Linked Questions
465 questions linked to/from Tips for golfing in 05AB1E
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Produce the number 2014 without any numbers in your source code
Note to challenge writers as per meta consensus:
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Covfefify a string
In this challenge, you must take a string matching the regex ^[a-zA-Z]+$ or whatever is reasonable (you don't have to consider uppercase or lowercase letters if you ...
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Output programming language name
Challenge:
In the programming language of your choice, take no input and output your programming language's name.
Fair enough, right?
Restrictions:
You can't use any character that is included in ...
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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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Make an alphabet searchlight!
Inspired by a bug in a solution to this challenge, your challenge is to produce this exact text:
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Goodbye Cruel World!
Background
Hello golfers! I would like to learn all the programming languages! But I kinda have a short attention span... and copying all the Hello World examples gets boring... but I like fire! ^w^
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Shut down the computer!
Challenge:
In the programming language of your choice, shut down the machine that your code was executed on.
Rules
No shutting down by resource exhaustion (e.g.: forkbomb to force shutdown)
You are ...
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From Programming Puzzles to Code Golf
Your task is to write a program that outputs the exact string Programming Puzzles (trailing newline optional), but when all spaces, tabs, and newlines are removed ...
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Sleep for 1000 years
Some sleep commands implement a delay of an integer number of seconds. However, 2³² seconds is only about 100 years. Bug! What if you need a larger delay?
Make a ...
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Implement Minceraft
Introduction
The game Minecraft has a 1 in 10000 chance of showing "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft" on the title screen.
Your challenge
Your challenge is to code a function or ...
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Do you want to code a snowman?
Here is a simple ASCII art snowman:
_===_
(.,.)
( : )
( : )
Let's make him some friends. This will be the general pattern for our ASCII art snowpeople:
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Sing Baby Shark
"Baby Shark" is a children's song about a family of sharks. Having long been popular as a campfire song, it has been popularized since the mid-2000s by social media, online video and radio. - ...
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Determine your language's version
Your challenge is to write a polyglot that works in different versions of your language. When run, it will always output the language version.
Rules
Your program should work in at least two versions ...
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Numbers by Position
Challenge
Print the numbers:
1
22
333
4444
55555
666666
7777777
88888888
999999999
In that order.
I/O
Takes no input. The numbers can have any delimiters desired (...
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