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lma21 wrote: post #8

plank wrote: post #5

Took me a couple of tries... (Spoiler): Anyone anything shorter then 4 characters (two characters)?

How did you solve the reflexive? I'm not getting at anything :(

`NaN`

Re: Return True to Win

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Post by kqr » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 12:12 PM UTC

lma21 wrote: post #8

plank wrote: post #5

Took me a couple of tries... (Spoiler): Anyone anything shorter then 4 characters (two characters)?

How did you solve the reflexive? I'm not getting at anything :(

NaN != NaN. It's how you're supposed to test for NaN, apparently.

Re: Return True to Win

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Post by kitfung » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 12:13 PM UTC

lma21 wrote: post #8

plank wrote: post #5

Took me a couple of tries... (Spoiler): Anyone anything shorter then 4 characters (two characters)?

How did you solve the reflexive? I'm not getting at anything :(

reflexive( function() {return ++window.x;}() )

Re: Return True to Win

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Post by xyclos » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 12:14 PM UTC

This is a nice challenge to start the morning.

However, on mobile the input loses focus after each individual character typed which is quite frustrating.

Re: Return True to Win

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Post by grabcocque » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 12:16 PM UTC

'Break JS to win!'

Re: Return True to Win

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Post by razorsese » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 12:17 PM UTC

lma21 wrote: post #8

plank wrote: post #5

Took me a couple of tries... (Spoiler): Anyone anything shorter then 4 characters (two characters)?

How did you solve the reflexive? I'm not getting at anything :(

Infinity - Infinity

Re: Return True to Win

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Post by idbehold » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 12:22 PM UTC

Let me document all the reasons I dislike the HTML spec: it defines a willful violation of the ECMAScript standard.