Questions tagged [code-golf]
Code-golf is a competition to solve a particular problem in the fewest bytes of source code.
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Morse code translator
Write the shortest program to transform the standard input into Morse code. Characters not in the table should be printed as they are.
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Poisson random number generator [closed]
What is the shortest function (implemented in C) that will return a random draw from a Poisson distribution (given the mean or λ parameter)?
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Test if a given number is a Vampire Number [duplicate]
EDIT: In the interest of increasing the complexity, i've added more to the challenge.
In mathematics, a vampire number (or
true vampire number) is a composite
natural number v, with an even ...
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Tree traversal. [closed]
Write the shortest code that traverses a tree, breadth-first.
Input
any way you like
Output
a list of "names" of the nodes in correct order.
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Sum of primes between given range
Write the shortest code for finding the sum of primes between \$a\$ and \$b\$ (inclusive).
Input
\$a\$ and \$b\$ can be taken from command line or stdin (space seperated)
Assume \$1 \le a \le b \le ...
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Obfuscated FizzBuzz Golf [closed]
Create the shortest possible obfuscated FizzBuzz implementation.
To be considered obfuscated, it should satisfy at least one of the following:
Does not contain any of the words "Fizz", "Buzz", or "...
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Fibonacci function or sequence
The Fibonacci sequence is a sequence of numbers, where every number in the sequence is the sum of the two numbers preceding it. The first two numbers in the sequence are both 1. Here are the first ...
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Interpret brainfuck
Write the shortest program in your favourite language to interpret a brainfuck program. The program is read from a file. Input and output are standard input and standard output.
Cell size: 8bit ...
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Reimplementing square root [duplicate]
Define a function, s, which takes a number and returns the square root.
No use of library functions, such as Java's Math.sqrt() or PHP's built in sqrt(), allowed.
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Golf you a quine for great good!
Using your language of choice, golf a quine.
A quine is a non-empty computer program which takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output.
No cheating -- that means ...
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Tips for golfing in Python
What general tips do you have for golfing in Python? I'm looking for ideas which can be applied to code-golf problems and which are also at least somewhat specific to Python (e.g. "remove comments" is ...
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Angle between the hands on a clock [duplicate]
Given the time in 24 hour format (2359 = 11:59pm) return the angle between the minute and hour hands on a standard clock (on the ...
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The Luhn algorithm for verifying credit card numbers, etc
Challenge
Write the shortest program or function to calculate the Luhn Algorithm for verifying (credit card) numbers.
Luhn algorithm explained
From RosettaCode, this algorithm for the purposes of ...
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Hamming numbers
Hamming numbers are numbers which evenly divide a power of 60. Equivalently, their prime factors are all \$ \le 5 \$.
Given a positive integer, print that many Hamming numbers, in order.
Rules:
Input ...
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ROT-13 transform standard input
Task
Read a string of characters and produce the ROT13 of it. All characters besides [a-zA-Z] should be output verbatim. Each letter in the output may be in any ...
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