Someone give me a problem to script

[Choofers]

Originally Posted by shenjoku

Write a program that takes in a string, reverses it, and prints the result. Try to do this as efficiently as possible, that's the hard part

$a = "string"
[array]::Reverse($a)
write-host $a

that's the nice thing about powershell, working with anything other than numbers is generally very very easy

[shenjoku]

lmao never mind then XD Shoulda figured as much since it's a scripting language.

[Fission]

string reversal is much more relevant in a language like c/c++ that uses character arrays to store strings since most of what the string reversal problem is is linked list manipulation

EDIT: it depends on how the strings are stored internally too. this is based on the assumption that they are stored as a linked list (no implementation does this, afaik). string reversal is trivial with a dynamic array.

[Wayward Vagabond]

Originally Posted by Choofers

okay yeah, that prime number one looks a LOT easier now, gonna have to write some pseudo-code tonight and then I'll script it tomorrow at lunch

for the DDReam one, that'll take a bit, I think. I don't know much about .ds files too, are they relatively the same as .sm files?

the word counter would be trivial but I don't think powershell has the power (HEH) to generate wordclouds. maybe if I stopped being lazy and picked up javascript or java again.

I think trumaestro means a sm file made with ddream

[trumaestro]

Originally Posted by Wayward Vagabond

I think trumaestro means a sm file made with ddream

Essentially. You can treat either as a text file though.

[Choofers]

oh cool

[Zephei]

Originally Posted by Arkuski

Write a script that finds a combination of positive integers (x,y,z) that satisfies the formula:

(x^3)+(y^3)=(z^3)

Damn, someone else already said that joke.

The prime number problem is a good one. Try using the sieve of eratosthenes.

[beary605]

The Four Fours?

[benguino]

Here's another one if you finish the rest are looking for more. I'll put it in spoilers so you can open it when you are ready instead of seeing the problem and being pressured to solve it (if you already have a good queue of problems to solve).

Tic Tac Toe AI

You're goal will be to make an AI smart enough to make not-dumb moves in Tic Tac Toe.

Input: a 3x3 matrix of strings. This is the current tic tac toe grid before the AI's turn. This matrix is filled with "X"s, "O"s, and empty strings to denote open spots. The AI is playing as X's.
Output: the 3x3 matrix that results after the AI you programmed has made it's move.

Requirements:
-If it is possible for the AI to win on that turn, you must make the move that allows the AI to win on that turn.
-If it is not possible for the AI to win this turn and it is possible for your opponent to win on his next turn, you must block him to prevent him from winning. If it is guarenteed your opponent will win next turn however, print "FUUUUUU..." and make whatever move you please.
-If none of the other cases hold above, make the move either via RNG or a method of your choosing.

[Choofers]

Got sieve implemented, that was fun to write. :P Script is super messy but I'll comment everything and make it look pretty once I get the full thing up and running.

$n = read-host "input integer"
$A = $False,$False
$x = 2
$B = @()

do{
    $A += $True
    $x++
    }
until($x -eq [int]$n+1)

$i = 2

do{
write-host "Current value of i is $i."
    if($A[$i] -eq $True){
    $x = 0
    do{
           
            $j = ($i*$i)+($i*$x)
            write-host "Current value of j is $j."
            if($j -gt $n){                
            }
            else{
            $A[$j] = $False
            }
            $x++
            write-host "Current value of x is $x."
            }
        while($j -lt $n)
        }
        $i++
    }
while($i -lt [system.math]::Sqrt($n))

$x = 0

do{
    if($a[$x] -eq $true){
        [array]$B += $x
        }
        $x++
        }
        until($x -eq $n)
    
    $B

[Choofers]

Originally Posted by Arkuski

Write a script that finds a combination of positive integers (x,y,z) that satisfies the formula:

(x^3)+(y^3)=(z^3)

I finally googled this.

You're a dick :C

[benguino]

Yup

[Tim Allen]

Part of my "job" has me switching the status of these TMS trips from uncompleted to done.. I do this several thousands of times every few days and it's so annoying. Is there any way you could write something up that will do this for me? I'll give you more info when I get to a computer if you're willing.

[Choofers]

TMS trips?