The Challenge
Guidelines for code-golf on SO
The shortest code by character count to display a representation of a circle of radius R
using the *
character, followed by an approximation of π.
Input is a single number, R
.
Since most computers seem to have almost 2:1 ratio you should only output lines where y
is odd. This means that when R
is odd you should print R-1
lines. There is a new testcase for R=13
to clarify.
eg.
Input
5
Output Correct Incorrect
3 ******* 4 *******
1 ********* 2 *********
-1 ********* 0 ***********
-3 ******* -2 *********
2.56 -4 *******
3.44
Edit: Due to widespread confusion caused by odd values of R
, any solutions that pass the 4 test cases given below will be accepted
The approximation of π is given by dividing twice the number of *
characters by R²
.
The approximation should be correct to at least 6 significant digits.
Leading or trailing zeros are permitted, so for example any of 3
, 3.000000
, 003
is accepted for the inputs of 2
and 4
.
Code count includes input/output (i.e., full program).
Test Cases
Input
2
Output
***
***
3.0
Input
4
Output
*****
*******
*******
*****
3.0
Input
8
Output
*******
*************
***************
***************
***************
***************
*************
*******
3.125
Input
10
Output
*********
***************
*****************
*******************
*******************
*******************
*******************
*****************
***************
*********
3.16
Bonus Test Case
Input
13
Output
*************
*******************
*********************
***********************
*************************
*************************
*************************
*************************
***********************
*********************
*******************
*************
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