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Tips for golfing in Python
What general tips do you have for golfing in Python? I'm looking for ideas which can be applied to code-golf problems and which are also at least somewhat specific to Python (e.g. "remove comments" is ...
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Tips for golfing in JavaScript
What general tips do you have for golfing in JavaScript? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to JavaScript (e.g. "remove ...
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It was just a bug
Inspired by the bugged output in @Carcigenicate's Clojure answer for the Print this diamond challenge.
Print this exact text:
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Duck, duck, goose!
Remember the kids game, 'Duck, Duck, Goose'? No? Me neither.
The challenge
Print the word 'duck' on individual lines an indeterminate amount of times.
Print the word 'goose'.
Your program ends.
The ...
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Build me a brick wall!
Challenge
I need help building a brick wall! Throw together some code for me
using no input and produce the following output wall shown below:
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Make the Mexican Wave
In as few bytes as possible, write a program or function that outputs the following:
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Tips for code-golfing in C#
What general tips do you have for golfing in C#? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to C# (e.g. "remove comments" is not an ...
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Tips for golfing in Java
Are there any useful shortcuts that can be used in Java?
As shown below, import already adds at least 17 characters to a program.
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Tips for golfing in Ruby
What general tips can you give for golfing in Ruby?
I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are specific to Ruby. (For example, "Remove comments" would not be ...
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Output Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Challenge
The goal is to output Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Context. (Maybe another interesting challenge could be printing all ...
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Test a number for narcissism
A Narcissistic Number is a number which is the sum of its own digits, each raised to the power of the number of digits.
For example, take \$153\$ (3 digits):
\$1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3 = 153\$
\$1634\$:
\$1^...
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Shortest Game of Life
Conway's Game of Life is the classic example of cellular automation. The cells form a square grid and each has two states: alive or dead. On each turn, each cell simultaneously updates according to ...
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Uncollapse digits
Task
Given a string of English names of digits “collapsed” together, like this:
zeronineoneoneeighttwoseventhreesixfourtwofive
Split the string back into digits:...
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Randomizing until 0
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Given a positive integer (K) Output a uniformly-random integer (Y) between ...
