Re: Code Shortening (golf)

i like this puzzle/question.
how about just looking up the position of each capital letter (discounting first one), to see that the position aligns with modulus 4. totally untested proof of concept code below

$n+=4-len($`)%4 for(/[A-Z]/g);print $n-4;
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maybe wiser monks (with access to perl) could try or comment.

the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H

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Re^2: Code Shortening (golf) by Young Monk (Novice) on Oct 20, 2010 at 13:31 UTC
Actually, my solution is similar to yours. The elongated solution is: `$n+=3-length($_)%4 for<>=~/(.*?)[A-Z]/g;print$n-3` [download] Lately, I found out about the bit-wise operator '&' and substituted it.	[reply] [d/l]