175
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 like this! Please instruct the IT department to exchange the faulty
keyboard as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Dennis
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How it works
121
PHP
Defines a function called item that will sort an array that you pass it.
Dear Boss,
I have successfully discovered all brackets.
The ones marked with question marks are the ones which I am not sure about.
The ones marked with asterisks can be used both as an opening and closing delimiter.
(
)
{
}
[
]
>?
<?
/*
'*
"*
Thank you for reading my memo. ...
74
Python 2
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
One of the phones in the office seems to be broken, so it needs to be fixed.
''''''''''''''''''''
This memo was made while testing the functionality of its buttons since
some of them didn't seem to work.
''''''''
1 (no alphabets) working with no problem
''''''''
abc working with no problem
'''''''''
...
70
Python 2
'''
5th of September 2014
Dear Boss,
I am writing this Mail because i want to discuss
the recent incident.
I am Thankful that you did not fire me, and gave me a secretary position instead.
I dont have any experience in being a sec retary and I am not very. good at writing mail,
so please excuse ...
64
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 function called manager which takes a list as input and prints the list sorted.
to manager [IT]
let sue sort IT; then (semicolons introduce a comment)
show sue
the
end
to the
end
63
C
Input as space-separated list through STDIN, output as space-separated list through STDOUT.
Dear Boss,
I have made for you a decision about my employment a t your company. At about noon
a letter explaining this shall be presented to you, as I am a lazy person. As you
are a fool, I will say no more. And I look forward to never seeing you again.
...
57
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 the order of the lines:
Golf
Code
&
Puzzles
Programming
Transpose rows and columns:
GC&PP
oour
ldzo
fezg
lr
ea
sm
m
i
n
g
This top justifies, collapsing the original columns.
Transpose ...
49
GolfScript, 1 byte
$
Yes, only 1 byte.
Try it here.
44
APL, 9 bytes
⊢(/⍨)⊢=⌈\
This is a monadic function train with diagram:
┌─┼───┐
⊢ ⍨ ┌─┼─┐
┌─┘ ⊢ = \
/ ┌─┘
⌈
The non-train version is
{⍵/⍨⍵=⌈\⍵}
This basically checks if each element is equal to the running maximum.
Note that Martin Büttner's J solution is the same length as this and was posted first.
41
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 indexing. If we repeat the months names often enough to obtain 11 characters, we get the following array.
J a n u a r y J a n u
F e b r u a r y F e b
M a r c h M a r c h M
A p r i l A p r i l A
M a ...
39
Haskell, 62 bytes
import Data.List
p=reverse;o=transpose
f=unlines.p.o.o.p.lines
I'm very mature.
38
Python, 53 bytes
f=lambda n,i=1:n*[f]and[i]+f(n-1,2*i)+i%2*f(n-1,i-~i)
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The recursive function generates the sorted list as a pre-order walk down this tree (example with n=4):
1
/ \
2 3
/ / \
4 6 7
/ / / \
8 12 14 15
1 2 4 8 3 6 12 7 14 15
Left branches double the value, and right branches do i->i*2+...
36
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.
Explanation:
First I'll explain the method and why it works. I'll do this with the example list: [7, 2, 13, 9].
The first two numbers are already wrong (7 > 2). We want to xor with some ...
32
Imperative Tampio, 168 bytes
Listan x on riippuen siitä,onko sen ensimmäisen alkion pituus suurempi tai yhtä suuri kuin sen jokaisen alkion pituus,joko sen ensimmäinen alkio tai sen hännän x.
Online version
Ungolfed:
Listan pisin alkio on riippuen siitä, onko sen ensimmäisen alkion pituus suurempi tai yhtä suuri kuin sen jokaisen alkion pituus, joko
sen ...
28
J (11)
(\:+/"1@#:)
This is a function that takes a list:
(\:+/"1@#:) 15342 28943 16375 3944 11746 825 32425 28436 21826 15752 19944
16375 15342 32425 28943 11746 28436 19944 3944 15752 825 21826
If you want to give it a name, it costs one extra character:
f=:\:+/"1@#:
f 15342 28943 16375 3944 11746 825 32425 28436 21826 15752 19944
16375 ...
26
Japt, 5 3 bytes
ñg9
Test it online!
Explanation
I, too, have added a sorting function to my language in the last few weeks :-) ñ takes in an array and a function and sorts the array as if each item had been mapped through that function.
The g function on a string takes in a number n and returns the nth char in the string, wrapping if n is negative or ...
25
Python 2 & 3
Unfortunately, the employees of today just can't stop using hashtags all over the place...
#WritingALetter #Business Dear Boss,
#SecondLine I found this scrap of paper on the floor. It said "
def sortl(l): # define a function
return sorted(l) # returns the list, sorted "
#ScrapOfPaper Just thought I should let ...
25
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 \x.. codes, and it's a raw machine code callback passed to qsort. Works on x86 only:
59 pop ecx
58 pop eax
5a pop edx
51 push ecx
51 push ecx
51 push ...
24
Python 2, 58 54 bytes
lambda x:sorted(x,key=lambda y,B10=0:eval(y[1:]+'10'))
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How it works
y y[1:]+'10' eval(y[1:]+'10')
=======================================
VB B10 0 (a variable we defined)
V0 010 8 (an octal literal)
V0+ 0+10 10
V1 110 110
V2 210 ...
23
05AB1E, 2 bytes
Code:
ϧ
Same algorithm as the Jelly answer. Computes all permutations of the input and pops out the smallest one.
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A more efficient method is:
E[ß,Ž
Performs selection sort. Uses CP-1252 encoding.
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23
Jelly, 1 byte
Z
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The “transpose” built-in will do exactly this to a list of strings.
23
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 x, the ! operator will place x at the end of the first list whose last element is less than or equal to x. If no such list exists, the list [x] is placed at the end.
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23
JavaScript (ES6), 26 bytes
1-indexed.
a=>a.map(o=x=>o[x]=-~o[x])
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Commented
a => // a[] = input array
a.map(o = // assign the callback function of map() to the variable o, so that
// we have an object that can be used to store the counters
x => // for each value x in a[]:
...
22
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:
// oooot! my keyybr oad is brokn. i ne ed neew 1.
function fixs(keys) {
keys.sort();
return keys;
}
21
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 in descending order (by width first and then height), this partitions the books into piles without overlaps. To determine where to place each book, its height is compared with the height of the top ...
21
J, 10 9 bytes
#~(=>./\)
Working version of my CJam idea (in fewer bytes). E.g.:
f =: #~(=>./\)
f 10 10 10 9 10
10 10 10 10
f 1 2 5 4 3 7
1 2 5 7
Explanation
First, we get the maximum of each prefix, with:
>./\
(Here, >. is the maximum operator, / folds that operator onto a list, and \ gets all the prefixes of the input.)
Then ...
21
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 this work?
⍋x returns a list of indices that would stably sort x. For example:
x ← 4 4 0 1 1 2 0 1
⍋x
2 6 3 4 7 5 0 1
because if you take element 2, then 6, then 3… you get a stably sorted ...
21
Python 3, 40 39 bytes
1 byte thanks to Jonathan Allan.
lambda s:sorted(s,key="145926870".find)
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20
Detour
Dear Boss Man
I thought I had put your recovered files on drive z.
In reality it was downloaded to the main drive, C://users/boss/recovery. Sorry for the confusion!
Interpreter Permalink
How it works:
Simplified version:
Detour
Dear Boss Man
z.
://
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20
Stuck, 4 bytes
sc$d
This language was documented on the wiki just yesterday! Mmm, fresh esolangs.
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