Output your Score!

Question

Challenge:

The concept is simple enough: write a full program to output its own code golf score!

Output should only be the byte count of your program and a trailing bytes.

BUT WAIT..... there is one restriction:

Your source code can not include any of the digits from your byte count
So if your score is 186 bytes, your program can not contain the characters 1 , 6 , or 8

Example Output:

315 bytes
27 Bytes
49 BYTES

Additional Rules:

Unnecessary characters, spaces, and newlines are forbidden in the source code, however trailing spaces and newlines are perfectly acceptable in output
There should be a single space between the number and bytes in the output
Letters are case insensitive
No self inspection or reading the source code
standard loopholes are disallowed
this is code-golf, so

Shortest code in bytes wins!

@Dat, given the formatting of the word bytes I suspect the intention is that the count should include the bytes it takes to print the text: bytes — Jeff Schaller, Commented Mar 29, 2018 at 16:16
If my code is 1 byte long, should I output 1 bytes or 1 byte? (keep in mind there are already 41 answers, although I don't think any are affected) — Erik the Outgolfer, Commented Mar 29, 2018 at 18:07

Anderson Pimentel · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-29 17:12:02Z

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C# (.NET Core), 65 bytes

class P{static void Main(){System.Console.Write(0x41+" bytes");}}

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edited Mar 29, 2018 at 17:12

answered Mar 29, 2018 at 16:47

Anderson Pimentel

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\$\begingroup\$ I'm afraid your code contains a 5.. Easily fixed by using 72-7, though. \$\endgroup\$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Commented Mar 29, 2018 at 16:53
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\$\begingroup\$ Fixed! With a little bit of hex to make it look clever! =D \$\endgroup\$
– Anderson Pimentel
Commented Mar 29, 2018 at 17:12
\$\begingroup\$ A bit silly and crooked: class Q{static void Main(){new System.Exception("sixty four");}} => 64 and the word bytes is in the exception when you drill down through it! \$\endgroup\$
– PmanAce
Commented Mar 29, 2018 at 17:30

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Giuseppe · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-29 17:17:17Z

2

SNOBOL4 (CSNOBOL4), 27 bytes

	OUTPUT =3 * 9 ' bytes'
END

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prints with a trailing newline.

answered Mar 29, 2018 at 17:17

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pajonk · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-29 18:21:38Z

2

Excel (Immediate Window), 12 bytes

?3*4&"bytes"

This solution assumes that leading space is allowed.
Below the one without leading space in output (14 bytes):

?2*7&&" bytes"

It's the result of suspicious behaviour of the concatenate operator &. When only one, it surrounds the number with spaces; however two consecutive ones strip the spaces. Weird.

answered Mar 29, 2018 at 18:21

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AdmBorkBork · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-29 20:01:21Z

2

PowerShell, 14 bytes

"$(2*7) bytes"

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Ho-hum. Uses an inline code block $(...) to put 14 into the string before leaving it on the pipeline. Output is implicit.

answered Mar 29, 2018 at 20:01

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benj2240 · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-29 21:48:57Z

2

Ruby, 18 bytes

puts"#{6*3} bytes"

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answered Mar 29, 2018 at 21:48

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Conor O'Brien · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-29 22:58:28Z

2

brainfuck, 95 bytes

+[--------->+<]>.----.--[--->++<]>--.[->+++<]>++.[--->+<]>+++.-----.+++[->+++<]>.[--->+<]>----.

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97 bytes:

>-[++>+[+<]>]>+.--.>++++[->++++++++<]>.[->+++<]>++.[--->+<]>+++.-----.+++[->+++<]>.[--->+<]>----.

answered Mar 29, 2018 at 22:58

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Esolanging Fruit · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-30 03:10:42Z

2

CJam, 10 10 bytes

Ao" bytes"

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edited Mar 30, 2018 at 3:10

answered Mar 29, 2018 at 15:44

Esolanging Fruit

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\$\begingroup\$ +1 for the no-op space used just to pad the byte count. Too bad CJam doesn't have a predefined variable with the initial value 9. \$\endgroup\$
– Ilmari Karonen
Commented Mar 30, 2018 at 0:10
\$\begingroup\$ ...although I just realized that the challenge forbids "[u]nnecessary spaces and newlines". But you could still do e.g. " bytes"A\ or A" bytes"+ to comply with the rules as specified. \$\endgroup\$
– Ilmari Karonen
Commented Mar 30, 2018 at 0:34
\$\begingroup\$ @IlmariKaronen Ao" bytes" works. \$\endgroup\$
– Esolanging Fruit
Commented Mar 30, 2018 at 3:10

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Bubbler · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-30 05:15:55Z

2

Gol><>, 11 bytes

bn"setyb "H

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How it works

bn"setyb "H
b            push number 11
 n           pop and print as integer
  "setyb "   push " bytes" in reverse order
          H  print the stack content as chars, then halt

answered Mar 30, 2018 at 5:15

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Oliver · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-30 13:43:48Z

2

Japt, 8 bytes

#+` ßs

char-code 8 concatenated with " bytes" compressed.

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edited Mar 30, 2018 at 13:43

answered Mar 29, 2018 at 18:16

Oliver

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\$\begingroup\$ Identical to what I had, again. 2³ would also work. \$\endgroup\$
– Shaggy
Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 15:56

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:04:33Z

2

Google Sheets, 12 bytes

An anonymous worksheet function that takes no input and outputs to the calling cell

=3*4&" bytes

edited Jun 17, 2020 at 9:04

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answered Mar 30, 2018 at 17:36

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:04:33Z

2

MSSQL, 26 24 bytes

print str(8*3) +' bytes'

edited Jun 17, 2020 at 9:04

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answered Mar 30, 2018 at 18:19

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an earwig · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-30 20:00:10Z

2

F#, 24 23 bytes

I hope this counts. Never code golfed before

printfn "%i bytes" 0x17

Just switched ~~24 to octal~~ 23 to hex

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edited Mar 30, 2018 at 20:00

answered Mar 30, 2018 at 19:38

an earwig

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\$\begingroup\$ Welcome to the site! It looks like you have some extraneous whitespace. Could that be removed? Also, I don't know a whole lot about F#, but are you sure this is a full program? The original rules stated write a full program to output it's own score \$\endgroup\$
– DJMcMayhem
Commented Mar 30, 2018 at 19:52
\$\begingroup\$ @DJMcMayhem whoops, dropped that extra space. Also I do believe this is a full program. It compiles and runs just fine in Visual Studio without anything else, though I may misunderstand what that means. \$\endgroup\$
– an earwig
Commented Mar 30, 2018 at 19:56
\$\begingroup\$ Whoops, my bad. I assumed that F# was like C# where you need class declarations in a full program. Looks valid to me! \$\endgroup\$
– DJMcMayhem
Commented Mar 30, 2018 at 20:04
\$\begingroup\$ You can remove tre space before and after the string literal and replace 0x17 with 0x15 to get 21 bytes: Try it online! \$\endgroup\$
– noodle person
Commented Oct 23, 2023 at 11:49

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:04:33Z

2

Windows Command Line, 20 bytes

set/a4*5&echo  bytes

Run Windows Command Prompt (cmd.exe), type the command and hit Enter.

edited Jun 17, 2020 at 9:04

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answered Mar 31, 2018 at 8:59

Egor Skriptunoff

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:04:33Z

2

SQL, 18 bytes

SELECT 2*9,'bytes'

edited Jun 17, 2020 at 9:04

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answered Mar 31, 2018 at 10:55

Razvan Socol

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Francisco Hahn · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-03 20:50:03Z

2

ArnoldC, 216 Bytes

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IT'S SHOWTIME
    HEY CHRISTMAS TREE i
    YOU SET US UP 4
    GET TO THE CHOPPER i
        HERE IS MY INVITATION i
        YOU'RE FIRED 54
    ENOUGH TALK
    TALK TO THE HAND i
    TALK TO THE HAND "BYTES"
YOU HAVE BEEN TERMINATED

Output

216
BYTES

Well, i took too long with my php answer, i had to try this.

As far as i read, i can't write without a line break or concatenate an integer with a string :(

edited Apr 3, 2018 at 20:50

answered Apr 3, 2018 at 15:59

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Fyr · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-05 15:42:36Z

2

Husk, 8 bytes

+sD4¨₆Ẏ¿

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Explanation

+sD4¨₆Ẏ¿
    ¨₆Ẏ¿  Compressed string of " bytes"
  D4        Multiply 4 by 2
 s          Convert to string
+         Concatenate the strings

edited Apr 5, 2018 at 15:42

answered Mar 31, 2018 at 0:13

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xoudini · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-05 16:07:12Z

2

Swift 4, 19 18 bytes

^{Saved 1 byte thanks to Jo King.}

print(9*2,"bytes")

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edited Apr 5, 2018 at 16:07

answered Apr 1, 2018 at 14:19

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\$\begingroup\$ Why not 9*2?- \$\endgroup\$
– Jo King ♦
Commented Apr 5, 2018 at 15:58
\$\begingroup\$ @JoKing What an oversight... Thanks! \$\endgroup\$
– xoudini
Commented Apr 5, 2018 at 16:00

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Jo King · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-26 23:45:28Z

2

Backhand, 11 bytes

"" sbbeOytH

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Non-linear pointer progression makes for weird looking programs. Outputs 11 bytes.

The orde: of commands is such:

"  s  e  t      Start string literal to push letters
                Bounce and go left
     b  y       Finish pushing " bytes"
                Bounce and go right
 "  b  O  H   Push 11 to print and then halt and output the stack

edited Sep 26, 2018 at 23:45

answered Sep 26, 2018 at 23:31

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SiD · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-28 20:50:03Z

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C#, 68 65 64 bytes

class P{static void Main(){System.Console.Write(8*8+" bytes");}}

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edited Sep 28, 2018 at 20:50

answered Sep 28, 2018 at 8:47

SiD

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\$\begingroup\$ Welcome to PPCG! Your program contains the digits 5 and 6 which you are printing, that's not allowed. \$\endgroup\$
– Ørjan Johansen
Commented Sep 28, 2018 at 9:17
\$\begingroup\$ Fixed the program and thanks for the review @ØrjanJohansen \$\endgroup\$
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Commented Sep 28, 2018 at 9:50

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TheOnlyMrCat · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-30 22:14:58Z

2

33, 14 bytes

~~Technically non-competing, as I made the language after this challenge was posted.~~

2c7xo" bytes"p

Pretty simple. Multiplies 2 and 7.

edited Jul 30, 2019 at 22:14

answered Jul 30, 2019 at 9:13

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\$\begingroup\$ You're good as that rule has fallen to the wayside \$\endgroup\$
– Veskah
Commented Jul 30, 2019 at 14:43
\$\begingroup\$ Ah. Thanks for letting me know. \$\endgroup\$
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Commented Jul 30, 2019 at 22:13

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Draco18s no longer trusts SE · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-04 15:23:53Z

2

Runic Enchantments, 10 bytes

` ā`XESa@

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Huh, I thumbed this one up and never answered it.

ā encodes the value 257 (still shorter than any other method) which gets multiplied by 10 and converted to a word via a dictionary. 2570 happens to be bytes. a encodes 10 (b-f encode 11 through 15) and gets around the "no digits" restriction. And conveniently enough, the rest of the program is 9 bytes.

Doesn't end up being shorter than " bytes"a@ (also 10 bytes), but oh well.

answered Nov 4, 2019 at 15:23

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-27 01:25:06Z

2

W `d`, 7 bytes

♣êæ█☺₧K

Explanation

Unpacked:

7 bytes"

edited Jan 27, 2020 at 1:25

answered Dec 24, 2019 at 13:35

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ATaco · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-31 11:28:19Z

2

RProgN 2, 10 bytes

°' Bytes'.

Explination

°           # Push 10 to the stack
 ' Bytes'   # Push the literal string " Bytes" to the stack
         .  # Concatenate. Implicit print.

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answered Jan 31, 2020 at 11:28

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LCU00 · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-24 06:34:35Z

2

Golfscript, 12 bytes

6 6+" bytes"

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answered Jun 24, 2020 at 6:34

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Steve Bennett · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-24 12:15:26Z

2

Javascript, 15 bytes

j=>0xf+' bytes'

Seems like the obvious answer.

Alternative:

j=>9+6+' bytes'

edited Jun 24, 2020 at 12:15

answered Jun 24, 2020 at 1:50

Steve Bennett

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Pro Odermonicon · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-21 12:29:54Z

2

RAMDISP, 133 26 bytes

~~There's room for improvement.~~

~~[P[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]][*[[[[]]]]][+[[[]]]][S[; bytes]]]]~~

~~i honestly don't even remember how i did this, i attached a debugger, and found it it calculates 3 * 37 + 2.~~

[P[5[*5][+1][S[; bytes]]]]

26 = 5*5+1

edited Jun 21, 2021 at 12:29

answered Jun 21, 2021 at 12:19

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weatherman115 · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-03 16:13:11Z

2

PICO-8, 25 bytes

print(ord("」").." bytes")

ord() gets the index of a character, and 」 is character 25 in P8SCII.

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sinvec · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-10 22:17:31Z

2

><>, 13 bytes

dn'setyb '>o<

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Jakque · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-18 13:54:27Z

2

Vyxal `ṡ`, 5 bytes

4›`¨∞

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Explanation :

4     # push 4
 ›    # increment
  `¨∞ # push "Bytes"
      # flag `ṡ` => join with space
      # implicit output

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Benji · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-23 15:10:39Z

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Haskell, 34 bytes

main=putStr$show(0x1D+5)++" bytes"

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193 Answers 193

C# (.NET Core), 65 bytes

SNOBOL4 (CSNOBOL4), 27 bytes

Excel (Immediate Window), 12 bytes

PowerShell, 14 bytes

Ruby, 18 bytes

brainfuck, 95 bytes

CJam, 10 10 bytes

Gol><>, 11 bytes

How it works

Japt, 8 bytes

Google Sheets, 12 bytes

MSSQL, 26 24 bytes

F#, 24 23 bytes

Windows Command Line, 20 bytes

SQL, 18 bytes

ArnoldC, 216 Bytes

Husk, 8 bytes

Explanation

Swift 4, 19 18 bytes

Backhand, 11 bytes

C#, 68 65 64 bytes

33, 14 bytes

Runic Enchantments, 10 bytes

W d, 7 bytes

Explanation

RProgN 2, 10 bytes

Explination

Golfscript, 12 bytes

Javascript, 15 bytes

PICO-8, 25 bytes

><>, 13 bytes

Vyxal ṡ, 5 bytes

Explanation :

Haskell, 34 bytes

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