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Posts by Quintec‭

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Challenges Evaluate a single variable polynomial equation

Japt, 12 bytes ÊÆgX *VpXÃr+ Loops through the range of integers 0 to n-1, calculates each term, and sums. Try it

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges Evens or Odds - you know this one

Japt, 1 byte u Japt, more like JABT (just another builtin) :P Try it

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges Ratio limits of fibonacci-like series

APL (Dyalog Classic), 7 bytes ⎕+∘÷⍣=1 Well, rak is probably not going to answer this, so I might as well ;p Try it online!

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges Reverse an ASCII string

Japt, 1 byte w Uh... yeah. Probably similar solutions for many other golf langs. Try it

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Meta What is the Q&A category for?

It's for non-challenge questions. These might be general tips questions, questions about how to golf specific pieces of code, common golf paradigms, etc. Here are some examples from SE that might ...

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Meta What are the rules of programming language compliance?

Regarding because the vast majority of all programs that were posted & highly up-voted there won't even compile on the most basic, compliant compiler for that language. Code Golf allows f...

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges 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 inpu...

4 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Quintec‭  ·  edited 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭

Question code-golf
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Meta How should we handle incorrect answers?

Recently a flag came to my attention on this post: https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/280372/281943#answer-281943 It is a well-intentioned answer to the challenge, but unfortunately it is wrong, ...

4 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Quintec‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Moshi‭

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Challenges Find the IP address class

Japt, 26 25 bytes ;Bg4mUqL În10,2 ùT8 qT Îl Try it Long and unwieldy, I'm rusty. Looks at the first 0 in the bitstring of the first octet.

posted 2y ago by Quintec‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Quintec‭

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Q&A Tips for golfing in Java

Use higher versions of Java Seriously, it's crazy what sort of features have been added since Java 8. I hardly recognize the language anymore... Examples: Constructing Lists Before, you had to ...

posted 2y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges Three Number Monte

The Rules In this game, each round, every player faces off against every other player in a round robin format. In each match, players pick 3 positive integers that sum to 360. Let's say player 1 p...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Quintec‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Challenges Really Cool Numbers

Define a cool number as a number whose proper divisors (all except for the number itself) have an integral mean. Define a really cool number as a number whose divisors (including itself) are all co...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Quintec‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by user‭

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Challenges 1, 2, Fizz, 4, Buzz!

Japt -R, 28 bytes Lõ@"Fizz"pXv3)+"Buzz"pXv5)ªX I spent a long time playing with wizardry string/array slicing. It did not work out. This solution just repeats "Fizz" and "Buzz" if divisible. T...

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges The Camelot Wheel

Given a musical key, output its number and letter on the Camelot Wheel (shown below). Input A musical key as a string, as shown on the wheel. The words "Sharp" and "Flat" may be replaced with s...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Quintec‭  ·  edited 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭

Question code-golf
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Challenges 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. ...

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭  ·  edited 3y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Challenges Weave Strings Together

Japt -P, 7 2 bytes Õc Takes input as character arrays. -5 bytes thanks to @Shaggy Try it

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges Cumulative Counts

Japt, 14 11 8 bytes £¯YÄ è¥X Try it -3 bytes thanks to @Shaggy

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges 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 byt...

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges "Hello, World!"

Japt, 11 bytes `HÁM, WŽld! Just using Japt's builtin compression. Test it

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Meta Default Rules: Random

What is random defined as on this site? How are answers allowed to handle random chance?

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Quintec‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges The Pell Numbers

Python 3, 39 bytes f=lambda x:x if x<2else 2*f(x-1)+f(x-2) Generic recursive implementation Try it online!

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges Three Number Monte

The "Uppers" def oneup(data, history): if len(history) > 0: prev = history[-1] if prev[2] > 1: better = [prev[0] + 1, prev[1] + 1, prev[2] - 2] elif prev[1] > 1: better...

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges My house is destroyed! Can you make me one?

Canvas, 9 7 bytes #*⌐⤢n↔n -2 bytes thanks to @Razetime Uh I don't really know how to use Canvas - what I think this does is create the vertical wall, then half the horizontal one, then concatn...

posted 2y ago by Quintec‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges Expand a polynomial

Japt -Q, 15 12 bytes à üÊËx_×*JpE -3 bytes thanks to @Shaggy Uses Vieta's. Try it

posted 2y ago by Quintec‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Quintec‭

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Challenges Can you give me half?

Japt, 1 byte ½ Test it Jelly, Vyxal, 1 byte . Try it online! Yeah, golf langs still kind of kill this challenge.

posted 2y ago by Quintec‭

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