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 4‐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 pre‐encode the eight 4‐bit step patterns in an array, then for each step shift out the bits to digitalWrite. For example, this solution (under 300 non‐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 bit‐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