Andrew.Savige@ir.com writes: > As an early Christmas present, you are invited to play > Santa Claus' newly constructed 5-hole golf course. > > The holes are likely too easy, but that will hopefully > encourage more entries (feedback welcome). In fact, > this whole golf game is a little experimental and > hopefully we can improve its format based on the > outcome of this game. > > Please post solutions only to me, Santa the Arbiter. > But before posting, verify your entries with the below > test program, tsanta.pl. I will verify that they are > indeed ok and post a daily leaderboard. I am open to > ideas re the winner's prize. > > In most fwp golf games, we all steal ideas; the idea > here is to keep the source code secret, only the > current leaderboard is known. > > The test program, tsanta.pl, should run on both Windows > and Unix (forgive me, but I don't have a Unix machine > available right now). To allow for cross-platform > differences, please format your code with a leading > #!/usr/bin/perl line if you want to use command-line > switches. For example: > #!/usr/bin/perl -n > print > This has golf score of 8 (5 for 'print', 3 for ' -n'). > > All 5 holes manipulate text files. You may assume that > said text files are always properly newline-terminated > and that they do not contain any binary zeros. > Similarly, your programs must properly newline-terminate > everything they write (they always write to stdout). > When in doubt about the specification, use the test > program, tsanta.pl; if your entries pass the test > program, they are ok. > > You must name your programs as shown below and put > them in the same directory as the test program. > That done, run the test program: > perl tsanta.pl > to verify that your entries meet the specification. > > Hole 1. head.pl. Print first 10 lines of a text file. > > Hole 2. tail.pl. Print last 10 lines of a text file. > > Hole 3. rev.pl. Print a text file in reverse order. Is that line oriented or char oriented? -- Piers "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite." -- Jane Austen?Thread Previous | Thread Next