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Code-golf is a competition to solve a particular problem in the fewest bytes of source code.

3 votes

The shifting dot

PHP, 118 113 112 111 (, -10 bonus points = 101) (second try, with horribly predictable rand() behavior, and a little more efficiency) for($n=30,$i=rand(1,29),$t=$s=pack("A$n",'');$n--;$i+=$i<2|rand( …
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Run the Monty Hall Problem

PHP >= 5.4, 195 192 $r=[0,1,2];unset($r[$p=rand(0,2)]);$d='012';echo"$d\n";fscanf(STDIN,"%d",$c);unset($r[$c]);$d[array_rand($r)]='_';echo"$d\n",!fscanf(STDIN,"%s",$s),'You '.($s=='switch'^$c==$p?'wo …
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5 votes
10 answers
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Print E=mc² or E=mc^2, by using the right side of this equation

Your task – if you choose to accept it – is to have your program print, literally, either one of the following: E=mc² (if your language supports Unicode (so no HTML trickery, for instance)) E=mc^2 ( …
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0 votes

Count characters, turn them into a cipher

PHP, 151 (with setting short_open_tag = On) <?$c=array_slice(count_chars(strtolower($s=$argv[1])),97,26,1);arsort($c);echo strtr($s,array_combine(range('a','z'),array_map('chr',array_keys($c)))); …
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6 votes
3 answers
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Align a horizontally-aligned, right-angled ASCII shape along a diagonal

Your program will receive an ascii shape consisting of only underscores _, pipes |, spaces and newlines \n, which, together, represent a horizontally-aligned, right-angled shape. Together with this s …
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15 votes
12 answers
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Brainf*ckish directions

Your task – should you choose to accept it – is to build a program that parses and evaluates a string (from left to right and of arbitrary length) of tokens that give directions – either left or right …
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2 votes

Sort numbers by binary 1's count

PHP 5.4+ 131 I don't even know why I bother with PHP, in this case: <?unset($argv[0]);usort($argv,function($a,$b){return strcmp(strtr(decbin($b),[0=>'']),strtr(decbin($a),[0=>'']));});print_r($argv) …
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