jdc 21-oct-2008 A Tcl solution to http://codegolf.com/saving-time
set O {1 7 16 25 34 43 46 40 31 22 13 4} set C {8 o \n 4 o {} 7 o \n 0 {} \n 1 o {} 13 o \n 0 {} \n 0 o {} 15 o \n 0 {} \n 1 o {} 13 o \n 0 {} \n 4 o {} 7 o \n 8 o \n} foreach t $argv { if {[regexp {0?(\d+):0?(\d+)} $t -> h m]} { set h [lindex $O [expr {($h%12)}]] set m [lindex $O [expr {($m/5)}]] if {$m==$h} { set c [lreplace $C $m $m x] } else { set c [lreplace $C $h $h h] set c [lreplace $c $m $m m] } foreach {s o b} $c { puts -nonewline [string repeat " " $s]$o$b } } }
Example output:
% tclsh w.tcl 21:35 o o o o o h o o o m o o
DKF: This can be shortened to (without final newline):
scan [gets stdin] %d:%d h m regsub -all \\s+|. "oaosocowoeouooovoioxozom r n\n" \ {&} p lset p [set h [expr $h%12*2]] h lset p [set m [expr $m/5*2]] [expr $h-$m?"m":"x"] puts [string map /\ $p {rr/nrzmrann xrrr snnimrrrcnn vrrr wnnromrenrru}]
(Note that the actual problem calls for the time to be supplied on stdin, not the command line.)