python coding contest

Just just at xs4all.nl
Sat Dec 31 03:28:00 EST 2005


In article <just-310A41.08573831122005 at news1.news.xs4all.nl>,
 Just <just at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> In article <dp4rkq$s45$1 at online.de>,
>  Christoph Zwerschke <cito at online.de> wrote:
> 
> > Mark Dickinson wrote:
> > > Here's a variant of André's brilliant idea that's
> > > 119 characters long, and fully printable:
> > > 
> > > j=''.join;seven_seg=lambda z:j(j('   _  | |_ _|_|'
> > > [ord('^r|=Zm.:v\r'[int(a)])%u*2:][:3]for a in z)
> > > +"\n"for u in(3,7,8))
> > 
> > You have an escaped CR (\r) as the last character in your string.
> 
> Which is perfectly printable.
> 
> > Here is a 118 character fully printable variant without the \r:
> > 
> > j=''.join;seven_seg=lambda x:j(j('   _  |_|_ _| 
> > |'[ord('^rm=3|4:s»'[int(c)])%d*2:][:3]for c in x)+"\n"for d in(3,8,7))
> > 
> > Note that there is only one non-ascii character in the code.
> 
> Which isn't. So I'm not sure what the point is you're trying to make.

Duh, sorry, it's early. 118 is better than 119. Printable or not :) 
Still, a 119 bytes version that is fully printable is pretty cool.

Just



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