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# Best Small Program:
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# Best Small Program:
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Brian Westley (aka Merlyn LeRoy)
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Brian Westley (aka Merlyn LeRoy)
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Digi International
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Digi International
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1026 Blair Ave.
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1026 Blair Ave.
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St. Paul, MN 55104
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St. Paul, MN 55104
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USA
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USA
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<http://www.westley.org>
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http://www.westley.org
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## To build:
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## To build:
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make all
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```sh
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make all
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```
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this for clang by
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this for clang by
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@@ -24,11 +25,15 @@ in the author's comments below). Thank you Cody for your assistance!
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If lost:
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If lost:
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make whereami
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```sh
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make whereami
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```
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Then run:
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Then run:
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./whereami lat long
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```sh
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./whereami lat long
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```
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Where lat and long correspond to your latitude and longitude.
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Where lat and long correspond to your latitude and longitude.
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## Try:
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## Try:
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./whereami 47 -122 (- means west of meridian)
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```sh
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./whereami 47 122
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./whereami 47 -122 (- means west of meridian)
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./whereami 47 122
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```
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### Alternative code:
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### Alternative code:
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The author provided a version for the USA. To build:
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The author provided a version for the USA. To build:
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make alt
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```sh
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make alt
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```
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Use `westley.alt` as you would `whereami` above.
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Use `westley.alt` as you would `whereami` above.
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To find the approximate place where this entry was judged, type:
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To find the approximate place where this entry was judged, type:
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./whereami 37 -122 (- means west of meridian)
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```sh
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./whereami 37 -122 (- means west of meridian)
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```
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## Author's comments:
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## Author's comments:
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and a display that auto-wraps at 80 characters(!). If your display
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and a display that auto-wraps at 80 characters(!). If your display
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does not work this way, you will have to massage the output;
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does not work this way, you will have to massage the output;
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for example, you can pipe it to a file and edit it with vi,
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for example, you can pipe it to a file and edit it with vi,
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which will do autowrap for you.
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which will do auto-wrap for you.
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Lint complains that main() returns a random value and I'm not
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Lint complains that main() returns a random value and I'm not
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checking the value that putchar() returns. Scandalous!
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checking the value that putchar() returns. Scandalous!
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### How it works:
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### How it works:
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The map is printed as one long string of ' ' and '!' characters,
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The map is printed as one long string of ' ' and '!' characters,
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with the autowrap used to stack up slices of 80. The map data is
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with the auto-wrap used to stack up slices of 80. The map data is
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a string; the first character is how many '!'s are printed
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a string; the first character is how many '!'s are printed
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('A'=1, 'B'=2, etc), the second character is how many ' 's, the
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('A'=1, 'B'=2, etc), the second character is how many ' 's, the
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third is how many '!'s, etc. ASCII characters less than 'A'
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third is how many '!'s, etc. ASCII characters less than 'A'
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print no characters but still change the polarity, so any map
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print no characters but still change the polarity, so any map
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of ' 's and '!'s is possible. This is done in the putchar()
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of ' 's and '!'s is possible. This is done in the putchar()
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argument as "33^l&1", where l is the character position+4; if
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argument as `33^l&1`, where `l` is the character `position+4`; if
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l is odd, ' ' is printed, if l is even, '!' is printed.
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`l` is odd, ' ' is printed, if `l` is even, '!' is printed.
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The position of latitude & longitude is changed into a single
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The position of latitude & longitude is changed into a single
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character position within the one long string via the first
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character position within the one long string via the first
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### Here are some cities you might like to try:
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### Here are some cities you might like to try:
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New York 41 -74 Los Angeles 34 -118
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- New York 41 -74
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London 52 0 Paris 45 2
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- London 52 0
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Moscow 56 38 Beijing 40 116
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- Moscow 56 38
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New Delhi 29 77 Rio de Janeiro -23 -43
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- New Delhi 29 77
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Sydney -34 151 Tokyo 36 140
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- Sydney -34 151
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- Los Angeles 34 -118
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- Paris 45 2
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- Rio de Janeiro -23 -43
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- Beijing 40 116
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- Tokyo 36 140
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For a domestic (USA) version with higher resolution, try:
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For a domestic (USA) version with higher resolution, try:
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```c
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```c
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main(l,a,n,d)char**a;{for(d=atoi(a[1])/2*80-atoi(a[2])-2043;
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main(l,a,n,d)char**a;{for(d=atoi(a[1])/2*80-atoi(a[2])-2043;
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n="bnaBCOCXdBBHGYdAP[A M E R I C A].AqandkmavX|ELC}BOCd"
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n="bnaBCOCXdBBHGYdAP[A M E R I C A].AqandkmavX|ELC}BOCd"
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main(l,a,n,d)...
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main(l,a,n,d)...
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[A M E R I C A]...
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[A M E R I C A]...
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...going down the left edge if your terminal autowraps at 80 characters.
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...going down the left edge if your terminal auto-wraps at 80 characters.
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## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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