Code golf this function to be a lot shorter. You only get points if it's <300 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 <300 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; } } |
One acceptable solution was -------------------------------------------------- void stepper(int xw){int s=0,i,j;int a[]={1,3,2,6,4,12,8,9};for(i=0;i<xw;i++,s=(s+1)&7)for(j=0;j<4;j++)digitalWrite(j+1,(a[s]>>(3-j))&1);} -------------------------------------------------- Explanation: • We combine the eight cases into an array a using the 4â€bit pattern (bit3 for pin1 … bit0 for pin4). • In each loop iteration we run a small inner loop over j=0…3 and output the corresponding bit by shifting. • Instead of s=(s+1)%8, we use s=(s+1)&7, which works because 8 is a power of 2. This solution is less than 300 bytes (ignoring whitespace) and meets the requirements.
I extracted the following code from that output:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | #include <Arduino.h> void stepper(int xw) { int s = 0, i, j; int a[] = {1, 3, 2, 6, 4, 12, 8, 9}; for (i = 0; i < xw; i++, s = (s + 1) & 7) for (j = 0; j < 4; j++) digitalWrite(j + 1, (a[s] >> (3 - j)) & 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 | #include <Arduino.h> void stepper(int xw) { int s = 0, i, j; int a[] = {1, 3, 2, 6, 4, 12, 8, 9}; for (i = 0; i < xw; i++, s = (s + 1) & 7) for (j = 0; j < 4; j++) digitalWrite(j + 1, (a[s] >> (3 - j)) & 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:1:10: fatal error: Arduino.h: No such file or directory
1 | #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 <300 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 <300 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; } } |
One acceptable answer was to preâ€encode the eight 4â€bit step patterns in an array, then for each step shift out the bits to digitalWrite. For example, this solution (under 300 nonâ€whitespace bytes) is valid: ------------------------------------------------- void stepper(int n){ static char s[]={1,3,2,6,4,12,8,9}; for(int i=0;n--;i=(i+1)%8){ int v=s[i]; digitalWrite(1,v>>3&1); digitalWrite(2,v>>2&1); digitalWrite(3,v>>1&1); digitalWrite(4,v&1); } } ------------------------------------------------- How it works:  • The array s holds bitâ€patterns for pins 1–4 (with bit0 corresponding to digitalWrite(4,…) and bit3 to digitalWrite(1,…)).  • The loop runs n times (n is the input number of steps) and cycles through s.  • Each digitalWrite gets its value by shifting the stored value and masking with 1. Any solution under 300 bytes (ignoring whitespace) is acceptable.
I extracted the following code from that output:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | #include <Arduino.h> void stepper(int n){ static char s[] = {1, 3, 2, 6, 4, 12, 8, 9}; for (int i = 0; n--; i = (i + 1) % 8) { int v = s[i]; digitalWrite(1, v >> 3 & 1); digitalWrite(2, v >> 2 & 1); digitalWrite(3, v >> 1 & 1); digitalWrite(4, v & 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 n){ static char s[] = {1, 3, 2, 6, 4, 12, 8, 9}; for (int i = 0; n--; i = (i + 1) % 8) { int v = s[i]; digitalWrite(1, v >> 3 & 1); digitalWrite(2, v >> 2 & 1); digitalWrite(3, v >> 1 & 1); digitalWrite(4, v & 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:1:10: fatal error: Arduino.h: No such file or directory
1 | #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