w (A)
w is a postfix esoteric programming language invented by User:A based on wren designed for code golf. It has a very consistent syntax for stack operations, without involving the concept of blocks and infix operators, as well as avoiding the concept of modifyable accumulators! (W also only has a single stack, which prevents the program from being hard to read.)
In addition, w doesn't apply the operations directly - every instruction chain is treated as an anonymous function. This makes the language very easy to learn and write code in.
Project Euler 1
Project Euler 1: 1000a5ma3m&!WJ Explanation: 1000 % Literal 1000 W % Filter out all numbers that fullfill % the following condition in the range % 1..100 a5m % The provided each input of F modulo 5 a3m % The provided each input of F modulo 3 & % And those values ! % Negation (i.e. remove those that don't) J % Summate the remaining list
Due to W's shorthands, 1000 can be replaced with `3^`, i.e. 10 to the power of 3.
An example
Factorial finder
1.@*R
Explanation
There is an implicitly-given input R For every item in . the generated range from the implicitly given input 1 to the number 1: @ Roll down to exploit two operands R Reduce this range using this method: For the implicitly given 2 operands (the accumulator and the current item): * Multiply them Implicit output the value
Or, since W now auto-maps in the range (1..input) inclusive:
*R
Do you make me up?
t!
t""=
Explanation
Implicitly provide 2 inputs t "Trim" them (a.trim(b) is removing all characters in b that exist in the string a) = Check equality with "" the null string Implicit output
Hello, world!
There isn't a built-in, so the string is in its literal form.
Hello, world!"
Explanation
Implicitly provide a quote Hello, world!" Push this string Implicit print
Quine
p34CS+"p34CS+
Explanation
" THe implicit quote p34CS+" This string. p Print & return the string. 34CS+ prepend it with a quote. Return this value.
There's also a quote built-in in W. (7 bytes)
pqS+"pqS+
Prime tester
Works for 1. Also, no boring built-ins in W for this one!
m!Wk2=
Explanation:
W % Generate a range from 1 to the input % Keep those items where the following condition is true: m % Find the remainder of the input and the current item of the range ! % Negate this result k2= % Is the length of the list 2? % Implicit output
Mean of array
This is an idea taken from the XENBLN page.
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Reference implementation
Here is the implementation. This is a reimplementation in Python that makes sure all examples work. (Not in Wren, because I can't seem to get Wren to work...)