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Comment Post #289226 There are a few things to note: 1. This is codegolf.codidact.com for recreational coding. For help with coding errors you can ask at software.codidact.com 1. Python's `#` for comments is interpreted as a heading in a question post. This is why all the comments show as huge text. You can make a co...
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Comment Post #289167 I can't see any problem that could be caused by having a random button on a Meta category (Codidact Meta has had one all this time with no complaints...) so personally I'm in favour of just removing the restriction and having a random sort button for every category.
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Edit Post #289164 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question A random button for ordering Code Golf post lists
On most Codidact communities the posts list has a "Random" button among the sorting buttons: The sorting buttons on Codidact Meta - "Activity", "Age", "Score", and "Random" The only exceptions are the Codidact Proposals community, and Code Golf: The sorting buttons on Code Golf - "Activity",...
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Comment Post #289011 Still the same length: ```ruby ->i{i.chars.sort_by{"jbdfghklpqyit".index(_1)||13}} ``` Giving up now...
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Comment Post #289011 I couldn't find a way to shorten this, just ended up with the same length. You can use `0` instead of `-1` but only if you add an extra character to the string to prevent the index ever being zero, so it costs a byte to save a byte... ```ruby ->i{i.chars.sort_by{"_tibdfghklpqyj".index(_1)||0}} `...
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Edit Post #287329 Post edited:
Reword awkward sentence
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Edit Post #288943 Post edited:
Typo
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Comment Post #288943 Ah. I see what I missed now. Thank you. Would the first sentence be clearer with the "of" replaced by something like "such that"? Something like this: > Given a number $n$ as input output the smallest number $k$ such that the modular residues of $k$ by the first $n$ primes is exactly $\\{-1,...
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Suggested Edit Post #288943 Suggested edit:
Typo
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Comment Post #288943 To check if I've understood the requirement, does the following match the intent of the challenge? > Given $n\ge 3$ find the smallest $k$ such that the first $n$ primes all have a multiple in $\\{k-1,k,k+1\\}$.
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Comment Post #288939 I try to post a variety of challenges so there are some that take a minute and some that require more thought. As a result I have some with no answers yet...
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Comment Post #288939 It was already clear, just didn't want you getting a downvote from someone who stopped reading before the end of the sentence. I'm probably being overcautious
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Comment Post #288939 Great to see a formula for this (even if it's not yet shorter than brute force). I tried but gave up and went with brute force to generate the test cases (which took a while to run...).
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Comment Post #288939 For anyone skim reading this answer, the phrase > the results for $n \in \left\\{ 3, 4, 5 \right\\}$ aren't exactly zero does not invalidate this answer. The requirement of being correct to 6 decimal places is (far more than) met.
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Comment Post #288914 That's a really intuitive explanation. I don't know APL and I still found the visualisation easy to follow with the sequence of tables.
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Edit Post #288917 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question Probability of rolling all 6 dice faces
The probability of rolling every number from 1 to 6 with $N$ six-sided dice. Input - A positive integer $N$. - Your code must work for inputs up to and including 10, but may crash, error, or give incorrect output for larger inputs. Output - A probability, $0 \le p \le 1$ - This is the proba...
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Edit Post #288848 Post edited:
Remove ambiguity from output section
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Edit Post #288848 Post edited:
Add 10th test case
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Comment Post #288914 Even though I've convinced myself they are equivalent, I can't visualise yours, whereas I can understand mine geometrically so it makes sense to me intuitively. If you want the geometric interpretation of mine, $i^N-(i-1)^N$ is the number of ways of rolling $N$ dice that lead to $i$ being the high...
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Comment Post #288885 I generally default to using a numeral but it looked strange immediately after the $N$ so I went with "$N$ six-sided" rather than "$N$ 6-sided".
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Comment Post #288914 I was curious so I tried to derive your formula from mine. Managed it by unrolling the sum and then rolling it back up at the end. No idea if this is similar to how you found it. $$\frac{1}{6^N}\sum_{i=1}^6 i(i^N-(i-1)^N)$$ $$\frac{1}{6^N}\sum_{i=1}^6 i(i)^N-i(i-1)^N$$ $$\frac{1}{6^N}\left(\...
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Comment Post #288914 I had to implement this formula and test it for myself because it looks so different from the formula I used to generate the test cases that I couldn't imagine it giving the same result - but it does! For comparison, here's the formula I used: $$\frac{1}{6^N}\sum_{i=1}^6 i(i^N-(i-1)^N)$$ Muc...
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Comment Post #288903 I usually try to make a reference implementation before posting a challenge, but in this case it only exists in my head (which means it's untested). At some point I'll implement it in real code and post it as an answer. It uses a more generic approach which I'm not sure will be golfy (I just needed t...
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Comment Post #288903 Glad your testing was more thorough than mine... I should probably generate the exhaustive list of test cases for testing future entries.
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Edit Post #288502 Post edited:
Emphasise that label must stay the same when moved
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Comment Post #288903 I love the detailed explanation! I couldn't tell from the explanation whether this would still work with the shapes at different positions in the 4 by 4 input area. I adjusted some of the test cases by translating them down or to the right by adding newlines or spaces and they still work. I als...
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Edit Post #288848 Post edited:
Change test cases from 6 significant figures to 6 decimal places
over 1 year ago
Comment Post #285880 I notice that several of the answers show on the leaderboard with their byte count instead of the number of unique characters, which often gives them a significantly higher (worse) score. In many cases this is because the answer heading shows the unique characters and the byte count, and the leaderbo...
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Comment Post #288897 I was wondering if someone would take the brute force approach. I didn't want to rule it out so I set the maximum required input low. Even with the closed form solution that I used to generate the test cases, I couldn't go much higher without switching to arbitrary precision numbers.
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Edit Post #288885 Post edited:
Remove redundant test case bullet point
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Edit Post #288885 Post edited:
Specify face values of the 6 faces of the dice
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Edit Post #288848 Post edited:
Extra mention that the dice are six-sided
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Edit Post #288885 Post edited:
Specify six-sided dice in intro following feedback
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Comment Post #288885 Thanks for the feedback. The first point of the output section mentions "six-sided dice". I left this out of the introductory paragraph for brevity, but I'll add it in now so it's clear from the start of reading.
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Edit Post #288848 Post edited:
Streamline
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Edit Post #288885 Post edited:
Specify six-sided dice
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Edit Post #288805 Post edited:
Mark as finalized
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Edit Post #288885 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question Expected value of highest dice rolled
You roll $N$ six-sided dice simultaneously. Your score is the highest number rolled. If you play this game many times, what is the expected value (mean) of your score? Input - A positive integer $N$. - Your code must work for inputs up to and including 10, but may crash, error, or give incorrect...
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Edit Post #288805 Post edited:
Streamline
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Add finalized tag now that the sandbox can be filtered to exclude tags (this isn't really a sequence question)
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Add finalized tag now that the sandbox can be filtered to exclude tags (this isn't really array manipulation)
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