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The basic idea of a challenge is to print a set output in the shortest code (though that meaning has changed now). We have had many of them, from Borromean Rings to The Gettysburg Address.

Your Task

This question is similar, except that it requires printing of a special text - the text of this question. Specifically, the very Markdown code that I am typing right now.

To prevent an infinite recursion in the question, the exact text you have to print can be found here.

Clarifications

  • You are not allowed to use any external sources like the internet.
  • This means that the purpose of this question is not to download this question text and parse it, but instead to store it in you program.
  • This is , so shortest code in bytes wins!

Maltysen

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 25 023

70Let this be a reminder not to edit this post. Ever. Or we're all screwed. – ETHproductions – 2015-09-02T00:42:38.423

1@ETHproductions I'm editing it right now before any answers come in with Geobits' link. Let's hope I never have to again. – Maltysen – 2015-09-02T00:54:02.693

Curious: How did you find the revision link for your last edit before you actually made the edit? – DankMemes – 2015-09-02T01:13:58.277

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@DankMemes There's a 5 minute grace period in which you can make more edits without adding a separate revision.

– ETHproductions – 2015-09-02T01:20:20.837

5For the record, the full text is 1059 bytes long, including newlines. – ETHproductions – 2015-09-02T01:47:11.347

23"but instead to store it in you program" Are you sure you don't want to fix that typo? :D – mbomb007 – 2015-09-02T16:36:58.460

9@mbomb007 it's not a typo, it's a feature. – h.j.k. – 2015-09-03T01:12:29.757

1@ETHproductions For the record, following the view source link I find 1055 bytes – edc65 – 2015-09-03T07:55:17.887

Compression encoding removes all the fun of such kind of questions! :( – sergiol – 2017-11-05T21:44:13.077

Answers

31

Bash, 608 597 bytes

0000000: 74 61 69 6c 20 2d 6e 36 20 24 30 7c 7a 63 61 74 0a  tail -n6 $0|zcat.
0000011: 1f 8b 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 95 93 d5 b6 e3 3c 0c  ...............<.
0000022: 46 ef fb 14 fa 71 a8 2e f7 d0 d5 30 33 f3 8c 9a 28  F....q.....03...(
0000033: 89 57 13 2b c7 56 0a 6f 3f 56 3d cc 53 6e ec 6c 69  .W.+.V.o?V=.Sn.li
0000044: ed 4f 7e 58 11 2c 30 d8 0c 6c 4e 08 5c 00 c2 0b c1  .O~X.,0..lN.\....
0000055: f2 68 c9 75 c3 25 7b 5e 99 8c 9b b6 a6 8d 95 ed 2b  .h.u.%{^........+
0000066: c8 2a ac 6b 72 25 81 0d 20 0c ad b7 4e 00 21 90 00  .*.kr%.. ...N.!..
0000077: 77 d2 76 02 d6 81 44 6a a8 d8 0b 05 81 8c 73 82 93  w.v...Dj......s..
0000088: 52 71 57 56 71 05 05 1a 42 67 5d 09 15 06 05 46 5a  RqWVq...Bg]....FZ
0000099: 0e 8e d7 a7 06 f0 84 a0 c2 95 7e e4 d0 a0 db 02 17  ..........~......
00000aa: 0a 6b fa 50 78 6e e0 c5 79 f6 9e f5 76 b8 1f 01 e1  .k.Pxn..y...v....
00000bb: d5 c9 4a a4 3d 1a 0e b5 46 c9 75 31 08 82 d9 92 36  ..J.=...F.u1....6
00000cc: 89 3a 88 9d 0f 8f 3b 0a 62 d9 85 e1 7c 3a 1b ef 0f  .:....;.b...|:...
00000dd: 31 64 d6 9a c5 07 90 f1 0a 3a 05 c2 f0 42 65 5c 21  1d.......:...Be\!
00000ee: 91 6d 58 74 be 84 73 79 ee 29 fc 61 91 f1 7c 7a 38  .mXt..sy.).a..|z8
00000ff: 1f 56 bc 36 1e 5d ce 8d b1 c1 48 45 a6 fc c8 35 98  .V.6.]....HE...5.
0000110: b8 a7 06 bd de 3f ff 3c e3 ce c3 43 0c cb 5e ef 61  .....?.<...C..^.a
0000121: 15 9d 7e 20 a9 df 60 1b 5b a3 ef 43 ac 45 ad 24 79  ..~ ..`.[..C.E.$y
0000132: 56 c0 d3 71 67 23 22 d9 8f fd a7 dc 42 4b 99 c5 1a  V..qg#".....BK...
0000143: 84 36 02 46 bd a5 9f ea f0 73 f4 00 1e e8 ce c2 66  .6.F.....s......f
0000154: 31 cb 6d 7f b7 71 45 7e 0b b7 d0 2f 73 5e bb 14 d9  1.m..qE~.../s^...
0000165: ae da 35 c0 06 64 db 6a 11 6f cb 4a 34 a8 41 ec 55  ..5..d.j.o.J4.A.U
0000176: a3 a7 15 69 f8 0e ac 2b ac b3 42 e0 29 eb 7c d0 f6  ...i...+..B.).|..
0000187: d3 14 7c ac 99 aa d0 06 33 49 4d 6d b9 4b 51 7f 1c  ..|.....3IMm.KQ..
0000198: a2 2c 82 16 04 05 77 2e 87 17 15 79 fa 1d f3 b1 09  .,....w....y.....
00001a9: 1b 92 f9 62 7f 3a 26 9c 9a d1 e1 7c 64 66 8b d1 d4  ...b.:&....|df...
00001ba: 20 1d ce cd 64 56 e0 c1 78 82 87 38 39 18 ae 2c ad   ...dV..x..89..,.
00001cb: 4d 88 ce 33 4a fe 2f 44 c1 3b 15 a2 90 5e cf 40 4c  M..3J./D.;...^.@L
00001dc: 04 d0 13 38 16 88 82 78 4d b9 36 d9 05 02 9d c8 d8  ...8...xM.6......
00001ed: 3c 79 17 35 27 4a 80 da 2e 55 16 81 75 ba 42 32 88  <y.5'J...U..u.B2.
00001fe: 10 cd 72 37 e7 21 79 d4 f5 b6 f3 2d 07 fa 26 0f b0  ..r7.!y....-..&..
000020f: 41 8b 69 11 b5 5f 33 e6 5f 6e 48 c6 30 6a 69 d1 47  A.i.._3._nH.0ji.G
0000220: 80 95 3e 2c 76 27 2d 08 e9 66 86 20 ec 75 41 bd ab  ..>,v'-..f. .uA..
0000231: da d6 73 e9 b1 f9 d8 8a 0d e9 58 ab 49 a3 2a 5f f5  ..s.......X.I.*_.
0000242: 21 f0 97 87 54 ef 3d 7d 7a b1 15 0a a7 4f c3 3a d2  !...T.=}z....O.:.
0000253: ff 7a                                               .z

The above is a reversible hexdump. To create the file, execute

xxd -r -c 17 > 55857.sh

paste the hexdump and press Enter, then Ctrl + D.

To run created file, execute

bash 55857.sh 2>&-

Any other filename that contains no whitespace, doesn't start with a dash or contains shell expansion characters (e.g. *) will do.

I chose zopfli as the compressor since it is compatible with the Coreutils program zcat and achieves better compression than gzip, bzip2 and xz.

tail -n6 $0|zcat reads the last six lines of the source file and pipes them to zcat. The following lines are full of syntax errors and produce no output.

Note that zcat will print a warning (since I stripped the checksum of the compressed file), as will bash (because of the syntax errors). These warnings are printed to STDERR (suppressed by 2>&-), which is allowed by default per consensus on Meta.

Dennis

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 196 637

12

Javascript (ES6), 977 964 902 bytes

Used the find-and-replace method to save 95 bytes overall, then converted the entire program to Base64, which saved another 62. (Converting the entire thing took me two whole hours!)

eval(btoa`k23\r8^ù¶¬Ï¢u澡ÿVJ%(®óÝÊ&¦W±Ü³ãç!jY^¾Ãù¯¬zߨºÚn·è§6Èh®×¬·ç(uï³æØhº~¶­úg)àú¬ùÈZúz0Ϭûùg¾«Þúúf§ËêúØ^?>~º&û=A/äb'þwã^ÿjÇ"=Û/=ëx,Ï£³Õ8^øb¾×kzË'ýyßÞ3Þ¶§v³Þ+3ÞØ^Ïx
Ïvv·¬³>³íÀÌ(º¿jÉLO¢³ë")Z¯?>{¦ß­«~ß«z«¢­ë>>)àúþkë)yÈ\\÷úØ^þ´Lûù*^r'âq©eË?\r½êòøÆ«Ú0ç(uï­«~#æ¦úÜ©x>®(!·éèÃ>ÐN©­ëÞßè§~)âµï«yË«²*'ú)Í'?\r{´\\¨»èZ½ãùƧù·¾~§wìõêÞ·¯È¨Ïõ½õy­óßOyÓ=øoMóݧ½ç=öáö¼×f½ko?¾'°Ï{(º·Ï¬ûC03\0)Z®'âq«b¢{Ï¢ï­ï§¢ßZ0yÓ®±ï/Æ׫©~²«që>)6)íz¹Þ´yj{>¶­6«¦úþ´O¢³éè´çhÂyhiß­V§wêZ®Ç¾Üüù»­ú)ìµæ:Ëh­ï¢·è§û*.ú趦+r^Ïx(üøÏϬ£ë!¢»^²ß¡×¾³0[Ê׬ÌÁû§³0³?3×>óï>ÜÌÉ@14ãÕÌøϹ§>qÌÊk2ϺަV{>^½©sç0ÿÌ\\ÆÇ1ÿ0óë?3?sõøÏm¶öÿ÷(uè(üû²Öì\\©à{>Ü¢oÙ+>%­{~g>ó÷=þN¬ù®zËb¢v^¶Ü¬nêàfë¢g­ïúÚ>fâÖ~Ï[Z=³>ì¦X­Ì6s=\\ϸ§uìN>qϬøϬúÏÆ¥z»så¬ú`.replace(/z(.)/g,y=>' [:-]().,\r#*!`\\${}=\'>'[parseInt(y[1],36)]).replace(/\+/g,' '))

There are a ton of unprintable characters in this, so here's the raw data: http://pastebin.com/FR6Ah0ZL

And the original encoded text:

a=`The basic idea of aVkolmogorov-complexity] challenge isOP a set output inNshortest code (though that meaning has changed now). We have had many of them, from [BL Rings](DJ/53417/ascii-bL-rings)O[The GK Address](DJ/15395/how-random-is-the-gK-address).Q##Your TaskQTE is similar, except that it requires Ping of a specialF- theFof tE. Specifically,Nvery Markdown code that I am typing right now.QTo prevent an infinite recursion inNJ,NexactFyou haveOP can be found [here](Drevisions/1f731ea3-0950-4b03-ae95-24fa812a9a28/view-source).Q##ClarificationsQ- You are not allowedOuse any external sources likeNinternetHmeans thatNpurpose of tE is notOdownload tEFand parse it, but insteadOstore it in you programHisVcode-golf], so shortest code in **bytes** wins!`,[...c='QDEFHJKLNOPV'].map(x=>a=a.replace(eval(`/${x}/g`),`

Zhttp://codegolf.stackexchange.com/Zhis JZ text Z.
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More explanation coming soon!

EDIT 1: Shaved off 13 bytes.

EDIT 2: Converted to Base64.

ETHproductions

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 47 880

I may try to decode the entire program to Base64 (encoding actually increases the length a lot), but the problem with that is there are a lot of characters that are not Base64 compatible (A-Za-z0-9+/). I could replace the spaces with +, which isn't used anywhere else. Any other suggestions? – ETHproductions – 2015-09-02T23:30:26.517

1

Roughly compressing with atob save 25%, so near 250 bytes in this case. There are 13 non-base64 characters in the text: " :-.,\n#!" that can be replaced with valid base64 characters not present (many uppercase letters). Something like `replace(/[\S\s]/g,c=>" :-.,\n#!"['DEFHJKLNOPQUV'.indexOf(c)]||c)"` That said, for some reason I did not manage to do it right.

– edc65 – 2015-09-03T08:36:10.907

There are a lot more replacements you can use to shave off more bytes (as in my second answer)

– DankMemes – 2015-09-03T14:24:19.203

@edc65 Thanks for the suggestion! I used a similar technique, which I will explain in more detail later. – ETHproductions – 2015-09-03T17:11:08.563

@ETHproductions. This answer is two years old, so I don't know if some rules were changed in meanwhile, but I think this tool can golf it to 820 bytes (and it is consistent even with ES6).

– None – 2017-09-14T09:14:06.100

6

Linux Shell 843 bytes

#!/bin/sh
base64 -d <<M|zcat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M

All the code in is in the second line.

  • base64 -d decodes base64 data from stdin
  • <<M directs stdin from the script itself with end-of-file at the first line containing only M
  • | is a pipe directing the output to
  • zcat a gzip decompressor that reads from stdin.
  • this followed by the message first gzip compressed and then base64 encoded.

Could probably be further golfed by removing line line breaks from the data and using echo instead og heardoc to store it.

I feel like I'm missing something important...

Jasen

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 413

I had a PHP version of this ready to post when I saw this answer. GG WP – DankMemes – 2015-09-02T01:19:58.220

You should be able to save ~20 bytes, by getting rid of the newlines, and rewriting the pipeline using a herestring, like that base64 -d<<<BASE64DATA|zcat – zeppelin – 2016-12-28T19:26:34.673

I think Dennis found what I missed in his answer. – Jasen – 2016-12-29T04:51:08.600

5

Bash (+ppmd), 588 bytes

This one beats @Dennis answer by 9 bytes, by utilizing the Prediction by partial matching compression, as implemented by the ppmd package (available in the official Debian/Ubuntu repositories).

Golfed (hex dump)

7461696c202d322024303e450a70706d642064204520313e262d0a6d3420
440a8fafac84a4810000f49f01005c1764584454163b8b4ebdd8f8e5852e
8649a4a01a7674929af8d6cd1d71d0758fed9551a4097e7bb3c21be619a9
ec5d7ea12677f8352b75824dc025a6c1f0b5ca6671431d03ba38e91326eb
8ea9e13a57a9607afd0ae43c8ae548ee3880197e6df9f90b4d6b45baa46b
159a15cd2993dc3f3a50d46226e301b7009174d32328bee2a7c9245a6861
779227a80ca5a016af3f08597440c86db41769b2b2b41646440eda804f9c
3b2aa70530f3080bec7acd58674a3d3b2f78f1c6674d938e415b3d07ab1e
3431a2e3165013b8251d1641f8d94be72b33aecd638d4332faa99662d848
cd5564e305b13f6ba0ccd2b105a0771ab454c417d2ebb9095291e768edde
acec556546dcf60c2cc0af962f96bb7b92d98f465bb799cd92b1b0a49a03
3261943b57a194110556ee4d39226ddfc7483ac83c6a840ba93d41ab64cf
926bbfd0423a43f7c75d73ac55d653e7de9c2d6c9508f6d371870041b133
91da72facf5b83edaf665607277384f903c1475b46e77ee58be32c6bfd5e
0eff7b206eb69b149b6649fd2f5fd933e7f8e2c61179f633551369077edb
c3de193a36f439718d0e249c04c99a88dc45ed7f4b1a8af2684d123397d9
efbca4ce93d202c7ef1f3d895fd56b655b2e34d9da1b301091e2d34e4272
342d5ea16b0973cf83dfb702009437de36f5f6292ec02aab23c3b27bb6ea
dfc40c378f61236db04dda644577114b8340ff93b65928041d8fa801f03c
abe0a89e552dc56842c5782a83992efe7200

Usage

Please take care to pre-install ppmd and m4 packages (if not installed) before running this

#Decode into "C"
xxd -p -r <<EOF>C
7461696c202d322024303e450a70706d642064204520313e262d0a6d3420
440a8fafac84a4810000f49f01005c1764584454163b8b4ebdd8f8e5852e
8649a4a01a7674929af8d6cd1d71d0758fed9551a4097e7bb3c21be619a9
ec5d7ea12677f8352b75824dc025a6c1f0b5ca6671431d03ba38e91326eb
8ea9e13a57a9607afd0ae43c8ae548ee3880197e6df9f90b4d6b45baa46b
159a15cd2993dc3f3a50d46226e301b7009174d32328bee2a7c9245a6861
779227a80ca5a016af3f08597440c86db41769b2b2b41646440eda804f9c
3b2aa70530f3080bec7acd58674a3d3b2f78f1c6674d938e415b3d07ab1e
3431a2e3165013b8251d1641f8d94be72b33aecd638d4332faa99662d848
cd5564e305b13f6ba0ccd2b105a0771ab454c417d2ebb9095291e768edde
acec556546dcf60c2cc0af962f96bb7b92d98f465bb799cd92b1b0a49a03
3261943b57a194110556ee4d39226ddfc7483ac83c6a840ba93d41ab64cf
926bbfd0423a43f7c75d73ac55d653e7de9c2d6c9508f6d371870041b133
91da72facf5b83edaf665607277384f903c1475b46e77ee58be32c6bfd5e
0eff7b206eb69b149b6649fd2f5fd933e7f8e2c61179f633551369077edb
c3de193a36f439718d0e249c04c99a88dc45ed7f4b1a8af2684d123397d9
efbca4ce93d202c7ef1f3d895fd56b655b2e34d9da1b301091e2d34e4272
342d5ea16b0973cf83dfb702009437de36f5f6292ec02aab23c3b27bb6ea
dfc40c378f61236db04dda644577114b8340ff93b65928041d8fa801f03c
abe0a89e552dc56842c5782a83992efe7200
EOF

#Run
bash C 2>/dev/null

#Cleanup
rm -f C D

zeppelin

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 7 884

5

PHP, 812

Very naive solution. I might come up with something better later.

<?=gzinflate(base64_decode("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"));

DankMemes

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 2 769

ah, yes using raw "flate" withouth the gzip wrapper saves a few bytes in the data – Jasen – 2015-09-02T01:38:53.310

4

PHP, 890 bytes (no built in compression)

I promised a solution less naive than gzipping (which feels too much like cheating even though it's legal here), so here it is.

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DankMemes

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 2 769

3

Husk, 543 bytes

¨ë⁶ḂcΔȦ₀fα [ȧġ:ko¦Ṁġċov-ẋΞ1y]ŀḣ˹∫⁰ Ṗn↑a₂sẏ_†¹¬Ëβḟ…cÖ¿(σ‼Ä ẏġ¬Ȧ,χg∂ηw).ẆW√ ÷hṀẏ₀fεm,ḟm [ÿ→Ȯṁ¬¥Ż'](⁸ẋ…://cθ)£⌈g.ẋKżxχg.ςm/□os/53417/⁸ÿ:-ÿ→⁰ṁ¬-►gs)†o [ëGγ⁸?Ÿ÷D](⁸ẋ…://cθ)£⌈g.ẋKżxχg.ςm/□os/15395/ȯw-ŸṙÖ-is-´-γ⁶Ÿg-Ÿ∂Δ).¶¶##γYTψ<ıT□N¹∫₇>,ẊΠȦ…¹↑ṙṘ∫ḃρ!θ a⁹←£x -ε£x₀fı≤□N.πΓÄl,ε√Yṁ⌐÷ΦcÖ¿Ä Iαmẏẏġṙ↔Ṅ¤.¶…o□√Ėα¬ΓŸïβγx↕ε□N,ε×Ẋ3£xẏo√ †oΠN↑ċnb₃‡÷[½→](⁸ẋ…://cθ)£⌈g.ẋKżxχg.ςm/Ω∟ṡ/1f731ea3-0950-4b03-ae95-24fa812a9a28/√w-Ȯ().¶¶##Ŀ=Cσ¶¶-ẏuα→⁰tα◄₇⁰ Üu▲ΨΞẊėŻ⁵←↕Ëλ;≠.¶-ïTÄẋȦ…εṗ↑₀fı≤□N¹∫ṅ ⁰ ⌉⌋ḋṡ □,ẋ'▲∂ȷ₉'it,⁸t□ḋ≠†oȮR₃i↑↕ẏo⁹ṙ.¶-ïT¹∫[ȧġ:cθ)-£⌈g],⁵o⁶‡+□{Φ¹¬**ḃŸy**Ẇ≠s!

Try it online!

I have just revamped the compression algorithm in Husk, making it quite a lot faster. I wanted to try it on a question with a long text to compress, and here was my occasion. This took less than two seconds to compress, so I'm happy about my revamping. It's also currently shorter than any other answer to this challenge (which I realize is quite old, but I'm happy about my compression system all the same ^^).

Leo

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 8 482

3

Fourier, 3359 bytes

84a104a-3a32a98ava115a105a99a32a105a-5a^a97a32a111a-9a32a97a32a91a116a97a+6a58a107a+4a-3a^a+2a-8a+8a+3a-3a+7a45a99a111a-2a+3a-4a-7a120a105a116a+5a93a32a99a+5a97a108aa-7a+9a-7a-2a32a105a115a32a116a-5a32a112a+2a-9a+5a+6a32a97a32a115a101a116a32a111a+6ava-4a+5ava32a105a+5a32a116a104a-3a32a115a104a+7a+3a+2a101a115a^a32a99a111a100a^a32a40a116a104a+7a+6a103a^a32a116a104a97a116a32a109a-8a97a110a-5a+5a-7a32a104a97a115a32a99a+5a97a110a-7a-2ava32a110a^a+8a41a46a32a87a101a32a104a97a118a101a32a104a97a+3a32a109a97a110a121a32a111a-9a32a116a104a-3a+8a44a32a102a114a-3a-2a32a91a66a111a+3aa-3a-2a-8a97a110a32a82a105a+5a-7a115a93a40a104a116aa-4a58a47aa99a111a100a^a+2a+8a-3a-6a46a115a^a97a99a+8a-6a120a99a+5a97a110a-7a-2a46a99a111a-2a47a113a+4a101a115a^a105a+6ava+5a47a53417o47a97a115a99a+6aa45a98a111a+3aa-3a-2a-8a97a110a45a114a-9a+5a-7a115a41a32a116a-5a32a91a84a104a-3a32a71a101a116aa+5a-6a98a117a-3a103a32a65a100aa114a101a115aa93a40a104a116aa-4a58a47aa99a111a100a^a+2a+8a-3a-6a46a115a^a97a99a+8a-6a120a99a+5a97a110a-7a-2a46a99a111a-2a47a113a+4a101a115a^a105a+6ava+5a47a15395o47a104a+7a+8a45a114a97a110a100a111a-2a45a105a115a45a116a104a-3a45a103a-2a116aa+5a-6a98a117a-3a103a45a97a+3aa114a101a115aa41a46a10aa35aa89a111a+6a-3a32a84a97a115a-8a10aa84a104a^a115a32a113a+4a101a115a^a105a+6ava32a105a115a32a115a105a+4a-4a+3a97a114a44a32a101a120a99a+2a112a+4a32a116a104a97a116a32a105a116a32a114a101a113a+4a105a+9a101a115a32a112a+2a-9a+5a+6a105a+5a-7a32a111a-9a32a97a32a115a-3a101a99a+6a97a108a32a116a101a120a-4a32a45a32a116a104a-3a32a116a101a120a-4a32a111a-9a32a116a104a^a115a32a113a+4a101a115a^a105a+6ava46a32a83a112a101a99a+6a-3a+3a99a97a108aa121a44a32a116a104a-3a32a118a101a114a+7a32a77a97a114a-7a-7a111a+8a-9a32a99a111a100a^a32a116a104a97a116a32a73a32a97a109a32a116a+5a-9a-7a+5a-7a32a114a-9a-2a^a116a32a110a^a+8a46a10aa84a111a32a112a+2a101a118a101a+9a+6a32a97a110a32a105a+5a-8a+3a+5a-5a116a101a32a114a101a99a117a-3a^a105a+6ava32a105a+5a32a116a104a-3a32a113a+4a101a115a^a105a+6ava44a32a116a104a-3a32a101a120a97a99a116a32a116a101a120a-4a32a121a111a+6a32a104a97a118a101a32a116a-5a32a112a+2a-9a+5a+6a32a99a97a110a32a98a+3a32a102a+9a+6a-7a100a32a91a104a-3a114a101a93a40a104a116aa-4a58a47aa99a111a100a^a+2a+8a-3a-6a46a115a^a97a99a+8a-6a120a99a+5a97a110a-7a-2a46a99a111a-2a47a114a101a118a105a115a105a+6ava+5a47a1o102a731o101a97a3o45a0o950o45a4o98a0o3o45a97a+4a95o45a24o102a97a812o97a9o97a28o47a118a105a-4a119a45a115a-4a+6a-3a99a+2a41a46a10aa35aa67a108a97a114a-9a-3a+3a99a97a116a105a+6ava+5a10aa45a32a89a111a+6a32a97a114a101a32a110a^a+5a32a97a108aa+3a+8a101ava32a116a-5a32a117a-2a101a32a97a110a121a32a101a120a-4a101a114a-4a97a108a32a115a-4a+6a-3a99a+2a115a32a108a-3a+2a-6a32a116a104a-3a32a105a+5a+6a101a114a-4a-9a116a46a10a45a32a84a104a^a115a32a109a-8a97a110a+5a32a116a104a97a116a32a116a104a-3a32a112a+5a-3a-2ava+4a101a32a111a-9a32a116a104a^a115a32a113a+4a101a115a^a105a+6ava32a105a115a32a110a^a+5a32a116a-5a32a100a111a+8a-9a-2a+3a97a+3a32a116a104a^a115a32a113a+4a101a115a^a105a+6ava32a116a101a120a-4a32a97a110a100a32a112a97a114a^a101a32a105a116a44a32a98a117ava32a105a+5a+5a^a101a97a+3a32a116a-5a32a115a^a-5a+3a101a32a105a116a32a105a+5a32a121a111a+6a32a112a+2a-3a-8a114a97a109a46a10a45a32a84a104a^a115a32a105a115a32a91a116a97a+6a58a99a111a100a^a45a103a+8a-3a-6a93a44a32a115a-4a32a115a104a+7a+3a+2a101a115a^a32a99a111a100a^a32a105a+5a32a42aa98a121a-5a101a115a42aa32a119a105a+5a+5a33a

Uses isaacg's program to golf the program. This can likely be shortened even more using variables.

Beta Decay

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 21 478

3

Java, 1083 1081 1060 bytes

class T{public static void main(String[]a){System.out.println("The basic idea of a [tag:kolmogorov-complexity] challenge is to print a set output in the shortest code (though that meaning has changed now). We have had many of them, from [Borromean Rings](_%s/53417/ascii-borromean-rings) to [The Gettysburg Address_%s/15395/how-random-is-the-gettysburg-address). \n##Your Task\nThis % is similar, except that it requires printing of a special text - the text of this %. Specifically, the very Markdown code that I am typing right now. \nTo prevent an infinite recursion in the %, the exact text you have to print can be found [here_revisions/1f731ea3-0950-4b03-ae95-24fa812a9a28/view-source). \n##Clarifications\n- You are not allowed to use any external sources like the internet. \n- This means that the purpose of this % is not to download this % text and parse it, but instead to store it in you program. \n- This is [tag:code-golf], so shortest code in **bytes** wins!".replaceAll("_","])http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/").replaceAll("%","question"));}}

By using replaceAll for some of the long strings, I saved a few bytes.

Golfed 2 bytes by putting "](" before "_" into the replace part.

Thanks to @FlipTack for golfing 19 bytes by taking out unnecessary whitespace and unnecessary stuff! (This was a really long time; I've learned a lot since then)

HyperNeutrino

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 26 575

You have a lot of unneeded whitespace here. You don't gaps in T {, ) {System, "_", "]..., etc. And can't String[] args be written as String[]a? – FlipTack – 2016-12-28T17:25:05.147

For a shorter byte count, you could also make a function which returns the string. – FlipTack – 2016-12-28T17:27:21.693

You can use a Java 8 interface T{static void main instead of class T{public static void main to save 1 byte; you can change println to print to save 2 bytes; You can remove the spaces at "_", "[... and "%", "question" to save 2 bytes; You could replace print with printf so you won't need the replaceAll (not sure if, and how many this saves). – Kevin Cruijssen – 2017-08-11T08:40:22.490

3

///, 976 961 bytes

/?/ code //_/shortest?//^/text //@/the//$/ the //&/ to //`/question//~/codegolf.stackexchange.com/The basic idea of a [tag:kolmogorov-complexity] challenge is&print a set output in$_(though that meaning has changed now). We have had many of @m, from [Borromean Rings](http:\/\/~\/questions\/53417\/ascii-borromean-rings)&[The Gettysburg Address](http:\/\/~\/questions\/15395\/how-random-is-@-gettysburg-address).

##Your Task

This ` is similar, except that it requires printing of a special ^-$^of this `. Specifically,$very Markdown?that I am typing right now.

To prevent an infinite recursion in$`,$exact ^you have&print can be found [here](http:\/\/~\/revisions\/1f731ea3-0950-4b03-ae95-24fa812a9a28\/view-source).

##Clarifications

- You are not allowed&use any external sources like$internet.
- This means that$purpose of this ` is not&download this ` ^and parse it, but instead&store it in you program.
- This is [tag:code-golf], so _in **bytes** wins!

-15 bytes thanks to steenbergh

Try it online!

acrolith

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 3 728

Got it down to 961 by prepending /?/ code //_/shortest?//^/text / and adding ?, _ and ^ in the right places. – steenbergh – 2016-12-28T10:25:45.567

2

HTML, 1082 1072

With the same text font :P The end tag </pre> is not necessary.

<pre>The basic idea of a [tag:kolmogorov-complexity] challenge is to print a set output in the shortest code (though that meaning has changed now). We have had many of them, from [Borromean Rings](http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/53417/ascii-borromean-rings) to [The Gettysburg Address](http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/15395/how-random-is-the-gettysburg-address).

##Your Task

This question is similar, except that it requires printing of a special text - the text of this question. Specifically, the very Markdown code that I am typing right now.

To prevent an infinite recursion in the question, the exact text you have to print can be found [here](http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/revisions/1f731ea3-0950-4b03-ae95-24fa812a9a28/view-source).

##Clarifications

- You are not allowed to use any external sources like the internet.
- This means that the purpose of this question is not to download this question text and parse it, but instead to store it in you program.
- This is [tag:code-golf], so shortest code in **bytes** wins!

Tarod

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 181

2

Octave, 1017

Strightforward with two substitutions, I do not think it is possible to reduce even more.

 q='question';s='http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/';disp(['The basic idea of a [tag:kolmogorov-complexity] challenge is to print a set output in the shortest code (though that meaning has changed now). We have had many of them, from [Borromean Rings](',s,q,'s/53417/ascii-borromean-rings) to [The Gettysburg Address](',s,q,'s/15395/how-random-is-the-gettysburg-address).\n\n##Your Task\n\nThis ',q,' is similar, except that it requires printing of a special text - the text of this ',q,'. Specifically, the very Markdown code that I am typing right now.\n\nTo prevent an infinite recursion in the ',q,', the exact text you have to print can be found [here](',s,'revisions/1f731ea3-0950-4b03-ae95-24fa812a9a28/view-source).\n\n##Clarifications\n\n\n- You are not allowed to use any external sources like the internet.\n- This means that the purpose of this ',q,' is not to download this ',q,' text and parse it, but instead to store it in you program.\n- This is [tag:code-golf], so shortest code in **bytes** wins!'])

ಠ_ಠ

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 430

Really old answer, I know, but you could save 4 bytes with this (link to TIO)

– Tom Carpenter – 2017-08-12T21:58:49.957

And a further byte with this

– Tom Carpenter – 2017-08-12T22:06:35.953

1

SOGL 0.8, 571 bytes (non-competing)

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Expect this to be golfed some more.

Basically a compressed string (english words and characters) with s](http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/ replaced with ^ and replaced back.

dzaima

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 19 048

Hmm, looks like SOGL is newer than this challenge ? If this is true, you should mark you question accordingly (i.e. "Non-Competitive") – zeppelin – 2016-12-28T21:36:53.550

@zeppelin yep. Missed the date somehow. – dzaima – 2016-12-28T21:42:00.193

1

Dyalog APL, 638 bytes

Requires ⎕IO←0. For ⎕IO←1 just change ¯128 to ¯129. 

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⎕AV⍳ indices of the characters in the Atomic Vector (the character set)

¯128+ subtract 128 to get 8-bit signed integers

¯2(219⌶) zlib decompress

0(220⌶) deserialize array

Adám

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 37 779

Didn't they recently change ⎕AV in Dyalog v16? (I think it was @ or something) – Zacharý – 2017-08-10T21:48:10.737

@Zacharý No, ⎕AV doesn't change anymore. @ has always been in, but was first assigned meaning in 16.0. – Adám – 2017-08-11T04:36:44.943

1

Javascript (ES6), 887 bytes

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alert(s)

String replacement taken to the extreme.

Explanation

s=`...`                     // The compressed string
a=`...`                     // List of characters to replace
b=`...`.split`;`            // List of replacements
for(i in a)                 // For every index in a
  s = s.replace(a[i], b[i]) // Replace every occurence of a[i] in s with b[i]
alert(s)                    // Print the result

Herman L

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 3 611

1

Python 2, 988 bytes

I use a simple string substitution. Still golfable...

print"""The basic idea of a [tag:kolmogorov-complexity] challenge is to print a set output in the shortest code (though that meaning has changed now). We have had many of them, from [Borromean RingsZQs/53417/ascii-borromean-rings) to [The Gettysburg AddressZQs/15395/how-random-is-the-gettysburg-address).

##Your Task

This Q is similar, except that it requires printing of a special text - the text of this Q. Specifically, the very Markdown code that I am typing right now.

To prevent an infinite recursion in the Q, the exact text you have to print can be found [hereZrevisions/1f731ea3-0950-4b03-ae95-24fa812a9a28/view-source).

##Clarifications

- You are not allowed to use any external sources like the internet.
- This means that the purpose of this Q is not to download this Q text and parse it, but instead to store it in you program.
- This is [tag:code-golf], so shortest code in **bytes** wins!""".replace('Z',"](http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/").replace('Q',"question")

mbomb007

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 21 944

You can add a space in front of the replacement text of "Q", this saves a few characters (but decreases readability). – heinrich5991 – 2015-09-02T18:53:14.297

@heinrich5991 I cannot, since question is used in two of the URLs, causing more to be lost than gained with that adjustment. – mbomb007 – 2015-09-02T19:49:08.037

You can try str.translate for multiple replacements – Sp3000 – 2015-09-03T00:01:34.580

@Sp3000 doesn't translate require the entire list of alphanumeric characters, though? ... translate the characters using table, which must be a 256-character string giving the translation for each character value, indexed by its ordinal. – mbomb007 – 2015-09-03T02:51:01.890

@mbomb007 Not if you use Unicode strings, like u"abc".translate({97:u"x"}) although at that point Python 3 might possibly be better – Sp3000 – 2015-09-03T03:30:02.013

0

bash, 870 chars

echo "-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----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=g2Th"|gpg -d 2>&0

Message was produced with gpg --store file and some extra stuff was shaved off. Kind of just wanted to see if it could be done.

James Brown

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 663

0

Python 2, 826 bytes

print"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".decode('base64').decode('zip')

Try it online!

Very boring, just a zip, base64encoding.

TFeld

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 19 246

0

Windows Batch, 1103 1061 1040 bytes

@echo off
set _=question
set l=](http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/
set e=echo(
%e%The basic idea of a [tag:kolmogorov-complexity] challenge is to print a set output in the shortest code (though that meaning has changed now). We have had many of them, from [Borromean Rings%l%%_%s/53417/ascii-borromean-rings) to [The Gettysburg Address%l%%_%s/15395/how-random-is-the-gettysburg-address).
%e%
%e%##Your Task
%e%
%e%This %_% is similar, except that it requires printing of a special text - the text of this %_%. Specifically, the very Markdown code that I am typing right now.
%e%
%e%To prevent an infinite recursion in the %_%, the exact text you have to print can be found [here%l%revisions/1f731ea3-0950-4b03-ae95-24fa812a9a28/view-source).
%e%
%e%##Clarifications
%e%
%e%- You are not allowed to use any external sources like the internet.
%e%- This means that the purpose of this %_% is not to download this %_% text and parse it, but instead to store it in you program.
%e%- This is [tag:code-golf], so shortest code in **bytes** wins!

stevefestl

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 539

0

Java 1130 bytes

import java.io.*;import java.util.*;import java.util.zip.*;public class P{public static void main(String[]a)throws Exception{InputStream s=new InflaterInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(Base64.getDecoder().decode("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".getBytes())));int i=0,n=1067;byte[]r=new byte[n];for(;i<n;i++){r[i]=(byte)s.read();}System.out.println(new String(r));}}

An InflaterInputStream that reads the bytes from a hard-coded String that contains the Base64-encoded, ZIPped data of the post.

Not very impressive, but at least that's 15 bytes less than the naive version that just prints the string:

public class Q{public static void main(String[]args){System.out.println("The basic idea of a [tag:kolmogorov-complexity] challenge is to print a set output in the shortest code (though that meaning has changed now). We have had many of them, from [Borromean Rings](http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/53417/ascii-borromean-rings) to [The Gettysburg Address](http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/15395/how-random-is-the-gettysburg-address).\n\n##Your Task\n\nThis question is similar, except that it requires printing of a special text - the text of this question. Specifically, the very Markdown code that I am typing right now.\n\nTo prevent an infinite recursion in the question, the exact text you have to print can be found [here](http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/revisions/1f731ea3-0950-4b03-ae95-24fa812a9a28/view-source).\n\n##Clarifications\n\n- You are not allowed to use any external sources like the internet.\n- This means that the purpose of this question is not to download this question text and parse it, but instead to store it in you program.\n- This is [tag:code-golf], so shortest code in **bytes** wins!");}}

Marco13

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 1 131

You should try a find/replace like I did and see if that is shorter. Try String.replaceAll(). – mbomb007 – 2015-09-02T21:26:04.937

@mbomb007 Yes, I considered this. In fact, I analyzed the word frequencies to see whether it could be worthwhile. But there are few repeated words in the text, with "question" being one of the longest ... and having to call, for example, s.replaceAll("X","the") would only be beneficial if there were > 11 occurances of the, which is not the case... – Marco13 – 2015-09-02T21:45:31.717

The URL is actually what saves the most, I think. I bet it's shorter than what you have with only subbing for question and the URL. – mbomb007 – 2015-09-02T21:51:48.140

@Marco13 Take a look at my answer. It uses substituting for a few things and has 52 bytes less than yours :P – HyperNeutrino – 2015-09-03T17:56:35.700

@James Smith I'd consider combining both approaches, but likely, the ZIP compression also does a similar "replacement". Maybe I'll try it out later. – Marco13 – 2015-09-03T22:29:09.030

0

Python 2.7 - 843 bytes

Nothing interesting here. Just a base64-encoded gzip of the string. I'm sure there are better ways to encode it, but I couldn't figure out how to put it into a file in a way that python can later read it.

import zlib
print zlib.decompress("#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".decode('base64'))

Yonatan N

Posted 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

Reputation: 497

Asked: 2015-09-02T00:35:42.870

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