Questions tagged [tips]
For questions asking for tips on golfing in a specific language, doing well in certain challenge tag, or improving a particular piece of code.
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Tips for golfing in 05AB1E
Do you have any tips for code-golfing in 05AB1E, a golfing language created by Adnan?
Your tips should be at least somewhat specific to 05AB1E.
Please post one tip per answer.
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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 Haskell
What general tips do you have for golfing in Haskell? I am looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Haskell. Please post only one ...
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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 <all languages>
The aim of this post is to gather all the golfing tips that can be easily applied to <all languages> rather than a specific one.
Only post answers that its ...
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Tips for 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 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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Tips for golfing in PowerShell
What general tips do you have for golfing in Windows PowerShell? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to PowerShell (e.g. "...
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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 R
I'm looking for tips for golfing in the R statistical language. R is perhaps an unconventional choice for Golf. However, it does certain things very compactly (sequences, randomness, vectors, and ...
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Tips for golfing in Mathematica
What general tips do you have for golfing in Mathematica? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Mathematica (e.g. "remove ...
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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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Tips for Golfing in ECMAScript 6 and above
This is similar to other "Tips for golfing in <...>" but specifically targeting the newer features in JavaScript brought up in ECMAScript 6 and above.
JavaScript inherently is a very verbose ...
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Tips for golfing in Bash
What general tips do you have for golfing in Bash? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Bash (e.g. "remove comments" is not ...
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Tips for golfing in APL
I started one code golf challenge recently and it seems like the winner is GolfScript (surprise, surprise!). What's interesting is that there was another very strong competitor that had all chances to ...
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Tips for golfing in Perl?
What general tips do you have for golfing in Perl? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Perl (e.g. "remove comments" is not ...
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Tips for golfing in x86/x64 machine code
I noticed that there's no such question, so here it is:
Do you have general tips for golfing in x86/x64 machine code? If the tip only applies to a certain environment or calling convention, please ...
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Tips for golfing in PHP
What general tips do you have for golfing in PHP? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to PHP (e.g. "remove comments" is not ...
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Tips for golfing in Jelly
Jelly is a tacit, golf-oriented programming language by our very own Dennis. It’s popping up in answers here more and more often, beating other golf-y languages like Pyth and CJam, both by using its ...
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Tips for golfing in MATL
MATL is a golfing language created by Luis Mendo. MATL has proven to be highly competitive, often beating submissions in other golfing languages such as Pyth, CJam and Jelly.
What are some useful ...
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Tips for 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 ...
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Tips for golfing in GolfScript
What, this post doesn't exist yet?
Of course, GolfScript is made for golfing, so you might think that no specific tips are really needed. But to make full use of GolfScript's features, you need to ...
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Tips for golfing in Whitespace
What general tips do you have for golfing in Whitespace? I'm looking for ideas which can be applied to code-golf problems and which are also at least somewhat specific to Whitespace (e.g. "remove ...
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Tips for golfing in VBA
Similar to this, this, and this question...
What general tips do you have for golfing in VBA? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in ...
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Tips for golfing in Julia
What general tips do you have for golfing in Julia? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Julia (e.g. "remove comments" is ...
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Tips for golfing in CJam
CJam is a GolfScript-inspired stack-based golfing language, created by PPCG user aditsu.
So, in the vein of other language-specific tips questions:
What general tips do you have for golfing in CJam? ...
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Tips for golfing in sed
What general tips do you have for golfing in sed? I'm looking for ideas which can be applied to code-golf problems and which are also at least somewhat specific to sed (e.g. "remove comments" is not ...
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Tips for golfing in Lua
What general tips do you have for golfing in Lua? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Lua (e.g. "remove comments" is not ...
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Tips for golfing in Prolog
What general tips do you have for golfing in Prolog? I am looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Prolog (e.g. one letter ...
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Tips for Code Golfing in Desmos
Desmos is mainly used as an online graphing calculator, but its graphical and mathematical functionalities can also be applied in certain coding challenges.
I know not that many people use Desmos on ...
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Tips for golfing in MATLAB
What general tips do you have for golfing in MATLAB? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to MATLAB (e.g. "remove comments" is ...
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Tips for golfing in vim
I've recently realized how vim works great for golfing, especially for kolmogorov-complexity. Also, according to meta vim is a perfectly acceptable 'programming language' at least, for the scope of ...
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Tips for golfing in Japt
Now that I'm thoroughly addicted to Code Golf, it's probably about time that I try to pick up a few golfing languages.
Given that I play almost exclusively in JavaScript, Japt seems like the logical ...
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Tips for golfing in The Shakespeare Programming Language
What general tips do you have for golfing in The Shakespeare Programming Language? I'm looking for ideas which can be applied to code-golf problems and which are also at least somewhat specific to SPL ...
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Tips for golfing in TI-BASIC
What general tips do you have for golfing in TI-BASIC for the TI-83/84+ series calculators? I'm looking for ideas which can be applied to code-golf problems and which are also at least somewhat ...
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Tips for golfing in Scala
What general tips do you have for golfing in Scala? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Scala (e.g. "remove comments" is ...
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Tips for Golfing in T-SQL
What general tips do you have for golfing in T-SQL? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to T-SQL. Please post one tip per ...
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Tips for golfing in Octave
What general tips do you have for golfing in Octave? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Octave (e.g. "remove comments" is ...
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Tips for restricted source in Python
Just like code-golf, restricted-source pushes one to exploit quirks and hidden features of the Python language. We already have a place to collect all these tips for code-golf, those for restricted-...
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Tips for golfing in Pyth
Pyth is a Python-inspired procedural programming language, created by PPCG user isaacg.
What general tips do you have for golfing in Pyth? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf ...
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Tips for golfing in J
GolfScript gets its own way far too often and I feel that a repository of handy hints for golfing in J might help in the fight against the evil empire. What tips do you have for making this already ...
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Tips for Golfing in Brain-Flak
Brain-flak is a stack-based turing-tarpit language, written collaboratively between me, DJMcMayhem, and 1000000000.
Some users are very experienced in the mysterious ways of Brain-Flak. So I thought ...
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Tips for golfing in Swift
What are some tips for code-golfing in Swift? Its focus on safety seems to make it difficult to golf in, but that makes little tips and even more useful. Are there any features in Swift that may help ...
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Tips for golfing in Kotlin
Given Google's recent announcement of official Kotlin support for Android development, I thought it might be timely to poll the community for some awesome golfing tips for this relatively new JVM ...
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Tips for Golfing in Vyxal
Vyxal is a golfing language that has 500+ different commands (achieved through overloads), and is a known beater of Jelly, 05AB1E and most golfing languages.
Henceforth, it seems like a good idea to ...
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Tips for golfing in Rust
While Rust is very, very rarely competitive in code golfing competitions (Java is often shorter), it can still be fun to golf in. What are some tricks for making Rust code shorter?
Please post only ...
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Tips for Golfing in Go
What general tips do you have for golfing in Go? I'm new to Code Golfing and looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Go.
Please ...
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Tips for golfing in Pip
Pip is an imperative golfing language with infix operators. It also borrows some features from functional and array programming.
What general tips do you have for golfing in Pip? I'm looking for ...
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Tips for golfing in dc
What general tips do you have for golfing in dc?
dc is a calculator utility for UNIX/Linux that predates the C language. I am interested in how to make my dc programs (calculations?) shorter. I'm ...
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Tips for golfing in Racket / Scheme
What general tips do you have for golfing in Racket / Scheme? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to Racket / Scheme (e.g. "...
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