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Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords

From random832@fastmail.us
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Subject Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords
Date 2013-10-08 11:47 -0400
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.860.1381247279.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 2:45, sprucebondera@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, October 7, 2013 8:17:21 PM UTC-10, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > print(*__import__("random").sample(open("/usr/share/dict/words").read().split("\n"),4)) # 87
> 
> import random as r
> print(*r.sample(open("/usr/share/dict/words").readlines(),4)) # 80

How about this? My version is also portable to systems with different
file locations, and localizable to different language dictionaries (Some
assembly required).

import sys,random
print(*map(str.strip,random.sample(list(sys.stdin),4))) # 73

Importing random as r doesn't actually save anything, since " as r" is
the same five characters you saved from the one use of it.

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Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 17:17 +1100
  Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords sprucebondera@gmail.com - 2013-10-07 23:45 -0700
    Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords sprucebondera@gmail.com - 2013-10-07 23:48 -0700
      Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 17:52 +1100
        Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-08 08:33 -0400
          Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 15:36 +0000
            Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-10-08 11:07 -0500
              Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-08 10:38 -0700
      Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Steve Simmons <square.steve@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 08:02 +0100
      Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 18:13 +1100
      Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-08 08:48 +0100
    Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords random832@fastmail.us - 2013-10-08 11:47 -0400
      Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords sprucebondera@gmail.com - 2013-10-08 13:27 -0700
        Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-09 07:35 +1100
    Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-08 21:38 -0400
      Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-09 13:10 +1100
        Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-08 22:52 -0400
      RE: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Nick Cash <nick.cash@npcinternational.com> - 2013-10-09 16:07 +0000
        Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-09 20:29 -0400
  Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-08 10:58 -0700

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