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a coding challenge - Skaperen - Jul-30-2019

this is my coding challenge for July 2019. it qualifies to work if it runs correctly on at least one of the following versions of Python: 2.6.x, 2.7.x, 3.4.x, 3.5.x, 3.6.x, 3.7.x

code the smallest possible script that prints an exact copy of its own source code without reading any files.

RE: a coding challenge - ichabod801 - Jul-30-2019

Got it:









RE: a coding challenge - Yoriz - Jul-30-2019




I could only get my version down to two lines which is twice the size of ichabod801's


 
 








RE: a coding challenge - Yoriz - Jul-30-2019





SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Output:
SyntaxError: invalid syntax








RE: a coding challenge - Skaperen - Aug-02-2019





  File "foo.py", line 1
    File "foo.py", line 1
    ^
IndentationError: unexpected indent








RE: a coding challenge - ichabod801 - Aug-02-2019




I tested mine in 2.7 and it worked.







RE: a coding challenge - Skaperen - Aug-03-2019




i'm sure many of them work. i was trying to make a larger file. i osed the method of replacing the code with the output after it was run and did that a few times, checking that it wasn't alternating (a outputs b, b outputs a) and was the same each cycle. i posted what it converged to. i could change the file name in it.







RE: a coding challenge - Skaperen - Aug-12-2019




a more difficult problem: your code should output "BREAKING NEWS! WORLD ENDS!" at the end of the source it outputs.