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Note to challenge writers as per meta consensus: This question was well-received when it was posted, but challenges like this, asking answerers to Do X without using Y are likely to be poorly received. Try using the sandbox to get feedback on if you want to post a similar challenge.

It's 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 already, folks, go home.

Woo, 10 years of this challenge!

So, now that it's 2014, it's time for a code question involving the number 2014.

Your task is to make a program that prints the number 2014, without using any of the characters 0123456789 in your code, and independently of any external variables such as the date or time or a random seed.

The shortest code (counting in bytes) to do so in any language in which numbers are valid tokens wins.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Even though numbers are ignored in brainfuck, I thought I'd post one anyway. 32 Chars: ++++++[>++++++++<-]>++.--.+.+++. \$\endgroup\$
    – Braden Best
    Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 21:37
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    \$\begingroup\$ Brainfuck isn't a valid language for this challenge. \$\endgroup\$
    – Joe Z.
    Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 22:49
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    \$\begingroup\$ I know. That's why I posted it as a comment \$\endgroup\$
    – Braden Best
    Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 22:51
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    \$\begingroup\$ I wonder if this question gets a small spike in popularity around New Year's. \$\endgroup\$
    – Joe Z.
    Commented Dec 26, 2015 at 23:28
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    \$\begingroup\$ Waiting for "Come on folks, don't you realize it's 2016?" :) \$\endgroup\$
    – padawan
    Commented Jan 4, 2016 at 23:35

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C# - 64 chars

class P{static void Main(){System.Console.Write('!'*'>'-' ');}}

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class P 
{ 
    static void Main() 
    { 
        System.Console.Write('!' * '>' - ' ');
    } 
}
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  • \$\begingroup\$ What if we use class P { static void Main() { System.Console.Write(2014); } } \$\endgroup\$
    – Amit Ranjan
    Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 6:55
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Amit, you can't use numbers in this challenge... \$\endgroup\$
    – shamp00
    Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 9:10
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    \$\begingroup\$ if an exit code is acceptable class a{static int Main(){return '!'*'>'-' ';}} is just 47 chars. \$\endgroup\$
    – Jodrell
    Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 12:05
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    \$\begingroup\$ I like this one, my countdown numbers skills sucked so I ended up with ('d' + 'e').ToString() + Math.Ceiling(Math.PI); \$\endgroup\$
    – NibblyPig
    Commented Jan 8, 2014 at 15:02
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C, 31 bytes -- without a multi-character literal

main(){printf("%o",'\xe'*'J');}
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  • \$\begingroup\$ Save 3 bytes by shortening main to f, since we don't require main to be used. \$\endgroup\$
    – MD XF
    Commented May 12, 2017 at 19:52
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Sclipting, 3 characters (6 bytes)

This outputs the string "2014".

꼣갱꽀
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  • \$\begingroup\$ That's not 3 bytes though. \$\endgroup\$
    – daniero
    Commented Jan 23, 2014 at 19:52
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    \$\begingroup\$ I didn’t say it was. \$\endgroup\$
    – Timwi
    Commented Jan 23, 2014 at 20:02
  • \$\begingroup\$ Well I can see that obviously, but the question actually asks for a byte count. \$\endgroup\$
    – daniero
    Commented Jan 23, 2014 at 20:30
  • \$\begingroup\$ Byte count stands at 12, I believe. \$\endgroup\$
    – cjfaure
    Commented Feb 8, 2014 at 19:34
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    \$\begingroup\$ No, it’s 6 bytes. \$\endgroup\$
    – Timwi
    Commented Feb 8, 2014 at 20:35
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Pure bash 18

Without fork!

echo $[$[$#xd]#bbc]
2014
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    \$\begingroup\$ How about: printf %x \'— Just 13 characters (15 bytes). \$\endgroup\$
    – user92894
    Commented Aug 30, 2019 at 22:18
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Isaac Awesome! I learn today this printf %d \'A newer seen before! \$\endgroup\$
    – F. Hauri - Give Up GitHub
    Commented Aug 31, 2019 at 7:41
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Pyth, 4 bytes

C"ߞ

Pretty straightforwards, just convert that character to an integer and print.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ While this answer is now technically the shortest, I can't accept it because it was written in a language that didn't exist at the time of writing the question. \$\endgroup\$
    – Joe Z.
    Commented Jul 8, 2014 at 11:08
  • \$\begingroup\$ @JoeZ. I understand. No worries, the rules make sense. \$\endgroup\$
    – isaacg
    Commented Jul 8, 2014 at 15:50
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J (13)

#.a.i.'_!!! '

Interprets the ASCII value of _!!! (95 33 33 33 32) as a binary number (it's weird that this is possible, I agree). This produces 2014.

J (15)

This one doesn't use any character strings. It's based on the weird coincidence that the sum of the first 46 primes is 4028: double 2014.

-:+/p:i.<:+:_bn

If anyone knows of a shorter way than <:+:_bn to represent 45 (preferably without strings), please let me know.

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Python 2, 68 bytes

Not really short, but it abuses the fact that Python accepts booleans where an integer is required, because bool is a subclass of int.

import string;d=string.digits;T=True;print d[T+T]+d[:T+T]+d[T+T+T+T]
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  • \$\begingroup\$ +1 for the first non-cheating program in this question that doesn't depend on ASCII or UTF-8 (unless I missed something) \$\endgroup\$
    – null
    Commented Jan 1, 2014 at 21:54
  • \$\begingroup\$ False can be shortened to d>d. On the other hand, d[d>d]+d[T] can be shortened to d[:T+T], so that optimization is not really necessary ;-). Also, from string import*;d=digits;saves one character. \$\endgroup\$
    – Reinstate Monica
    Commented Jan 15, 2014 at 0:12
  • \$\begingroup\$ @WolframH Noted. I'll update it later. \$\endgroup\$
    – user344
    Commented Jan 21, 2014 at 21:49
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Excel VBA, 51 bytes

MsgBox Len("aa") & Len("") & Len("a") & Len("four")

As it's 2015 you could add an extra character onto "four" for an extra byte.

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MATLAB (no char codes), 47 chars

p=pi,q=p^p;e=exp(p);floor(q*q+q*e-q-q-q-p-e-e)
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  • \$\begingroup\$ I played with a similar approach in Mathematica (which has a much larger set of mathematical constants built-in). How long did it take you to develop that solution. \$\endgroup\$
    – Michael Stern
    Commented Jan 2, 2014 at 22:46
  • \$\begingroup\$ Just playing around, maybe five minutes, probably less. I’m pretty sure this is far from the most compact formula. \$\endgroup\$
    – Christopher Creutzig
    Commented Jan 3, 2014 at 13:13
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C++, 50 bytes

#include<iostream>
int main(){std::cout<<'U'^'A';}
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  • \$\begingroup\$ You should provide compile-ready code in C++. \$\endgroup\$
    – Joe Z.
    Commented Jan 1, 2014 at 5:24
  • \$\begingroup\$ Also, use four spaces before each line for blocks of code. \$\endgroup\$
    – Joe Z.
    Commented Jan 1, 2014 at 5:29
  • \$\begingroup\$ i added "iostrean but it disappeared, actually am new so don't know how to" \$\endgroup\$
    – zeeshan mughal
    Commented Jan 1, 2014 at 5:29
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    \$\begingroup\$ This is supposed to be code golf, i.e. shortest code possible. Remove unnecessary whitespace, etc \$\endgroup\$
    – Doorknob
    Commented Jan 1, 2014 at 5:32
  • \$\begingroup\$ @DoorknobofSnow thanx, after your edition i can still see few extra spaces \$\endgroup\$
    – zeeshan mughal
    Commented Jan 1, 2014 at 5:34
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Java 8, 33 bytes

()->Integer.parseInt("bbc",'\r');
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EXCEL: 148 bytes

=POWER(ROW()+ROW(),(ROW()+ROW()+ROW())*(ROW()+ROW()+ROW())+ROW()+ROW())-(POWER(ROW()+ROW(),ROW()+ROW()+ROW())*(ROW()+ROW()+ROW()+ROW())+ROW())-ROW()

only works in A1.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ 1. It works anywhere in row 1. 2. Use the ^ operator instead. 3. You can also save a few using row 2 instead and a little algebra: =ROW()^((ROW()+ROW()/ROW())^ROW()+ROW())-ROW()-ROW()^(ROW()+ROW()+ROW()/ROW(. But then again, you can also save some by going all the way to Row 2014 too. \$\endgroup\$
    – General Grievance
    Commented Jul 10, 2020 at 12:23
  • \$\begingroup\$ Of course, concatenation is also an option. \$\endgroup\$
    – General Grievance
    Commented Jul 10, 2020 at 12:28
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Sinclair ZX81 15 bytes 10 bytes

 PRINT CODE "=";CODE ":"

As the ZX81 has a non-ASCII compatible character set, the character code for = is 20 and for : it is 14 - simples.

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    \$\begingroup\$ You've used a 1 in your answer. \$\endgroup\$
    – caird coinheringaahin g ♦
    Commented Apr 2, 2017 at 1:09
  • \$\begingroup\$ There is no way around making a ZX81 BASIC program without using line numbers. You may take out the line number and run it in direct mode if you wish. \$\endgroup\$
    – Shaun Bebbers
    Commented Apr 2, 2017 at 6:27
  • \$\begingroup\$ This is perhaps another reason why retrocomputing @ Stack Exchange should allow one-liners and code-golf therem, but apparently this would not constitute retro computing. Or something. \$\endgroup\$
    – Shaun Bebbers
    Commented Apr 2, 2017 at 6:30
  • \$\begingroup\$ Correction on my last comment: there not therem. \$\endgroup\$
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    Commented Apr 2, 2017 at 7:24
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Racket, 18 bytes

(~a(+ #xa #xa)#xe)
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Clojure, 9 bytes

Inspired by the Matlab answer, converts char \u075e to an int:

(int \ߞ)
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LiveScript, 18 bytes

The temporary solution

new Date!.getYear!

Unicode

\ߞ .charCodeAt!

Over Excitement

x=!Happy
Happy = -> console.log it
New = -> +it
Year = ->++x and Year
Year.valueOf = -> x

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    \$\begingroup\$ I initially assumed that you mean LiveScript, as in, JavaScript in first Netscape 2 beta. \$\endgroup\$
    – null
    Commented Jan 2, 2014 at 13:51
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    \$\begingroup\$ @GlitchMr, that's where the name came from :-) \$\endgroup\$
    – Brigand
    Commented Jan 2, 2014 at 20:06
  • \$\begingroup\$ Only the "Unicode" solution is valid. The "temporary" solution violates the rule "... independently of any external variables such as the date or time" \$\endgroup\$
    – The Fifth Marshal
    Commented Sep 6, 2019 at 2:25
  • \$\begingroup\$ ... and the "Over Excitement" solution is not a serious contender, \$\endgroup\$
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    Commented Sep 6, 2019 at 2:35
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JSFuck, 1267 bytes

In Javascript, here is the alert(2014) ! (Try in browser Console).

[][(![]+[])[+[]]+([![]]+[][[]])[+!+[]+[+[]]]+(![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+[]]+(!![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]][([][(![]+[])[+[]]+([![]]+[][[]])[+!+[]+[+[]]]+(![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+[]]+(!![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[][(![]+[])[+[]]+([![]]+[][[]])[+!+[]+[+[]]]+(![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+[]]+(!![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]])[+!+[]+[+[]]]+([][[]]+[])[+!+[]]+(![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+[]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]+([][[]]+[])[+[]]+([][(![]+[])[+[]]+([![]]+[][[]])[+!+[]+[+[]]]+(![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+[]]+(!![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+[]]+(!![]+[][(![]+[])[+[]]+([![]]+[][[]])[+!+[]+[+[]]]+(![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+[]]+(!![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]])[+!+[]+[+[]]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]]((![]+[])[+!+[]]+(![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+[]]+(![]+[][(![]+[])[+[]]+([![]]+[][[]])[+!+[]+[+[]]]+(![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+[]]+(!![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]])[!+[]+!+[]+[+[]]]+[!+[]+!+[]]+[+[]]+[+!+[]]+[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[][(![]+[])[+[]]+([![]]+[][[]])[+!+[]+[+[]]]+(![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+[]]+(!![]+[])[!+[]+!+[]+!+[]]+(!![]+[])[+!+[]]])[!+[]+!+[]+[+[]]])()

This sample uses only six different characters to write and execute code. This was generated by https://github.com/aemkei/jsfuck.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Even though it's the longest answer rather than the shortest, +1 for JSFuck. \$\endgroup\$
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    Commented Jan 1, 2014 at 21:04
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Haskell, 69 bytes

How do you get a number without using any digits in the source? Lots of people had already done it with characters or strings, so I decided to use pi, predefined in most languages. From pi, you can get the numbers 3 and 4 easily using the ceiling and floor functions. Then you can use some combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and maybe division to get 2014. Just by experimenting around, it would be easy to figure out a function that takes in 3 and 4 and returns 2014 (such as 4^4 * 4 + 3^3*3^3 + 4*(3^4) - 4*4*4 + 4 - 3 = 2014). This one's 70 characters:

main=print$(\x y->y^y*y+x^x*x^x+y*x^y-y*y*y+y-x)(floor pi)$ceiling pi

Now, that's fine, but writing a function like that isn't much different than just repeatedly writing floor(pi) and ceiling(pi). Is it doable with only one pi? Well, in Haskell, functions can be treated as Monads with an instance defined in Control.Monad.Instances:

instance Monad ((->) r) where
        return = const
        f >>= k = \ r -> k (f r) r

So you can use the bind function to pass one value into two different functions: g (f x) (h x) can be rewritten f >>= flip (g.h). id >>= f can be used to pass the one value twice into the same function: id >>= (^) for example is a function that returns x to the x power. The resulting program at 207 characters is more obfuscated than golfed, but it was fun to write:

import Control.Monad.Instances
main=print.((id>>=(^)>>=flip((+).(id>>=(+)>>=flip((+).(id>>=(-)>>=flip((+).(id>>=div))))))).floor>>=flip((-).(id>>=(^)>>=flip((*).(round.sqrt.fromInteger>>=(*)))).ceiling))$pi
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VB.NET, 59 bytes

MsgBox(((Asc(vbTab) + Asc(vbTab)) & Asc("~")) / Asc(vbTab))

takes the ascii values of a Tab twice (18) concats the ascii value of "~" (126), giving "18126" and then divides the lot by ascii of a Tab (9) = 2014

Alternatively, you can do

MsgBox Asc("j") * vbKeyPause

i.e. ascii of "j" (106) * value of the constant vbKeyPause (19), for a total of 28 characters (less than half the original).

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  • \$\begingroup\$ The exact same code works for VB6 too. \$\endgroup\$
    – Rob
    Commented Jan 4, 2014 at 0:06
  • \$\begingroup\$ user14566 suggested this edit: 27 bytes: MsgBox(Asc("") & Asc("")) =20 =14 \$\endgroup\$
    – Justin
    Commented Jan 13, 2014 at 7:05
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    \$\begingroup\$ You can run this in the immediate window of VBA as ?Asc("j")*vbKeyPause, which shortens it up a bit. \$\endgroup\$
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    Commented Mar 5, 2014 at 16:46
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R, 39 31 bytes:

x=T+T;x^(x*x*x+x)*x-x^(x*x)*x-x

R, also 39 31 bytes:

x=T+T;z=x*x;x^(z*x+x)*x-x^z*x-x

Thanks Scrooble!

More entertaining version: 46 bytes

z=pi;x=z*z;y=exp;j=z/y(z);floor(y(x)/(x-j-j))

Not especially efficient, but I had a lot of fun messing around with this. I'm sure there's a shorter way using just those two numbers

Long-form, subbing in the variables: floor(exp(pi*pi)/((pi*pi) - pi/exp(pi) - pi/exp(pi))

In real-person numbers: floor(19333.69 / (9.869604 - 0.1357605 - 0.1357605)) = floor(2014.328)

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Julia 0.6, 9 bytes

Int('ߞ')

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Just for completeness' sake. Here's 2018 (same trick, different character):

Int('ߢ')

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And just for fun, here's a function using bit shifting and arithmetic instead of using character codepoints (depends on this being Julia version 0.6, which seems an appropriately golf-y hack):

Julia 0.6, 47 bytes

(l=VERSION.minor,o=true)->o<<(l+l-o)-o<<~-l-o-o

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Here, o=true evaluates as 1 during arithmetic. VERSION is an inbuilt constant containing the current Julia version, and VERSION.minor is 6 in this case. We left shift 1 by 6+6-1=11, giving 2048, then subtract 1<<(6-1)=32 and 1 and 1 from it, to give 2014.

2018 version would be:

(l=VERSION.minor,o=true)->o<<(l+l-o)-o<<~-l+o+o
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  • \$\begingroup\$ -1 byte : '߾'-' ' \$\endgroup\$
    – MarcMush
    Commented Feb 23, 2021 at 13:06
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MathGolf, 2 bytes

ID

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I   Pushes 20
 D  Pushes 14

The stack is printed in full on termination.

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><>, 7 4 bytes

"nߞ

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"nߞ      : Put the string nߞ onto the stack.            Stack: [110, 2014]
 n       : Print the top item of the stack as a number. Stack: [110]
  ߞ      : Error out.
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Keg, 2 bytes

ߞ

Keg auto pushes any characters that aren't instructions to the stack, and ߞ has a unicode value of 2014, which then gets printed.

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Raku (previously Perl6)

Raku interpret Unicode numbers as usual numbers, so:

In REPL – 7 bytes (3 chars):

⑳~⑭

Without REPL – 11 bytes (7 chars):

say ⑳~⑭

you can run it as rakudo -e "say ⑳~⑭"

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Hexagony, 3 bytes

ߞ!

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Or if you prefer code that terminates, here's 4 bytes:

ߞ!@
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APOL, 38 bytes

-(⒏ l(*("eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" l("ee"))))

⒏ is a built-in constant that equals 2048, which is only 34 off from 2014. I use the length function to take the length of a 17-character string multiplied by 2 (which is shorter than a 34-character string) and implicitly print the result.

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Quetzalcoatl, 11 4 5 bytes

::ord('ߞ')

The box should be replaced by Unicode character 2014.

Edit

This is for an old version of Quetzalcoatl. New version:

'ߞ'O
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    \$\begingroup\$ There is no ASCII character 2014... it has to be Unicode to go that high. \$\endgroup\$
    – mbomb007
    Commented Mar 4, 2016 at 19:40
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    \$\begingroup\$ I'm not aware of any encoding in which ߞ would be a single byte. \$\endgroup\$
    – Dennis
    Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 17:21
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Fig, 4 bytes (UTF-8)

C/ߞ

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Char casting, as most others.

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Clojure (177 49 characters)

EDIT

Just tripped over this question again and realized there's a much better way to approach this:

(Integer.(apply str(map count["AA""""A""AAAA"])))

which cuts the length down by quite a bit.

How it works:

  1. (map count ["AA" "" "A" "AAAA"]) returns (2 0 1 4), which is a list containing the lengths of each of the strings in the argument vector.
  2. (apply str (...)) converts the elements of the list (2 0 1 4) into the string "2014".
  3. (Integer. (...)) converts the string from #2 ("2014") into the integer value 2014.
  4. This snippet returns the value 2014.

Original

In the true Lisp-ish spirit that "too many parentheses are never enough" I present:

(Integer. (clojure.string/join [(+ (second (range))  (second (range))) (first (range)) (second (range)) (+ (second (range)) (second (range)) (second (range)) (second (range)))]))

How it works:
The function range produces a lazy sequence of numbers. If no starting point and ending point are specified the range starts at zero and extends infinitely in the positive direction; however, because it's a lazy sequence the numbers are not produced until needed. Thus, applying the first function to the result of the range function without arguments produces the value 0, which is the first element in the sequence 0 to positive infinity. Applying the function second to such a range produces the value 1. From there it's a simple matter of producing enough 1's and summing them up to get 2 and 4, then converting them (implicitly) into strings to join then together, then converting the resulting string back to an integer. (I find it amusing that this is actually longer than some of the Brainf*ck answers - and to add to the horror, it's also legible :-).

Share and enjoy.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I suppose that you don't need to convert back to integer, instead add an output function. \$\endgroup\$
    – Paŭlo Ebermann
    Commented Jan 5, 2014 at 18:15
  • \$\begingroup\$ Do you need all that whitespace? \$\endgroup\$
    – cat
    Commented Apr 18, 2016 at 2:38
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