Code Golf: Label Validation
New month, new code golf!
You will receive a string with a label code with numbers and letters.
Our challenge is to check if this code begins with 1, 2, or 3 and ends with A, B, C, S, or R.
It should return true(1) if so or return false(0) otherwise.
As usual shortest solution wins.
Input
"198739A79D9R"
Output
1
Note
- The string only contains numbers and upper-case letters. No other special characters.
- Use this code to check the solution length
- You also can use this test case here
Rules
- The signature of the contest entry MUST be:
Class codeGolf.LabelCode
{
ClassMethod Validate(s As %String) As %Boolean
{
}
}
- It is forbidden to modify class/signature, including but not limited to:
- Adding inheritance
- Setting default argument values
- Adding class elements (Parameters, Methods, Includes, etc).
- It is forbidden to refer to non-system code from your entry. For example, this is not a valid entry:
ClassMethod Validate(s) As %Boolean
{
q ##class(myPackage.myClass).test(s)
}
- The use of $ZWPACK and $ZWBPACK is also discouraged.
My best attempt so far is 30 characters. What's yours?
size = 30
That was about my idea too.
Clever trick getting rid of the parenthesis!
Ah, no. Won't work without parenthesis.
For example "0Z" would return true instead of false.
size = 31