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You have to output the alphabet (upper case) with the shortest code possible.

Exact output expected : ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

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APL, 2 chars

⎕A

It's a constant string with the uppercase letters from A to Z

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Python 35 chars

print("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
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BASH 21 chars

echo {A..Z}|tr -d " "

Output:

~$ echo {A..Z}|tr -d " "
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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  • \$\begingroup\$ For a shorter way see the bash solution posted for this question's duplicate. \$\endgroup\$
    – manatwork
    Feb 5, 2014 at 12:35
  • \$\begingroup\$ Sure, but the Output has to be exactly in the form provided. The answer you linked to is in lowercase with spaces. But nevertheless thank you for pointing me there :) \$\endgroup\$
    – german_guy
    Feb 5, 2014 at 12:39
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    \$\begingroup\$ Interesting. printf %s {A..Z} gives me uppercase letters without any space. \$\endgroup\$
    – manatwork
    Feb 5, 2014 at 12:41
  • \$\begingroup\$ Hmmm, true. Maybe you could then just submit this as an answer \$\endgroup\$
    – german_guy
    Feb 5, 2014 at 12:43
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    \$\begingroup\$ Pointless. This question will be probably closed soon as duplicate. I only posted trying to help you get the taste of golfing. \$\endgroup\$
    – manatwork
    Feb 5, 2014 at 12:49
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R, 19

cat(LETTERS,sep="")

Output:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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Ruby 2.0.0, bytesize: 19:

=> p([*'A'..'Z'].join)
=> "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"

update. this produce without quotes:

=> ruby -e '$><<[*?A..?Z].join'
=> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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  • \$\begingroup\$ You can use ?A and ?Z instead of 'A' and 'Z'. And you can use *'' instead of .join. And the parenthesis is not necessary there. Sadly this outputs the alphabet between double quotes. \$\endgroup\$
    – manatwork
    Feb 5, 2014 at 12:44
  • \$\begingroup\$ thanx @manatwork I'm surprised *''! \$\endgroup\$
    – user13426
    Feb 5, 2014 at 12:57
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Delphi

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var i:int16;begin for i:=65to 90do write(chr(i))end.

45 bytes

begin write('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ');end.
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  • \$\begingroup\$ You have to post a functional piece of code, including declarations and any other stuff required by the language. \$\endgroup\$
    – manatwork
    Feb 5, 2014 at 13:01
  • \$\begingroup\$ Edited it, I thought you just needed the required code to display it... my bad \$\endgroup\$
    – Teun Pronk
    Feb 5, 2014 at 13:06
  • \$\begingroup\$ Actually the program X; is not necessary and in this case byte is enough. Not mentioning that the variable declaration in the second version is pointless. \$\endgroup\$
    – manatwork
    Feb 5, 2014 at 13:19
  • \$\begingroup\$ sighs could get it shorter anyhow, just had something coming up all of a sudden, I will edit it soon.. \$\endgroup\$
    – Teun Pronk
    Feb 5, 2014 at 13:30

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