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[bullet-401]

Yeah, this is really obscure...

 

FOR Y = 10 TO 1 STEP -1

 

Otherwise BASIC will always assume you want to increment by 1.  So, Y = 10, then next loop, Y = 11, which exceeds the bounds....I'm pretty sure it always runs through the loop at least once.  Add that STEP -1 though.  It's like the y-- operator.

Your my hero!

 

Yep you guys were right N=4 X=11 Y=0 Sigh I fail at my own game.

 

NOFX got the answer first so have at the next one!

[NOFX]

gotta go to work, ill try to think of something while Im at work and post it up

[appalachian_fox]

Yeah, Bullet, it didn't strike me at first until I looked at it closer. Then I remembered facing that problem, many years ago, in a rather large BASIC program. That was a pain in the tuckus and a half to figure out.

Edited July 20, 2004 by appalachian_fox

[Playaa]

here was my version of the code in VB (that got me my above answer)

 

Dim x As Integer = 0
       Dim y As Integer = 10
       Dim n As Integer = 0

       Do While x <= 10
           Do While y > 0
               x += 1
               If ((x > 5) And (y > 1)) Then
                   n += 1
                   TextBox1.Text &= "x=" & x & " y=" & y & " n=" & n & vbCrLf
               End If
               y -= 1
               TextBox1.Text &= "x=" & x & " y=" & y & " n=" & n & vbCrLf
           Loop
           x += 1
           TextBox1.Text &= "x=" & x & " y=" & y & " n=" & n & vbCrLf
       Loop

[bullet-401]

Oh man that VB code is going to drive me insane! How could Bill Gates like that crap? I shall pee on his grave.

[Playaa]

can I request that we make a rule that you must attempt to solve in your head? I mean sure we're talking honor system here, but where's the fun if we all just go plug the code into a program?

[Playaa]

Oh man that VB code is going to drive me insane! How could Bill Gates like that crap? I shall pee on his grave.

AHAHAHA!

you mean cause it's readable and actually somewhat understandable?

I CAN code in c-based languages...but I choose not to because I like to be able to read my code easily.

[bullet-401]

Java and C++ just make more sence to me. Pascal anyone?

[Playaa]

I got one for ya fellers

 

VB.Net Code:
Dim i As Integer = 1
       Dim y As Integer = 5
       Dim alpb As String = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
       Dim alpa As String = "1234567890"
       Dim HoldAnswer As String

       Do While i < 10
           Dim alph As String = alpa
           Do While alph.Length > 4
               HoldAnswer &= alpb.Substring(i, y)
               alph = alph.Substring(0, alph.Length - 2)
           Loop
           i += 3
           y += (i - 2)
       Loop

C# Code:
int i = 1;
 	int y = 5;
 	string alpb = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
 	string alpa = "1234567890";
 	string HoldAnswer = "";

 	do
 	{
   string alph = alpa;
   do
   {
   	HoldAnswer += alpb.Substring(i, y);
   	alph = alph.Substring(0, alph.Length - 2);
   } while(alph.Length > 4);
   i += 3;
   y += (i - 2);
 	} while(i < 10);

 

What will "HoldAnswer" be?

 

*edit*

I'm solving in my head to (yes I have already seen the answer, but believe me...it's not something I can memorize)

[dwEEziL]

eleventy-five?

[Playaa]

heh, worked out a bit easier than I thought it would when doing it in your head.

 

my answer:

 

i = 1

y = 5

HoldAnswer = "BCDEFBCDEFBCDEF"

 

i = 4

y = 7

HoldAnswer = "BCDEFBCDEFBCDEFDEFGHIJDEFGHIJDEFGHIJ"

 

i = 7

y = 12

HoldAnswer = "BCDEFBCDEFBCDEFDEFGHIJDEFGHIJDEFGHIJHIJKLMNOPQRSHIJKLMNOPQRSHIJKLMNOPQRS"

 

*edit*

DOH! I'm off by one letter.

[appalachian_fox]

Pascal, I remember those days. Yeah, those were good days...

 

FORTRAN anyone? Any assembler?

[NOFX]

woot assembler

 

lets see who can get this baby

 

.begin 

.org 2048

 

a_start .equ 3000

ld [length], %r1

ld [address], %r2

andcc %r3, %r0, %r3

 

loop: andcc %r1, %r1, %r0

be done

addcc %r1, -4, %r1

addcc %r1, %r2, %r4

ld %r4, %r5

ba loop

addcc %r15, 4, %r15

done: jmpl %r15 + 4 , %r0

 

length: 40

address: a_start

 

.org a_start

 

a:  25

  -10

  33

  -5

  7

  9

  -2

  20

  -24

  1

 

.end

Edited July 22, 2004 by NOFX

[Playaa]

maybe if it wasn't written in some dumb language I'd try...

[appalachian_fox]

Wh000f, what compiler is this written for? It isn't ARM RISC, that's fo'shizzle.

[NOFX]

I wrote that on my ARC simulator

[NOFX]

heh I could rewrite a more modernized version

 

temp[] = new array;

int temp = 0;;

int i =0;

 

temp[0] = 25;

temp[1] = -10;

temp[2] = 33;

temp[3] = -5;

temp[4] = 7

temp[5] = 9;

temp[6] = -2;

temp[7] = 20;

temp[8] = -24;

temp[9] = 1;

 

while(i<10, i++)

{

 

temp2 = temp + temp2;

}

 

print temp2;

 

ahhh much easier to read than the other, but your comp has to do a gazillion more proceses to produce the same answer.

Edited July 22, 2004 by NOFX

[Playaa]

big deal...my comps a gazillion times more powerful than the comps that were around when that other language was probably written

[TaPe]

Easier to read except temp2 was never declared.

[gOOters]

I like Ice Cream.

 

 

[appalachian_fox]

The andcc command was really throwing me, but I recognized the array and registers used. That new way of writing it happens to be much clearer

[dwEEziL]

Hmm, this died.