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Output with the same length as the code
In this challenge, you should write a program or function which takes no input and prints or returns a string with the same number of bytes as the program itself. There are a few rules:
You may only ...
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What is the smallest positive base 10 integer that can be printed by a program shorter (in characters) than itself?
I think the question as above is clear, but just in case:
Write a full program (not just a function) which prints a positive base 10 integer, optionally followed by a single newline.
Qualifying ...
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I double the source, you double the output!
Your task, if you wish to accept it, is to write a program that outputs a positive integer (higher than 0). The tricky part is that if I duplicate your source code, the output must be double the ...
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Making Future Posts Runnable Online with Stack Snippets [closed]
Stack Snippets were recently added to PPCG! Reminiscent of JSFiddle, Stack Snippets allow HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to be run directly in posts!
Here is a very simple Stack Snippet:
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Numbers by Position
Challenge
Print the numbers:
1
22
333
4444
55555
666666
7777777
88888888
999999999
In that order.
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Takes no input. The numbers can have any delimiters desired (...
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Implement Takewhile
Introduction and Credit
Today without a fancy prelude: Please implement takewhile.
A variation of this (on a non-trivial data structure) was an assignment at my ...
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Script that outputs a script that prints a given input
Write a piece of code that takes a string as input, and outputs a piece of code in the same language that, when run, will output the initial input string.
It must be able to handle any combination of ...
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Output with the same length always
With challenges like Output with the same length as the code and Create output twice the length of the code, I thought of a separate, but similar challenge.
The task is to produce an output. It can ...
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Ah, why is there a bug in my program?
This challenge is inspired by @LuisMendo's MATL answer to my "binary multiples" challenge.
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Pick a code-golf challenge that is open and that has been posted before this one; let me call it the "...
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The NX source-length problem [duplicate]
On PPCG, we have had lots of challenges where the length of your output is dependent on the length of your source code. For the purposes of this challenge, we will call these Source-length problems. ...
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