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Guess the JavaScript Output: Level impossible!

Sadeedpv🥇 on September 24, 2023

This post is part of a series called Guess the JavaScript Output If you like to read Part 1 of the series, see here So, without any ado, let's get...
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Peter Vivo

try this: codewars.com/kata/59a421985eb5d4bb...

You need to write a function f that returns the string Hello, world!.

Requirement: Every line must have at most 1 character, and total number of lines must be less than 145.

Hint: It's possible to complete this in less than 99 (tsukumo) lines.

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Sadeedpv🥇

Wait! is this even possible in JavaScript? 🤔

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Peter Vivo

yes it is possible, I am solved, but few others too.

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Jon Randy 🎖️ • Edited

9. Took about a minute

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Sadeedpv🥇

Hey Jon, I have been following you on this platform for some time now and I know you've been coding for years. I've reached a stage in my career where I could use some advice. Is there anyway we could get in touch? (I know this is completely unrelated, but I would really appreciate a response here)

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Jon Randy 🎖️

My Twitter is on my profile - you could send a DM there

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Sadeedpv🥇

I tried, but only verified users can send messages

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Jon Randy 🎖️

Ah ok. My GMail address shouldn't be too hard to work out

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Sadeedpv🥇

Feel free to share it if you're comfortable

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Sadeedpv🥇

You are a senior dev for a reason 😄

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Mark M. Florida

I don't know because I'm not a computer!

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Vladas Saulis • Edited

Three "NaN"s. Length = 9.

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Sadeedpv🥇 • Edited

You guessed the output, but the reasoning is wrong.
So, let me explain:
First ! + [] negates to true (+[] will result in 0),
Then we got "![]" ([] ==> true but ![] == false)
so "truefalse".length will give us 9