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Re: Programming Contest (High School '87)

by no_slogan (Deacon)
on May 12, 2001 at 03:37 UTC ( [id://79875]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Programming Contest (High School '87)

39 characters

map{print$"x abs,"*"x(7-2*abs),$/}-3..3

and 37

print$"x abs,"*"x(7-2*abs),$/for-3..3

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Re (tilly) 2: Programming Contest (High School '87)
by tilly (Archbishop) on May 12, 2001 at 14:44 UTC
    That is the best organization of the problem. All that I can add is a slimy trick. The spec said output, but did not say where that data had to go: 
    warn$"x abs,"*"x(7-2*abs),$/for-3..3

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