Puzzles/POY 2007
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Puzzle of the year 2007: find phrases that generate each number i.100 , making no use of
- digits other than 2 0 0 7 in sequence
- _ and __ and _. as numbers
- letters in numeric constants (e.g. >. 200r7 for 29 is prohibited)
- literal strings
The number of words in each phrase is to be minimized. (Word count is according to #;:y ). Where there are multiple phrases for the same number with the same number of words, phrases with fewer essential characters are preferred.
Solutions:
0 /: 2007 1 # 2007 NB. also * 2007 2 2: 007 3 # 20 0 7 NB. also >. 2.007 4 # 2 0 0 7 5 p: 2: 007 6 ! # 20 0 7 7 {: 2 007 8 >. ^ 2.007 9 #. 2 0 0 _7 10 <. -: 20.07 11 #. 2 007 12 >: #. 2 007 13 20-07 14 2*007 15 #. 2 0 07 16 *: # 2 0 0 7 NB. also >: #. 2 0 07 17 p: ! # 20 0 7 18 A. \: 2 0 0 7 19 <:<.20.07 NB. also p: {: 200 7 20 <.20.07 NB. also {. 20 07 21 >.20.07 22 >:>.20.07 23 #. 2 0 0 7 24 ! # 2 0 0 7 25 *: p: 2: 007 26 +:20-07 NB. also <:20+07 27 20+07 28 2!_007 29 #. p: 2 007 30 +: #. 2 0 07 NB. also #. |. 2 00 7 31 p: <. -: 20.07 32 <: #. 20 _07 33 #. 20 _07 34 #. |. 20 07 35 * / -: 20 07 36 #. >: 20 _07 37 p: #. 2 007 38 #. >: 2 0 0 7 39 <. *: o. 2.007 40 <. +: 20.07 NB. also +: {. 20 07 41 >. +: 20.07 42 +: >. 20.07 43 #. p: 2 0 07 44 <. %: 2007 45 >. %: 2007 46 <: #. 20 07 47 #. 20 07 48 >: #. 20 07 49 *: {: 200 7 50 #. >: 20 07 51 >. ! %: 20.07 52 <: p: #. 2 0 07 53 p: #. 2 0 07 54 #. |. _2 0 0 7 55 <. *: ^ 2.007 56 +: 2 ! _007 57 #. *: 2 007 58 #. |. 2 0 0 7 59 {: q: <: 2007 60 #. 20 >. 0 7 61 #. >: +: 2 0 0 7 62 # #: ! 20.07 63 <. o. 20.07 64 >. o. 20.07 65 #. *: 2 00 7 66 +: #. 20 _07 67 p: A. \: 2 0 0 7 68 #. +: |. 20 07 69 #. p: +: 2 007 70 -: * / 20 07 71 #. p: 2 0 0 7 72 <: #. 20 0 _7 73 #. 20 0 _7 74 >: #. 20 0 _7 75 <: -: A. 2 007 76 -: A. 2 007 77 >: -: A. 2 007 78 <: p: >. 20.07 79 p: >. 20.07 80 #. <: 20 0 7 81 #. *: 2 0 0 7 82 # , i: 20 07 83 p: >. >: 20.07 84 +: +: >. 20.07 85 <: <: #. 20 0 7 86 <: #. 20 0 7 87 #. 20 0 7 88 >: #. 20 0 7 89 p: #. 2 0 0 7 90 +: >. %: 2007 91 #. <: +: 20 07 92 +/ p: 20 07 93 <: +: #. 20 07 94 +: #. 20 07 95 */ p: 2 007 96 +: >: #. 20 07 97 p: ! # 2 0 0 7 98 +: *: {: 200 7 99 <:-:<.200.7
See also
- Puzzle of the Year 1996
- Puzzle of the Year 2005
- Puzzle of the Year 2006
- Puzzle of the Year 2007
- Puzzle of the Year 2008
- Puzzle of the Year 2009
- Puzzle of the Year 2010
Discussion
- For 14 why not use 2 * 007? Same for 9. It's same word count but fewer chars. -- Oleg Kobchenko <<DateTime(2006-12-22T05:10:21Z)>>
- Go ahead and make the change. Your suggested solutions are the better ones according to the rules. -- Roger Hui <<DateTime(2006-12-22T05:36:25Z)>>