Byte-Saver Quiz: Answers

Here’s the answers to last week’s quiz inspired by the excellent JS1K contest (which you still have time to enter!). The goal was to provide the shortest possible solution to each problem.

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A JS1K Byte-Saver Quiz!

Here’s a little javascript quiz to help you limber up for JS1K. Each problem is solvable with one statement. Answer with the shortest possible solution.

This is not about writing the most readable or production-ready code. Its a fun test of versatility and language knowledge.

Answers should work on all major browsers except where denoted with “ECMA 5” (in which case they should work on all browsers except IE<9) . The number in parentheses indicates how many characters were in my solution, including semicolons but omitting returns and extra spaces.

I’ll post my solutions on Monday. Good luck! (Spoiler alert – some solutions in comments)