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Why code golf?
Etymology. The term “code golf” is derived from the similarity of its goal with that of conventional golf, where participants seek to achieve the lowest possible score, rather than the highest, as is the standard in most sports and game scoring systems.
What is regex Golf?
Regex Golf is an unstructured and informal programming competition that consists in writing the shortest possible regular expression that solves a given problem. In particular, that matches all strings in a given list and does not match any string in another given list.
What is FizzBuzz problem?
The FizzBuzz problem is a classic test given in coding interviews. The task is simple: Print integers 1 to N, but print “Fizz” if an integer is divisible by 3, “Buzz” if an integer is divisible by 5, and “FizzBuzz” if an integer is divisible by both 3 and 5.
What is the shortest programming language?
The shortest code on average is produced by programs written in Wolfram’s Mathematica. The runner-up is Clojure, closely followed by the R language. For comparison, programs written in Python are more than twice the length of equivalent programs in R; programs in C++ are about 4x the length.
Why do people want to play code golf?
From people willing to learn all the ins and outs of a programming language to people wanting to put their esoteric language skills to use – code golf has always been the type of competition to attract a variety of programmers.
Which is the best golfing language for Python?
With the CodinGame platform supporting only the conventional languages, Python is among the best golfing languages available, being slightly more verbose than Perl, Ruby or Bash.
How to shorten Python code for code golf?
When it comes to logic operators and code golf, a good rule of thumb to shorten your (Python) code is to try to get rid of as many and operators as possible. Let’s look at a couple of examples how that can be done. For Boolean values X and Y, the and operator can be simply replaced with the bitwise &; that will do the job just fine:
Is there a cheat sheet for code golf?
The following cheat sheet with the most used code golf tricks is aimed at both newbies looking to improve their golfing skills and veterans who want to make sure they know all the tricks in the book.