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Shortest C code to display argv in-order
C (gcc), 37 bytes
main(c,v)int*v;{for(;*v;)puts(*v++);}
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Tips for golfing in Retina
Actualising a transliteration pattern in Retina 0.8.2
In Retina 1, it's easy to produce the contents of a transliteration pattern, here the 64 characters used by MIME Base-64:
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Shortest C code to display argv in-order
C (gcc), 37 bytes
main(c,v)int*v;{for(;*v;)puts(*v++);}
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Tips for Golfing in Vyxal 3
Compress Strings and Numbers
Like Vyxal 2 before it, Vyxal 3 has dictionary string compression and base-based compression. However, in Vyxal 3, dictionary strings use Jelly's sss and base-based ...
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Tips for golfing in sed
Use back references
Most people know that you can mark some parts of your regex with \(\) and later refer to it as \1 (or ...
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Tips for Golfing in Vyxal
Use string interpolation
Apparently automatic string interpolation (Π) has been incorporated into Vyxal from v2.13.3 onwards.
When used inside a string, ...
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Tips for golfing in Haskell
Avoid Data.List
The function are nice, but imports are costly. If you only need a single function, there are shorter alternatives:
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Is there a shortest code to format string
PowerShell, 46 bytes
"($($a[0..2])) $($a[3..5])-$($a[6..9])"-join''
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The output is a little weird, if someone can suggest a fix to that it ...
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Is there a shortest code to format string
Python 3, 35 bytes
print(f"({s:.3}) {s[3:6]}-{s[6:]}")
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Uses the solution from the question but saves three bytes:
removes a redundant <...
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Is there a shortest code to format string
Python, 36 bytes
slightly improved version of your f-string (see also Jonathan Allan's comment), wrapped in a function
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Tips for golfing in Bash
Compress long runs of decimal digits using alternate base representation
bash's arithmetic context supports numbers in arbitrary alternate bases more compactly that ...
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