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Code Golf with C64 BASIC: Chessboard Challenge

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Thanks to a post from patron Shaun Bebbington, I tried a bit of "Code Golf" on a chessboard challenge. How short of a C64 BASIC program can we write that correctly prints "light" or "dark" corresponding to the chessboard co-ordinate input by the user? Links https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/63772/determine-the-color-of-a-chess-square To support 8-Bit Show And Tell: Become a patron: https://patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell One-time donation: https://paypal.me/8BitShowAndTell 2nd channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCAgWzEh5c8391eJnELDy9OA Index: 0:00 What is Code Golf? 0:45 Chessboard colour challenge 3:38 The long solution: parsing 5:45 The odd/even property of a chessboard 8:32 Branchless dark/light printing 10:45 One-line attempt 13:48 Shortening it 16:58 About that space in the string 19:26 Abbreviating: 57 characters 20:40 Comparing to other languages 22:10 Thanks!

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