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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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#121 - Jezen Thomas / @jezenthomas

08/13/2014 at 01:05PM

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#122 - Todd Branchflower / @toddbranch

08/13/2014 at 01:45PM

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#123 - AC / @quadface

08/13/2014 at 10:04PM

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#124 - Dash / @DashJungle

08/16/2014 at 12:04AM

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#125 - Bailey Ling / @blingcoder

08/19/2014 at 01:49AM

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#126 - Bart / @oneofmanybarts

08/19/2014 at 09:32AM

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#127 - Mark Janssen / @MPCtje

08/27/2014 at 12:59PM

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#128 - Dmitriy / @_dpy_

09/03/2014 at 07:54PM

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#129 - Mattias Fransson / @azzidoos

09/08/2014 at 03:05PM

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#130 - Clinton シ / @iblamefish

09/12/2014 at 03:57PM

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#131 - JamesT / @jamestrinklein

09/22/2014 at 05:34PM

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#132 - Deepak Surti / @dmsurti

03/18/2015 at 03:26PM

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#133 - Endre Galaczi / @galacziendre

08/12/2015 at 01:27PM

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#134 - Chenut Ludovic / @7Brwa7

04/06/2016 at 03:11PM

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#135 - mattp (part of the 💉💉💉 club) / @mattpep

05/12/2016 at 10:28PM

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#136 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

07/15/2017 at 04:27PM

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#137 - jestem króliczkiem / @karlicoss

08/09/2018 at 08:59AM

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#138 - Brendan Schaenzer / @bschaenzer

09/30/2020 at 04:49PM

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#139 - Ricardo M. Vilchis / @ajkaanbal

08/13/2014 at 03:39PM

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#140 - Pete Johns / @johnsyweb

08/14/2014 at 02:44PM

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#141 - glennphillips / @glennphillips

08/26/2014 at 03:15AM

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#142 - Christoph Neuroth / @c089

10/18/2014 at 10:18AM

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#143 - CJ Avilla / @cjav_dev

11/09/2014 at 08:08PM

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#144 - tacke / @tacke_jp

11/21/2014 at 01:01AM

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#145 - Kevin Gisi / @cheerskevin

02/24/2016 at 08:29AM

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#146 - Remus Dalrymple / @bornintheflames

05/09/2017 at 07:22AM

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#147 - Lucas P Melo / @lucaspmelo

08/13/2014 at 11:55AM

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#148 - Justin Knag / @justinknag

09/02/2014 at 09:36PM

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#149 - Glauco Pires / @grpires

11/25/2014 at 01:46PM

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#150 - luffy / @raxcoi

12/21/2014 at 03:19PM