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Find the shortest bracket numbers
Bracket numbers provide a simple way to express large integers using only left bracket, space, and right bracket ([ ]).
A bracket number is defined as a string of one or more pairs of matching ...
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Where are the runs in this infinite string? (CCCCCC Found!)
Starting with the string ABC, consider the result of repeatedly appending the last half of itself to itself (using the larger half if the length is odd).
We get the progression:
ABC
ABCBC
ABCBCCBC
...
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Leet to English Translation
Leet to English Translation
Your challenge is to write a program to translate (English) leetspeak/lolspeak/txtspk into normal English. Your program should read from standard input and output to ...
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Is it a prime? w/o math
Write a program or function in any language that tells if the input is a prime number.
The input is a string representing a natural number in base-10.
The output is one of the two strings "Prime" or ...
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4answers
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Syntax Highlighting for Greater Golf!
Golfers.
Together, we have banded together to produce code that is concise, is functionally beautiful and is uglier then the Phantom of the Opera from the original novel.
The time has come for us to ...
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1answer
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Compressing a DNA-like string [closed]
my app is multiple choice test, where for each question the response results in a 4 letter string "eg" GTAC or ATGC or CATG, etc. There are always just 24 questions. so the final result is something ...
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2answers
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Implementing a Traffic Light Checker [closed]
A three-color traffic light must switch lights in the following order: red, green, yellow, red.
To indicate when crossing slowly without a stop is permitted, the yellow signal may be flashed. To ...
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19answers
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Remove vowels without using too many different characters
The challenge is to remove vowels (a, e, i, o, u) from string from STDIN (yes, I know, simple). You can expect that your program will be not ran with any arguments in argv.
Example:
This program ...
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2answers
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Conversion to palindrome with minimal points used
Input: a word (2-100 characters)
Convert this word to a palindrome:
delete character - 13 points
add character - 12 points
increase character - 5 points ('d' > 'e')
decrease character - 4 points ...
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Print an n-by-n Box [closed]
Simple problem: print an n by n box from a function.
A couple caveats:
-You may not use any loops
-The function must have exactly one parameter of type int (or the equivalent in your ...
