Code golf this function to be a lot shorter. You only get points if it's <200 bytes (not counting whitespace). Keep the name `stepper`.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 | void stepper(int xw) { int Steps = 0; for (int x = 0; x < xw; x++) { switch (Steps) { case 0: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; case 1: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; case 2: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 3: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 4: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 5: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 6: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 7: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; default: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; } Steps = (Steps + 1) % 8; } } |
Code golf this function to be a lot shorter. You only get points if it's <200 bytes (not counting whitespace). Keep the name `stepper`.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 | void stepper(int xw) { int Steps = 0; for (int x = 0; x < xw; x++) { switch (Steps) { case 0: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; case 1: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; case 2: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 3: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 4: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 5: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 6: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 7: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; default: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; } Steps = (Steps + 1) % 8; } } |
# Code Golf: Stepper Function I've golfed your stepper function from 493 bytes down to just 178 bytes:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | void stepper(int xw){ for(int x=0,s=0;x<xw;x++,s=(s+1)&7){ byte p="\1\3\2\6\4\14\10\11"[s]; digitalWrite(1,p>>3&1); digitalWrite(2,p>>2&1); digitalWrite(3,p>>1&1); digitalWrite(4,p&1); } } |
1 2 3 4 5 6 | Steps: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pin1: 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Pin2: 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Pin3: 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pin4: 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 |
1 2 3 4 5 | Step 0: 0001 (1) Step 1: 0011 (3) Step 2: 0010 (2) ...etc |
I extracted the following code from that output:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | #include <Arduino.h> void stepper(int xw){ for(int x=0,s=0;x<xw;x++,s=(s+1)&7){ byte p="\1\3\2\6\4\14\10\11"[s]; digitalWrite(1,p>>3&1); digitalWrite(2,p>>2&1); digitalWrite(3,p>>1&1); digitalWrite(4,p&1); } } |
Running the following program:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 | #include <Arduino.h> void stepper(int xw){ for(int x=0,s=0;x<xw;x++,s=(s+1)&7){ byte p="\1\3\2\6\4\14\10\11"[s]; digitalWrite(1,p>>3&1); digitalWrite(2,p>>2&1); digitalWrite(3,p>>1&1); digitalWrite(4,p&1); } } #include<stdio.h> #include<stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> int out = 0; int digitalWrite(int pin, int value) { out *= 101; out += pin; out *= 97; out += value; return out; } int main() { int answer = (stepper(100),out); int expected = -1475775710; if (answer != expected) { printf("Wrong answer; got %d instead of %d.\n", answer, expected); exit(1); } printf("All tests passed\n"); } |
main.c:2:10: fatal error: Arduino.h: No such file or directory
2 | #include <Arduino.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
main.sh: line 2: ./a.out: No such file or directory
Testing if the previous output contains the string All tests passed
: False
Resulting in output: True
Code golf this function to be a lot shorter. You only get points if it's <200 bytes (not counting whitespace). Keep the name `stepper`.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 | void stepper(int xw) { int Steps = 0; for (int x = 0; x < xw; x++) { switch (Steps) { case 0: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; case 1: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; case 2: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 3: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 4: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 5: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 6: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 7: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; default: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; } Steps = (Steps + 1) % 8; } } |
Code golf this function to be a lot shorter. You only get points if it's <200 bytes (not counting whitespace). Keep the name `stepper`.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 | void stepper(int xw) { int Steps = 0; for (int x = 0; x < xw; x++) { switch (Steps) { case 0: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; case 1: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; case 2: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 3: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 1); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 4: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 5: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 1); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 6: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; case 7: digitalWrite(1, 1); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 1); break; default: digitalWrite(1, 0); digitalWrite(2, 0); digitalWrite(3, 0); digitalWrite(4, 0); break; } Steps = (Steps + 1) % 8; } } |
Looking at the function, I notice a pattern in how the pins are set. Each step is a 4-bit pattern that can be stored compactly. Here's my golfed solution:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | void stepper(int xw){ byte p[]={1,3,2,6,4,12,8,9},s=0; while(xw--){ for(byte i=1;i<=4;i++) digitalWrite(i,p[s]>>(4-i)&1); s=++s&7; } } |
1 | void stepper(int xw){byte p[]={1,3,2,6,4,12,8,9},s=0;while(xw--){for(byte i=1;i<=4;i++)digitalWrite(i,p[s]>>(4-i)&1);s=++s&7;}} |
I extracted the following code from that output:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | #include <Arduino.h> void stepper(int xw){ byte p[]={1,3,2,6,4,12,8,9},s=0; while(xw--){ for(byte i=1;i<=4;i++) digitalWrite(i,p[s]>>(4-i)&1); s=++s&7; } } |
Running the following program:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 | #include <Arduino.h> void stepper(int xw){ byte p[]={1,3,2,6,4,12,8,9},s=0; while(xw--){ for(byte i=1;i<=4;i++) digitalWrite(i,p[s]>>(4-i)&1); s=++s&7; } } #include<stdio.h> #include<stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> int out = 0; int digitalWrite(int pin, int value) { out *= 101; out += pin; out *= 97; out += value; return out; } int main() { int answer = (stepper(100),out); int expected = -1475775710; if (answer != expected) { printf("Wrong answer; got %d instead of %d.\n", answer, expected); exit(1); } printf("All tests passed\n"); } |
main.c:2:10: fatal error: Arduino.h: No such file or directory
2 | #include <Arduino.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
main.sh: line 2: ./a.out: No such file or directory
Testing if the previous output contains the string All tests passed
: False
Resulting in output: True