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Q&A Befunge Golfing Tips

Exploiting layout Make it thin Newlines and indentation are expensive, so remove them when possible. Some examples: &v factorial v< > >:1-:| v* < >$>\:| ...

posted 3y ago by Wezl‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Wezl‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Wezl‭ · 2021-04-17T23:16:34Z (about 3 years ago)
remove things I used for testing
  • # Exploiting layout
  • ## Make it thin
  • Newlines and indentation are expensive, so remove them when possible.
  • Some examples:
  • ```
  • &v factorial
  • v< >
  • >:1-:| v* <
  • >$>\:|
  • >$.@
  • ```
  • Can be golfed significantly by removing `|`, which requires at least 3 lines
  • ```
  • 05>:1-:#v_$>\:#v_$.@
  • ^ < ^* <
  • ```
  • It could probably be golfed further by using unefunge-98 and the `j` command to remove the second line.
  • # Exploiting layout
  • ## Make it thin
  • Newlines and indentation are expensive, so remove them when possible.
  • Some examples:
  • ```
  • &v factorial
  • v< >
  • >:1-:| v* <
  • >$>\:|
  • >$.@
  • ```
  • Can be golfed significantly by removing `|`, which requires at least 3 lines
  • ```
  • &>:1-:#v_$>\:#v_$.@
  • ^ < ^* <
  • ```
  • It could probably be golfed further by using unefunge-98 and the `j` command to remove the second line.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Wezl‭ · 2021-04-17T23:15:11Z (about 3 years ago)
# Exploiting layout

## Make it thin

Newlines and indentation are expensive, so remove them when possible.
Some examples:

```
&v factorial
v<   >
>:1-:| v* <
     >$>\:|
          >$.@
```
Can be golfed significantly by removing `|`, which requires at least 3 lines
```
05>:1-:#v_$>\:#v_$.@
  ^     <  ^*  <
```
It could probably be golfed further by using unefunge-98 and the `j` command to remove the second line.