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Lisp Condense

Reduce 4 cons selection operations down to one function call.

Start file

(print (car (car (cdr (car list)))))

End file

(print (caadar list))

View Diff

1c1
< (print (car (car (cdr (car list)))))
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> (print (caadar list))

Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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158 active golfers, 460 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1 - Tim Chase / @gumnos

08/13/2014 at 12:03PM

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#2 - Caek / @Caek_

08/13/2014 at 12:04PM

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#3 - Kerson Hsiao / @KersonHsiao

08/13/2014 at 12:12PM

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#4 - Vim Fandango / @VimFandango

08/13/2014 at 03:08PM

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#5 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

08/13/2014 at 04:51PM

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#6 - John Braxler / @braxler

08/13/2014 at 06:18PM

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#7 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

08/13/2014 at 10:01PM

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#8 - John Meisner / @jmeisned

08/14/2014 at 10:56AM

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#9 - ———đίxίє—flαтlίиє——— / @_dixie_flatline

08/15/2014 at 07:36PM

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#10 - Eduardo / @earada

08/15/2014 at 10:33PM

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#11 - Amir Kremer / @AmirKremer

08/17/2014 at 12:15PM

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#12 - Yuval Netanel / @Yuval5555

08/17/2014 at 12:24PM

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#13 - Yariv / @yarivb

08/17/2014 at 12:38PM

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#14 - Fan Zhang / @2bDeactivat3d

08/17/2014 at 08:59PM

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#15 - booom / @ateukme

08/17/2014 at 09:35PM

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#16 - Allen Li / @thenightawl

08/18/2014 at 10:06AM

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#17 - Bill Booth / @ohiopyle

08/19/2014 at 07:58AM

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#18 - Jakob / @jajob

08/19/2014 at 08:15PM

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#19 - Haoxuan Yue / @yuehaoxuanar

08/20/2014 at 02:49AM

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#20 - Karun Ramakrishnan / @the_karun

08/21/2014 at 03:30PM

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#21 - April Gentle / @chen327684096

08/23/2014 at 09:05AM

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#22 - Mike Rayner / @mikesfake

08/23/2014 at 11:44AM

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#23 - Johan Helsing / @jkhelsing

08/23/2014 at 02:00PM

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#24 - Rui Graça / @rpgraca

08/24/2014 at 10:20AM

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#25 - Chaitanya Desu / @ChaituNu

08/25/2014 at 01:17AM

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#26 - Victor Ramirez / @virako

08/26/2014 at 02:35PM

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#27 - Maxime Dréau / @mdreau

08/28/2014 at 12:27PM

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#28 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

08/29/2014 at 11:09PM

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#29 - Jaron R. Hendrix / @Ronamo

09/05/2014 at 05:41PM

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#30 - Bob Davison / @bobd91

09/23/2014 at 09:20PM