177
votes
Sort a list and write some English!
GolfScript
Dear Boss Man.
It came to my attention that my keyboard needs replacement; the keys required to write the
symbols ~ $ ` . and } are not functioning properly.
It's very difficult to work ...
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122
votes
Sort a list and write some English!
PHP
Defines a function called item that will sort an array that you pass it.
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75
votes
71
votes
65
votes
Sort a list and write some English!
NetLogo
To Manager [IT]
Let Sue sort it; then
show Sue the end to the end
With indentation and capitalization changes, the code becomes clear(er). This defines a ...
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63
votes
Sort a list and write some English!
C
Input as space-separated list through STDIN, output as space-separated list through STDOUT.
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57
votes
Accepted
Vertically collapse text
Pyth, 10 bytes
jb_.T.T_.z
Try it online in the Pyth Compiler/Executor.
Idea
We can achieve the desired output by applying four simple transformations:
Reverse ...
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50
votes
Accepted
43
votes
Accepted
Lossy Sorting (Implement Dropsort)
APL, 9 bytes
⊢(/⍨)⊢=⌈\
This is a monadic function train with diagram:
┌─┼───┐
⊢ ⍨ ┌─┼─┐
┌─┘ ⊢ = \
/ ┌─┘
⌈
The ...
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41
votes
Sort the months of the year
Jelly, 19 bytes
11ị“bMAanlseovc”iµÞ
This is a monadic link that takes a list as argument and sorts it. Try it online!
Background
Jelly uses modular, 1-based ...
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39
votes
Vertically collapse text
Haskell, 62 bytes
import Data.List
p=reverse;o=transpose
f=unlines.p.o.o.p.lines
I'm very mature.
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38
votes
Output numbers up to 2^n-1, "sorted"
Python, 53 bytes
f=lambda n,i=1:n*[f]and[i]+f(n-1,2*i)+i%2*f(n-1,i-~i)
Try it online!
The recursive function generates the sorted list as a pre-order walk down ...
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36
votes
Xorting an array
Pyth, 40 36 31 30 bytes
Ju.|G^2slHxMf>FT.:Q2Z|tSIxRJQJ
Try it online: Demonstration or Test Suite
Each of the big test-cases finishes in a couple of seconds. ...
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32
votes
Accepted
26
votes
Accepted
Count My Change
Japt, 5 3 bytes
ñg9
Test it online!
Explanation
I, too, have added a sorting function to my language in the last few weeks :-) ...
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25
votes
Sort a list and write some English!
Python 2 & 3
Unfortunately, the employees of today just can't stop using hashtags all over the place...
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25
votes
Sign that word!
C (with x86), 61 bytes
s[];main(){qsort(s,read(0,s,99),1,"YXZQQQ\x8a\x00*\x02\x0f\xbe\xc0\xc3");puts(s);}
That string contains raw bytes, not actual ...
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24
votes
Accepted
Sort the climbing grades
Python 2, 58 54 bytes
lambda x:sorted(x,key=lambda y,B10=0:eval(y[1:]+'10'))
Try it online!
How it works
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24
votes
DropSort it like it's hot
Haskell, 67 59 58 bytes
(q:r)!x|x<last q=q:r!x|1<2=(q++[x]):r
_!x=[[x]]
foldl(!)[]
Explanation: Given a list of lists (that are already sorted) and a value ...
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23
votes
Sort a list and write some English!
Dogescript
It's basically English, right?
shh oooot! my keyybr oad is brokn. i ne ed neew 1.
such fixs much keys
keys dose sort
wow keys
translates to:
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votes
Accepted
Sort an Integer List
05AB1E, 2 bytes
Code:
ϧ
Same algorithm as the Jelly answer. Computes all permutations of the input and pops out the smallest one.
Try it online!
A more efficient ...
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23
votes
Accepted
Interleave strings
Jelly, 1 byte
Z
Try it online!
The “transpose” built-in will do exactly this to a list of strings.
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23
votes
Enumerate each series of identical numbers in-place
JavaScript (ES6), 26 bytes
1-indexed.
a=>a.map(o=x=>o[x]=-~o[x])
Try it online!
Commented
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21
votes
21
votes
Book Stack Sort
Python, 113
P=[]
for n in sorted(input())[::-1]:
for p in P:
if p[-1][1]>=n[1]:p+=[n];break
else:P+=[[n]]
print sum(P,[])
After sorting the list of books ...
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21
votes
Lossy Sorting (Implement Dropsort)
J, 10 9 bytes
#~(=>./\)
Working version of my CJam idea (in fewer bytes). E.g.:
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21
votes
Ordering a list
APL, 2 bytes
⍋⍋
The “grade up” built-in, applied twice. Works if indexing starts at 0, which isn’t the default for all flavors of APL. Try it here!
Why does ...
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21
votes
Sort digits by their first occurrence in pi
Python 3, 40 39 bytes
1 byte thanks to Jonathan Allan.
lambda s:sorted(s,key="145926870".find)
Try it online!
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20
votes
20
votes
Sign that word!
Stuck, 4 bytes
sc$d
This language was documented on the wiki just yesterday! Mmm, fresh esolangs.
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