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Posts by General Sebast1an‭

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Challenges Evaluate a single variable polynomial equation

Python 3, 167 127 118 117 94 63 bytes def f(a,b): y=0 for z in range(len(a)):y+=a[z]*b**z print(y) Try it online! Close gap to @user's lambda answer! Golfed 40 bytes thanks to @user's...

posted 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  edited 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Q&A Tips in golfing using Lua

Convenient whitespace removal Here are instances where you can remove whitespace: Strings If you assigned or printed a string, then the next supposed line of code can lean on the right double-qu...

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Challenges Diagonalized alphabet

C (clang), 206 bytes main(i){char*s="YWUSQOMKIGECABDFHJLNPRTVXZ";for(i=13;i>0;printf("%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c\n",s[-1+i],s[0+i],s[1+i],s[2+i],s[3+i],s[4+i],s[5+i],s[6+i],s[7+i],s[8+i],s[...

posted 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Meta Suggestions for the new header banner/background

I'm bored. Let's do something. lmao While I was Somewhere Else, I went to make suggestions for designs on their sites, and no impact really occured. However, since I'm now a Codidactian (not a Cod...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Challenges "Hello, World!"

jq --null-input --raw-output, 15 bytes "Hello, World!" Try it online! They kept saying that jq is the language of September 2021. Still surprised no one even made a Hello, World! on it.

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Challenges "Hello, World!"

SQLite, 21 bytes select'Hello, World!' Try it online!

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Challenges "Hello, World!"

Emoji, 24 bytes 💬Hello, World!💬➡ Try it online!

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Q&A Tips in golfing using Lua

Remove print's parentheses when it's a single string print strangely works without parentheses, however, it only applies to single strings. In other words, it can't do the same for other variables...

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

C (clang), 116 102 bytes j,k;f(i){for(j=i;j--;printf("#"));for(j=i-1;j--;printf("#"))for(k=i-2,printf("\n#");k--;printf(" "));} Try it online! Sometimes, it's better to use functions when yo...

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Challenges "Hello, {name}!"

Java (JDK), 134 123 118 bytes interface M{static void main(String[]a){System.out.print("Hello, "+new java.util.Scanner(System.in).nextLine()+"!");}} Try it online! Golfed 5 bytes thanks to @...

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Q&A Tips in golfing using Lua

Lua's not really used much in golfing, so it'd be pretty cool to learn some golfing tricks when making answers using it. What golfing tips are there for Lua?

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Challenges In The Jailhouse Now

C (clang), 210 198 183 bytes i,j,k,l;s(v,w,x,y,z){printf("%s",v);for(;w<x;w++){printf("%s",y);}puts(z);}main(){scanf("%i",&i);l=i-3;s("╔",j,l,"╦","╗");for(j=0;j<i-2;j++){s("╠",k,l,"╬",...

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Q&A What's a code bowling challenge?

What's a code bowling challenge? Code bowling is a challenge/competition to solve a particular (usually simple) problem in the most bytes or complexity. From CGCC Are there any additional criteri...

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Challenges Getting perfect squares, differently

Python 3, 34 bytes x=0;y=1 while 1:x+=y;print(x);y+=2 Try it online! 1 is the int equivalent to True, which helps save bytes.

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Challenges Getting perfect squares, differently

C (clang), 47 45 43 bytes i,j;main(){for(;printf("%i ",i-=~j);j+=2);} Try it online! Golfed 2 bytes from inspiration of @Shaggy's answer. Golfed 2 bytes by @m90.

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Meta Add detailed wikis and usage info on these tags

graphical-output Usage info: Graphical output challenges involve outputting images or illustrations using graphics. Detailed wiki: (uses text from CGCC's) Graphical output challenges invol...

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Q&A Tips for golfing in C

Abuse (as few) libraries (as possible) We don't want to use too much libraries when playing challenges. Sometimes, libraries aren't used at all in some answers in C. What if we want to shorten so...

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Challenges "Hello, World!"

Java (JDK), 80 bytes class A{public static void main(String[] A){System.out.print("Hello, World!");}} Try it online! This answer, except it's actually runnable.

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Challenges Guess the language! (Cops' Thread)

PicoLisp, cracked by Shaggy, 31 bytes (prinl "Cops and Robbers")(bye) Try it online! Strange language, I know.

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Challenges Guess the language! (Cops' Thread)

F# (.NET Core), cracked by Shaggy, 25 bytes printfn"Cops and Robbers" Try it online!

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Challenges Guess the language! (Cops' Thread)

Rust, cracked by Shaggy, 37 bytes fn main(){print!("Cops and Robbers")} Try it online! Hold on, lemme translate it for fun: For now, my print not say "Cons and Rubbers". Ahem, sorry, don't ...

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Challenges Guess the language! (Cops' Thread)

D, cracked by Kevin M. Mansour, 39 bytes void main(){write("Cops and Robbers");} Try it online! This doesn't look like C. Not even BMPL. Now we know why.

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