Linked Questions
21 questions linked to/from PPCG Jeopardy: Cops
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Diff compression [closed]
For this challenge, you need to compress a diff. A diff is some data that represents the difference between two strings. For this challenge, you need to provide one or more programs that can:
Input ...
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"Convenient palindrome" checker
If you've ever tried to write palindromic code before, you'd know how much brackets tend to get in your way. ()() is not a palindrome, even though it kinda looks ...
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PPCG Jeopardy: Robbers
How well do you know the site? Let's find out.
This is a cops-and-robbers challenge. Cop's thread.
As a robber, you need to:
Find a non-deleted, non-closed challenge that matches a cop's ...
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Use xkcd's formula to approximate the world population
In xkcd 1047, Randall Munroe lists "slightly wrong" approximations of assorted quantities and numbers with varying precision and complexity, such as that the number of liters in a gallon is very close ...
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String Shenanigans
Challenge
In this challenge, you are to code in any language a program or function that will take a string and replace certain characters within it with different characters.
Input
The input is the ...
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Length of String Using Set Theory
From Wikipedia Set-theoretic definition of natural numbers
The set N of natural numbers is defined as the smallest set containing
0 and closed under the successor function S defined by S(n) = n ∪ ...