From: Alex LeDonne <aledonne.listmail@...>
Date: 2008-07-12T06:26:32+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Symbolify (#169)

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Wouter Smeenk <woutersmeenk@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/7/11 James Gray <james@grayproductions.net>:
>> On Jul 11, 2008, at 12:16 PM, ara.t.howard wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 11, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Dana Merrick wrote:
>>>
>>>> Haha, I just did it and my solution just happened to be 42 characters.
>>>
>>>
>>> damn - i've usurped!
>>
>> Mine was 28 characters, with normal whitespace usage.
>>
>> James Edward Gray II
>>
>>
>
> I managed to squeeze my solution in 19 characters and 23 with normal
> whitespace usage.
>
> Wouter Smeenk
>

I found a 19-character, 23-with-whitespace solution as well, thanks to
your inspiring post, Wouter.

My golfed solution which also handles negative numbers is 39
characters, 51 with whitespace.

These both pass both of the provided tests - they really build
strings, as James indicated his does. No cheating here...

-A