Re: [Jprogramming] code golf

2013-10-30 Thread Scott Locklin
Marshall wrote: > Here's 18: >   '_*'{~4=+/~4<.|i:5 Dang: 18 bytes. FWIIW, the Shannon information in the generated string is ... about 17 bytes. Kolomogorov is arguably smaller (and of course, the 12 byte train produces the same information), but that's really damn cool. -Scott ---

Re: [Jprogramming] code golf

2013-10-29 Thread David Lambert
539 260 136 80 32 32 ' *'{~#:3 u:U NB. with quotes, 25 characters #U 11 >Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 22:30:02 -0400 >To: programm...@jsoftware.com >Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] code golf >Message-ID: <20131029023002.ga17...@marshall.un

Re: [Jprogramming] code golf

2013-10-29 Thread 김창준
Here is mine: ' *'{~(,{:)@|:@|.^:4]4=+/~|i:4 sent from an android phone 2013. 10. 29. 오전 11:17에 "June Kim (김창준)" 님이 작성: > > There was a large developers conference last weekend in Seoul. The > estimated attendants were about 2000. > > In the open booth hall, they held a code golf contest. The pr

Re: [Jprogramming] code golf

2013-10-28 Thread 김창준
I wanted to, but I was the main organizer of the Alternative Language Festival, which was a mini conference inside the large one, and I had no chance to participate. :( sent from an android phone 2013. 10. 29. 오후 12:33에 "Devon McCormick" 님이 작성: > Why didn't you participate in the contest? > > > O

Re: [Jprogramming] code golf

2013-10-28 Thread Devon McCormick
|i:5 > 11 > > Linda > -Original Message----- > From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com [mailto: > programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Marshall Lochbaum > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 10:30 PM > To: programm...@jsoftware.com > Subject: Re:

Re: [Jprogramming] code golf

2013-10-28 Thread Linda Alvord
ot;:' *'{~4=+/~ 4<.|i:5 11 Also: #' *'{~4=+/~4<.|i:5 11 Linda -Original Message- From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Marshall Lochbaum Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 10:30 PM To: prog

Re: [Jprogramming] code golf

2013-10-28 Thread Devon McCormick
Why didn't you participate in the contest? On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:17 PM, June Kim (김창준) wrote: > There was a large developers conference last weekend in Seoul. The > estimated attendants were about 2000. > > In the open booth hall, they held a code golf contest. The problem is write > a pro

Re: [Jprogramming] code golf

2013-10-28 Thread Marshall Lochbaum
Here's 18: '_*'{~4=+/~4<.|i:5 _*_ _*_ *_* ___*___*___ __*_*__ **___** __*_*__ ___*___*___ *_* _*_ _*_ # '''_*''{~4=+/~4<.|i:5' 18 Marshall On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:17:03AM +0900, June Kim (김창준) wrote: > There was a large develop

[Jprogramming] code golf

2013-10-28 Thread 김창준
There was a large developers conference last weekend in Seoul. The estimated attendants were about 2000. In the open booth hall, they held a code golf contest. The problem is write a program that produces(replace _ with blank): _*_ _*_ *_* ___*___*___ __*_*__ **___

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-24 Thread Roger Hui
efore * in ' *'? Thanks, > > -Original Message- > From: "Dan Bron" > Sent: ‎7/‎22/‎2013 7:54 PM > To: "'J Programming'" > Subject: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi > > There's a code golf challenge on StackOverflow

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-24 Thread junhua guodong
Why is there a space before * in ' *'? Thanks, -Original Message- From: "Dan Bron" Sent: ‎7/‎22/‎2013 7:54 PM To: "'J Programming'" Subject: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi There's a code golf challenge on StackOverflow [1] wh

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-23 Thread Dan Bron
This would be the natural output for a "real" J verb, buy to keep solutions -- and code sizes -- comparable, answers in all languages must produce identical output. -Dan Please excuse typos; composed on a handheld device. On Jul 23, 2013, at 1:20 AM, bob therriault wrote: > I'm almost embar

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-23 Thread Dan Bron
Thanks for the catch. Fixed. -Dan Please excuse typos; composed on a handheld device. On Jul 23, 2013, at 12:42 AM, Skip Cave wrote: > The J code on SO for odd numbers is missing the ">" > > This is what is posted on SO: > c=:*:({&' *'@],&":2%(%+/@,))] (|@j./~2&|#])@i:@<: > c 13 > |index err

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-23 Thread bob therriault
I'm almost embarrassed to suggest this to such an elegant solution, but we can get down to 42 if can leave it in boxed form. c=:({&' *';2*+/@,%#*#)@:>_2{.\|@j./~@i:@<: c 8 ┌───┬─┐ │***│3.125│ │ * │ │ │***│ │ │***│

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-22 Thread Skip Cave
The J code on SO for odd numbers is missing the ">" This is what is posted on SO: c=:*:({&' *'@],&":2%(%+/@,))] (|@j./~2&|#])@i:@<: c 13 |index error: c This is what it should be: c=:*:({&' *'@],&":2%(%+/@,))]>(|@j./~2&|#])@i:@<: Skip On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Marshall Lochbaum wrote:

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-22 Thread Dan Bron
count on SO feel free to post it, I'll vote it >>> up past my original. If you don't, I'll replace mine with yours and link to >>> your message on the Forum. >>> >>> -Dan >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> Fr

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-22 Thread Raul Miller
>> From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com >> [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Marshall >> Lochbaum >> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 9:38 PM >> To: programm...@jsoftware.com >> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-22 Thread Marshall Lochbaum
ur message on the Forum. > > -Dan > > -Original Message- > From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com > [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Marshall > Lochbaum > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 9:38 PM > To: programm...@jsoftware.com &

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-22 Thread Dan Bron
rogramming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Marshall Lochbaum Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 9:38 PM To: programm...@jsoftware.com Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi I haven't been able to shorten your code. But here's a version which handles odd numbers, at the cost o

Re: [Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-22 Thread Marshall Lochbaum
I haven't been able to shorten your code. But here's a version which handles odd numbers, at the cost of only two characters: c=:*:({&' *'@],&":2%(%+/@,))]>(|@j./~2&|#])@i:@<: Rather than filtering by position (_2{.\]), we filter the x values by oddness (2&|#]). Marshall On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at

[Jprogramming] Code golf: approximate pi

2013-07-22 Thread Dan Bron
There's a code golf challenge on StackOverflow [1] which asks us to generate an approximation of a circle in ASCII (i.e. using integral Cartesian coordinates) and a corresponding estimation of pi. For example, the 8th order circle in ASCII has 15 rows and 8 columns and gives an approximate value o