Re: [FWP] Re: Golf: chessboard

[Rick Klement <rklement@pacbell.net>]

Ton Hospel wrote:
> That's fixable at the price of extra spaces in front (64 chars):
> #!/usr/bin/perl -l
> $_=pop;s/\d/$|x$&/eg;s/./--$|||$&?" $&":" ."/eg;y|0/| \n|;print

My editor counts that as 63 characters.
If extra spaces are allowed in front, then I can make 61 characters:

#!/usr/bin/perl -l
$_=pop;s/\d/$"x$&/eg;s/ (?!(..)*$)/./g;y#/#\n#;s/()/ /g;print

with the aid of the rather weird s/()/ /g to put spaces between
every character.
-- 
Rick Klement

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