Posts by General Sebast1an
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...
Use <?= It's basically the same as <?php echo. Used on Reverse an ASCII string.
Remove ?> You can save 2 bytes by removing the syntax that ends the PHP script when you don't need it. The program will still work. <?php echo"Hello!"; Try it online!
This is a list of golfing tips for the language known as Philippine Peso PHP. If you have a tip, add it in!
Use a+=[b] instead of a.append(b) The title says it all. a=[];b=10;print(a) a+=[b];print(a) Try it online!
* == and If you want to check if two booleans or integers and want to check if both of them are true in an if statement, then you can leave out and to replace it with *: x=2;y=3 if x and y:pri...
Combine loops Suppose you have a for loop in another, maybe a couple of times, and nothing else inside of the outer for loops (except for the first for loop since anything outside won't be involve...
PHP, 69 37 bytes <?=($y=sqrt($x=fgets(STDIN)))*$y==$x; Try it online! Golfed 32 bytes thanks to @Shaggy's advice.
PHP, 58 28 bytes P1: <?="<?=\$argv[1]+$argv[1];"; Try it online! Golfed 30 bytes thanks to @Shaggy's advice. P2 (given I inputted 10): <?=$argv[1]+10; Try it online!
Replace range() if $n < 4$ If you're using a for loop, you're probably using range() for the list count. You can actually replace it if the number inside range() is less than 4. Why? Examine th...
Python 3, 53 38 bytes def f(x,y): for c in x:print(end=c*y) Try it online! I'm sure someone will find a lambda solution to this. Golfed 15 bytes thanks to @Moshi's advice.
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...
Just curious, but this might help other users, so I'm placing at Meta. A popularity-contest is a non-object winning criteria challenge that is based on having the highest scored answer of the chal...
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...
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.
Replace for loops with string multiplication Let's say we have: for i in range(6):print(end="#") Try it online! This basically outputs # 6 times, which is self-explanatory in the code itsel...
Challenge Make a program that takes input of an integer that's $n > 1$ and print out a staircase using a specific character for stair basing (hashes (#) for demonstration; you can use spaces,...
Python 3, 349 261 160 bytes a="re y gree br sc bla oc pe rub ol v f li go ch m cre cri si ro a le rus grey pu w pi or blu".split() def f(b):return[j for i in a for j in b if j[:len(i)]==i] T...
Lua, 126 118 bytes p=print for i=1,100 do if i%15==0 then p"FizzBuzz"elseif i%3==0 then p"Fizz"elseif i%5==0 then p"Buzz"else p(i)end end Try it online!
Python 3, 196 195 145 102 91 89 87 79 bytes x=input();x+=x[::-1];i=-1 for c in x[:-1]:print(c*(i>-1)+" "*i+c);i+=1 print(x) Try it online! Golfed 50 bytes thanks to @celtschk's advice. ...
Ruby, 24 21 18 bytes p"Hello, #{gets}!" Try it online! Golfed down 3 bytes thanks to @snail_'s advice. Golfed down 3 bytes thanks to @south's advice.
Lua, 35 32 bytes print("Hello, "..io.read().."!") Try it online! Golfed 3 bytes thanks to @Moshi's advice.
