ninjagolloyd wrote:

never golf in a language that requires whitespace

bybb wrote:

ninjagolloyd wrote:

never golf in a language that requires whitespace

I like the challenge of removing as much whitespace as possible by changing the code in different ways

ninjagolloyd wrote:

bybb wrote:

ninjagolloyd wrote:

never golf in a language that requires whitespace

I like the challenge of removing as much whitespace as possible by changing the code in different ways

but whitespace is still required

jokebookservice1 wrote:

ninjagolloyd wrote:

bybb wrote:

ninjagolloyd wrote:

never golf in a language that requires whitespace

I like the challenge of removing as much whitespace as possible by changing the code in different ways

but whitespace is still required

I take issue with all characters when I'm golfing. I despise the ‘k’ character, for example, because it takes up a whole byte. Yet I still golf in such languages, because all languages are made up of characters, which all take up entire bytes, and I lack a choice. I, personally, don't find the white-space character special in this regard.

If you just want short outputs, you might wish to use languages specifically designed for code golf. But generally, people compare code golf between identical languages, so that it's fair if you're using ‘normal’ languages – and so length shouldn't be a concern, therefore, when selecting your language.

If you find it difficult to detect the white space character visually, use a font where it doesn't look like empty space.

The byte associated with 32 doesn't have to map to a whitespace character in your encoding system either (this is quite similar to changing your font). However, note that choosing to never use the 32-nd byte means that you're able to write less programs in the same number of characters; which is bad for golfing

1a3c5e7g9i wrote:

Random number guessing game in Python 3, defined here: https://adriann.github.io/programming_problems.html
(My new method saves 17 bytes)

import random
n=random.randint(1,5)
t=0
g=0
while g!=n:
    g=int(input())
    print(1 if g<n else 2 if g>n else'')
    t+=1
print(t)

from random import*
i=g=0
a=randint(1,5)
while i-a:i=int(input());g+=1;print(((a>i)-(a<i))or g)

red_king_cyclops wrote:

Shortest Hello World program (in Bash):

echo Hello world

or

echo Hello, world!

H

bybb wrote:

Couldn't find one on the Google on the ATs so I decided to make one (please tell me if it's a dupe)
The idea is simple, someone say a program / algorithm to golf, and everyone will try and golf it!

Some starters:
FizzBuzz
Palindrome
Anagram

Some I've done (Python):
FizzBuzz:

print("".join(((("Fizz"if i%3<1 else"")+("Buzz"if i%5<1 else""))or str(i))+"\n" for i in range(1, 101)))

Palindrome:

def palindrome(x):
    return(lambda x:x==x[::-1])([i.lower()for i in x if i.isalnum()])

Use any language you wish.

liamdadude wrote:

What's golf?