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Answer A: The Pell Numbers
[APL (Dyalog Classic)], 20 18 17 16 bytes ⊢/,+.×⍣⎕⍨∘.+⍨⌽⍳2 Matrix implementation, requires `⎕IO←0`. Thanks to @Razetime for the idea, -3 bytes by me Try it online! [APL (Dyalog Classic)], 19 18 bytes {⍵ {×⍵:⌊0.5+(∇⍵-1)÷1-⍨2÷2⋄1} Random fun implementation Try it...
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Answer A: The Pell Numbers
[Python 3], 39 bytes f=lambda x:x if x<2else 2f(x-1)+f(x-2) Generic recursive implementation Try it online!
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Comment Post #280761 @DJMcMayhem hm, I didn't think of it, so I'm going to say no now
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Question Win a War (or at least a few battles)
You have an army of size $n$ that you need to split up to fight $k$ battles simultaneously against an opposing army $A$. In each battle, the army with the most troops present wins - no one wins a tie. Your scouts have just reported back with the enemy troops' movements - how can you divide your army ...
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Comment Post #280754 Why are these called set squares when they are triangles
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Question Solve Goldbach's Conjecture
Goldbach's Conjecture states that every even whole number greater than 2 is the sum of 2 prime numbers. Your task is to return those 2 prime numbers, given an even whole number as input. There are often multiple solutions - any solution will do. Input/Output Examples These examples only show on...
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Comment Post #280729 Oh, huh, mirroring is special for that character, I see
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Comment Post #280729 Why does the canvas alphabet contain ^ instead of V?
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Answer A: Create an Alphabet Diamond
Japt `-R`, 14 13 bytes ;Bãê kb'A û ê Test it Takes all substrings of the alphabet, palindromizes them, and then takes only the ones starting with A and centers and mirrors that too. -1 byte thanks to @Shaggy
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Comment Post #280372 Maybe, IMO any number of dimensions is just an extra I/O challenge that doesn't really have anything to do with the challenge idea (but that's just me perhaps)
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Comment Post #280372 Any number of dimensions is kind of annoying and severely limits some languages such as java - is there a reason for it?
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Comment Post #280244 +1 for the walrus operator
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Comment Post #279754 It is worth noting that "find the language" is not the only type of cops and robbers - https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/40932/unscramble-the-source-code comes to mind.
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Question The Camelot Wheel
Given a musical key, output its number and letter on the Camelot Wheel (shown below). Camelot Wheel Input A musical key as a string, as shown on the wheel. The words "Sharp" and "Flat" may be replaced with symbols (such as "#" and "b") if you wish. Output The number and letter, either ...
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Comment Post #279797 Hey, since we already have a discussion on this, might as well continue it there.
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Answer A: Generate Lewis Caroll's Jabberwocky
Japt, 625 615 bytes ``` `'T°s ߍ¦g, „d e sҐy ‘vƒ Did gyœ „d g‹½e ˆ e °¼; A¥ Úßy ØÀ e ޒgovƒ, A˜ e Ú  ÎÈs ŒtgŸ¼. ` +i` "BeØ e {=`Jab¼rwock`}, my s! T” jaws È ßÒ, e claws È ¯t®! BeØ e Jubjub bird, „d д T” è–ムBÂrsn…®!" He ‘ok –s vŽpal sÙ ˆ Ê@: Lg ÈØ e µnxo´ foe ” Ñht...
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Comment Post #279759 Ah, makes sense.
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Comment Post #279759 You seem to have used 1 already in the first solution though...
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Comment Post #279749 This is brilliant and makes me feel like I'm cheating with Japt, you have so many more single digit solutions than I thought possible, haha (I'm going to not take them even though that would increase my count by a ton just for fun and competition)
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Answer A: Output 256 in many different ways
Japt, 10 11 13 15 solutions ``` 256 ``` Works as you would expect. ``` 8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8 ``` Subtracting negative numbers. ``` 44 ``` Power. ``` 9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9+9...
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Comment Post #279659 I don't know about this... doesn't this tend to infinity? Say in python, print 'x'*10000000... each zero is ten times the length yet only +1 byte
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Answer A: Reverse an ASCII string
Laser, 9 bytes ``` c⌜ps \U# ``` My own language's showcase time! This is a 2D language with an instruction pointer initially pointing to the right. It takes implicit input as an array of characters. Explanation: ``` c⌜p repeat as long as the current stack (input) isn't empty: ...
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Answer A: Reverse an ASCII string
Japt, 1 byte w Uh... yeah. Probably similar solutions for many other golf langs. Try it
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Comment Post #279601 @Lundin No negative numbers, limit goes up to the int range in your language of choice
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Question Longest Increasing Subsequence
Given an array of numbers, output the length of the longest increasing (not necessarily contiguous) subsequence. It is guaranteed that there are no duplicates in the array. For example, if the input was `[1, 5, 2, 4]`, the answer would be `3` for the subsequence `[1, 2, 4]`. More I/O Examples `...
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Article The Camelot Wheel [FINALIZED]
Given a musical key, output its number and letter on the Camelot Wheel (shown below). Camelot Wheel Input A musical key. Format is flexible - you may take in a string, an array of [note, sharp/flat/none, major/minor], or similar. Output The number and letter, either as a string, tuple,...
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Comment Post #279376 @msh210 1. Random bot moves on - I think this is fine for balance because of the large number of rounds played. 2. Before, though it doesn't really matter I think, what I mean to express is 1 pt for first round, 2 for second, 4 for 3rd, etc. etc.
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