Print the ASCII printable character set

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Challenge: Print the entire printable ASCII charset (not just a range!) in order.

[space]!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~

(Of course, replace space with the actual space character.)

Rules: read closely

No other characters allowed in the output.
Program/function does not accept input.
Try not to hardcode/embed the output.
This is code golf, shortest answer wins.

Well they are a couple main things about this challenge that are why it's getting downvoted. A) the community really doesn't like it when you ban golfing language (whether or not I agree with this is a different matter) B) it's rather simple but I wouldn't say it's exactly trivial (kinda on the edge). Also saying "Try not to ..." usually isn't a good sign because it's not actually enforcing it (because it's hard to enforce this objectively), and it might mean your challenge may not be found that interesting (therefore getting downvotes). — Downgoat, Jul 11 '16 at 0:38
I'm not sure how to interpret try not to hardcode the output here. For a constant output challenge, that's the only way... — Dennis, Jul 11 '16 at 0:50
Do we have to print the output from a function or is returning a string acceptable? — Dennis, Jul 11 '16 at 5:53
This is NOT a duplicate of that challenge! Programs there had to accept input and print only part of the table. This challenge is easier and different. — anna328p, Jul 11 '16 at 23:23

mbomb007 · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-26 21:23:40Z

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Retina, 12 bytes

The is the Unit Separator character \x1F (31)



+;T`p`p_

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Retina 0.8.2, 18 bytes

Same method as above, but requires some extra bytes for printing and not having a trailing newline.



+*\T`p`p_
\`.

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If, like in Martin's answer, a trailing newline is acceptable, then this is possible, beating him by 5 bytes:

Retina 0.8.2, 13 bytes



+*\T`p`p_

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Bubbler · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-26 23:22:06Z

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Gol><>, 9 bytes

`_FLss|rH

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`_FLss|rH

`_F...|    Run the following 95 times:
   Lss       Push the loop counter + 32
       rH  Print all the chars in the pushed order and halt

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snail_ · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 01:05:57Z

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F# (.NET Core), 30 bytes

Seq.iter(printf"%c")[' '..'~']

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ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 01:18:23Z

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Common Lisp, 41 bytes

(dotimes(i 95)(princ(code-char(+ i 32))))

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ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 01:26:26Z

1

Charcoal, 1 byte

γ

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No builtin, 7 bytes:

⪫…· ¦~ω

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Explanation

⪫     ω  Join by empty string
 …· ¦~    Inclusive range from " " to "~"

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ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 01:31:26Z

1

Tcl, 55 bytes

set i 31
time {puts -nonewline [format %c [incr i]]} 95

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ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 04:08:00Z

1

Add++, 12 bytes

L^,126 32rBF

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Explanation

L^,          Lambda returning stack cast to string (takes character code of numbers)
   126 32r   Inclusive range from 32 to 126
          BF Flatten stack

answered Apr 27 '18 at 4:08

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ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 05:05:08Z

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><>, 21 19 bytes

48*v
)?;>:o1+:763**

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Explanation

48*v               Push 32 and move down
                   Print character, increment, stop if greater than 126
)?;>:o1+:763**

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ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 05:13:13Z

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05AB1E, 2 bytes

žQ

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No builtin, 8 bytes:

95Ý32+çJ

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Explanation

95Ý       Push [0..95]
   32+    Add 32 (vectorizes)
      ç   chr (vectorizes)
       J  Join by empty string

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\$\begingroup\$ No built-in, 5 bytes: žwƵQŸ \$\endgroup\$ – Makonede Mar 8 at 21:00
\$\begingroup\$ Another: ₃Ýžw+ \$\endgroup\$ – Makonede Apr 2 at 20:40

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Kirill L. · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 08:01:47Z

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Ruby, 14 bytes

print *?\s..?~

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

Chip `-w` `-gii` `-c127`, 19 bytes

aABbcC,~S
dDEefF^Gg

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Flags:

-w Don't attempt to read stdin
-gii Generate incrementing bytes for input
-c127 Cut off execution at 127 cycles

Code:

This is a cat program suitable for ASCII (only handles 7 bits):

aABbcC
dDEefF Gg

And this suppresses output for values outside the range 0x20-0x7f. (More accurately, it requires that at least one of the bits 0x20 or 0x40 to be true):

      ,~S
     F^G

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

Whitespace, 52 bytes

[S S S T    S S S S S N
_Push_32][N
S S N
_Create_Label_LOOP][S N
S _Duplicate][T N
S S _Print_as_character][S S S T    N
_Push_1][T  S S S _Add][S N
S _Duplicate][S S S T   T   T   T   T   T   T   N
_Push_127][T    S S T   _Subtract][N
T   T   N
_If_negative_Jump_to_Label_LOOP]

Letters S (space), T (tab), and N (new-line) added as highlighting only.
[..._some_action] added as explanation only.

Try it online (with raw spaces, tabs, and new-lines).
Program stops with error: No exit defined.

Pseudo-code:

Integer c = 32
Start LOOP:
  Print c as character
  c = c + 1
  If c - 127 is negative:
    Go to next iteration of LOOP

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

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Forth (gforth), 27 bytes

: f 127 32 do i emit loop ;

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Explanation

127 32 do  \ loop from 32 to 126 (127 is not printable)
  i emit   \ get the index of the loop, then print it as its ascii representation
loop       \ end the loop

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answered Apr 30 '18 at 13:17

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LegionMammal978 · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-05 13:09:51Z

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Mathematica, 22 bytes

32~CharacterRange~126&

Pretty simple. & creates an anonymous function and 32~CharacterRange~126 outputs a list of characters from 32 () to 126 (~). Actually, I'm pretty sure this is optimal this time.

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

1

Japt `-P`, 5 bytes

#_odH

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Explanation

#_        :95
  o       :Range [0,95)
    H     :Add 32 to each
   d      :Get the characters at those codepoints

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answered Apr 27 '18 at 7:25

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

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Dyalog APL, 11 bytes

⎕UCS 31+⍳99

⍳99 integers 1 through 99

31+ add 31 to them

⎕UCS pick those from the Unicode Character Set

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answered Jul 11 '16 at 5:41

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

1

PowerShell 5.1, 22 Bytes

-join[char[]](32..126)

Or 17 bytes if newlines are allowed and we can ditch the join.

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answered Sep 4 '18 at 22:32

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\$\begingroup\$ A similar approach for PowerShell Core Try it online - 15 bytes! \$\endgroup\$ – Julian Mar 16 at 1:43

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Kirill L. · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-05 09:03:48Z

Elixir, 24 bytes

IO.puts Enum.uniq 32..?~

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Prints a trailing newline. If that's not acceptable, it's +1 byte for write instead of puts.

uniq is the cheapest operation I managed to find for converting range to list. As a bonus, here are 4 different programs that all accomplish the task in 27 bytes:

IO.puts Enum.to_list 32..?~
IO.puts Enum.into 32..?~,[]
IO.puts Enum.take 32..?~,95
IO.puts for n<-32..?~,do: n

VIII · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-21 04:30:45Z

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x86_16 machine code - 21 15 bytes

-6 bytes, thanks @anna328p

B8 20 0E        MOV AX, 0E20H
            .LOOP:
CD 10           INT 10H
40              INC AX
3C 7E           CMP AL, 7EH
75 F6           JNE .LOOP
B8 4C00         MOV AX, 4C00H
CD 21           INT 21H

Running on DOSBox :

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\$\begingroup\$ Is line 17 needed? \$\endgroup\$ – anna328p Mar 7 at 8:35
\$\begingroup\$ @anna328p of course, The program will hang if there is no exit function after the loop \$\endgroup\$ – VIII Mar 7 at 9:15
\$\begingroup\$ I got it down to 15 bytes: uCAOzRBAPH91+bhMAM0h (base64) \$\endgroup\$ – anna328p Mar 20 at 20:44
\$\begingroup\$ cool ! , thank you \$\endgroup\$ – VIII Mar 21 at 4:31

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cliffroot · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-11 08:28:54Z

0

Scala, 25 bytes

()=>' 'to'~'foreach print

Anonymous function with no args which prints given range

See it online: https://ideone.com/fX2rwf

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brianush1 · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-11 09:30:16Z

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Lua - 41 bytes

for i=32,127 do io.write(("").char(i))end

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\$\begingroup\$ You also have to print #127. Not collecting everything in a variable seems to be shorter: for i=32,127 do io.write(("").char(i))end \$\endgroup\$ – manatwork Jul 11 '16 at 8:51

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ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 05:17:28Z

0

2sable, 8 bytes

95Ý32+çJ

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Same as for 05AB1E

Explanation

95Ý       Push [0..95]
   32+    Add 32 (vectorizes)
      ç   chr (vectorizes)
       J  Join by empty string

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ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 05:27:40Z

3var, 20 bytes

iiss+<+<>+<+<kkF[Pi]

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Explanation

iiss                 Increment A twice, square A twice (set a to 16)
    +                Add A to B (set R to 16)
     <               Set B to R
      +<>            Add A and B (16 + 16 = 32), store to A and B
         +<+<        Add 32 to B twice more (B = 96)
             kk      Decrement B twice (B = 94)
               F[  ] Do B times
                 Pi  Print A as character and increment A

ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 05:41:04Z

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Actually, 12 bytes

:95r:32+♂┌εj

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Explanation

:95r          Push [0 .. 95]
    :32+      Add 32
        ♂┌    Map chr over TOS
          εj  Join by empty string

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remoel · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-27 08:55:25Z

0

VBA (Excel), 28 bytes

using immediate window.

for i=32to 126:?chr(i);:next

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ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-28 02:58:07Z

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Perl 5, 21 bytes

print map{chr}32..127

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ASCII-only · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-30 10:20:33Z

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Swift 4, 57 bytes

for i in 32...126{print(UnicodeScalar(i)!,terminator:"")}

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wastl · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-01 13:23:32Z

0

Stax, 2 bytes

Vp

Run and debug it

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Harry · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-02 01:49:20Z

0

Jelly, 2 bytes

ØṖ

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Yep, it's included, but here's an answer without the builtin:

Jelly, 7 bytes

95Ḷ+32Ọ

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95Ḷ        create lowered range, from 0 to 94 inclusive
   +32     add 32 to every element in the range
      Ọ    cast the entire list to characters and implicitly print

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Taylor Scott · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-10 01:08:52Z

0

Yabasic/VBA, 29 bytes

An anonymous function that takes no input and outputs to the console.

Note that the VBA answer could be 1 byte shorter by using Chr instead of Chr$.

For i=32To 126:?Chr$(i);:Next

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VBA: There is no TIO for VBA :(

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Print the ASCII printable character set

67 Answers 67

Retina, 12 bytes

Retina 0.8.2, 18 bytes

Retina 0.8.2, 13 bytes

Gol><>, 9 bytes

How it works

F# (.NET Core), 30 bytes

Common Lisp, 41 bytes

Charcoal, 1 byte

Explanation

Tcl, 55 bytes

Add++, 12 bytes

Explanation

><>, 21 19 bytes

Explanation

05AB1E, 2 bytes

Explanation

Ruby, 14 bytes

Chip -w -gii -c127, 19 bytes

Flags:

Code:

Whitespace, 52 bytes

Forth (gforth), 27 bytes

Explanation

Mathematica, 22 bytes

Japt -P, 5 bytes

Explanation

Dyalog APL, 11 bytes

PowerShell 5.1, 22 Bytes

Elixir, 24 bytes

x86_16 machine code - 21 15 bytes

Scala, 25 bytes

Lua - 41 bytes

2sable, 8 bytes

Explanation

3var, 20 bytes

Explanation

Actually, 12 bytes

Explanation

Perl 5, 21 bytes

Swift 4, 57 bytes

Stax, 2 bytes

Jelly, 2 bytes

Jelly, 7 bytes

Yabasic/VBA, 29 bytes

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