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Q&A Tips for golfing in Python

Replace print loops by list unpacking If you want to print elements of a list one per line, the straightforward way to do it is a loop: for i in l:print(i) But this can be shortened using list...

posted 3y ago by celtschk‭

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Q&A Tips for golfing in Python

import* You can import some libraries and if you find yourself using: from lib import * Remove the space between import and *, because it works for whatever reason.

posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Q&A Tips for golfing in Python

Use lambdas instead of functions At most times, lambdas tend to make smaller code, which is helpful in golfing. Assigning a lambda is easy, just do: lambda f:whatever There are many answers th...

posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Challenges A number adder, not a death adder

Ahead, 10 bytes IO"@O+I"W@ This prints N1I+0@. Try it online!

posted 3y ago by snail_‭

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Challenges Stairs? Stairs! Stairs.

Japt -R, 13 bytes Uses = in place of #. Æ"_/"+Xç¥ÃoÅù Try it Æ"_/"+Xç¥ÃoÅù :Implicit input of integer U Æ :Map each X in the range [0,U) "_/" : Literal str...

posted 3y ago by Shaggy‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Shaggy‭

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Q&A Tips for golfing in Python

Renaming functions A funny, cool, and useful trick. If you have to write a single function multiple times (usually range() on for loops), then you can simply assign a variable by the function's na...

posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Q&A Tips for golfing in Python

Assign floats while leaving out zeroes Python allows such strange assignment. You can save bytes by removing the number preceding . if it's only 0: i=.5 print(i) Try it online! The same g...

posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Challenges Stairs? Stairs! Stairs.

Stax, 8 bytes Ç▐GcΦ≡◘¶ Run and debug it Uses spaces as the staircase fill.

posted 3y ago by Razetime‭

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Sandbox Make my value binary [released]

posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Challenges Small integer swapping

Vyxal o, 5 bytes ~$"," Try it Online! I'd say this counts, because $ is quite literally "swap the top two items on the stack". Explained ~$"," ~$ # Swap the top two items, but peek inste...

posted 3y ago by lyxal‭

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Challenges Small integer swapping

APL (Dyalog Extended), 3 bytes ⊢⍮⌽ Try it online! ⊢ the argument ⍮ paired up with ⌽ its reverse

posted 3y ago by Adám‭

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Challenges Small integer swapping

Japt, 3 bytes I/O as an array. cUé Try it cUé :Implicit input of array U c :Concatenate Ué : U rotated right once

posted 3y ago by Shaggy‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Shaggy‭

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Challenges Small integer swapping

Python 3.8 (pre-release), 39 bytes print(x:=input(),y:=input()) print(y,x) Try it online!

posted 3y ago by user‭

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Challenges Generate Lewis Caroll's Jabberwocky

Python 3, 874 bytes a="'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves\nDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;\nAll mimsy were the borogoves,\nAnd the mome raths outgrabe.";b="he Jabberwock";c="Beware t";d="One, ...

posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Challenges Small integer swapping

C (clang), 63 bytes x,y;main(){scanf("%i%i",&x,&y);printf("%i %i\n%i %i",x,y,y,x);} Try it online!

posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Challenges Evaluate a single variable polynomial equation

C++ (gcc), 61 bytes float f(int n,float*p,float x){return n?*p+x*f(n-1,p+1,x):0;} Try it online!

posted 3y ago by celtschk‭

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Challenges Are All Elements Equal?

Trivial answers Husk, 1 byte E Try it online!

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

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Challenges Guess the language! (Robbers' Thread)

Cracks Shaggy's answer: Jelly “¿×⁶ṆḶN{N=ȷṾ» Try it online!

posted 3y ago by m90‭

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Challenges "Hello, World!"

Scala, 42 bytes object>extends App{print("Hello, World!")} Attempt This Online!

posted 3y ago by user‭

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Q&A Tips for golfing in C

For the sake of code golf, you first need to decide if you wish to compete in strictly conforming ("real") C, in which case you can't rely on non-standard extensions, poorly-defined behavior or obs...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Challenges Reduce over the range [1..n]

C (clang), 59 bytes c;f(int a,(*b)(int,int)){for(c=a;a>1;)c=b(--a,c);return c;} Try it online! This program written by @Hakerh400 in the comments is basically how the other answers before...

posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  edited 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Challenges Merge two strings

Python 3, 82 81 bytes lambda a,b:[a[:i]+b for i in range(len(a)+2)if i>len(a)or b[:len(a)-i]==a[i:]][0] Try it online!

posted 3y ago by bastolski‭  ·  edited 3y ago by bastolski‭

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Challenges Reduce over the range [1..n]

BQN, 8 bytes {𝔽´1+↕𝕩} Try it! basic fold builtin version. Use as a dyadic 1-modifier. Longer than APL since evaluated output is shorter than using first class functions. A more fun recursive...

posted 3y ago by Razetime‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Razetime‭

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