How many lights are on?

Question

You are little speck on a Cartesian plane. Pondering your existence, you decide to roam around your plane and touch things. You notice that every coordinate pair you visit has a light switch. To entertain yourself, you decide to toggle every switch that you come across.

The Challenge: Create a program that will take an input of random length, using only the characters v,^,<, and >. These characters correspond to movements.

• < moves you one unit to the left
• ^ moves you one unit up
• > moves you one unit to the right
• v moves you one unit down

Using this randomly generated input, calculate how many switches will be left in the ON position, assuming you start at (0,0), all lights begin in the OFF state, and you don't turn on any lights until you make your first move. (Meaning, if you start at (0,0), and move up 1 unit to (0,1), there will now be 1 light on). If you come across a switch that is on the ON position, it will be turned OFF.

Test cases:

v>v<^^<v<<^<^><<>^^>>><v>vv^v>v^><><<^>><<<vvv^vvv>v>>v><vv^^<<>vv^^>v^<>>^^<^^>^^v<^>^<vvv^v^v><^<<v<<>><<>v>>^><^>^^<>>>>vv>^<<^<<><vvv<v^>>vvv>v^>>><<v^>^^^^v>>^>^v>v<vv^<>^<<v>vv>><^^<^><vv^^v<v<v^^^>v<^vv^v<><vv^^^>v^>v>vv<<^><v<^v><<v^^v>>v<vv<><^^^v<^v><><<^^<>^>><^^^>vv^<>>>>^<^<<<<>>>v<<v<v<vv><<vv<vv<^v^^^>>vv<>v>><<<v^>vv><v<<<v<<>^vvv^<v^v>^^v^v><<v^>>>v<v<v^>>>v><>>>^<><<<<>vv>v><v>v><^v<>v>>>vv<<>^>^>v<^><^<^vv^><^^>v<^^v>v^v<^^^^vv<>v<>><v^^><>v<<<>v^<v^^><>^<>^<>><>^^<>^v><>>><v<^^>>v>^^^<v

yields 125 lights on.

>>><^>>>^vv><^^v^<<<>>^<>>^<^>^<<^^v^<v^>>^<<><<>^v<^^^vv>v><^>>^<^<v><^v<^<<^^v><>>^v<^>^v<vvv<<<v^vv>>^vv>^^<>>vv>^<^>vv<>v^<^v<^^<v^^^<<^><><>^v>vvv<^vvv<vv><vv<^^v^^<^^>>><<<>^<>>><^<<<>><>^v><^^vv<>>><^^^<^>>>>v<v^><<>v<v<v^<<^><v^^><>v>^<>^^^vvv<v^>^^^^v>v<v>>>v^^<v<vv>><<>^vv><<vv<<>^^v>>v<^^v>><v<v<<>^^vv>>^v>v>v<>^>^v<>>><>v>v<<v<^<>>>vv>>v>^<>vv^v><><^v^>v<^^>v<^v>>v^>^>>v>v>^>^<^^>vv>>^vv<^><>^><<v^<><<^<^>^^vv^<<^^<^^v<v<>^>v>>>>>>vv<<v>^>vv^>^><^<^^><<vvvv>vvv<><<><v^vv><v^^<>^>><^vv<><>^>vv>>>vv^vv<<^v^^<<v^^>^>vvv<><<v>^>^>v<v>^<^^^^<^>^>><>>^^vv<>v<^>v><v<v^>>v<^v<vv>v^>v<v^<^^^^v<^<^<<v<<<v<v^^>vv^>><<<v>>^^^>^<^>>>v^v><^^vv^>><^^vv<vv<v^><>>^><<<>>^^v^v<<v^<vv^^^>><>>^v^^^>>^>^<<^>v>^^v>><>v>^>vv^^<vvvv<><^v>^><<>>><^<^v^<<vvv^v<<<<<><><<><><<v>v<v>v><^v^^vvv>><>^>^>^v<<vv^^^v^vv><v><><v<v<<>>>v<^<^v<<>^v<<^v<><>v>>^^>^<v^<<^v^^^vv>><v^<v>^v><^<>>>>^^<vv<>^^>^>v^v^^>><>^^<^v^<v<<v<^<<^^vv>v>^<vv<<^^v^vv^>^^<>v>^>^<>vv><v>>><<><<vv^^<vv<>>^v>^<<vv>^><<>^<v>v><<v^<v<><v>^<^<^><^^^^>>>^<>^^><>>v^<vv^<^<<vvvv>>>v^v>>^>v^><<>>v<>>^>><vvvvv<<vvvv<v>^v<vv^<>><<><v^^<^<v>^v<^<<>^v<v^<>v<<>^<<vvv><^><^^^<>>v^<<>vv><^^^>><^>v^v>v<v^>>v>>v>vv<<v<<vvv^^^>^<v^^<^<v<^<>>v^<<v>>v^><v<vvvvv^^^<v^^<><v<<^>>^><^<v^v^^>><v><>v>^<vvvv><<v^^v^>^>v>><>^^v>v^>vv^>v<^<<^vv^>vv^<v>^<v^<>^v>v^>v^<<>^^<^>^^>vv^>>vv>v>vvv><>^v<<<<v^>v^^v<><v<v>^<^><^><<v<>><<>v^^>>><<><>>><<>><v^^>><^>><^<>v^^vvv>v<^<<vv^>vv^><<>v><>^<>v^^v>^>v^<>^><v>^><<^v<v^^<v>><^^>>^<^<^v<v>^>^<^<v><><>>>><>^<^<v>v<v^>v><>v^>v^<<><^<>>v<^vv^^^>^<<<<>^>^<><^vvv>^^<v^v>v>v^v>v>>vv>^><>^vv>^<v<v^<>vv^<v<><>^>>vvv><>>^<<v^<<>^<v^>v<^^^<^<^^<>^>>v>^<v>vv<v^^>><<<<<>>v>^v>^>>>>v>>^^>^<<<^<<<v>>^><<<<^vv<<>^v<^>v^<v<<>v<>^<^<^<^<>>^^^vvv<v>^vv>^><^<v^>^v<v>><><vvv<^^>>v<^v>^>>>><v^<v^^<^^v<vvv<v>^^<<>><^<v^v<^vv>v>vv>^^<>^^^^>>^v><vv<<<v>^v^>>v^>><<<^v^v<<>><<vvvvv<v^vv>vvvv><v^v<^^^><vv^^<>><>><^>^^^^v>v><><v^<>^v<>^^<^^>^^^vvv>>vv^v^<v<vv^v>v>>>^v^^vv^<^v>v^v>>^v>v<v^<^^><vvv>><<>><>><v>v<^<v>>>>v^^v^^>^><<v><^<<>>v<>^^<<>vv^>>vv^^^v>>>^v^><v<<^>v<v><>>>^>>^<<>>^><<vv<^^>^^^v^^<>>>vv><<>v<><<<>v<<>>>v<>v<>^<vv^v<^^<<<v>^v>>^^>^><<^vv<><><>v>^v>^<>v>>^^^<^^>>vv>v<<<v^><<v><^v><>v<^<<^<>^vv>^><^^^^^<<v^^<>v>><^<v^^^vv>^v<>^<v<v>v>^><^<<^<>><^^>vv^<>^<>vv<>>v<vv^>><^^<^>v<><>vv<v<>>v><v^^^>^^^<<vv^><^^v>v>^<^>v^><<vvv>v^><vv<><^<><^>^v<><<v^<<><>^^^^<<^>>^>^v^>v>^<<^>vv^vv^v<>^<<^>v<^^<<v<v<<<^>vv^>><>v>><><v>v><v^><vvv>vv<<vvv>v^<<^v<^<><<^v>v<>>vv<<v^>v>v<<>>^vv^<^^^<^v>>^<vv>^<v>><>v>^^<<v^<>>>>>v^v>><>v^>>^<>>^<^vvv^^^<^v<><vvv^>^>v><<v>>^v>v<v>v^<v>v>^<>vvv>vvv^^<>vv>^^^^^>v<<^v<>>>><<<>>><vv>>^v^^v<v^>>>^>^v<^v>^v<>vv<><vvv^v<<<<v<vv>vv^<^vvv<^v>v^^vv<^>>>^^>>^^><>^>>v<>>>^^<<v<^<<<<<^^<v^^^<<>><<<^>^v^>vv<>>>^^v><<>^^^^<vvv><^^<>>>^><<^>><v>^<>^v^<vvvv^>>^><<>><^<v^>>vv^vv<^>>>><^>^v<^<v<^^<^<^><^<>>^<>v^v<<>v>v<>><<v<^v<<<^v<v<>><v<^<^>>v>v>><v^<v><>>>>>v^v>><^<^<v>><v^v>v<>v<v><<<>^^><>^^<^vv^^<>v><><><^>^^v^vv^<><>>>>v><>>^>^<<^<v<v^>v^^<v>>><<^^vv^^>><<^<vvvvv>><^>^>>^vv<><<>v>v^<<<^v<^^<<^vv>v<vvv><^v>vv^vvvv<^>^v^<<<<^v<<<>^vvv>^v><<>>v<v<^v^<>v>>^^v^vv>>>^v^^>>^<><><<<<^vv>>>>>v>v^>v<>><<<>^vv>^^^^<^^^>^^^^>^^^v^v><^>^>>>v<v<^<^^<<^v<<^<>vvv^^^^v^<<>vv>^^>>><^^v<^<<<v<>v<<><>v<><>^<v<<^>^^>><<v>^^><^^v<^<v^<^^<>^<>^v^>>^^v^v^<>v<>^<<<>^v^v>^<vvvv<>v<<>vv^<<>vv>>>>^<v><>>>v^><<>^v>><<>>^^v><^<>>vv^^^>vv^<^^v><v>>vvv^v<^v>v<<^^<>v^^^v^^>><v^>>v^v^vv<^>v^<^>^>v<v^><vvv^>^<>v<<^><^^<vv>v>>vv>v^>>^vvv>>v^>^^>vvv>>v><<>>^^v>v<v<><<<<^^v<^<>^v>><v^^^<>>vvv>v><<v>^^<^vvvv^v>v>^vv>^vv^^v><<>>^^>>v>>>^v><^>v<^^<>vv>v>v^^^>>^^^><<<<>>^>>^<^v<^<^<>^><v<<v>v<>^>>^<<v^^<v^vvvvv>>v^>>^^^<^^<><<><><>^v>vvv^>^^>v<^^>^<<^v^^^><>><<v<^^^<<<<>><>><<^^v><v^<<^v<v><<>^<v>^>^v>vv>><v^<^<v<v<v><^^^^>>><^<><^v^v<<<^>vv^<v^>^^v^>>><<<<^<>>><v>>>vv^>^^<v^v>>>v^<^<>vv>^v^^><<<v>v>v>><>>>v<^>^<>>^^<v^<<^<v^>><^v^><><v><><v^vvv<<>v>>><<><v>v<>>><^<^^v<v>^<<>^v>^>^>^^<^^><^>>>>><^^>vv>^<^^<><^>^<^^><^<v>v^>><^>^^^>>v^v<^>>^<v^<>^><><v>>^v<v^^^^v<^vv><^v>>^^^<>^<^<^>vv^v<<>vv>^<>v>^>^>vv^v<vv<^^^v<v>v>v^<^^^v><v<<<^^<><^^>>>><<^^v<<^>v<<vv^^^vv^vv^<v><>^v<v>>><vv^v<v^>>>>^<<<vv^>>v>^><<><<^<^><<vv^>v^>><>v^<<<>v^><>><<>>v><>v^<v><>^v>>><><>>>^vvv^v>vv>>>^^v^><<v<>>^^^v^^><<^v<><><v<<v<v<><<<v^<^^^<>v^^v<^^<<^>v<<v><^<<<<>><>^v>^<>^<^^v^vvv>^^<>^>><v^^vv^<>^<><<^^^v<^^^>>^^v>^>^<^>v><<^<>^v<><vv^vv<><<<<<<v<<v<<vv^<<^<^vvvv><v^v^v<>>>vvvvv^<vv^<^<>vv>^<><<v><>v^^<v<>>>vvv^><^<^>v^^<v>^<>>>^^v^<vv<<<<^><v<<<>v<<<v<>>^^^>^><>v>^v^>^<v^^><^v^^<^v^^>^v>>^^^<<><><<<>v>><^><>>>vvvv>v>>v>^^^^v<><vv<^<v^v>>^^vv<^>vvv>^v>>><v<v<v^<^>^^<vvv<vv<v>>^vv>^<<^<^<v>v^<vv^^^v>vv<v><v><v>^<v>>vv<>v>^^>v^^^<>v<>v^v<>^<><v><^>^<v^v><<^v^v^v<<v><<^^<^vv>^<^v><>v>><v^v^>><><><<<v<>v<^vv>v<v<<>^vvvvv^<<<^<vv><<><>v^<^v<<<^>v>v<v^<<^>v<<^<v><<<^>vv>v>^<^^v>>>><>vv>>vv>vvv<>^^<>^v^<>vvv<^^^vv>v><<<<vv^v><v^<^<<<><v<>^><<>^>v<^^<<>v>>v<<>><^^<<<^<^vv^^>v>v<>^^>>^v^vvv>^v^>v>>v>v>v>>vv^<><<<<>v^^>vv<^^v>>v<vv<^>>^<>^^v<><vv^<><v><v<<v^v<^^<^v^v<>v<<><vvv><<<^<^^<<>>^v>>>^v>>>v<>>^><<<><><<<v<vv<^<>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yields 1408 lights on.

To generate input, you may use the following Python script:

import random
length = random.randint(15, 10000)
walk = ''
chars = ['v', '<', '>', '^']
for i in range(length):
    walk += random.choice(chars)
print(walk)

Standard code-golf scoring, winner is the smallest number of bytes.

Answer 1

MATL, 19 18 17 13 bytes

5 bytes off thanks to @LeakyNun's idea (see his answer) of using the imaginary unit as a base for exponentiation.

Jj11\^Ys8#uos

Try it online! Test cases: 1, 2.

Explanation

The code traces the path using unit steps in the complex plane. Then it counts how many times each position was visited, and outputs how many positions were visited an odd number of times.

J         % Push the imaginary unit, 1j
j         % Input string
11\       % Modulo 11. This gives 7 6 5 8 for > ^ < v
^         % 1j raised to those numbers, element-wise. This gives -1j for >, -1 for ^,
          % 1j for < and 1 for v. So it gives the displacements in a "transposed"
          % complex plane
Ys        % Cumulative sum. This transforms displacements into positions
8#u       % Count of occurrences of each unique position
o         % 1 if odd, 0 if even
s         % Sum. Implicitly display

Answer 2

Python, 68 bytes

25 bytes thanks to Sp3000.

2 bytes thanks to Luis Mendo's idea of taking modulus with 11.

17 bytes thanks to xnor.

d=set()
p=0
for c in input():p+=1j**(ord(c)%11);d^={p}
print(len(d))

Ideone it!

Answer 3

Java 8, 169 130 127 bytes

Thanks to Leaky Nun for saving 29 32 bytes.

s->{int l=s.length,d=2*l+1,p=l*d+d,r=0,m[]=new int[d*d];for(char c:s){p+=c<61?-1:c<63?1:c<95?-l:l;m[p]^=2;r+=m[p]-1;}return r;}

Ungolfed (sorta):

public static int f(char[] s) {
    int l = s.length, d = 2*l+1, p=l*d+d, r = 0;
    int[] m = new int[d*d];
    for(char c : s) {
        p += c<61 ? -1 : c<63 ? 1 : c<95 ? -l : l;
        m[p] ^= 2;
        r += m[p] - 1;
    }
    return r;
}

Answer 4

Jelly, 13 bytes

A port of Luis Mendo's answer in MATL

O%11*@ı+\œ^/L

Try it online!

O%11*@ı+\œ^/L
O             convert to codepoint
 %11          modulo 11
    *@ı       power of i (imaginary unit)
       +\     cumulative sum
         œ^/  reduce by multiset symmetric difference
            L length

Credits of the œ^/ trick to Dennis

Answer 5

Perl, 49 bytes

Includes +1 for -p Run with the control string on STDIN

./lights.pl <<< "<<>"

lights.pl:

#!/usr/bin/perl -p
$\-=1-($a{$x+=/</-/>/,$y+=/\^/-/v/}^=2)for/./g}{

If input is restricted to 10000 bytes this reduces to 44+1:

$\+=$#{$x+=/</-/>/.e5+/\^/-/v/}*=-1for/./g}{

Answer 6

TSQL, 238 235 203 191 bytes

Creating a table in memory using recursive SQL. Selecting and calculating from that table(one line code).

Golfed:

DECLARE @ varchar(max)= 'v>v<';

WITH C as(SELECT 0 a,b=1UNION ALL SELECT
a+POWER(CHARINDEX(SUBSTRING(@,b,1),'> <v')-2,15),b+1FROM
C WHERE b<=LEN(@))SELECT top
1sum(sum(1-1/b)%2)over()FROM c
GROUP BY a OPTION(MAXRECURSION 0)

Ungolfed:

DECLARE @ varchar(max)= '>>>><^v^v';

WITH C as
(
  SELECT 0 a,b=1
  UNION ALL
  SELECT a+POWER(CHARINDEX(SUBSTRING(@,b,1),'> <v')-2,15),b+1
  FROM C
  WHERE b<=LEN(@)
)
SELECT top 1sum(sum(1-1/b)%2)over()
FROM c
GROUP BY a
OPTION(MAXRECURSION 0)

Fiddle

Answer 7

Mathematica, 64 bytes

A port of Luis Mendo's MATL answer.

Count[{_,_?OddQ}]@Tally@Accumulate[I^Mod[ToCharacterCode@#,11]]&

Answer 8

SQF, 160 bytes

Using the function-as-a-file format:

x=0;y=0;a=[];{switch(_x){case"v":{y=y-1};case"^":{y=y+1};case"<":{x=x-1};case">":{x=x+1};};if([x,y]in a)then{a=a-[[x,y]]}else{a=a+[[x,y]]}}forEach _this;count a

Call as: "STRING" call NAME_OF_COMPILED_FUNCTION

Ungolfed:

//position tracker variables
x = 0; y = 0;
//`a` keeps track of which coords are switched on
a = [];
{
    //switch based on the magic variable `_x`
    //which is the current element of the forEach
    //and adjust coord tracker variables
    switch(_x) {
        case "v": {
            y = y - 1
        };
        case "^": {
            y = y + 1
        };
        case "<": {
            x = x - 1
        };
        case ">": {
            x = x + 1
        };
    };
    //check if the coord is already turned on
    if ([x, y] in a) then {
        //remove it from `a` using array exclusion
        a = a - [[x, y]]
    } else {
        //append it to `a`
        a = a + [[x, y]]
    }
//do this for each character in _this (the argument)
} forEach _this;
//return the length of `a`
count a

Answer 9

Python: 207 189 181 Bytes

a = input()
l=[]
for i in range(0,len(a)):
 if a[i]=='v':y-=1
 if a[i]=='^':y+=1
 if a[i]=='<':x-=1
 if a[i]=='>':x+=1
 if [x,y] in l:l.remove([x,y])
 else:l.append([x,y])
print(l)

Input is a string.

Thanks to @LuisMendo for pointing out that I can actually only indent by 1 space. Darn my Python teachers for telling me to always do it increments of four.

Fixing it so that input was obtained rather than assumed stored actually saved me 8 bytes.

Answer 10

Ruby, 64 + 6 = 70 bytes

+6 bytes for -rset flag.

A straight port of Leaky Nun's Python answer.

->s{d=Set.new
q=0
s.each_char{|c|d^=[q+=1i**(c.ord%11)]}
d.size}

See it on repl.it: https://repl.it/Cnjy

Answer 11

Javascript (ES6), 97 93 85 bytes

i=>[...i].reduce((c,d)=>c-1+(v[p+=v['^<>v'.search(d)]]^=2),0,p=1E6,v=[-1E3,-1,1,1E3])

EDIT: -8 bytes, thanks to Neil

Test:

var test0 = 'v>v<^^<v<<^<^><<>^^>>><v>vv^v>v^><><<^>><<<vvv^vvv>v>>v><vv^^<<>vv^^>v^<>>^^<^^>^^v<^>^<vvv^v^v><^<<v<<>><<>v>>^><^>^^<>>>>vv>^<<^<<><vvv<v^>>vvv>v^>>><<v^>^^^^v>>^>^v>v<vv^<>^<<v>vv>><^^<^><vv^^v<v<v^^^>v<^vv^v<><vv^^^>v^>v>vv<<^><v<^v><<v^^v>>v<vv<><^^^v<^v><><<^^<>^>><^^^>vv^<>>>>^<^<<<<>>>v<<v<v<vv><<vv<vv<^v^^^>>vv<>v>><<<v^>vv><v<<<v<<>^vvv^<v^v>^^v^v><<v^>>>v<v<v^>>>v><>>>^<><<<<>vv>v><v>v><^v<>v>>>vv<<>^>^>v<^><^<^vv^><^^>v<^^v>v^v<^^^^vv<>v<>><v^^><>v<<<>v^<v^^><>^<>^<>><>^^<>^v><>>><v<^^>>v>^^^<v';
var test1 = 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S=i=>[...i].reduce((c,d)=>c-1+(v[p+=v['^<>v'.search(d)]]^=2),0,p=1E6,v=[-1E3,-1,1,1E3])

console.log(S(test0))
console.log(S(test1))

Answer 12

R, 172 156 137 101 96 bytes

n=function(a)sum(table(cumsum(sapply(strsplit(a,"")[[1]],switch,v=-1,"^"=1,">"=1i,"<"=-1i)))%%2)

Using @LeakyNun's complex plane idea.

ungolfed

n=function(a){
    b=strsplit(a,"")[[1]]                        #Splits String up
    p=sapply(b,switch,v=-1,"^"=1,">"=1i,"<"=-1i) #Replaces characters with directions
    q=cumsum(p)                                  #Finds each location visitied
    t=table(q)%%2                                #Determines if spots were visited an odd # of times
    sum(t)                                       #counts odd visited spots
}

Answer 13

PowerShell, 136 bytes

$a=@();switch -w($args|% t*y){'^'{$y++}'>'{$x++}'v'{$y--}'<'{$x--}*{if("$x,$y"-in$a){$a=$a|?{$_-ne"$x,$y"}}else{$a+="$x,$y"}}};$a.length

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I think there's more to optimize here, but this is the lowest I got for now.

Easier to read:

$a=@();switch -w($args|% t*y){
    '^'{$y++}
    '>'{$x++}
    'v'{$y--}
    '<'{$x--}
    *{if("$x,$y"-in$a){$a=$a|?{$_-ne"$x,$y"}}else{$a+="$x,$y"}}
};$a.length

Explanation: The input is changed to a character array and each piece is matched to one of the first 4 switch cases to increment the x or y coord. Everything matches the 5th case where we decide if a light is turned on or off. Length at the end determines total number of switches turned on.

Note: The comma in the coordinates is necessary so we don't get collisions like (10,10) and (101,0)

Answer 14

PowerShell, 96 95 bytes

$(switch -w($args|% t*y){^{$y++}'>'{$x++}v{$y--}'<'{$x--}*{"$x,$y"}})|group|% c*|%{$r+=$_%2}
$r

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Unrolled:

$plane=$(switch -w($args|% toCharArray){
    ^  {$y++}
    '>'{$x++}
    v  {$y--}
    '<'{$x--}
    *  {"$x,$y"}
})
$plane|group|% count|{$result+=$_%2}
$result

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PowerShell, 112 109 bytes

A port of Luis Mendo's MATL answer.

$args|% t*y|%{($p+=($c=[numerics.complex])::Pow($c::new(0,1),$_%11))}|group{'{0:N2}'-f$_}|% c*|?{$r+=$_%2};$r

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Answer 15

Actually, 24 23 bytes

This is a port of Luis Mendo's MATL answer. Golfing suggestions welcome. Try it online!

Edit: One byte thanks to Leaky Nun.

O⌠4P@%ïⁿ⌡Mσ;╗╔⌠╜c2@%⌡MΣ

Ungolfing:

O        ord(c) of the input string (implicit input)
⌠...⌡M   Start a function, and map over the list of ord(). Call the variable i.
  4P@%     i mod 11 (the 4-th prime).
  ïⁿ       1i to the power of (i%11).

σ        Push a list of cumulative sums of the new list of complex numbers.
           This is a list of the coordinate visited.
;╗       Duplicate coord_list, and push to register 0.
╔        uniquify(coord_list)

⌠...⌡M   Map over the uniquified list. Call the variable j.
  ╜c       Push coord_list.count(j)
  2@%      Push count mod 2

Σ        Return the sum of this last list.

Answer 16

C, 203 190 189 bytes

#define S(s)1-(*s%11<7)*2<<*s%11%2*16
char*t,*u;P,p,r,L,e;
f(char*s){for(P=L=0,t=s;*t;++t){P+=S(t);e=r=1;for(p=0,u=s;u<t;u++)e*=(p+=S(u))!=P;for(p=P;*++u;r^=p==P)p+=S(u);L+=e*r;}return L;}

O(n^2) with O(1) memory algorithm.

It loops over every position, checks if this position occurs earlier, and if not checks if this position occurs an even/odd amount of time afterwards, adding it to the total.

Answer 17

Perl, 102 98 91 90 (89 + -n) bytes

perl -nE '$i=ord()%5,$x+=(-1..1)[$i],$y+=((0)x3,1,-1)[$i],$p{$x,$y}^=1 for/./g;say~~grep$_,values%p'

Readable:

$_ = <>; # -n
for (/./g) {
    $i = ord() % 5;
    $x += (-1 .. 1)[$i];
    $y += ((0) x 3, 1, -1)[$i];
    $p{$x, $y} ^= 1;
}

say 0 + grep $_, values %p;

• thanks Dada for -4 and -7

Answer 18

C# 210 205 139 138 135 128 113 Bytes

using System.Linq;int f(string s,int x=0,int y=0)=>s.GroupBy(c=>(x+=c%6%3-1)+s+(y-=c/3%6-2)).Sum(g=>g.Count()%2);

Explanation

//Have X and Y as default params allows us to use a expression bodied member
//and then remove the return statement
int f(string s, int x = 0, int y = 0) =>

    //treat the string as a char array
    s.GroupBy(c =>

            //Using the unerlying int of the char this math reduces down to either x - 1, x + 1, x + 0, y - 1 or y + 1, or y + 0
            //Concat the resulting values with the original string to ensure uniqueness ie x=1 and y=11 vs x=11 and y=1 for the grouping
            (x += c % 6 % 3 - 1) + s + (y -= c / 3 % 6 - 2))

     //Mod 2 will return either 1 or 0 so we can use sum to count the groups with odd counts
     .Sum(g => g.Count() % 2);

• Thanks to VisualMelon for 5 bytes switching Count to Sum
• Thanks again to VisualMelon, this time for 66 bytes by suggesting some fancy math to get the translations.
• VisualMelon to the rescue again with combining the select and group by for 13 bytes and just using the input string for the x/y separator for another 2

Answer 19

Perl 6, 47 bytes

{sum bag([\+] (-i,*i...*)[.ords X%11]){*}X%2}

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• (-i, *i, ... *) is the infinite repeating sequence -i, 1, i, -1, ...
• [.ords X% 11] slices into that sequence with the ordinal values of the characters in the input string, modulo 11.
• [\+] performs a triangular reduction (or "scan") on those values, producing a list of the coordinates visited on the complex plane.
• bag() creates a Bag containing those coordinates, each of which has an associated multiplicity (the number of times it appeared in the list).
• {*} fetches all of the multiplicities from the bag.
• X% 2 crosses those multiplicities with the number 2 using the modulus operator %. Odd multiplicities result in a 1, even multiplicities result in a 0.
• sum sums those remainders.

Answer 20

Common Lisp, 198 bytes 186 bytes

Solution:

(let((p 0)(c 0)(h(make-hash-table)))(progn(loop for s across i do(incf(gethash(incf p(nth(position s "^>v<")'(1e3 1 -1e3 -1)))h 0)))(maphash #'(lambda(k v)(incf c(mod v 2)))h)(write c)))

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Explanation:

(let ((p 0)(c 0)(h (make-hash-table)))
  (progn
    (loop for s across i
      do(incf (gethash (incf p (nth (position s "^>v<")'(1e3 1 -1e3 -1))) h 0)))
    (maphash #'(lambda (k v) (incf c (mod v 2))) h)
    (write c)))

• p is a hashtable map key, generated as an index of the character within the string "^>v<", remapped to values 1000, -1000, 1 -1 representing the x,y. (x axis is +-1, y axis is +-1000)
• the hash value at that index is incremented by 1 (switch counter)
• the hashtable is than looped trough, and the map function increment the final count as modulo 2 of the value on a given key

Note: i (input) is defined it test as:

(defparameter i 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Answer 21

K (oK), 37 29 27 bytes

Solution:

+/2!.#:'=+\-99 0 99 -1 1@5!

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Explanation:

Create list of steps, create path, group, count each repeat, if mod 2 is 0 then off, else on. Felt very AdventOfCode-ish.

+/2!.#:'=+\-99 0 99 -1 1@5! / the solution
                        5!  / input mod 5, "^v<>" yields 4 3 0 2
           -99 0 99 -1 1    / left, null, right, down, up
         +\                 / sum along
        =                   / group into key=>value
     #:'                    / count each value
    .                       / take the value 
  2!                        / modulo 2
+/                          / sum up

Notes:

• -8 bytes by stealing David Horák's method of squashing x-y into x (I know it has limitations, but it works for the examples)
• -2 bytes thanks to ngn

Answer 22

krrp, 137 bytes

^>:\L\T[length],^v>xy:!tTxy!V?[elem]tv[without]vLtELtv?#?E>V!c#!f>?=c$62.@V#!r>+x1y?=c$60.@V#!r>-x1y?=c$94.@V#!r>x-y1@V#!r>x+y1.LT00E>00.

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Explanation

^>:\L\T                ~ lambda expression, import list and tuple module
 [length],^v>xy:       ~  the answer is the number of lattice points
                       ~  which were visited an odd number of times
  !tTxy                ~   current lattice point 
  !V ?[elem]tv         ~   if the lattice point is already present,
      [without]vLtE    ~    remove it, else
      Ltv              ~    add it
  ?#?E> V              ~   no further moves
  !c#!f>               ~   move character
  ?=c$62. @V#!r>+x1y   ~   move right
   ?=c$60. @V#!r>-x1y  ~    move left
    ?=c$94. @V#!r>x-y1 ~     move up
     @V#!r>x+y1        ~      move down	
 .LT00E>00.            ~ initialize at point (0, 0)

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Unfortunately, krrp only has one rather slow implementation, making the long test cases difficult to verify.
krrp String conversion.

Answer 23

APL (Dyalog Unicode), 21 20 bytes^SBCS

+/≠/×⊢⌸+\0j1*'^<v'⍳⎕

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uses ⎕io←1

⎕ input

'^<v'⍳ find the index of each input char among '^<v', i.e. ^ becomes 1, < 2, v 3, and anything else 4

0j1* i to the power (the imaginary constant)

+\ partials sums

⊢⌸ matrix in which each row is the list of occurrences (indices) of a unique partial sum; padded with 0s to make it rectangular

× signum - all indices become 1s, the padding remains 0s

≠/ sum mod 2 for each row

+/ sum

Answer 24

Ruby, 67 bytes

Inspired by orlp's C solution. Assembles a list of all visited positions, and then for each unique one (using setwise intersection (d&d) since it saves a byte over d.uniq), count the ones with an odd number of occurrences (technically, map it to the occurances%2, and sum them together, since that does the same thing)

->s,q=0{d=s.bytes.map{|c|q+=1i**(c%11)}
(d&d).sum{|c|d.count(c)%2}}

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