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Challenges Lowercase, but not just the letters

Given a string of printable ASCII characters, convert them all to lowercase, except not just the letters. ASCII characters that are letters have a bit in their binary representation that is 0 for ...

7 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

#3: Post edited by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2023-08-09T11:03:27Z (over 1 year ago)
Make rule explicitly reference the test cases
  • Given a string of printable ASCII characters, convert them all to lowercase, except not just the letters.
  • ASCII characters that are letters have a bit in their binary representation that is `0` for uppercase, and `1` for lower[]()case. Setting this bit to `1` for a non-letter character that previously had it set to `0` results in it changing to a completely unrelated character, which for this challenge we will call the ***lowercase version*** of that character.
  • ## Input
  • - A sequence of characters, each of which is a printable ASCII character (character codes 32 to 126 inclusive)
  • - This may be a string or any ordered data structure of characters
  • - There will never be an underscore `_` (character code 95) as its lowercase version is character code 127, which is outside the printable range and used as a control character
  • - Your code must work for inputs of up to 16 characters
  • ## Output
  • - A sequence of the same number of characters as the input
  • - This may be a string or any ordered data structure of characters. It does not need to match the input format (provided it is consistent between inputs)
  • - For example, you may take input as an array of characters, and output as a string, provided this format does not change for different inputs
  • - Each character is either the same as the input, if it was a lowercase version already, or otherwise the lowercase version of the input character
  • ## Examples
  • ### A letter
  • Character "A" is character code 65, or `1000001` in binary. The bit in position 5 from the right, representing $2^5$, is `0`. Setting this bit to `1` gives `1100001`, or 97, which is the character code for "a". So the lowercase version of "A" is "a", as expected.
  • ### A non-letter
  • Character "^" is character code 94, or `1011110` in binary. The bit in position 5 from the right, representing $2^5$, is `0`. Setting this bit to `1` gives `1111110`, or 126, which is the character code for "~". So the lowercase version of "^" is "~".
  • ## Test cases
  • Test cases are in the format `"input" : "output"`
  • Note that `"` and `\` have both been escaped with a preceding `\`, because they are enclosed in double quotes, but each still represents a single character)
  • ```text
  • " " : " "
  • "!" : "!"
  • "\"" : "\""
  • "#" : "#"
  • "$" : "$"
  • "%" : "%"
  • "&" : "&"
  • "'" : "'"
  • "(" : "("
  • ")" : ")"
  • "*" : "*"
  • "+" : "+"
  • "," : ","
  • "-" : "-"
  • "." : "."
  • "/" : "/"
  • "0" : "0"
  • "1" : "1"
  • "2" : "2"
  • "3" : "3"
  • "4" : "4"
  • "5" : "5"
  • "6" : "6"
  • "7" : "7"
  • "8" : "8"
  • "9" : "9"
  • ":" : ":"
  • ";" : ";"
  • "<" : "<"
  • "=" : "="
  • ">" : ">"
  • "?" : "?"
  • "@" : "`"
  • "A" : "a"
  • "B" : "b"
  • "C" : "c"
  • "D" : "d"
  • "E" : "e"
  • "F" : "f"
  • "G" : "g"
  • "H" : "h"
  • "I" : "i"
  • "J" : "j"
  • "K" : "k"
  • "L" : "l"
  • "M" : "m"
  • "N" : "n"
  • "O" : "o"
  • "P" : "p"
  • "Q" : "q"
  • "R" : "r"
  • "S" : "s"
  • "T" : "t"
  • "U" : "u"
  • "V" : "v"
  • "W" : "w"
  • "X" : "x"
  • "Y" : "y"
  • "Z" : "z"
  • "[" : "{"
  • "\\" : "|"
  • "]" : "}"
  • "^" : "~"
  • "`" : "`"
  • "a" : "a"
  • "b" : "b"
  • "c" : "c"
  • "d" : "d"
  • "e" : "e"
  • "f" : "f"
  • "g" : "g"
  • "h" : "h"
  • "i" : "i"
  • "j" : "j"
  • "k" : "k"
  • "l" : "l"
  • "m" : "m"
  • "n" : "n"
  • "o" : "o"
  • "p" : "p"
  • "q" : "q"
  • "r" : "r"
  • "s" : "s"
  • "t" : "t"
  • "u" : "u"
  • "v" : "v"
  • "w" : "w"
  • "x" : "x"
  • "y" : "y"
  • "z" : "z"
  • "{" : "{"
  • "|" : "|"
  • "}" : "}"
  • "~" : "~"
  • "([({Enclosed})])" : "({({enclosed})})"
  • "A@B.c" : "a`b.c"
  • ```
  • ## Rules
  • - There is no requirement to use bitwise operations to achieve the correct output
  • - Provided your output is correct for each input, your code is valid
  • > Explanations are optional, but I'm more likely to upvote answers that have one.
  • Given a string of printable ASCII characters, convert them all to lowercase, except not just the letters.
  • ASCII characters that are letters have a bit in their binary representation that is `0` for uppercase, and `1` for lower[]()case. Setting this bit to `1` for a non-letter character that previously had it set to `0` results in it changing to a completely unrelated character, which for this challenge we will call the ***lowercase version*** of that character.
  • ## Input
  • - A sequence of characters, each of which is a printable ASCII character (character codes 32 to 126 inclusive)
  • - This may be a string or any ordered data structure of characters
  • - There will never be an underscore `_` (character code 95) as its lowercase version is character code 127, which is outside the printable range and used as a control character
  • - Your code must work for inputs of up to 16 characters
  • ## Output
  • - A sequence of the same number of characters as the input
  • - This may be a string or any ordered data structure of characters. It does not need to match the input format (provided it is consistent between inputs)
  • - For example, you may take input as an array of characters, and output as a string, provided this format does not change for different inputs
  • - Each character is either the same as the input, if it was a lowercase version already, or otherwise the lowercase version of the input character
  • ## Examples
  • ### A letter
  • Character "A" is character code 65, or `1000001` in binary. The bit in position 5 from the right, representing $2^5$, is `0`. Setting this bit to `1` gives `1100001`, or 97, which is the character code for "a". So the lowercase version of "A" is "a", as expected.
  • ### A non-letter
  • Character "^" is character code 94, or `1011110` in binary. The bit in position 5 from the right, representing $2^5$, is `0`. Setting this bit to `1` gives `1111110`, or 126, which is the character code for "~". So the lowercase version of "^" is "~".
  • ## Test cases
  • Test cases are in the format `"input" : "output"`
  • Note that `"` and `\` have both been escaped with a preceding `\`, because they are enclosed in double quotes, but each still represents a single character)
  • ```text
  • " " : " "
  • "!" : "!"
  • "\"" : "\""
  • "#" : "#"
  • "$" : "$"
  • "%" : "%"
  • "&" : "&"
  • "'" : "'"
  • "(" : "("
  • ")" : ")"
  • "*" : "*"
  • "+" : "+"
  • "," : ","
  • "-" : "-"
  • "." : "."
  • "/" : "/"
  • "0" : "0"
  • "1" : "1"
  • "2" : "2"
  • "3" : "3"
  • "4" : "4"
  • "5" : "5"
  • "6" : "6"
  • "7" : "7"
  • "8" : "8"
  • "9" : "9"
  • ":" : ":"
  • ";" : ";"
  • "<" : "<"
  • "=" : "="
  • ">" : ">"
  • "?" : "?"
  • "@" : "`"
  • "A" : "a"
  • "B" : "b"
  • "C" : "c"
  • "D" : "d"
  • "E" : "e"
  • "F" : "f"
  • "G" : "g"
  • "H" : "h"
  • "I" : "i"
  • "J" : "j"
  • "K" : "k"
  • "L" : "l"
  • "M" : "m"
  • "N" : "n"
  • "O" : "o"
  • "P" : "p"
  • "Q" : "q"
  • "R" : "r"
  • "S" : "s"
  • "T" : "t"
  • "U" : "u"
  • "V" : "v"
  • "W" : "w"
  • "X" : "x"
  • "Y" : "y"
  • "Z" : "z"
  • "[" : "{"
  • "\\" : "|"
  • "]" : "}"
  • "^" : "~"
  • "`" : "`"
  • "a" : "a"
  • "b" : "b"
  • "c" : "c"
  • "d" : "d"
  • "e" : "e"
  • "f" : "f"
  • "g" : "g"
  • "h" : "h"
  • "i" : "i"
  • "j" : "j"
  • "k" : "k"
  • "l" : "l"
  • "m" : "m"
  • "n" : "n"
  • "o" : "o"
  • "p" : "p"
  • "q" : "q"
  • "r" : "r"
  • "s" : "s"
  • "t" : "t"
  • "u" : "u"
  • "v" : "v"
  • "w" : "w"
  • "x" : "x"
  • "y" : "y"
  • "z" : "z"
  • "{" : "{"
  • "|" : "|"
  • "}" : "}"
  • "~" : "~"
  • "([({Enclosed})])" : "({({enclosed})})"
  • "A@B.c" : "a`b.c"
  • ```
  • ## Rules
  • - There is no requirement to use bitwise operations to achieve the correct output
  • - Provided your output is correct for each test case input, your code is valid
  • > Explanations are optional, but I'm more likely to upvote answers that have one.
#2: Post edited by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2023-08-09T10:58:27Z (over 1 year ago)
Be explicit about maximum input length
  • Given a string of printable ASCII characters, convert them all to lowercase, except not just the letters.
  • ASCII characters that are letters have a bit in their binary representation that is `0` for uppercase, and `1` for lower[]()case. Setting this bit to `1` for a non-letter character that previously had it set to `0` results in it changing to a completely unrelated character, which for this challenge we will call the ***lowercase version*** of that character.
  • ## Input
  • - A sequence of characters, each of which is a printable ASCII character (character codes 32 to 126 inclusive)
  • - This may be a string or any ordered data structure of characters
  • - There will never be an underscore `_` (character code 95) as its lowercase version is character code 127, which is outside the printable range and used as a control character
  • ## Output
  • - A sequence of the same number of characters as the input
  • - This may be a string or any ordered data structure of characters. It does not need to match the input format (provided it is consistent between inputs)
  • - For example, you may take input as an array of characters, and output as a string, provided this format does not change for different inputs
  • - Each character is either the same as the input, if it was a lowercase version already, or otherwise the lowercase version of the input character
  • ## Examples
  • ### A letter
  • Character "A" is character code 65, or `1000001` in binary. The bit in position 5 from the right, representing $2^5$, is `0`. Setting this bit to `1` gives `1100001`, or 97, which is the character code for "a". So the lowercase version of "A" is "a", as expected.
  • ### A non-letter
  • Character "^" is character code 94, or `1011110` in binary. The bit in position 5 from the right, representing $2^5$, is `0`. Setting this bit to `1` gives `1111110`, or 126, which is the character code for "~". So the lowercase version of "^" is "~".
  • ## Test cases
  • Test cases are in the format `"input" : "output"`
  • Note that `"` and `\` have both been escaped with a preceding `\`, because they are enclosed in double quotes, but each still represents a single character)
  • ```text
  • " " : " "
  • "!" : "!"
  • "\"" : "\""
  • "#" : "#"
  • "$" : "$"
  • "%" : "%"
  • "&" : "&"
  • "'" : "'"
  • "(" : "("
  • ")" : ")"
  • "*" : "*"
  • "+" : "+"
  • "," : ","
  • "-" : "-"
  • "." : "."
  • "/" : "/"
  • "0" : "0"
  • "1" : "1"
  • "2" : "2"
  • "3" : "3"
  • "4" : "4"
  • "5" : "5"
  • "6" : "6"
  • "7" : "7"
  • "8" : "8"
  • "9" : "9"
  • ":" : ":"
  • ";" : ";"
  • "<" : "<"
  • "=" : "="
  • ">" : ">"
  • "?" : "?"
  • "@" : "`"
  • "A" : "a"
  • "B" : "b"
  • "C" : "c"
  • "D" : "d"
  • "E" : "e"
  • "F" : "f"
  • "G" : "g"
  • "H" : "h"
  • "I" : "i"
  • "J" : "j"
  • "K" : "k"
  • "L" : "l"
  • "M" : "m"
  • "N" : "n"
  • "O" : "o"
  • "P" : "p"
  • "Q" : "q"
  • "R" : "r"
  • "S" : "s"
  • "T" : "t"
  • "U" : "u"
  • "V" : "v"
  • "W" : "w"
  • "X" : "x"
  • "Y" : "y"
  • "Z" : "z"
  • "[" : "{"
  • "\\" : "|"
  • "]" : "}"
  • "^" : "~"
  • "`" : "`"
  • "a" : "a"
  • "b" : "b"
  • "c" : "c"
  • "d" : "d"
  • "e" : "e"
  • "f" : "f"
  • "g" : "g"
  • "h" : "h"
  • "i" : "i"
  • "j" : "j"
  • "k" : "k"
  • "l" : "l"
  • "m" : "m"
  • "n" : "n"
  • "o" : "o"
  • "p" : "p"
  • "q" : "q"
  • "r" : "r"
  • "s" : "s"
  • "t" : "t"
  • "u" : "u"
  • "v" : "v"
  • "w" : "w"
  • "x" : "x"
  • "y" : "y"
  • "z" : "z"
  • "{" : "{"
  • "|" : "|"
  • "}" : "}"
  • "~" : "~"
  • "([({Enclosed})])" : "({({enclosed})})"
  • "A@B.c" : "a`b.c"
  • ```
  • ## Rules
  • - There is no requirement to use bitwise operations to achieve the correct output
  • - Provided your output is correct for each input, your code is valid
  • > Explanations are optional, but I'm more likely to upvote answers that have one.
  • Given a string of printable ASCII characters, convert them all to lowercase, except not just the letters.
  • ASCII characters that are letters have a bit in their binary representation that is `0` for uppercase, and `1` for lower[]()case. Setting this bit to `1` for a non-letter character that previously had it set to `0` results in it changing to a completely unrelated character, which for this challenge we will call the ***lowercase version*** of that character.
  • ## Input
  • - A sequence of characters, each of which is a printable ASCII character (character codes 32 to 126 inclusive)
  • - This may be a string or any ordered data structure of characters
  • - There will never be an underscore `_` (character code 95) as its lowercase version is character code 127, which is outside the printable range and used as a control character
  • - Your code must work for inputs of up to 16 characters
  • ## Output
  • - A sequence of the same number of characters as the input
  • - This may be a string or any ordered data structure of characters. It does not need to match the input format (provided it is consistent between inputs)
  • - For example, you may take input as an array of characters, and output as a string, provided this format does not change for different inputs
  • - Each character is either the same as the input, if it was a lowercase version already, or otherwise the lowercase version of the input character
  • ## Examples
  • ### A letter
  • Character "A" is character code 65, or `1000001` in binary. The bit in position 5 from the right, representing $2^5$, is `0`. Setting this bit to `1` gives `1100001`, or 97, which is the character code for "a". So the lowercase version of "A" is "a", as expected.
  • ### A non-letter
  • Character "^" is character code 94, or `1011110` in binary. The bit in position 5 from the right, representing $2^5$, is `0`. Setting this bit to `1` gives `1111110`, or 126, which is the character code for "~". So the lowercase version of "^" is "~".
  • ## Test cases
  • Test cases are in the format `"input" : "output"`
  • Note that `"` and `\` have both been escaped with a preceding `\`, because they are enclosed in double quotes, but each still represents a single character)
  • ```text
  • " " : " "
  • "!" : "!"
  • "\"" : "\""
  • "#" : "#"
  • "$" : "$"
  • "%" : "%"
  • "&" : "&"
  • "'" : "'"
  • "(" : "("
  • ")" : ")"
  • "*" : "*"
  • "+" : "+"
  • "," : ","
  • "-" : "-"
  • "." : "."
  • "/" : "/"
  • "0" : "0"
  • "1" : "1"
  • "2" : "2"
  • "3" : "3"
  • "4" : "4"
  • "5" : "5"
  • "6" : "6"
  • "7" : "7"
  • "8" : "8"
  • "9" : "9"
  • ":" : ":"
  • ";" : ";"
  • "<" : "<"
  • "=" : "="
  • ">" : ">"
  • "?" : "?"
  • "@" : "`"
  • "A" : "a"
  • "B" : "b"
  • "C" : "c"
  • "D" : "d"
  • "E" : "e"
  • "F" : "f"
  • "G" : "g"
  • "H" : "h"
  • "I" : "i"
  • "J" : "j"
  • "K" : "k"
  • "L" : "l"
  • "M" : "m"
  • "N" : "n"
  • "O" : "o"
  • "P" : "p"
  • "Q" : "q"
  • "R" : "r"
  • "S" : "s"
  • "T" : "t"
  • "U" : "u"
  • "V" : "v"
  • "W" : "w"
  • "X" : "x"
  • "Y" : "y"
  • "Z" : "z"
  • "[" : "{"
  • "\\" : "|"
  • "]" : "}"
  • "^" : "~"
  • "`" : "`"
  • "a" : "a"
  • "b" : "b"
  • "c" : "c"
  • "d" : "d"
  • "e" : "e"
  • "f" : "f"
  • "g" : "g"
  • "h" : "h"
  • "i" : "i"
  • "j" : "j"
  • "k" : "k"
  • "l" : "l"
  • "m" : "m"
  • "n" : "n"
  • "o" : "o"
  • "p" : "p"
  • "q" : "q"
  • "r" : "r"
  • "s" : "s"
  • "t" : "t"
  • "u" : "u"
  • "v" : "v"
  • "w" : "w"
  • "x" : "x"
  • "y" : "y"
  • "z" : "z"
  • "{" : "{"
  • "|" : "|"
  • "}" : "}"
  • "~" : "~"
  • "([({Enclosed})])" : "({({enclosed})})"
  • "A@B.c" : "a`b.c"
  • ```
  • ## Rules
  • - There is no requirement to use bitwise operations to achieve the correct output
  • - Provided your output is correct for each input, your code is valid
  • > Explanations are optional, but I'm more likely to upvote answers that have one.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2022-10-10T10:26:16Z (about 2 years ago)
Lowercase, but not just the letters
Given a string of printable ASCII characters, convert them all to lowercase, except not just the letters.

ASCII characters that are letters have a bit in their binary representation that is `0` for uppercase, and `1` for lower[]()case. Setting this bit to `1` for a non-letter character that previously had it set to `0` results in it changing to a completely unrelated character, which for this challenge we will call the ***lowercase version*** of that character.

## Input
- A sequence of characters, each of which is a printable ASCII character (character codes 32 to 126 inclusive)
- This may be a string or any ordered data structure of characters
- There will never be an underscore `_` (character code 95) as its lowercase version is character code 127, which is outside the printable range and used as a control character

## Output
- A sequence of the same number of characters as the input
- This may be a string or any ordered data structure of characters. It does not need to match the input format (provided it is consistent between inputs)
  - For example, you may take input as an array of characters, and output as a string, provided this format does not change for different inputs
- Each character is either the same as the input, if it was a lowercase version already, or otherwise the lowercase version of the input character

## Examples
### A letter
Character "A" is character code 65, or `1000001` in binary. The bit in position 5 from the right, representing $2^5$, is `0`. Setting this bit to `1` gives `1100001`, or 97, which is the character code for "a". So the lowercase version of "A" is "a", as expected.

### A non-letter
Character "^" is character code 94, or `1011110` in binary. The bit in position 5 from the right, representing $2^5$, is `0`. Setting this bit to `1` gives `1111110`, or 126, which is the character code for "~". So the lowercase version of "^" is "~".

## Test cases
Test cases are in the format `"input" : "output"`

Note that `"` and `\` have both been escaped with a preceding `\`, because they are enclosed in double quotes, but each still represents a single character)

```text
" " : " "
"!" : "!"
"\"" : "\""
"#" : "#"
"$" : "$"
"%" : "%"
"&" : "&"
"'" : "'"
"(" : "("
")" : ")"
"*" : "*"
"+" : "+"
"," : ","
"-" : "-"
"." : "."
"/" : "/"
"0" : "0"
"1" : "1"
"2" : "2"
"3" : "3"
"4" : "4"
"5" : "5"
"6" : "6"
"7" : "7"
"8" : "8"
"9" : "9"
":" : ":"
";" : ";"
"<" : "<"
"=" : "="
">" : ">"
"?" : "?"
"@" : "`"
"A" : "a"
"B" : "b"
"C" : "c"
"D" : "d"
"E" : "e"
"F" : "f"
"G" : "g"
"H" : "h"
"I" : "i"
"J" : "j"
"K" : "k"
"L" : "l"
"M" : "m"
"N" : "n"
"O" : "o"
"P" : "p"
"Q" : "q"
"R" : "r"
"S" : "s"
"T" : "t"
"U" : "u"
"V" : "v"
"W" : "w"
"X" : "x"
"Y" : "y"
"Z" : "z"
"[" : "{"
"\\" : "|"
"]" : "}"
"^" : "~"
"`" : "`"
"a" : "a"
"b" : "b"
"c" : "c"
"d" : "d"
"e" : "e"
"f" : "f"
"g" : "g"
"h" : "h"
"i" : "i"
"j" : "j"
"k" : "k"
"l" : "l"
"m" : "m"
"n" : "n"
"o" : "o"
"p" : "p"
"q" : "q"
"r" : "r"
"s" : "s"
"t" : "t"
"u" : "u"
"v" : "v"
"w" : "w"
"x" : "x"
"y" : "y"
"z" : "z"
"{" : "{"
"|" : "|"
"}" : "}"
"~" : "~"
"([({Enclosed})])" : "({({enclosed})})"
"A@B.c" : "a`b.c"
```

## Rules
- There is no requirement to use bitwise operations to achieve the correct output
- Provided your output is correct for each input, your code is valid

> Explanations are optional, but I'm more likely to upvote answers that have one.