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Golfscript, 8 6 bytes, 5 unique !).!(? Explanation: ! # negate , no value makes it 1 ) # increment -> 2 . # duplicate 2 ! # negate 2 = 0 ( # decrement -> -1 ? # exponentiate, 2^-1 =...

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~~# Golfscript, ~~8~~ 6 bytes, ~~5~~ 4 unique~~
```
!).!(?
```
Explanation:
```
! # negate , no value makes it 1
) # increment -> 2
. # duplicate 2
! # negate 2 = 0
( # decrement -> -1
? # exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```
Original solution:
```
!)""!((?
```

# Golfscript, ~~8~~ 6 bytes, 5 unique
```
!).!(?
```
Explanation:
```
! # negate , no value makes it 1
) # increment -> 2
. # duplicate 2
! # negate 2 = 0
( # decrement -> -1
? # exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```
Original solution:
```
!)""!((?
```

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~~# Golfscript, ~~8~~ 6 bytes, 4 unique~~
```
!).!(?
```
Explanation:
```
! # negate , no value makes it 1
) # increment -> 2
. # duplicate 2
! # negate 2 = 0
( # decrement -> -1
? # exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```
Original solution:
```
!)""!((?
```

# Golfscript, ~~8~~ 6 bytes, ~~5~~ 4 unique
```
!).!(?
```
Explanation:
```
! # negate , no value makes it 1
) # increment -> 2
. # duplicate 2
! # negate 2 = 0
( # decrement -> -1
? # exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```
Original solution:
```
!)""!((?
```

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~~# Golfscript, 8 bytes, 5 unique~~
```
~~!)""!((?~~
```
Explanation:
```
~~! : negation operation, returns 1~~
~~) : increment 1 to 2~~
~~""! : negate an empty string to return 1~~
~~(( : decrement twice to get -1~~
~~? : exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2~~
```
Another solution with the same byte and unique counts:
```
!)""!~)? # bitwise not (~) = -n-1, increment with ) to get -n, 2^-1 = 1/2
```

# Golfscript, ~~8~~ 6 bytes, 4 unique
```
!).!(?
```
Explanation:
```
! # negate , no value makes it 1
) # increment -> 2
. # duplicate 2
! # negate 2 = 0
( # decrement -> -1
? # exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```
Original solution:
```
!)""!((?
```

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# Golfscript, 8 bytes, 5 unique
```
!)""!((?
```
Explanation:
```
! : negation operation, returns 1
) : increment 1 to 2
""! : negate an empty string to return 1
~~(( : decrement 2 to get -1~~
? : exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```
Another solution with the same byte and unique counts:
```
!)""!~)? # bitwise not (~) = -n-1, increment with ) to get -n, 2^-1 = 1/2
```

# Golfscript, 8 bytes, 5 unique
```
!)""!((?
```
Explanation:
```
! : negation operation, returns 1
) : increment 1 to 2
""! : negate an empty string to return 1
(( : decrement twice to get -1
? : exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```
Another solution with the same byte and unique counts:
```
!)""!~)? # bitwise not (~) = -n-1, increment with ) to get -n, 2^-1 = 1/2
```

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# Golfscript, 8 bytes, 5 unique
~~`!)""!((?`~~
Explanation:
```
! : negation operation, returns 1
) : increment 1 to 2
""! : negate an empty string to return 1
(( : decrement 2 to get -1
? : exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
~~```~~

# Golfscript, 8 bytes, 5 unique
```
!)""!((?
```
Explanation:
```
! : negation operation, returns 1
) : increment 1 to 2
""! : negate an empty string to return 1
(( : decrement 2 to get -1
? : exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```
Another solution with the same byte and unique counts:
```
!)""!~)? # bitwise not (~) = -n-1, increment with ) to get -n, 2^-1 = 1/2
```

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taoh‭ · 2022-11-02T17:52:12Z (about 2 years ago)

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~~# Golfscript, 8 bytes,~~
`!)""!((?`
Explanation:
```
! : negation operation, returns 1
) : increment 1 to 2
""! : negate an empty string to return 1
(( : decrement 2 to get -1
? : exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```

# Golfscript, 8 bytes, 5 unique
`!)""!((?`
Explanation:
```
! : negation operation, returns 1
) : increment 1 to 2
""! : negate an empty string to return 1
(( : decrement 2 to get -1
? : exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```

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# Golfscript, 8 bytes,

`!)""!((?`


Explanation:

```
!   : negation operation, returns 1
)   : increment 1 to 2
""! : negate an empty string to return 1
((  : decrement 2 to get -1
?   : exponentiate, 2^-1 = 1/2
```

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