# A newly discovered number: bleen!

"The Nobel Prize in mathematics was awarded to a California professor who has discovered a new number! The number is bleen, which he claims belongs between 6 and 7." --George Carlin

In this challenge, you will print all Integers, inclusive, within the given input range. Print numbers ascending or descending according to their input order. That is, for input [n1, n2], print ascending if n1 < n2, descending if n1 > n2.

Since bleen is now an Integer number it may be used as input. It must also be included in the output, between 6 and 7 where applicable. Also note that -bleen exists between -7 and -6.

Input

Two Integers [n1, n2] in the range [-10, 10], inclusive, via your programming language's input of choice.

(Input may also contain bleen and -bleen!)

Output

Print all Integers starting at n1 and ending with n2, including the newly discovered bleen between 6 and 7. Output can be a range of character separated numbers in some form your language supports - that is, comma or space separated. One trailing space of output is okay.

Examples

Input:  1 10
Output: 1 2 3 4 5 6 bleen 7 8 9 10

Input:  -9 -4
Output: -9 -8 -7 -bleen -6 -5 -4

Input:  -8 bleen
Output: -8 -7 -bleen -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 bleen

Input:  9 1
Output: 9 8 7 bleen 6 5 4 3 2 1

Input:  2 -bleen
Output: 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -bleen

Input:  -bleen 0
Output: -bleen -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0

Input:  bleen bleen
Output: bleen

Input:  2 2
Output: 2


You may write a program or function and use any standard method of receiving input and providing output.

You may use any programming language, but standard loopholes are not allowed.

This is , so the shortest valid answer – measured in bytes – wins.

• Is bleenteen between 16 and 17 also? (and is bleenty-bleen between bleenty-six and bleenty-seven?) – Joffan Aug 3 '16 at 18:07
• @Joffan ... and bleenty between 60 and 70? – Adám Aug 3 '16 at 18:08
• @Joffan How much is (bleen + 7) / 2 ? – Adám Aug 3 '16 at 18:10
• In mathematics there is only the Field's medal, no Nobel Prizes there.... – Graipher Aug 4 '16 at 7:48
• @Graipher That's why you shouldn't rely on a comedian's standup bit as hard news ;) – Geobits Aug 4 '16 at 9:45

# Python 3, 132 130 bytes

r=round
bleen=6.1
m=1.08
a,b=eval(input())
d=1-2*(a>b)
print(*[[r(i/m),"-bleen"[i>0:]][i*i==49]for i in range(r(m*a),d+r(m*b),d)])


Takes input in the following example format:

-8, bleen

• Does this work outside of [-10,10]? – mbomb007 Aug 3 '16 at 21:33
• @mbomb007 Nope. – orlp Aug 3 '16 at 21:33
• Very ingenious solution with bleen and eval there, nice one. Another suggestion: use bleen=7/m for clearification without character penalty – WorldSEnder Aug 3 '16 at 23:32
• @orlp is there a reason you named the variable bleen and not just a single digit char? – Blue Aug 4 '16 at 7:46
• @muddyfish Yes, it's necessary for the eval to translate bleen into the correct value. – orlp Aug 4 '16 at 8:01

# Ruby, 114100 98 bytes

Input is an array with [n1, n2]. (If it must be two seperate arguments, +1 byte to change the function arg from g to *g. Bleen must be a string, "bleen". Outputs an array of the range. Suggested by @Jordan with his (?) initial version granting -7 bytes, but I also golfed off 7 more after that.

Try it online.

->g{a=*-10..-7,?-+b='bleen',*-6..6,b,*7..10;x,y=g.map{|v|a.index v}
y<x ?a[y..x].reverse: a[x..y]}


Original full program version that reads input from ARGV:

b='bleen'
a=[*-10..-7,?-+b,*-6..6,b,*7..10].map &:to_s
x,y=$*.map{|v|a.index v} puts y<x ?a[y..x].reverse: a[x..y]  • If you make this a lambda you can get rid of .map &:to_s and save 6 bytes, and you can save one more by changing the initialization of a to a=*-10..10;a[4,0]=?-+b;a[18,0]=b. – Jordan Aug 3 '16 at 20:12 • I.e. ->*g{b='bleen';a=*-10..10;a[4,0]=?-+b;a[18,0]=b;x,y=g.map{|v|a.index v};puts y<x ?a[y..x].reverse: a[x..y]} – Jordan Aug 3 '16 at 20:14 • @Jordan thanks. Didn't need to use the slicing trick to insert the bleen, though; my array composition is still shorter by about 1 byte. – Value Ink Aug 3 '16 at 20:40 • Ah, I was counting the brackets; forgot you could omit them. – Jordan Aug 3 '16 at 20:43 • Should I upvote, or leave you at exactly 4k? – NoOneIsHere Aug 31 '16 at 1:10 # Pyth, 35 bytes K++L\-P_J++M7"bleen"M}7TJ@LK}FxLK  Test suite. The first part, i.e. K++L\-P_J++M7"bleen"M}7TJ, generates this array: ['-10', '-9', '-8', '-7', '-bleen', '-6', '-5', '-4', '-3', '-2', '-1', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', 'bleen', '7', '8', '9', '10']  and then stores it in K. The second part, i.e. @LK}FxLK, finds the sublist indicated by the input. • I thought of such an approach too. Mure interesting if we had to take any int range... – Adám Aug 3 '16 at 18:56 • ... and especially if we had to include bleenteen, and bleenty, etc. – Adám Aug 3 '16 at 18:57 ## Python 3, 157145123108115139161158 153 bytes Saved 22 thanks to Lynn. 17 saved thanks to shooqie. 3 saved thanks to ljeabmreosn. 5 saved thanks to Geoff Reedy. a,b=eval(input()) s='-' c='bleen' d=a<b l=list(map(str,range(-10,11)))[::[-1,1][d]] x=l.insert y=l.index x(4,d*s+c) x(18,(1^d)*s+c) print(l[y(a):y(b)+1])  Input like '-10', '8'. Tips are welcome for a beginner. Added 7 to account for -bleen. Added 15 to account for reversed input like '8','-10'. Added a large 21 to account for the reversed input signs for bleen vs -bleen. • l.index('-6') and l.index('7') should just be constants, no? – Lynn Aug 3 '16 at 19:25 • l=[str(i)for i in range(-10,11)] -> l=list(map(str,range(-10,11))) – shooqie Aug 3 '16 at 19:31 • Though I'm not sure why you need strings in the first place. l=list(range(-10,11)) works as well – shooqie Aug 3 '16 at 19:32 • Lines 2, 4, 5 can be replaced with for i in(4,18):l.insert(i,'bleen'). – shooqie Aug 3 '16 at 19:34 • @shooqie The for loop is missing the negative sign at index 4. e.g. the list contains two elements of 'bleen' rather than a '-bleen','bleen' – Justin Aug 3 '16 at 19:44 # Ruby, 141 bytes ->*a{ l="bleen" s=13 a,b=a.map{|n|2*n rescue s*(n<=>?b)} b,a,r=a,b,1if b<a o=(a..b).map{|n|n==s ?l:n==-s ??-+l:n/2}.uniq puts r ?o.reverse: o}  ## Ungolfed lambda do |*args| bleen = "bleen" subst = 13 # This will stand in for "bleen" a, b = args.map {|arg| begin # Double the number 2 * arg rescue # It wasn't a number, so it's "bleen" or "-bleen"; replace it with 13 or -13 subst * (arg <=> "b") end } if b < a # If the range isn't ascending, reverse it and remember that we did b, a, reverse = a, b, 1 end # Step through the range, replacing 13 and -13 with "bleen" and "-bleen" and # halving everything else result = (a..b).map {|n| if n == subst bleen elsif n == -subst "-" + bleen else n / 2 end }.uniq # Drop duplicates # Reverse the result if the range was descending puts reverse ? result.reverse : result end  ## Batch, 239 186 bytes @set/ableen=1431655772,a=%1*3,b=%2*3,c=b-a^>^>31^|1 @for /l %%i in (%a%,%c%,%b%)do @((if %%i==20 echo bleen)&(if %%i==-20 echo -bleen)&set/aj=%%i%%3,k=%%i/3&cmd/cif %%j%%==0 echo %%k%%)  Works by looping from 3*%1 to 3*%3 and then dividing by three and printing the numbers with no remainder, however setting bleen to that magic number causes integer overflow and the value 20 is used instead. This is then printed out at the appropriate point in the loop. • @edc65 When was the last time I read a question correctly first time... – Neil Aug 3 '16 at 20:18 • @edc65 oh, and I forgot -bleen too. Bah. – Neil Aug 3 '16 at 20:22 • Tried it but no output. Usage example? – edc65 Aug 3 '16 at 20:51 • @edc65 bleen.bat bleen -bleen perhaps? – Neil Aug 3 '16 at 20:59 • No output, as I said. Is it dos/windows bat language? I use Windows 10 – edc65 Aug 3 '16 at 21:05 # JavaScript (ES6), 158 Nice challenge, hard to golf. Probably the range methods used in Python and Ruby answers could score better even in JS. (a,b)=>(c=x=>x<-6?x-1:x>6?x+1:1/x?x:x<'b'?-7:7,a=c(a),b=c(b),d=b>a?1:-1,a-=d,e=x=>x-7?x-(x>7):'bleen',[...Array(d*(b-a))].map((x=a+=d)=>x<0?'-'+e(-x):e(x)))  Less golfed (a,b)=>( c=x=>x<-6?x-1:x>6?x+1:1/x?x:x<'b'?-7:7, a=c(a),b=c(b), d=b>a?1:-1, a-=d, e=x=>x-7?x-(x>7):'bleen', [...Array(d*(b-a))].map((x=a+=d)=>x<0?'-'+e(-x):e(x)) )  Test f=(a,b)=>(c=x=>x<-6?x-1:x>6?x+1:1/x?x:x<'b'?-7:7,a=c(a),b=c(b),d=b>a?1:-1,a-=d,e=x=>x-7?x-(x>7):'bleen',[...Array(d*(b-a))].map((x=a+=d)=>x<0?'-'+e(-x):e(x))) function go(){ var a=A.value,b=B.value // make them numeric if possible a=isNaN(a)?a:+a b=isNaN(b)?b:+b O.textContent=f(a,b) } go() A <select id=A onchange='go()'> <option>-10<option>-9<option>-8<option>-7<option>-bleen<option>-6<option>-5<option>-4<option>-3<option>-2<option>-1<option>0 <option>1<option>2<option>3<option>4<option>5<option>6<option>bleen<option>7<option>8<option>9<option>10 </select> B <select id=B onchange='go()'> <option>-10<option>-9<option>-8<option>-7<option>-bleen<option>-6<option>-5<option>-4<option>-3<option>-2<option>-1<option>0 <option>1<option>2<option>3<option>4<option>5<option>6<option>bleen<option>7<option>8<option>9<option selected>10 </select> <pre id=O></pre> • I think you missed -6. – betseg Aug 3 '16 at 21:11 # Swift 2.2, 342 Bytes func a(x:String,y:String){var k="bleen",a=Int(x) ?? (x==k ?(x==y ? -9:6):-6),b=Int(y) ?? (y==k ?6:-6),t=0,s=[Any](),f=Int(x)==nil ?x:"";if a>b{t=a;a=b;b=t};for i in a...b{if i==7 && a != 7{s.append(k)};s.append(i);if -i==7 && b != -7{s.append("-"+k)}};for v in t==0 ?s:s.reverse(){f+=" \(v)"};if Int(y)==nil&&b>0{f+=" \(y)"};print(x==y ?x:f)}  Test this using IBM's Swift Sandbox Ungolfed func bleen(x: String, y: String){ var k = "bleen", a = Int(x) ?? (x == k ? (x == y ? -9 : 6) : -6), b = Int(y) ?? (y == k ? 6: -6), t = 0, s = [Any](), f = Int(x) == nil ? x : "" if a > b{ t = a a = b b = t } for i in a...b{ if i == 7 && a != 7{s.append(k)} s.append(i) if -i == 7 && b != -7{s.append("-" + k)} } if Int(y) == nil && b > 0{s.append(y)} for v in t == 0 ? s : s.reverse(){ f+="\(v) " } print(x == y ? x : f) }  # Java, 271 bytes int p(String w){if(w.contains("b"))return w.length()<6?7:-7;int i=Integer.decode(w);return i<-6?i-1:i>6?i+1:i;}void b(String s,String f){Integer l=p(s),r=p(f);for(r+=l<r?1:-1;l!=r;l-=l.compareTo(r))System.out.print(l==-7?"-bleen ":l==7?"bleen ":l+(l<-7?1:l<7?0:-1)+" ");}  Ungolfed with test cases: class Bleen { static int p(String w) { if(w.contains("b")) return w.length() < 6 ? 7 : -7; int i = Integer.decode(w); return i < -6 ? i-1 : i>6 ? i+1 : i; } static void b(String s, String f) { Integer l = p(s), r = p(f); for(r += l<r ? 1 : -1; l != r; l -= l.compareTo(r)) System.out.print(l == -7 ? "-bleen " : l == 7 ? "bleen ": l+(l < -7 ? 1 : l<7 ? 0 : -1)+" "); } public static void main(String[] args) { b("1","10"); System.out.println(); b("-9","-4"); System.out.println(); b("-8", "bleen"); System.out.println(); b("9", "1"); System.out.println(); b("2", "-bleen"); System.out.println(); b("-bleen", "0"); System.out.println(); b("bleen", "bleen"); System.out.println(); b("2", "2"); System.out.println(); } }  Call b(start, end). Because the parameters are strings, it takes a lot of space to convert those into ints. Essentially the program treats 7 & -7 as bleen and -bleen. • Nice answer, +1. Was pretty hard to come up with something to golf you answer, but I did. ;) Your method p can be changed to the following to save 6 bytes: int p(String w){int x=w.length(),i;if(x>3)return x<6?7:-7;i=Integer.decode(w);return i<-6?i-1:i>6?i+1:i;}. Also, you might want to state this is Java 7 and perhaps add an ideone. – Kevin Cruijssen Aug 4 '16 at 8:26 • Also, I've been able to make a shorter variant in Java 7 based on @LeakyNun's approach of first creating the complete list. – Kevin Cruijssen Aug 4 '16 at 9:07 # Java 7, 251 bytes import java.util.*;String b(Object...a){String q="bleen",r="";List l=new ArrayList();int j=-10,i,z,y,t;while(j<11)l.add(j++);l.add(4,"-"+q);l.add(18,q);z=l.indexOf(a[0]);y=l.indexOf(b[1]);if(y<z){t=z;z=y;y=t;}for(i=z;i<=y;)r+=l.get(i++)+" ";return r;}  Different approach which is shorter than the already existing Java 7 answer. Also, it's unfortunate that the parameters are potentially not in order, which adds some bytes to swap them around. Ungolfed & test cases: Try it here. import java.util.*; class Main{ static String b(Object... a){ String q = "bleen", r = ""; List l = new ArrayList(); int j = -10, i, z, y, t; while(j < 11){ l.add(j++); } l.add(4, "-"+q); l.add(18, q); z = l.indexOf(a[0]); y = l.indexOf(a[1]); if(y < z){ t = z; z = y; y = t; } for(i = z; i <= y; ){ r += l.get(i++) + " "; } return r; } public static void main(String[] a){ System.out.println(b(1, 10)); System.out.println(b(-9, -4)); System.out.println(b(-8, "bleen")); System.out.println(b(9, 1)); System.out.println(b(2, "-bleen")); System.out.println(b("-bleen", 0)); System.out.println(b("bleen", "bleen")); System.out.println(b(2, 2)); } }  Output: 1 2 3 4 5 6 bleen 7 8 9 10 -9 -8 -7 -bleen -6 -5 -4 -8 -7 -bleen -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 bleen 1 2 3 4 5 6 bleen 7 8 9 -bleen -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 -bleen -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 bleen 2  # Scala, 223 bytes object B extends App{val b="bleen" val L=((-10 to -7)++List(s"-$b")++(-6 to 6)++List(b)++(6 to 10)).map(""+_)
val Array(s,e)=args.map(L.indexOf(_))
println((if(s<=e)L.slice(s,e+1)else L.slice(e,s+1).reverse).mkString(" "))}


# JavaScript (ES6), 178 bytes

 (s,e)=>{q='bleen';t=[];for(i=-10;i<11;i++)t.push(i);t.splice(4,0,'-'+q);t.splice(18,0,q);s=t.indexOf(s);e=t.indexOf(e);s>e&&t.reverse()&&(e=22-e)&&(s=22-s);return t.slice(s,e+1)}


Try it

EDIT: Fix for reverse ordering.Thanks Patrick, missed this condition

## Python 3, 126 bytes

Input is in the form -5, 'bleen'

l=list(range(-10,11))
c='bleen'
s=l.insert
t=l.index
s(4,'-'+c)
s(18,c)
i,j=map(t,eval(input()))
d=1-2*(i<j)
print(l[i:j+d:d])


# R, 110 107 bytes

Thanks to Cyoce for golfing 3 bytes.

a=function(x,y){e=c(-10:-7,"-bleen",-6:6,"bleen",6:10)
b=function(d)which(e==as.character(d))
e[b(x):b(y)]}


Builds the whole list in order, picks out the relevant ones. Function in the middle named "b" seemed the easiest way to make that happen. Apply,etc

• Is all that whitespace required? – Cyoce Aug 24 '16 at 0:01
• No, and usually I wouldn't have had it. Thanks! Edit: I didn't even count much of it. Must have been half asleep. – user5957401 Aug 24 '16 at 13:41

# Javascript (using external library) (343 bytes)

(a,b)=>{r="bleen";s="-"+r;c=d=>d==r?7:(d==s?-7:d);i=c(a);j=c(b);m=Math.min(i,j);n=Math.max(i,j);w=i<=j?_.RangeTo(i,j):_.RangeDown(i,Math.abs(j-i)+1);g=i<j?6:7;if(n>-7&&m<-6){w=w.InsertWhere("-bleen",x=>x==-7)}if(m<8&&n>6){w=w.InsertWhere("bleen",x=>x==g)}if(a==r||b==r){w=w.Where(x=>x!=7)}if(a==s||b==s){w=w.Where(x=>x!=-7)}return w.ToArray()}


Screenshot:

# Python 2, 100 bytes

The first four lines generate the list [-10, -9, -8, -7, 'bleen', -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 'bleen', 7, 8, 9, 10]. The next line gets input and stores it in s and e. The last two lines use .index() and list slicing notation to get the correct range.

a=range(-10,11)
b="bleen"
c=a.insert
c(17,b)
c(4,b)
s,e=eval(input())
d=a.index
print a[d(s):d(e)+1]


Works in the same way as Leaky Nun's answer but developed independently. Stole an input method from orlp.

# Ungolfed:

array = range(-10, 11)
array.insert(17, "bleen")
array.insert(4, "bleen")
start, end = eval(input())
print array[array.index(start):array.index(end) + 1]

• This is incorrect - the number between -7 and -6 is -bleen, not bleen. Though we have found a new number, the basic rules of algebra must remain constant: 0 is the only number that is its own additive inverse, by virtue of being the additive identity element. Furthermore, eval(input()) is just input() in Python 2. – Mego Aug 5 '16 at 0:28
• @Mego oh, oops.... – noɥʇʎԀʎzɐɹƆ Aug 5 '16 at 0:37

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