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Discussion Eduard Lebedyuk · Jul 31, 2019

CodeGolf: FizzBuzz

Let's have a round of CodeGolf!

As usual the goal is to write the shortest solution for a specified problem.

Today we have one of the classics: FizzBuzz.

Write a program that prints the numbers from 1 to 100.

But for multiples of three print “Fizz” instead of the number and for the multiples of five print “Buzz”.

For numbers which are multiples of both three and five print “FizzBuzz”

To make output a little more readable (and code - more interesting) let's print only one number or word per line, so correct output should be:

 

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It is produced by this unoptimized script:

 

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Comments

Robert Cemper · Jul 31, 2019

53 bytes raw

  devil

f i=1:1:100 w:i#3=0 "Fizz" w:i#5=0 "Buzz" w:'$x i w !

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David Crawford  Jul 31, 2019 to Robert Cemper

This is really cool! But the output from this has the integers next to the strings. For example shouldn't:

FizzBuzz90

Instead be:

FizzBuzz

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Evgeny Shvarov  Jul 31, 2019 to Robert Cemper

I like it! though $X is a "hack" ;)

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John Kumpf  Aug 1, 2019 to Robert Cemper

That $x thing is awesome.  Can't see this solution being beat.

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Julius Kavay  Jul 31, 2019 to David Crawford

We can save some more bytes:

f i=1:1:100 w $p(i_",Fizz,Buzz,FizzBuzz",",",i#5=0*2+'(i#3)+1),!

"640K ought to be enough for anybody." Oh, I meant, 64 bytes should be enough.

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Evgeny Shvarov  Jul 31, 2019 to Alexander Koblov

Wow.  I think even our Chinese colleagues will not help to read this)

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Robert Cemper  Jul 31, 2019 to Alexander Koblov

Oh dear!  It's incredible!

yesyesyes​​​​​​​yes​​​​​​​yes​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Julius Kavay  Jul 31, 2019 to Alexander Koblov

It depends on, what are the requirements... Usually we want to occupy as few (RAM) bytes as possible. Yes, it uses the fewest characters but far more bytes as Robert's solution.

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Robert Cemper  Jul 31, 2019 to David Crawford

it doesn't show numbers at end  
if you run it as single line command in a standard Caché terminal supporting $X,$Y.

newline sets $x=0, $i($Y)

USER>f i=1:1:100 w:i#3=0 "Fizz" w:i#5=0 "Buzz" w:'$x i w !
1
2
Fizz
4
Buzz
Fizz
7
8
Fizz
Buzz
11
Fizz
13
14
FizzBuzz
16
17
Fizz
19
Buzz
Fizz
22
23
Fizz
Buzz
26
Fizz
28
29
FizzBuzz
31
32
Fizz
34
Buzz
Fizz
37
38
Fizz
Buzz
41
Fizz
43
44
FizzBuzz
46
47
Fizz
49
Buzz
Fizz
52
53
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David Crawford  Jul 31, 2019 to Robert Cemper

I guess mine doesn't support that! Lol crying

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Robert Cemper  Jul 31, 2019 to David Crawford

c'mon - it even works with text files:

USER>s file="fizzbuzz.txt"
 
USER>o file:"WNS":0 W $t
1
USER>u file f i=1:1:100 w:i#3=0 "Fizz" w:i#5=0 "Buzz" w:'$x i w !
 
USER>c file
 
USER>$type fizzbuzz.txt
 
1
2
Fizz
4
Buzz
Fizz
7
8
Fizz
Buzz
11
Fizz
13
14
FizzBuzz
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David Crawford  Jul 31, 2019 to Robert Cemper

I got it working, just needed some dumb troubleshooting and a terminal restart. Cut me some slack! I've never done a code golf before wink

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Marc Mundt  Jul 31, 2019 to Evgeny Shvarov

But a clever one :)

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Robert Cemper  Jul 31, 2019 to Evgeny Shvarov

 - - - " let's print only one number or word per line,  " - - -  

That was my trigger.  Thanks @Eduard Lebedyuk  for the hint

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Rod Dorman  Aug 1, 2019 to Julius Kavay

It also requires Unicode, it won't work on a 8-bit installation.

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Julius Kavay  Aug 1, 2019 to Rod Dorman

No, it works and all installations but yes, it needs 8 Bit  characters.

A simple command like

write "abcd"

writes out four 8-Bit characters, independent of your installation (8-Bit or Unicode)

On Evgeny Shvarov's PC, a command like

write "Физз"

would write out four 16Bit characters, in sum 2*4 = 8 characters, each with 8 Bits

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Alexey Maslov  Aug 2, 2019 to Julius Kavay

No, it works and all installations but yes, it needs 8 Bit  characters

It needs Unicode characters as well, otherwise it fails. Just compare 8 bit instance run: 

USER>w "IsUnicode = ",$zbitget($zversion(0),1)
IsUnicode = 0
USER>s x="f i=1:1:100 w:i#3=0 ""Fizz"" w:i#5=0 ""Buzz"" w:'$x i w ! " w $l(x)
54
USER>s xx=$zwpack(x)
 
S xx=$ZWPACK(x)
^
<WIDE CHAR>

with Unicode one:

USER>w "IsUnicode = ",$zbitget($zversion(0),1)
IsUnicode = 1
USER>s x="f i=1:1:100 w:i#3=0 ""Fizz"" w:i#5=0 ""Buzz"" w:'$x i w ! " w $l(x)
54
USER>s xx=$zwpack(x)
USER>x $zwunpack(xx)
1
2
Fizz
...
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David Crawford · Jul 31, 2019

67 bytes raw

i=1:1:100 $s(i#15=0:"FizzBuzz",i#3=0:"Fizz",i#5=0:"Buzz",1:i),!

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Evgeny Shvarov · Jul 31, 2019

My one)

ClassMethod FizzBuzz()

{

f i=1:1:100 {

s k=i

f a=3,5,15 s:'(i#a) k=$CASE(a,3:"Fizz",5:"Buzz",:"FizzBuzz")

w k,!

}

}
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Sourabh Sethi · Jul 31, 2019

I think shortest one will be :

USER>f i=1:1:100 w !,$S(('(i#3)&'(i#5)):"FizzBuzz",'(i#3):"Fizz",'(i#5):"Buzz",1:i)
 
1
2
Fizz
4
Buzz
Fizz
7
8
Fizz
Buzz
11
Fizz
13
14
FizzBuzz
16
17
Fizz
19
Buzz
Fizz
22
23
Fizz
Buzz
26
Fizz
28
29
FizzBuzz
31
32
Fizz
34
Buzz
Fizz
37
38
Fizz
Buzz
41
Fizz
43
44
FizzBuzz
46
47
Fizz
49
Buzz
Fizz
52
53
Fizz
Buzz
56
Fizz
58
59
FizzBuzz
61
62
Fizz
64
Buzz
Fizz
67
68
Fizz
Buzz
71
Fizz
73
74
FizzBuzz
76
77
Fizz
79
Buzz
Fizz
82
83
Fizz
Buzz
86
Fizz
88
89
FizzBuzz
91
92
Fizz
94
Buzz
Fizz
97
98
Fizz
Buzz
USER>

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Alexander Koblov · Jul 31, 2019

Not the smallest, but shortest -- 42 characters. Based on Robert's answer.

x $zwunpack("⁦㵩㨱㨱〱‰㩷⍩㴳‰䘢穩≺眠椺㔣&#x303d;∠畂空•㩷␧⁸⁩⁷‡")
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Sean Connelly · Jul 31, 2019

I think you will find this is as short as it can possibly go before it starts to become unmaintainable...


fizzbuzz
ii=1:1:100 {
    s i=$tr($t(words+$s(ii#15=0:1,ii#3=0:2,ii#5=0:3,1:4)),"; ")
    i i="ii" i=@i
    w !,i
}
words
    ;;FizzBuzz
    ;;Fizz
    ;;Buzz

    ;;ii
 
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