New answers tagged open-ended-function
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Turing-Complete Language Interpreter
Turing machine (finitely initialized, halts) implementing an encoding of Grill Tag, 2 states, 14 symbols, 232 bytes
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Transform characters of your choice into "Hello, world!"
Headascii, 45 bytes
-----[]]]]]--[]]]][U-]()R-:-()R--:--()R-:R;P!
Takes a character and prints it, except for m, ...
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Convert numbers to dice patterns
Python 3 (194 199 210 bytes) -16 (- 5 thanks to Kevin)
My First golf!
Returns a int, array, where len(arr) == side ** 2
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Turing-Complete Language Interpreter
Jelly → Couplet 2C variant, 3 bytes (infinite loop) or 4 bytes (halting)
ṃVß
ṃV¥Ƭ
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Takes the initial string from the left-hand argument, and the ...
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Convert numbers to dice patterns
Charcoal, 50 bytes
ＮθＦ﹪θ²ＰOＷ⁻θＬＫＡ«↙≔ⅉηＦ⁸«Ｐ✳＆⁶κ×O⌊⟦η÷⁺ιＩ§4062κ⁸⟧Ｍη✳＆⁶κ
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Output a random unary string
Volatile, 7 bytes
~(:-.~)
Assumes that the . instruction is present in the interpreter. Prints a random length of ...
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MathGolf, 4 bytes
‼ww╙
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Port of @DominicVanEssen's second R answer.
Explanation:
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05AB1E, 5 bytes
{.s˜Ω
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Or alternatively, a port of @DominicVanEssen's second R answer is 5 bytes as well:
ΩIΩ‚à
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JavaScript (V8), 53 bytes
a=>Math.max(...a.map(_=>a[a.length*Math.random()|0]))
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Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 19 bytes
RandomChoice[#->#]&
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Jelly, 3 bytes
X»X
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Distribution over 1000 runs: Attempt This Online!
Uses Dominic van Essen's insight: pick a random element (...
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Raku, 13 bytes
*.roll(2).max
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Picks two elements independently and returns the max of the two.
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Jelly, 4 bytes
ṢxJX
A monadic Link that accepts a list of distinct floats and outputs a random one.
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Vyxal, 4 bytes
℅?℅∴
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Return the highest of two random picks
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Julia, 37 bytes
!l=rand([fill.(sort(l),keys(l))...;])
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sort the list and repeat each element by their index before randomly choosing a number
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Factor, 35 bytes
[ [ dup <array> ] map-flat random ]
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Create n copies of each n, and select one at random (uniformly).
For instance, <...
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Ruby, 32 24 bytes
->l{(l+l).sample(2).max}
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Thanks to Dominic van Essen for -4 bytes and the idea to get to -8.
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JavaScript (Node.js), 41 bytes
a=>a.sort()[a.length*Math.random()**.5|0]
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Takes an ...
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Python, 64 bytes (also supports negative numbers)
lambda l:sorted(l)[int(len(l)*random()**.5)]
from random import*
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WolframLanguage, 63 48 bytes
Thanks to att for shaving of 15
Sort[#][[Floor@Log2[Random[](2^Tr[1^#]2-3)+2]]]&
Original answer:
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J, 8 bytes
#~{~1?+/
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1?+/ Sum the numbers and then choose a random index between 0 and the sum
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JavaScript (Node.js), 58 bytes
a=>a.sort((a,b)=>b-a).filter(_=>Math.random()<.5)[0]||a[0]
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Sorts the numbers, filters them randomly, ...
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Charcoal, 10 bytes
ＦＡＦι⊞υιＩ‽υ
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Loop over the input numbers.
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Python, 41 bytes
lambda l:choices(l,l)
from random import*
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Uses the list itself as the weights.
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Prefix code generator
Charcoal, 30 bytes
→Ｆ⊕⌈θ«Ｆ⌕Ａθ髧≔θκΦ⍘ⅈ²μ→»Ｍⅈ→»θ
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Prefix code generator
Python, 88 bytes
lambda s,k=0,r=2:{j:bin(r:=(r<<-k+(k:=i))-1)[3:]for i,j in sorted(zip(s,range(len(s))))}
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Takes a list of integers and ...
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Prefix code generator
Jelly, 18 bytes
eƤ€`Ḅ=QƑẠ
Ø.ṗŒpÇƇṪ
A monadic Link that accepts the lengths and yields a list of prefix-codes in the same order.
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