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Sandbox Reduce over the range [1..n] [FINALIZED]

posted 3y ago by user‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

Article code-golf finalized array-manipulation blackbox-function
#7: Post edited by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2023-06-19T10:25:57Z (over 1 year ago)
Add finalized tag now that the sandbox can be filtered to exclude tags 
Reduce over the range [1..n] [FINALIZED]
# Task

I often need to find the factorial of a number or the sum of all numbers up to a number when cheating on math tests. To help me with this, your task is to write $F$, a generalized version of those functions:

$$F(n) = 1 * 2 * \space ... \space * (n-1) * n$$

Please note that the operator $ * $ does not necessarily represent multiplication here, but stands for a [commutative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative_property), [associative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_property) operator that will be an input to your program/function. This means that $a * b$ is the same as $b * a$, and $a * (b * c)$ is the same as $(a * b) * c$. Its inputs are positive integers, and its outputs are integers.

# Rules
- $n$ will be a positive integer.
- $*$ is a binary function/operator that can be taken in any convenient format, including but not limited to:
  - A function object
  - A function pointer
  - An object with a method with a specific name (e.g. Java's [`BiFunction`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/function/BiFunction.html[]()))
  - A string that can be evaluated to get a function
- $*$ is a blackbox function. That means that you will not be able to examine it to see how it works; all you can do is feed it two positive integers and get an integer back.
- The output of your function will be an integer (not necessarily positive).
- This is <a class="badge is-tag">code golf</a>, so shortest code in bytes wins!

# Testcases

```
f         | n  | F(f, n)
Add       | 1  | 1
Add       | 5  | 15
Multiply  | 1  | 1
Multiply  | 5  | 120
XOR       | 1  | 1
XOR       | 2  | 3
XOR       | 5  | 1
XOR       | 10 | 11
```

Questions:

- Interesting enough? Is a vanilla factorial better?
- Are the tags okay?
- Needs more testcases?
- Input rules okay?
code-golf finalized array-manipulation blackbox-function
#6: Post edited by user avatar user‭ · 2021-08-10T14:35:54Z (about 3 years ago)
Finalized
  • Reduce over the range [1..n]
  • Reduce over the range [1..n] [FINALIZED]
#5: Post edited by user avatar user‭ · 2021-08-08T14:55:14Z (about 3 years ago)
  • # Task
  • I often need to find the factorial of a number or the sum of all numbers up to a number when cheating on math tests. To help me with this, your task is to write $F$, a generalized version of those functions:
  • $$F(n) = 1 * 2 * ... * (n-1) * n$$
  • Please note that the operator $ * $ does not necessarily represent multiplication here, but stands for a [commutative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative_property), [associative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_property) operator that will be an input to your program/function. This means that $a * b$ is the same as $b * a$, and $a * (b * c)$ is the same as $(a * b) * c$. Its inputs are positive integers, and its outputs are integers.
  • # Rules
  • - $n$ will be a positive integer.
  • - $*$ is a binary function/operator that can be taken in any convenient format, including but not limited to:
  • - A function object
  • - A function pointer
  • - An object with a method with a specific name (e.g. Java's [`BiFunction`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/function/BiFunction.html[]()))
  • - A string that can be evaluated to get a function
  • - $*$ is a blackbox function. That means that you will not be able to examine it to see how it works; all you can do is feed it two positive integers and get an integer back.
  • - This is [code-golf], so shortest code in bytes wins!
  • # Testcases
  • ```
  • f | n | F(f, n)
  • Add | 1 | 1
  • Add | 5 | 15
  • Multiply | 1 | 1
  • Multiply | 5 | 120
  • XOR | 1 | 1
  • XOR | 2 | 3
  • XOR | 5 | 1
  • XOR | 10 | 11
  • ```
  • Questions:
  • - Interesting enough? Is a vanilla factorial better?
  • - Are the tags okay?
  • - Needs more testcases?
  • - Input rules okay?
  • # Task
  • I often need to find the factorial of a number or the sum of all numbers up to a number when cheating on math tests. To help me with this, your task is to write $F$, a generalized version of those functions:
  • $$F(n) = 1 * 2 * \space ... \space * (n-1) * n$$
  • Please note that the operator $ * $ does not necessarily represent multiplication here, but stands for a [commutative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative_property), [associative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_property) operator that will be an input to your program/function. This means that $a * b$ is the same as $b * a$, and $a * (b * c)$ is the same as $(a * b) * c$. Its inputs are positive integers, and its outputs are integers.
  • # Rules
  • - $n$ will be a positive integer.
  • - $*$ is a binary function/operator that can be taken in any convenient format, including but not limited to:
  • - A function object
  • - A function pointer
  • - An object with a method with a specific name (e.g. Java's [`BiFunction`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/function/BiFunction.html[]()))
  • - A string that can be evaluated to get a function
  • - $*$ is a blackbox function. That means that you will not be able to examine it to see how it works; all you can do is feed it two positive integers and get an integer back.
  • - The output of your function will be an integer (not necessarily positive).
  • - This is <a class="badge is-tag">code golf</a>, so shortest code in bytes wins!
  • # Testcases
  • ```
  • f | n | F(f, n)
  • Add | 1 | 1
  • Add | 5 | 15
  • Multiply | 1 | 1
  • Multiply | 5 | 120
  • XOR | 1 | 1
  • XOR | 2 | 3
  • XOR | 5 | 1
  • XOR | 10 | 11
  • ```
  • Questions:
  • - Interesting enough? Is a vanilla factorial better?
  • - Are the tags okay?
  • - Needs more testcases?
  • - Input rules okay?
#4: Post edited by user avatar user‭ · 2021-08-07T18:02:55Z (about 3 years ago)
Fixed rong tyop
  • # Task
  • I often need to find the factorial or a number of the sum of all numbers up to a number when cheating on math tests. To help me with this, your task is to write $F$, a generalized version of those functions:
  • $$F(n) = 1 * 2 * ... * (n-1) * n$$
  • Please note that the operator $ * $ does not necessarily represent multiplication here, but stands for a [commutative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative_property), [associative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_property) operator that will be an input to your program/function. This means that $a * b$ is the same as $b * a$, and $a * (b * c)$ is the same as $(a * b) * c$. Its inputs are positive integers, and its outputs are integers.
  • # Rules
  • - $n$ will be a positive integer.
  • - $*$ is a binary function/operator that can be taken in any convenient format, including but not limited to:
  • - A function object
  • - A function pointer
  • - An object with a method with a specific name (e.g. Java's [`BiFunction`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/function/BiFunction.html[]()))
  • - A string that can be evaluated to get a function
  • - $*$ is a blackbox function. That means that you will not be able to examine it to see how it works; all you can do is feed it two positive integers and get an integer back.
  • - This is [code-golf], so shortest code in bytes wins!
  • # Testcases
  • ```
  • f | n | F(f, n)
  • Add | 1 | 1
  • Add | 5 | 15
  • Multiply | 1 | 1
  • Multiply | 5 | 120
  • XOR | 1 | 1
  • XOR | 2 | 3
  • XOR | 5 | 1
  • XOR | 10 | 11
  • ```
  • Questions:
  • - Interesting enough? Is a vanilla factorial better?
  • - Are the tags okay?
  • - Needs more testcases?
  • - Input rules okay?
  • # Task
  • I often need to find the factorial of a number or the sum of all numbers up to a number when cheating on math tests. To help me with this, your task is to write $F$, a generalized version of those functions:
  • $$F(n) = 1 * 2 * ... * (n-1) * n$$
  • Please note that the operator $ * $ does not necessarily represent multiplication here, but stands for a [commutative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative_property), [associative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_property) operator that will be an input to your program/function. This means that $a * b$ is the same as $b * a$, and $a * (b * c)$ is the same as $(a * b) * c$. Its inputs are positive integers, and its outputs are integers.
  • # Rules
  • - $n$ will be a positive integer.
  • - $*$ is a binary function/operator that can be taken in any convenient format, including but not limited to:
  • - A function object
  • - A function pointer
  • - An object with a method with a specific name (e.g. Java's [`BiFunction`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/function/BiFunction.html[]()))
  • - A string that can be evaluated to get a function
  • - $*$ is a blackbox function. That means that you will not be able to examine it to see how it works; all you can do is feed it two positive integers and get an integer back.
  • - This is [code-golf], so shortest code in bytes wins!
  • # Testcases
  • ```
  • f | n | F(f, n)
  • Add | 1 | 1
  • Add | 5 | 15
  • Multiply | 1 | 1
  • Multiply | 5 | 120
  • XOR | 1 | 1
  • XOR | 2 | 3
  • XOR | 5 | 1
  • XOR | 10 | 11
  • ```
  • Questions:
  • - Interesting enough? Is a vanilla factorial better?
  • - Are the tags okay?
  • - Needs more testcases?
  • - Input rules okay?
#3: Post edited by user avatar user‭ · 2021-08-07T18:02:33Z (about 3 years ago)
Mead a tyop
  • # Task
  • I often need to find the factorial of a number of the sum of all numbers up to a number when cheating on math tests. To help me with this, your task is to write $F$, a generalized version of those functions:
  • $$F(n) = 1 * 2 * ... * (n-1) * n$$
  • Please note that the operator $ * $ does not necessarily represent multiplication here, but stands for a [commutative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative_property), [associative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_property) operator that will be an input to your program/function. This means that $a * b$ is the same as $b * a$, and $a * (b * c)$ is the same as $(a * b) * c$. Its inputs are positive integers, and its outputs are integers.
  • # Rules
  • - $n$ will be a positive integer.
  • - $*$ is a binary function/operator that can be taken in any convenient format, including but not limited to:
  • - A function object
  • - A function pointer
  • - An object with a method with a specific name (e.g. Java's [`BiFunction`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/function/BiFunction.html[]()))
  • - A string that can be evaluated to get a function
  • - $*$ is a blackbox function. That means that you will not be able to examine it to see how it works; all you can do is feed it two positive integers and get an integer back.
  • - This is [code-golf], so shortest code in bytes wins!
  • # Testcases
  • ```
  • f | n | F(f, n)
  • Add | 1 | 1
  • Add | 5 | 15
  • Multiply | 1 | 1
  • Multiply | 5 | 120
  • XOR | 1 | 1
  • XOR | 2 | 3
  • XOR | 5 | 1
  • XOR | 10 | 11
  • ```
  • Questions:
  • - Interesting enough? Is a vanilla factorial better?
  • - Are the tags okay?
  • - Needs more testcases?
  • - Input rules okay?
  • # Task
  • I often need to find the factorial or a number of the sum of all numbers up to a number when cheating on math tests. To help me with this, your task is to write $F$, a generalized version of those functions:
  • $$F(n) = 1 * 2 * ... * (n-1) * n$$
  • Please note that the operator $ * $ does not necessarily represent multiplication here, but stands for a [commutative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative_property), [associative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_property) operator that will be an input to your program/function. This means that $a * b$ is the same as $b * a$, and $a * (b * c)$ is the same as $(a * b) * c$. Its inputs are positive integers, and its outputs are integers.
  • # Rules
  • - $n$ will be a positive integer.
  • - $*$ is a binary function/operator that can be taken in any convenient format, including but not limited to:
  • - A function object
  • - A function pointer
  • - An object with a method with a specific name (e.g. Java's [`BiFunction`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/function/BiFunction.html[]()))
  • - A string that can be evaluated to get a function
  • - $*$ is a blackbox function. That means that you will not be able to examine it to see how it works; all you can do is feed it two positive integers and get an integer back.
  • - This is [code-golf], so shortest code in bytes wins!
  • # Testcases
  • ```
  • f | n | F(f, n)
  • Add | 1 | 1
  • Add | 5 | 15
  • Multiply | 1 | 1
  • Multiply | 5 | 120
  • XOR | 1 | 1
  • XOR | 2 | 3
  • XOR | 5 | 1
  • XOR | 10 | 11
  • ```
  • Questions:
  • - Interesting enough? Is a vanilla factorial better?
  • - Are the tags okay?
  • - Needs more testcases?
  • - Input rules okay?
#2: Post edited by user avatar user‭ · 2021-08-07T17:51:00Z (about 3 years ago)
Add some clarifications
  • # Task
  • I often need to find the factorial of a number of the sum of all numbers up to a number when cheating on math tests. To help me with this, your task is to write $F$, a generalized version of those functions:
  • $$F(n) = 1 * 2 * ... * (n-1) * n$$
  • Please note that the operator $*$ does not necessarily represent multiplication here, but stands for a commutative operator that will be an input to your program/function.
  • # Rules
  • - $n$ will be a positive integer.
  • - $*$ is a binary function/operator that can be taken in any convenient format, including but not limited to:
  • - A function object
  • - A function pointer
  • - An object with a method with a specific name (e.g. `apply`)
  • - A string that can be evaluated to get a function
  • - This is [code-golf], so shortest code in bytes wins!
  • # Testcases
  • ```
  • f | n | F(f, n)
  • Add | 1 | 1
  • Add | 5 | 15
  • Multiply | 1 | 1
  • Multiply | 5 | 120
  • XOR | 1 | 1
  • XOR | 2 | 3
  • XOR | 5 | 1
  • XOR | 10 | 11
  • ```
  • Questions:
  • - Interesting enough? Is a vanilla factorial better?
  • - Are the tags okay?
  • - Needs more testcases?
  • - Input rules okay?
  • # Task
  • I often need to find the factorial of a number of the sum of all numbers up to a number when cheating on math tests. To help me with this, your task is to write $F$, a generalized version of those functions:
  • $$F(n) = 1 * 2 * ... * (n-1) * n$$
  • Please note that the operator $ * $ does not necessarily represent multiplication here, but stands for a [commutative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative_property), [associative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_property) operator that will be an input to your program/function. This means that $a * b$ is the same as $b * a$, and $a * (b * c)$ is the same as $(a * b) * c$. Its inputs are positive integers, and its outputs are integers.
  • # Rules
  • - $n$ will be a positive integer.
  • - $*$ is a binary function/operator that can be taken in any convenient format, including but not limited to:
  • - A function object
  • - A function pointer
  • - An object with a method with a specific name (e.g. Java's [`BiFunction`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/function/BiFunction.html[]()))
  • - A string that can be evaluated to get a function
  • - $*$ is a blackbox function. That means that you will not be able to examine it to see how it works; all you can do is feed it two positive integers and get an integer back.
  • - This is [code-golf], so shortest code in bytes wins!
  • # Testcases
  • ```
  • f | n | F(f, n)
  • Add | 1 | 1
  • Add | 5 | 15
  • Multiply | 1 | 1
  • Multiply | 5 | 120
  • XOR | 1 | 1
  • XOR | 2 | 3
  • XOR | 5 | 1
  • XOR | 10 | 11
  • ```
  • Questions:
  • - Interesting enough? Is a vanilla factorial better?
  • - Are the tags okay?
  • - Needs more testcases?
  • - Input rules okay?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar user‭ · 2021-08-06T21:41:01Z (about 3 years ago) 
Reduce over the range [1..n]
# Task

I often need to find the factorial of a number of the sum of all numbers up to a number when cheating on math tests. To help me with this, your task is to write $F$, a generalized version of those functions:

$$F(n) = 1 * 2 * ... * (n-1) * n$$

Please note that the operator $*$ does not necessarily represent multiplication here, but stands for a commutative operator that will be an input to your program/function.

# Rules
- $n$ will be a positive integer.
- $*$ is a binary function/operator that can be taken in any convenient format, including but not limited to:
  - A function object
  - A function pointer
  - An object with a method with a specific name (e.g. `apply`)
  - A string that can be evaluated to get a function
- This is [code-golf], so shortest code in bytes wins!

# Testcases

```
f         | n  | F(f, n)
Add       | 1  | 1
Add       | 5  | 15
Multiply  | 1  | 1
Multiply  | 5  | 120
XOR       | 1  | 1
XOR       | 2  | 3
XOR       | 5  | 1
XOR       | 10 | 11
```

Questions:

- Interesting enough? Is a vanilla factorial better?
- Are the tags okay?
- Needs more testcases?
- Input rules okay?
code-golf array-manipulation blackbox-function