Sane

- Hall of Fame -
sykkn - 76 Points - Gold Medal
thechristelegacy - 72 Points - Silver Medal
al1986 - 68 Points - Bronze Medal
Sane - 64 Points
Ooble - 51 Points

- Rules -
Contest closes next Sunday. Use whatever resources you want, just don't post the answers here. PM them to me and I'll update the standings ASAP. You can send in as many submissions as you wish.

- Challenge -
This is a bit trickier, as I want a definitely replicated result, no room for fluxuations on the output. The winner will be the one with the least amount of lines, but a tie breaker will be decided by the number of characters.


You have to be able to change the length of outputs with a single variable change (to prevent making a manual loop into one line of code).

Just for clarification, the program outputs x amount of random integer values between 1 and 10. Lists if it is even/odd. Prints the average at the end in 1 decimal place float, and if it is even or odd (rounded up if >.4, rounded down if <.5).

This time, include declaring the variables as part of the program.

Good Luck

Ooble

Can we say no semicolons - every statement must be on a separate line?

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Sane

We might try that later, but for now it's still challenging enough to get it minimal with semi-colons.

Ooble

What about whitespace? Does x = x + 1 count as 5 characters, or 3?

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thechristelegacy

Could someone clarify what's being asked here? I'm a bit confused on what we're suposed to do.

Sane

Nope spaces don't count.

Legacy, I said already:


The output of the program will be:
(1) 6 Even
(2) 0 Even
(3) 5 Odd
(4) 0 Even
(5) 4 Even
(6) 9 Odd
(7) 8 Even
(8) 9 Odd
(9) 4 Even
(10) 4 Even

Average: 4.9 Odd

Where:
The program outputs x amount of random integer values between 1 and 10. Lists if it is even/odd. Then at the end, prints the average in 1 decimal place float, and if it is even or odd (rounded up if >.4, rounded down if <.5).

You have to be able to change the length of outputs with a single variable change (to prevent making a manual loop into one line of code).

Ooble

Oh, and one more thing - about line breaks: if I replace every line break I can with a semicolon, I remove around three-quarters of them. Does this mean I get more points?

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Sane

Semi-colons are equivelent to line breaks. So if you take a 20 line print program, and change it to 1 line with semicolons dividing all the print lines, it's still worth the same. However, for this challenge lines are the only thing that matters unless a tie.

Moldz

I know that counting lines is an easy way to compare programs, but shouldn't a program be judged by something a little more meaningful? How about we try to come up with a program that does not swallow all my memory, that doesn't crash at the first sign of trouble, and doesn't take ten years to come up with an answer. Then, all things being equal, the simplest program wins!

Ooble

Heh. I would say the number of clock cycles the program takes would be an accurate method of measuring it. Or perhaps the number of instructions it contains?

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