Questions tagged [tips]
For questions asking for tips on golfing in a specific language, doing well in certain challenge tag, or improving a particular piece of code.
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Tips for making a compiler that generates a golfed program
I would like to create a language that is specifically designed for compiling/translating to another Turing tarpit language. I want to make the program of the target language to be as short as ...
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Code Golfing in Bash
I'm pretty new to code golfing, but I recently came across a guy on Kattis that consistently has exactly 5 character Bash solutions for some problems. For example, here is a leaderboard showing his 5 ...
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Tips for golfing in ☾ (Moon)
What general tips do you have for golfing in ☾ (Moon)? I'm looking for ideas which can be applied to code-golf problems and which are also at least somewhat specific to ☾ (e.g. "remove ...
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Tips for golfing in array languages
We already have a few language-specific tips threads for languages which fall under the array-language umbrella, but there are many golfing tricks which are more or less universal among these ...
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Tips for golfing in Maple
Maple is designed for mathematical computation, with a focus on symbolic algebra, calculus, and data visualization. I’m experimenting with code golf in Maple and want to make my scripts as concise as ...
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Tips for golfing in Sidef
Sidef, created by Daniel Șuteu, is designed for expressive, compact code, especially in mathematical domains (e.g., number theory, combinatorics). I’m diving into code golf challenges using Sidef and ...
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Tips for golfing in Fortran
Fortran is a compiled imperative language known for its numerical and scientific computing strengths. It blends traditional procedural programming with some modern features like array operations.
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Tips for golfing in COBOL
COBOL is a high-level, compiled programming language designed for business applications, readability, and long-term maintainability. It emphasizes verbose syntax, English-like readability, and robust ...
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Tips for golfing in Bespoke
What are some general tips you have for golfing in Bespoke? I want answers that are specific to Bespoke (e.g. don't just say "remove comments"). One tip per answer.
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Tips for golfing in Zig
Zig is a low-level, statically typed, and compiled systems programming language designed for safety, performance, and simplicity. It provides direct control over hardware with an emphasis on explicit ...
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How can I shorten this Python code from 214 bytes to under 200 bytes? [closed]
I have the following Python code, which is 214 bytes long:
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GolfScript many-items rotation
There isn't a builtin in golfscript which lets you rotate a bigger portion of the stack than the three top-most elements.
It should take one number n as argument and rotate the nth value from the top, ...
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How can I reduce the characters in the following python code? [closed]
The following code is 47 characters.
print(("Ekki v","V")["COV"in input()]+"eikur!")
How can it be reduced to 46 or less?
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Tips for golfing in Emmental
What general tips do you have for golfing in Emmental? It is a self-modifying language defined by a meta-circular interpreter, so I wonder if there are tips for golfing for this esoteric programming ...
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