Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

Hello Andrew! >> $_ x=/(.)((??{chr 1+ord$+})){3}/ > > This seems OK if a word is defined as [a-z] (as in TPR02 and "even"). > However, it fails with unmatched [] on my /usr/dict/words for any > word containing a Z, presumably because 3 chars following Z in > ascii table are [ \ ]. > > Though pr

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

En op 18 april 2002 sprak Mtv Europe: > And how nice final result is, let me quote it again: > > $_ x=/(.)((??{chr 1+ord$+})){3}/ This seems OK if a word is defined as [a-z] (as in TPR02 and "even"). However, it fails with unmatched [] on my /usr/dict/words for any word containing a Z, presumably

RE: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

[1]}))*$/' -Gary > -Original Message- > From: Mtv Europe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding" > > > Hello Ton! > > > N

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

Hello Ton! > Near the end it's going to match anyways, so you can do: > -p @z=a..z;$#z--until/@z[-4..-1]/x;$_ x=@z>3 Nothing to add, nothing to delete in this /@array[slice]/x variant. And how nice final result is, let me quote it again: $_ x=/(.)((??{chr 1+ord$+})){3}/ That strong style remi

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ton Hospel) writes: > In article , > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ton Hospel) writes: >> In article , >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ton Hospel) writes: >>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >>> Mtv Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

> > You can make it work like this: > -p $_ x=/(.)((??{++($0=$+)})){3}/ > Any ideas on what accounts for the need to use $0 instead of any other var?

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stefan `Sec` Zehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > and, afaics the winning one: > > -n /(.)((??{chr 1+ord$+})){3}/&&print Oh, I missed that one in the archives. Neat. > > which can (with todays golf knowledge) be shortened to: > > -p $_ x=/(.)((??{chr 1+or

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 09:39:28PM +, Ton Hospel wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Mtv Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm sorry for flooding. > > > >>> -p @$=a..z;pop@$ while@$>3&&!/@$[-4..-1]/x;$_ x=@$>3 > >> that's better - > >> -p @$=a..z;pop@$ until@$<4||/@$[-4..-1]

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

In article , [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ton Hospel) writes: > In article , > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ton Hospel) writes: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> Mtv Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I'm sorry for flooding. >>> >

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

In article , [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ton Hospel) writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Mtv Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I'm sorry for flooding. >> -p @$=a..z;pop@$ while@$>3&&!/@$[-4..-1]/x;$_ x=@$>3 >>> that's better - >>> -p @$=a..z;pop

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mtv Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm sorry for flooding. > >>> -p @$=a..z;pop@$ while@$>3&&!/@$[-4..-1]/x;$_ x=@$>3 >> that's better - >> -p @$=a..z;pop@$ until@$<4||/@$[-4..-1]/x;$_ x=@$>3 > > -p @$=a..z;1until/@$[-4..-1]/x|!--$#$;$_ x=@$>3 Near t

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

I'm sorry for flooding. >> -p @$=a..z;pop@$ while@$>3&&!/@$[-4..-1]/x;$_ x=@$>3 > that's better - > -p @$=a..z;pop@$ until@$<4||/@$[-4..-1]/x;$_ x=@$>3 -p @$=a..z;1until/@$[-4..-1]/x|!--$#$;$_ x=@$>3

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

Mtv Europe was too hasty: > -p @$=a..z;pop@$ while@$>3&&!/@$[-4..-1]/x;$_ x=@$>3 that's better - -p @$=a..z;pop@$ until@$<4||/@$[-4..-1]/x;$_ x=@$>3

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

Hello Ronald! you wrote: > I used /x in a solution to the 4 Consecutive Letters challenge on FWP in > August 2000: > > perl -ne'for$i(97..119){print,last if/@{[map chr,$i..$i+3]}/x}' > > (Tim Ayers then reduced this to: > > perl -ne'@a=a..z;for$i(0..22){print,last if/@a[$i..$i+3]/x}' is it fi

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 11:05:29AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > BTW, I was blown away by Ton using the 'x' modifier. > Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that > this modifier would have been useful in golf! I used /x in a solution to the 4 Consecutive Letters challenge on FW

RE: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

yet another 22: #!perl -p $_ x=" $_"=~reverse > -Original Message- > From: Usenet News [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ton Hospel > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 8:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

En op 14 april 2002 sprak /-\ndrew: > I think using =~ above is sound. If you think it unsound, > please provide a counter-example word on which it fails. En op 15 april 2002 sprak Piers Cawley: > Is there a guarantee about what input is valid? If not > then 'foo?' will break it. It wasn't expli

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > En op 14 april 2002 sprak /-\ndrew: >> While researching tpr02, I stumbled across perhaps the earliest >> example of an organised golf competition: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=37DD324C.A984C7A9%40wins.uva.nl > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&se

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > En op 14 april 2002 sprak /-\ndrew: >> While researching tpr02, I stumbled across perhaps the earliest >> example of an organised golf competition: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=37DD324C.A984C7A9%40wins.uva.nl >

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

En op 14 april 2002 sprak /-\ndrew: > While researching tpr02, I stumbled across perhaps the earliest > example of an organised golf competition: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=37DD324C.A984C7A9%40wins.uva.nl http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=37DE7E5D.1C172E3E%40wins.uva.nl

Re: Blast from the past: "Triple Challenge Tight Coding"

> The specification was loose as a goose, there was no test program > and no updated leaderboard. The 7 competitors were: Abigail, Steven > Alexander, David Alan Black, Neko, Gareth Rees, Steven de Rooij and > James Wetterau. Hole 1 was won by Gareth Rees, Hole 2 by Steven > Alexander, Hole 3 by t