Clever or Convoluted Contest: Count from 10 to 1

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#21

十
九
八
七
六
五
四
三
二
一

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#22

[code]
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. CONVOLUTED.

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 COUNT PIC 9 VALUE 0.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.
COUNT-DOWN.
PERFORM DO-COUNT VARYING COUNT FROM 10 BY -1 UNTIL COUNT=1
STOP RUN.

DO-COUNT.
DISPLAY COUNT.[/code]

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#23

ok ok… here.

First make one of these http://www.instructables.com/id/Functional-Soldered-Abacus-Pinky-Ring/step4/Mathematicians-do-it-with-more-precision/

Then move the beads to the 10’s place
Count to 10
Decrement by one bead
Repeat until no beads are left to move

#24

Dangit. That last monkey just had to do it, too! (He was supposed to be the One left… :wink: )

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#25

I am starting to learn Python. This was in the book and I feel compelled to post it.

for i in range(10, 0, -1):
    print(i)

Edit: fixed dropped character.

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#26

I’m wanting to learn python as well … isn’t there suppose to be a comma after 0 and before -1 ?

#27

Yes. Thanks.

#28

Here is an answer to the problem: 10

Hint: look through the edits

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#29

Overkill, golang plus recursion:

package main

import "fmt"

func recurseup(i int) {
  if (i < 10) {
    recurseup(i + 1)
  }
  fmt.Println(i)
}

func main() {
  recurseup(1);
}
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#30

Nice one … I like the idea of using recursion … I don’t know golang but I can see how it works …

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#31

Thanks!, Golang is pretty fun, it is like C, functional, but with really good parallel processing and IPC, and you can learn the entire language easily online : https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1 https://gobyexample.com/

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#32

Going for convoluted in Java, excuse bad threading and error handling :slight_smile:

public class CountDown {
    
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        CountDown countDown = new CountDown();
        countDown.countAllTheThings();
    }
     
    public void countAllTheThings() {
          for (int i = 1; i  <= 10; i++) {
            CountWorker cw = new CountWorker(i);
            cw.start();
        }      
    }
    
    public class CountWorker extends Thread {
        private final int value;
                
        public CountWorker(int value) {
            this.value = value;
        }
        
        @Override
        public void run() {
            try  {
                Thread.sleep((long) (15 - this.value) * 1000 );
                System.out.println(value);
            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                System.out.println("Well this didn't work :(");
            }
        }
    }
}
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#33

Okay, last one

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.----.<++++++++.>>++++++++[<.<-.>>-]
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#34

haha … is that …

http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/bf/

Speaking of convoluted programming languages… here is a list

http://www.topdesignmag.com/top-13-most-absurd-programming-languages/

#35

LOL, yeah, with ascii output :slight_smile: goo.gl/DF1shG <- naughty words in expanded URLS, I think someone already did BF tho, wanted to do it with ascii

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#36

Because you asked for it:
+++++ +++++[.-]

Totally beat me to it.

#37

Okay, seriously last one… having way too much fun

10 CLS
20 LET I=10
30 PRINT I
40 LET I = I -1
50 IF I > 0 THEN GOTO 30
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#38

I hope someone tries to figure how this one works … because it does count and print a list of 10 to 1
:smiley:

Here it is online …

#39

I’m going to have to test this one … hmm

#40

I like it, very slick, took me a sec to figure out where you were getting your initial conditions from.

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