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Eduard Lebedyuk · Jan 10, 2021

Code Golf: Diamonds

To start the year let's have a round of CodeGolf!

You know the drill. Shortest solution wins.

Print a size ascending range of Diamonds using the numbers 1 to 9, ranging from size 1 to size N, each diamond separated by a blank line.

A size 1 diamond should look like this, a single centered 1:

         1

With the size N=9 diamond looking like this:

         1
        121
       12321
      1234321
     123454321
    12345654321
   1234567654321
  123456787654321
 12345678987654321
  123456787654321
   1234567654321
    12345654321
     123454321
      1234321
       12321
        121
         1

Bonus Level: For N>9 you can either reuse 1-9 or supply arbitrary characters.

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Julius Kavay · Jan 10, 2021

Maybe there are shorter solutions, but somebody must start the game... (I hope, class- and method name does not count)

Class DC.CodeGolf Extends %RegisteredObject
{ 
/// Diamonds from 1 thru 9 (max)
ClassMethod Diamond9(n)
{
  f n=1:1:n f i=1:1:n-1,n,n-1:-1:1 {s a=$e(1234567890,1,i-1) w ?n-i,a,i,$re(a),!} w !
} 

/// Diamonds from 1 thru 16 (max)
ClassMethod Diamond16(n)
{
   f n=1:1:n f i=1:1:n-1,n,n-1:-1:1 {s a=$e("1234567890abcdef",1,i) w ?n-i,a,$re($e(a,1,*-1)),!} w !
} 

}
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Sergei Shutov · Jan 10, 2021

I shrunk your code a bit, it's 72 characters now:

f n=1:1:n f i=1:1:n,n-1:-1:1,"" s a=$e(112345678,2,i) w !?n-i,a,i,$re(a)
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Robert Cemper · Jan 11, 2021

@Sergei Shutov   $e(112345678) prevents you to pass N>9

           1
          121
         12321
        1234321
       123454321
      12345654321
     1234567654321
    123456787654321
   12345678987654321
  123456781087654321
 123456781187654321
123456781287654321
 123456781187654321
  123456781087654321
   12345678987654321
    123456787654321
     1234567654321
      12345654321
       123454321
        1234321
         12321
          121
           1
 


@Julius Kavay    similar issue, but limit is 16

My interpretation was N>9  is any number >9

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Sergei Shutov · Jan 11, 2021

Yeah I thought N>9 is "bonus level" - it will definitely require more characters. Original answer (top one) was only working for N<=9 anyway

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Julius Kavay · Jan 11, 2021

OK, you want it short and endless? You can get it!

Diamond() works from 0 thru 10 using 63 chars

Infinite() works from 0 thru Cache's maxint and has 66 chars of source code.

ClassMethod Diamond(n)
{
   f n=1:1:n w ! f j=1:1:n,n-1:-1:1 w !?n-j f i=1:1:2*j-1 w i#-j+j
}

ClassMethod Infinite(n)
{
   f n=1:1:n w ! f j=1:1:n,n-1:-1:1 w !?n-j f i=1:1:2*j-1 w i#-j+j#10
}
 
Some output
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Julius Kavay · Jan 11, 2021

I see right now,  cut-and-paste without looking-and-checking isn't good! Sorry, for some stupid reason, I copied the wrong lines. The correct ones are:

ClassMethod Diamond(n)
{
   f n=1:1:n w ! f j=1:1:n,n-1:-1:1 w !?n-j f i=1:1:j,j-1:-1:1 w i
}

ClassMethod Infinite(n)
{
   f n=1:1:n w ! f j=1:1:n,n-1:-1:1 w !?n-j f i=1:1:j,j-1:-1:1 w i#10
}

Also, Dimond() works from 0 thru 9 (and not thru 10). The line lengths (with 63 and 66 chars) were correct. Finally, the correct output:

do ##class(DC.CodeGolf).Diamond(3)

1

 1
121
 1

  1
 121
12321
 121
  1
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Dmitriy Maslennikov · Jan 10, 2021 
d(s) d:s>1 d(s-1) w ! f i=1:1:s,s-1:-1:1 s j=i,a=j#10 f k=j-1:-1:1 {s a=k#10_a_(k#10)} w ?30-i,a,!
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Sergei Shutov · Jan 11, 2021

Shrunk your code a bit, 71 chars:

f s=1:1:s f i=1:1:s,s-1:-1:1,"" s a=i f k=a-1:-1:1{s a=k_a_k} w !?s-i,a
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Robert Cemper · Jan 11, 2021

for on ""  is great,  but just <=9

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Sergei Shutov · Jan 11, 2021

Yeah I think we can shred a couple of characters using this technique from your code as well - it will become 71 characters, best so far:

f i=1:1:N f j="",1:1:i,i-1:-1:1 w !?N-j f l=1:1:j{w l} f r=l-1:-1:1 w r
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Robert Cemper · Jan 10, 2021

UTC: 2021-01-10 21:39:34

N<=9 :   73 chr

f i=1:1:N w ! f j=1:1:i,i-1:-1:1 w !?N-j f l=1:1:j {w l} f r=l-1:-1:1 w r

N>9 : 78 chr

f i=1:1:N w ! f j=1:1:i,i-1:-1:1 w !?N-j f l=1:1:j {w l#10} f r=l-1:-1:1 w r#10
 
eg: N=14
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Dmitriy Maslennikov · Jan 11, 2021

even less

f i=1:1:N w ! f j=1:1:i,i-1:-1:1 w !?N-j f l=1:1:j,l-1:-1:1 w l#10
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Robert Cemper · Jan 11, 2021

indeed 66  , THANKS!  yes

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Vitaliy Serdtsev · Jan 12, 2021

N<=9 (59 chr)

N>9 (62 chr)

 
Code

Who is shorter? ;)

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Eduard Lebedyuk · Jan 12, 2021

Right part should go back to 1, so

 1
121
 1

and not

 1
123
 1
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