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Dec 13, 2019 at 10:05 answer added user85052 timeline score: 1
Nov 5, 2019 at 11:20 answer added Jitse timeline score: 2
Aug 14, 2019 at 15:16 answer added user85052 timeline score: 2
Jun 7, 2018 at 16:59 comment added univalence I think I should rather close this question.
Jun 5, 2018 at 2:24 comment added Jakob @BMO In my opinion it's by far the most natural to say the string is the "raw" contents of standard in. Taking source code as input doesn't make much sense for this challenge.
May 29, 2018 at 19:20 answer added Brad Gilbert b2gills timeline score: 1
May 29, 2018 at 13:51 answer added Mayube timeline score: 3
May 28, 2018 at 16:41 comment added ElPedro @BMO - I have assumed that the quotes count and also that they can be in the string. If not then I half my byte count from 2 to 1 :-) It should really be clarified.
May 28, 2018 at 16:22 answer added Graham timeline score: 2
May 28, 2018 at 15:19 comment added ბიმო It's not entirely clear how inputs should be taken, ie. given "" on stdin is it an empty string, two characters or is it up to the language (in that case would " be valid input)?
May 28, 2018 at 15:14 comment added Jeff Zeitlin This is likely more-or-less trivial in essentially any language that can be used for the challenge (i.e., supports stdin), unless you specifically disallow the use of 'length' or 'shape' intrinsics.
May 28, 2018 at 14:51 answer added Jakob timeline score: 4
May 28, 2018 at 14:44 comment added l4m2 and all printable ASCII chars count! what do non-printable ones?
May 28, 2018 at 14:39 answer added Windmill Cookies timeline score: 1
May 28, 2018 at 14:31 answer added Kevin Cruijssen timeline score: 2
May 28, 2018 at 14:26 answer added Neil timeline score: 1
May 28, 2018 at 14:22 answer added NinjaBearMonkey timeline score: 1
May 28, 2018 at 13:56 answer added ბიმო timeline score: 2
May 28, 2018 at 13:52 answer added Adyrem timeline score: 3
May 28, 2018 at 13:47 comment added Adám @MegaMan ECMAScript, in-browser JavaScript, TI-Basic, Operation Flashpoint scripting language, …
May 28, 2018 at 13:47 answer added ბიმო timeline score: 2
May 28, 2018 at 13:37 comment added univalence @Adám Which language can't use STDIN?
May 28, 2018 at 13:35 answer added ElPedro timeline score: 2
May 28, 2018 at 13:32 answer added JayCe timeline score: 1
May 28, 2018 at 13:30 comment added Kevin Cruijssen @Adám I guess they can't compete in this challenge. A lot of challenges aren't accessible to some languages due to their restrictions.
May 28, 2018 at 13:26 comment added Adám What about languages that cannot use STDIN?
May 28, 2018 at 13:26 answer added user202729 timeline score: 7
May 28, 2018 at 13:22 comment added Luis Mendo When the main difficulty is the input format or means, rather than the actual computations, it is usually a sign of a not very interesting challenge
May 28, 2018 at 13:21 answer added Kevin Cruijssen timeline score: 5
May 28, 2018 at 13:21 comment added univalence @user202729 I would consider this another reference challenge, like Hello, World!
May 28, 2018 at 13:20 answer added Luis Mendo timeline score: 1
May 28, 2018 at 13:19 answer added Peter Taylor timeline score: 4
May 28, 2018 at 13:19 history edited univalence CC BY-SA 4.0
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May 28, 2018 at 13:18 comment added user202729 Obviously most people don't like too easy challenges, but it's valid. (although we already have "add two numbers" and "is that number a prime")
May 28, 2018 at 13:17 comment added univalence @LuisMendo sorry for all that chaos
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May 28, 2018 at 13:16 comment added Luis Mendo In that case, you should probably restrict to printable ASCII. "Most ASCII chars counts" is ambiguous
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May 28, 2018 at 13:14 comment added univalence ^Z is meant like a backspace char, this rule doesn't seem to be good, because it is impossible on many languages (strange STDIN limitations)
May 28, 2018 at 13:12 comment added Luis Mendo Does "you^Z^Z^Z" mean that actual 9-byte printable-ASCII string, or does ^Z mean some control character and the string has length 6?
May 28, 2018 at 13:10 comment added univalence @Therandomguy here you are
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May 28, 2018 at 13:07 comment added The random guy every ASCII char counts! Even control characters. Can you provide an example of what you mean ?
May 28, 2018 at 13:05 history asked univalence CC BY-SA 4.0