Smallest Guess the number

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Who can make the smallest guess the number game?

Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 07 Dec 2017 20:37

This challenge is for anyone who wants to test their Simplification/Optimization skills.

Goal: Create the smallest "Guess the number game"
Constraints:

• Must tell the user to guess higher or lower
• A score system is not necessary
• You cannot use the repeat command
• The number range should be 1-100

I will post my smallest program (35 Bytes) after January 1st

Last edited on 08 Jan 2018 17:34 by Trenly Show more

Re: Smallest Guess the number

Michael2_3B 08 Dec 2017 04:57

Are we assuming that any text displayed counts toward the program size?

Re: Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 08 Dec 2017 05:24

Yes

Re: Smallest Guess the number

Michael2_3B 08 Dec 2017 05:46

So would "H" and "L" be fine for "higher" or "lower"?

If so, I got my program size down to 56 bytes so far.

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 08 Dec 2017 06:04

As long as it is understandable, it would be fine

Re: Smallest Guess the number

kg583 08 Dec 2017 14:31

I'm down to 46 at the moment…how might I shed a byte?

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 08 Dec 2017 14:52

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome

Re: Smallest Guess the number

(account deleted) 07 Dec 2017 21:19

Its on! I'll create and edit my post ASAP.

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

Timothy Foster 08 Dec 2017 12:48

True guess the number game (36 bytes)

int(E2rand
Prompt G
While G≠Ans
Disp tanh(99(G-Ans
Prompt G
End

1 means go higher, and -1 means go lower. The program automatically prints "Done" when it terminates, and this signals the user that they have completed the game.

Can theoretically be smaller if I'm allowed to say 1 means go higher and 0 means go lower, but I figured a positive and negative number was more intuitive to the player.

Technically a guess the number game, but a really rather boring version (24 bytes)

Prompt G
Disp "L
If G≠1
prgmA

The program is named A. It always chooses 1, and therefore assuming the player understands the rules of the game and always chooses a number between 1 and 100. So, all the program has to do is tell the player to guess lower, shown as "L".

You'll technically get a stack overflow error if you play long enough, but hey, 24 bytes.

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 08 Dec 2017 14:04

Interesting that you used tanh. I wouldn't have ever thought of that. I think its interesting too that you used the logical comparators and I didn't

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

kg583 08 Dec 2017 14:27

Wonderfully done! Although, doesn't the first code have numbers in range 0-100 instead of 1-100?

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 08 Dec 2017 14:52

Technically, I believe so. However, it is so severely uncommon that in 11 years of using my calculator, I have never had it happen

Re: Smallest Guess the number

(account deleted) 08 Dec 2017 15:03

I am done with my code. The grand total amount of bytes is 20 (-the program title bytes) bytes.
I will post it as a .pdf, .txt, .docx, .xlxx, .xls, I don't know how I'll upload it to the archives, I'll find out soon enough.

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 08 Dec 2017 15:12

Just post the code here like Timothy Foster did. No need to upload to the archives

Re: Smallest Guess the number

(account deleted) 08 Dec 2017 16:29

What if someone wants to play it?

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 08 Dec 2017 16:49

if its 20 bytes like you say it is, they could just type it in.

Re: Smallest Guess the number

(account deleted) 08 Dec 2017 18:16

My Mistake Trenly. I have read my code wrong.

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 08 Jan 2018 17:38

Here is my version, TokenIDE reads it as 21 bytes of code, not including the program name, 31 if the program name is 1 character long. Negative numbers mean to guess lower, positive mean to guess higher

int(ᴇ2rand
While Ans-A
Prompt A
Disp 1-A/Ans
End

Re: Smallest Guess the number

(account deleted) 08 Jan 2018 19:14

How are you supposed to know if it is higher or lower?

Is TokenIDE an assembly program/app?

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 08 Jan 2018 19:31

I said in my post how you know to guess higher or lower

TokenIDE is an Integrated Development Environment. It lets me write the code on my computer and compile it, so that I don't have to press a bunch of buttons on my calculator

https://youtu.be/v6Q0rwJg7G4

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

jonbush 08 Jan 2018 20:37

There are a few problems with your program. If A contains a value equal to the result of int(ᴇ2rand) at the beginning, the program will exit immediately. Additionally int(ᴇ2rand) returns a number in 0-99, not 1-100. You could also calculate the correct answer using the number displayed on the screen.

Using Repeat, it is still possible to get 21 bytes.

1+int(ᴇ2rand
Repeat Ans=A
Prompt A
Disp Ans>A
End

However, this is not allowed. Here is what I have come up with at 23 bytes:

int(-ᴇ2rand
While Ans+A
Prompt A
Disp (Ans+A)rand
End

Negative numbers mean to guess higher and positive numbers mean to guess lower.

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Re: Smallest Guess the number

Trenly 08 Jan 2018 20:54

According to the page with information on rand it is possible to get a value of 1 from rand, wouldnt that mean that technically it is from 0 to 100, although either extrema is highly unlikely? Also, while it is true that A could contain the value of $int(ᴇ2rand$ at the start of the program, it is highly unlikely. If that were the case, the user would just need to run the program again. I am aware the value could be calculated from the output, but that was not in the requirements.

Also, if you look at Timothy Foster's code, he used $int(ᴇ2rand$ as well since, for all intents and purposes, it will generate a number between 0 and 100.

Re: Smallest Guess the number

(account deleted) 09 Jan 2018 21:57

Very smart trenly. ;)

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