Count up folks!

Question

Introduction

It may sound strange, but we haven't got ONE challenge for counting from 1 to n, inclusive.

This is not the same thing. That one is a (closed) not well-explained challenge.
This is not the same thing. That one is about counting up indefinitely.

Challenge

Write a program or function that prints every integer from 1 to n inclusive.

Rules

• You can get n any way.
• You can assume that n will always be a positive integer.
• You can get n in any base, but you should always output in decimal.
• Output must be separated by any character (or pattern) not in 0123456789. Non-decimal leading or trailing characters are allowed (for example when using arrays such as [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]).
• Standard loopholes are denied.
• We want to find the shortest approach in each language, not the shortest language, so I will not accept any answer.
• You must update your answer(s) after this edit, answers posted before the last edit must comply with the change rule about standard loopholes (I didn't want to deny them, but I didn't want to make the community roar, so I denied them).
• You can use any post-dating language version (or language). You cannot use any language or language version made just for this challenge.

Bonuses

20%

• Your program must be able to count at least up to 18446744073709551615 (2^64-1). For example, if a new datatype is the only way to support big integers, you must construct it. If your language does not have any way to support huge integers up to 2^64-1, the upper limit of that particular language must be supported instead.

EDIT: I've changed the limit from 2^64 to 2^64-1 to allow more answers.

EDIT: I made the 2^64-1 rule a bonus, since there has not been much interest in this challenge. If your answer supports 2^64-1, you can now edit it to include the bonus. Also, you can post an answer not supporting it, if it is shorter.

Answer 1

V, 11 Bytes

é1@añYpñdd

Since this contains nasty UTF-8 and unprintables, here is a reversible hexdump:

00000000: e931 4061 f159 7001 f164 64              [email protected]

V is an unfinished language I wrote, but this is working as of commit 19. This answer was a little more verbose than I'd like, but that's mostly because V has no knowledge of integers, only strings. So it's a decent answer! This will work up to 2^64, but it will probably take a very long time.

To make my explanation easier to read/write, I will work with this "Human readable form", which is actually how you would type this in vim.

<A-i>1@a<A-q>Yp<C-a><A-q>dd

Explanation:

'Implicit: register "a" == arg 1, and any generated text is printed. 

<A-i>1                       'Insert a single character: "1"
      @a                     ' "a" times, 
        <A-q>       <A-q>    'Repeat the following:
             Yp<C-a>         'Duplicate the line, and increment it
                         dd  'Delete the last line, since we have one too many.

If loopholes are allowed, here's a shorter version that prints 1 to n, but also prints a 0 (8 bytes):

é0@añYp

And in readable form:

<A-i>1@a<A-q>Yp<C-a>

This is shorter because the <A-q> at the end is implicit, so we don't need it if we don't have to delete the last line.

Answer 2

JavaScript (ES6), 84 80 bytes

x=>{for(n=[r=i=0];r!=x;)(n[i]=-~n[i++]%10)&&alert(r=[...n].reverse(i=0).join``)}

Input is a string. Outputs as alert. Change alert to console.log if you want to keep your sanity.

I tried a few different methods then went to the print to infinity question to see how the JS answer there did it and found that I was the one who answered it. *facepalm* This approach is actually shorter though, so it worked out fine.

Answer 3

Hoon, 13 bytes

(cury gulf 1)

++gulf returns a list containing the numbers from a to b. Returned a curried function with 1 for a.

Usage:

> %.  9
  (cury gulf 1)
~[1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]

Answer 4

JavaScript (ES6), 99 103

String increment using regexp, not limit except the string length
Edit 1 byte saved thx @user81655

x=>{for(a='';a!=x;console.log(a=(' '+a).replace(/.9*$/,x=>++x[0]+'0'.repeat(x.length-1)).trim()));}

Test

f=x=>{for(a='';a!=x;console.log(a=(' '+a).replace(/.9*$/,x=>++x[0]+'0'.repeat(x.length-1)).trim()));}

console.log=x=>o.push(x)

function test() {
  var v = I.value
  o=[]
  if (/^\d+$/.test(v)) f(v)
  else console.log('Invalid number' + v)
  if(o.length > 30) o.splice(15,o.length-30,'','...','');
  O.textContent=o.join`\n`
}

test()

<input id=I value=10000><button onclick='test()'>go</button>
(this test snippet will show just the first and last 15 lines of the output)
<pre id=O></pre>

Answer 5

AWK, 25 23 Bytes

{for(;j<=$1;)print++j}

It seems like I should be able to make this smaller, but I can't seem to figure out how. :(

OK, I must have been asleep not to realize I could drop those braces... thanks Olivier.

An example usage would be to store this code in a file, FILE then do something along the lines of:

awk -f FILE <<< 4242342

Answer 6

C++14, 142 bytes

#include<numeric>
#include<list>
using namespace std;[](auto n)->list<decltype(n)>{list<decltype(n)>t(n);iota(t.begin(),t.end(),1);return t;};

This declares an anonymous lambda function which can be captured and subsequently called. The function returns a std::list containing values of the same type as n. The unsigned long long data type can be used on 64-bit machines to support the full 64-bit unsigned integer range (calling it like f(18446744073709551615ULL)).

Try it online

Answer 7

Dyalog APL, 1 byte

⍳

This has worked since the very first APL, back in the seventies:

⍳⎕

No built-in (also always worked):

+\⎕⍴1

Cumulative sum +\ of input ⎕ number of ⍴ 1s.

Obviously you will need enough memory to contain the result. Here is a print loop to avoid memory full:

{⎕←1+⍵}⍣⎕⊢0

{return and print ⎕← 1+ argument ⍵ } applied ⍣ input ⎕ times to ⊢ 0.

Answer 8

PowerShell, 32 26 bytes

After reading the question thoroughly, I realized that my original answer does not support up to 2^64-1 since the range operator (..) in PS only supports 32bit integers.

Corrected answer:

for($x=0;$x-le$args[0];$x++){$x}

while($x++-ne$args[0]){$x}

Usage (save as count.ps1):

PS>count.ps1 8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Old method, supports only up to 2^32-1 taking input from the pipeline:

%{1..$_}

Since expressions are only allowed as the first element in the PowerShell pipeline, I have to wrap it in a foreach (%).

Answer 9

Turing Machine Simulator - 1366 Bytes (124 Lines)

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3 _ * r 4
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4 * * l 4
4 _ * r 5
5 0 _ r 5
5 , * * n
5 * * r 6
6 * * r 6
6 , * r 9
9 * * r 9
9 _ * l z
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8 * * l 8
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p * * r p
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b 9 0 l b
c * * l c
c _ * r v
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v , * * 2
n * * r n
n _ * r halt
n , _ r n
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You can try it out here - link Just set the initial input to the upper limit.

Supports arbitrarily large integers

Answer 10

JAISBaL, 15 bytes

c1I0¯K0DQc1+I0´

Verbose:

# \# enable verbose parsing #\
pushnum 1        \# push 1 onto the stack #\
store 0          \# store the top value of the stack into var0 #\
for              \# start for loop #\
    load 0       \# push the value in var0 onto the stack #\
    duplicate    \# duplicate the top value of the stack #\
    popoutln     \# pop the top value off a stack and print it with a new line #\
    pushnum 1    \# push 1 onto the stack #\
    add          \# add the top two values of the stack #\
    store 0      \# store the top value of the stack into var0 #\
end              \# end current language construct #\

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JAISBaL Noncompeting Answers These answers are noncompeting because they use the "range" instruction, which I added because of this challenge. I did not add them specifically to complete this challenge, rather this challenge brought the need for a range instruction to my attention.

Manual output, 4 bytes: (Manual output because the output at the end of a JAISBaL program can be considered debug information, although it is always enabled)

c1ØP

Verbose:

# \# enable verbose parsing #\
pushnum 1    \# push 1 onto the stack #\
rangein      \# push an array containing all numbers in the range of the two numbers on the top of the stack, inclusivley #\
popout       \# pop the top value of a stack and print it #\

Implicit Output, 3 bytes:

c1Ø

Same concept as the manual output answer, just without the print instruction.

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Instruction codes and testing compatible with JAISBaL-0.0.6

Answer 11

Python 3, 31 bytes

print(*range(1,int(input())+1))

Outputs the range of numbers space-separated. Uses * operator magic to explode the output of range into separate arguments to print, which separates its arguments with spaces by default.

Answer 12

><>, 10 bytes

lnao:l(?;:

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Input should be on stack before execution. Can be done via command line by launching the program with the -v flag, I've yet to understand how/if this should be counted.

Explanation

At each iteration we print the length of the stack followed by a newline (lnao), then if the length of the stack has reached the input number we end the program (:l(?;), otherwise we duplicate the top of the stack (which will bethe input number) and continue.

Answer 13

T-SQL, 61 bytes

DECLARE @ INT=0L:SET @+=1PRINT @ IF @<(SELECT i FROM t)GOTO L

I used a different technique than Pete Arden's SQL answer. I took my input from column i of pre-existing table t, per our IO standards.

Formatted:

DECLARE @ INT=0
L:
    SET @+=1
    PRINT @
IF @<(SELECT i FROM t) GOTO L

Answer 14

PHP, 26 bytes -20% = 20.8

<?=join(_,range(1,$argn));

run as pipe with -F.

or

while($i<$argn)echo++$i,_;

prints one trailing delimiter; run as pipe with -nR.

Answer 15

k/kona, 3 Bytes

1+!

e.g.

k)1+!15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Answer 16

Excel VBA, _{48 47 46 22} 21 Bytes

Immediates Window Function

Anonymous VBE Immediates Windows Function that takes input of the expected type Variant\Integer and from cell [A1] outputs to the VBE immediates window

For I=1To[A1]:?I:Next

Old Subroutine Version

Code:

Sub F(N):For I=1To N:Cells(I, 1)=I:Next:End Sub

Usage:

Sub Test(): F 100: End Sub

Changes:

-24 Bytes for converting to Immediates Window Function

-1 Byte for condensing I=1 To to I=1To

-1 Byte thanks to Engineer Toast for Changing Cells(I,1) to Debug.?

-1 Byte for removing whitespace

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Output to ActiveSheet, ₃₀ 28 Bytes

Anonymous VBE immediate window function that takes input from range [A1] and outputs to the range [1:1]

[A1].Resize([A1],1)="=Row()"

-2 Bytes for removing A1 from Row(A1)

Answer 17

Stack Cats with -nl, 18 bytes

*(>]>{<:_-!:]}[*)>

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Flags are not counted as bytes, but as a separate language as per this Meta consensus.

Flags:

• -n to do integer I/O
• -l to implicitly mirror to the left; the actual code is <(*]{[:!-_:>}<[<)*(>]>{<:_-!:]}[*)>.

Adapted from this answer for printing out 1 to 10. I had to fall back to the <(...)*(...)> structure to handle the input correctly. (I once tried _(...)_(...)_ instead, but I realized it is incorrect for n=1.)

How it works:

     [-1 n*]
<    [*] [-1 n]
(..) Skip
*    [1*] [-1 n]
(
>]>  [1] [-1] [n] [*]
{    Remember 0
<:   [1] [-1] [n 0*] [...]
_-!  [1] [-1] [n n-1*] [...]
:]   [1] [-1] [n-1] [... n*]
}    Exit if top is 0
[    Remove 0 at the top
*    Make the top positive
)    Top = 1; exit
>    Return to the stack of numbers

Answer 18

Integral, 8 Bytes

 ⌡◙▲⌡•▼e

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Explanation

          (space) Push 1
 ⌡◙▲⌡     "◙▲", standing for "duplicate, increment" when evaluated
     •    Swap third-to-top to the top
      ▼   Decrement
       e  Repeat that many times

Answer 19

Vyxal, 0.8 bytes

ɾ

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1-byte builtin. Python's default number type is arbitrary-size integers, so so is Vyxal's. I mean, it won't finish in reasonable time, but if you gave it enough memory and time...

Answer 20

QBIC, 6 bytes

:[a|?b

Start a FOR-loop ranging from 1 (default start of FOR-loops) to a, where a is read by : from the command line parameters. At every iteration, b (our FOR-loop counter) is printed (?).

Answer 21

Jelly, 1 byte

R

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Answer 22

AutoHotKey, 58 bytes

Golfed and ungolfed are the same.

Golfed:

Ungolfed:

c:=0
x:=0
InputBox, x
while c<x{
    c:=c+1
    tooltip %c%
}

Answer 23

J, 4 bytes

>:i.

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Answer 24

Bash, 17 bytes

eval echo {1..$1}

Answer 25

J - 27 bytes

9!:37[0 _ _ _
(,~<:@{.)^:<:

Usage

   (,~<:@{.)^:<: 20x
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Explanation

This avoids using the built-in i. to generate a range.

First, J will truncate output if it's too long, so we disable that by setting the values to infinity _

9!:37[0 _ _ _

Second, the input has to be given as an extended integer, which can be done by marking it with a suffix of x.

The actual function is only 13 bytes, the change in settings another 13 bytes, and the newline between them is a byte, so 13 + 1 + 13 = 27.

(,~<:@{.)^:<:
           <:    - Decrement the input
         ^:      - Repeat the given verb that many times, nesting its calls
      {.         - Take the head of the input
   <:            - Decrement it
 ,~              - Prepend it to the input

Answer 26

Befunge, 21 bytes

&>:  v
@^-1:_>,#a:#._

Counts down on the stack, then counts up. Compliance to the 2^64 rule may depend on implementation.

Answer 27

PHP, 32 bytes

for(;$i!=$argv[1];)echo++$i." "; 

57 Bytes

$c=function($e){$i=0;while($i!=$e)echo ++$i." ";};$c(10);

Answer 28

Julia, 11 bytes

n->[1:n...]

This is an anonymous function that accepts an integer and returns an array from 1 to the input. This can handle large inputs just fine, it just requires passing n as a larger type, e.g. Int128 or BigInt.

Answer 29

Go, 90 bytes

Naive solution:

package main
import ."fmt"
func main(){var n,b uint64
Scan(&n)
for;b<n;b++{Println(b+1)}}

Answer 30

Perl 6, 5 bytes

1..+*

Sadly, 1..* is an infinite range, so I've got to cheat to make Perl 6 understand it's actually an anonymous function (and * is the placeholder).