Coffee Break Coding Challenge

[JÞB]

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Not even coding it! .... Integer to "String",  String to byte array, For each element in array build new array with the remaining elements sorted(split array, sort array), New array to string, Sort String Array, Threshold New array as String. Threshold index rounded up {to get the next higher} Scan String %d.

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Isn't ASCII fun?

[IanC_]

Another attempt (shaped by an irrational aversion to strings).

Ian

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[Thoric]

I enjoy a good challenge, but I think I over-thought this one...

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[Thoric]

Unlike my previous solution, which is brute force, this one intelligently considers the numerals of the provided number. It is much quicker, however I expect that it has already been created in one of the spoilers by someone else because it is far from profound.

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Excuse the icon

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[Darin.K]

Another excuse for the good, old and I mean 700 years old, method of Narayana Pandit.

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[Ben]

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@Darin.K wrote:

Another excuse for the good, old and I mean 700 years old, method of Narayana Pandit.

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Inplace operations used in the 14th Century?

I realize memory used to be a scarce resource but then again... "There is nothing new under the sun." Eclesiastes

Ben

[LV_Pro]

I was trying to run this in LabVIEW 1345 with highlighting on, but the illuminated diagram on the parchment didn't change

[Ben]

Did you try it with a 1.2 Candle power candle?

Some of those examples could only be realized uisng an upgraded candle.

Ben

[LV_Pro]

I had forgotten to renew my SSP, so I didn't get the upgrade that year.

[jcarmody]

Brute force: