Linked Questions
67 questions linked to/from Tips for golfing in Ruby
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Output the qwerty keyboard
Given a character, output (to the screen) the entire qwerty keyboard layout (with spaces and newlines) that follows the character. The examples make it clear. Input 1 ...
6 votes
72 answers
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Shortest code to print ':)' random times [duplicate]
You have to create a code which prints :) a random number of times from 1 to 255 inclusive. Your output may not contain any whitespace. Your score : The ...
31 votes
44 answers
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Is my name official?
Introduction As ToonAlfrink says: "Me thinks there aren't enough easy questions on here that beginners can attempt!". So the task is very simple. Given a string, output a truthy or falsy value ...
24 votes
52 answers
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Repeat Values In Array
Given two arrays of non-negative integers \$A = [A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_n]\$ and \$R = [R_1,R_2,\ldots,R_n]\$ which are equal in length, return an array which has the element \$A_1\$ repeated \$R_1\$ times, ...
46 votes
24 answers
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The sea in your terminal
Background Summer is well over in the Northern Hemisphere, and a lot of us miss the sun, the beaches, the waves of the ocean... This challenge aims at cheering them up by reminding them of the sea. ...
19 votes
57 answers
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ASCII Meme Arrow Generator
Specifications Given a number n, output an ASCII "meme arrow" (greater-than symbol, >) of size ...
29 votes
33 answers
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Antisymmetry of a Matrix
A matrix is antisymmetric, or skew-symmetric, if its transpose equals its negative. The transpose of a matrix can be obtained by reflecting its elements across the main diagonal. Examples of ...
39 votes
27 answers
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Length-terminated sequences
We all know the age-old debate - should strings be length-prefixed or should they be null-terminated? Well, you've run into a blob of binary data and apparently whoever made it decided that the best ...
60 votes
12 answers
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Golf a number bigger than TREE(3)
The function TREE(k) gives the length of the longest sequence of trees T1, T2, ... where each vertex is labelled with one of k colours, the tree Ti has at most i vertices, and no tree is a minor of ...
23 votes
36 answers
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Output "Fit" numbers
"Fit Numbers" Sam has a "brilliant" idea for compression! Can you help? Here is a rundown of Sam's compression scheme. First take in a base 10 representation of any natural number strictly smaller ...
65 votes
15 answers
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I HATE spaces in file names
It is simple. I cannot stand when people use spaces when naming files. It sometimes wrecks console commands and makes the output of ls ugly. The challenge is to write a program (only ascii characters)...
4 votes
37 answers
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"cat"-like program [duplicate]
The mission is to implement a cat-like program (copy all STDIN to STDOUT). Rules: You may only use standard libraries Indentation must be either two spaces or a ...
18 votes
23 answers
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Create an Accurate How-To Article
Here is an easy-intermediate challenge for anyone interested! What is that? A thing me and brother do a bit too often is this: One of us has a problem and asks the other to explain how to do certain ...
28 votes
14 answers
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Peel away the layers - Cops
In this cops-and-robbers challenge, robbers must crack cop answers by finding out which languages the cops used. This is the Cops thread. For the Robbers' challenge, see here Cops, you are to write a ...
25 votes
23 answers
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Find the closest three-digit hex colour
In CSS, colours can be specified by a "hex triplet" - a three byte (six digit) hexadecimal number where each byte represents the red, green, or blue components of the colour. For instance, ...