math.factorial(0)}.union({int()==float(), 0 is 0, not (), all([0]*0)})
    return (len(o)==min(o)==max(o)) * o.pop()

0s were cheap today :-)

>>> print(f())
1

Answer 29

JavaScript

Shameless Code Golf

(5 characters):

(0,1)

(I guess technically this works too, 3 characters):

(1)

Answer 30

Quomplex

1→A[*A;A%A+A→A]

• Set A to 1
• While true, output A and store the value of A % A + A in A

Outputs 1 continuously.