Printing 1 to 1000 without loop or conditionals

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Task: Print numbers from 1 to 1000 without using any loop or conditional statements. Don't just write the printf() or cout statement 1000 times.

How would you do that using C or C++?

Answer 1

Compile time recursion! :P

#include <iostream>
template<int N>
struct NumberGeneration{
  static void out(std::ostream& os)
  {
    NumberGeneration<N-1>::out(os);
    os << N << std::endl;
  }
};
template<>
struct NumberGeneration<1>{
  static void out(std::ostream& os)
  {
    os << 1 << std::endl;
  }
};
int main(){
   NumberGeneration<1000>::out(std::cout);
}

Answer 2

This one actually compiles to assembly that doesn't have any conditionals:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void main(int j) {
  printf("%d\n", j);
  (&main + (&exit - &main)*(j/1000))(j+1);
}

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This version of the above in standard C, since it doesn't rely on arithmetic on function pointers:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void f(int j)
{
    static void (*const ft[2])(int) = { f, exit };

    printf("%d\n", j);
    ft[j/1000](j + 1);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    f(1);
}

Answer 3

#include <stdio.h>
int i = 0;
p()    { printf("%d\n", ++i); }
a()    { p();p();p();p();p(); }
b()    { a();a();a();a();a(); }
c()    { b();b();b();b();b(); }
main() { c();c();c();c();c();c();c();c(); return 0; }

I'm surprised nobody seems to have posted this -- I thought it was the most obvious way. 1000 = 5*5*5*8.

Answer 4

Looks like it doesn't need to use loops

printf("1 10 11 100 101 110 111 1000\n");

Answer 5

Here are three solutions that I know. The second might be argued though.

// compile time recursion
template<int N> void f1()
{ 
    f1<N-1>(); 
    cout << N << '\n'; 
}

template<> void f1<1>() 
{ 
    cout << 1 << '\n'; 
}

// short circuiting (not a conditional statement)
void f2(int N)
{ 
    N && (f2(N-1), cout << N << '\n');
}

// constructors!
struct A {
    A() {
        static int N = 1;
        cout << N++ << '\n';
    }
};

int main()
{
    f1<1000>();
    f2(1000);
    delete[] new A[1000]; // (3)
    A data[1000]; // (4) added by Martin York
}

[ Edit: (1) and (4) can be used for compile time constants only, (2) and (3) can be used for runtime expressions too — end edit. ]

Answer 6

I'm not writing the printf statement 1000 times!

printf("1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n33\n34\n35\n36\n37\n38\n39\n40\n41\n42\n43\n44\n45\n46\n47\n48\n49\n50\n51\n52\n53\n54\n55\n56\n57\n58\n59\n60\n61\n62\n63\n64\n65\n66\n67\n68\n69\n70\n71\n72\n73\n74\n75\n76\n77\n78\n79\n80\n81\n82\n83\n84\n85\n86\n87\n88\n89\n90\n91\n92\n93\n94\n95\n96\n97\n98\n99\n100\n101\n102\n103\n104\n105\n106\n107\n108\n109\n110\n111\n112\n113\n114\n115\n116\n117\n118\n119\n120\n121\n122\n123\n124\n125\n126\n127\n128\n129\n130\n131\n132\n133\n134\n135\n136\n137\n138\n139\n140\n141\n142\n143\n144\n145\n146\n147\n148\n149\n150\n151\n152\n153\n154\n155\n156\n157\n158\n159\n160\n161\n162\n163\n164\n165\n166\n167\n168\n169\n170\n171\n172\n173\n174\n175\n176\n177\n178\n179\n180\n181\n182\n183\n184\n185\n186\n187\n188\n189\n190\n191\n192\n193\n194\n195\n196\n197\n198\n199\n200\n201\n202\n203\n204\n205\n206\n207\n208\n209\n210\n211\n212\n213\n214\n215\n216\n217\n218\n219\n220\n221\n222\n223\n224\n225\n226\n227\n228\n229\n230\n231\n232\n233\n234\n235\n236\n237\n238\n239\n240\n241\n242\n243\n244\n245\n246\n247\n248\n249\n250\n251\n252\n253\n254\n255\n256\n257\n258\n259\n260\n261\n262\n263\n264\n265\n266\n267\n268\n269\n270\n271\n272\n273\n274\n275\n276\n277\n278\n279\n280\n281\n282\n283\n284\n285\n286\n287\n288\n289\n290\n291\n292\n293\n294\n295\n296\n297\n298\n299\n300\n301\n302\n303\n304\n305\n306\n307\n308\n309\n310\n311\n312\n313\n314\n315\n316\n317\n318\n319\n320\n321\n322\n323\n324\n325\n326\n327\n328\n329\n330\n331\n332\n333\n334\n335\n336\n337\n338\n339\n340\n341\n342\n343\n344\n345\n346\n347\n348\n349\n350\n351\n352\n353\n354\n355\n356\n357\n358\n359\n360\n361\n362\n363\n364\n365\n366\n367\n368\n369\n370\n371\n372\n373\n374\n375\n376\n377\n378\n379\n380\n381\n382\n383\n384\n385\n386\n387\n388\n389\n390\n391\n392\n393\n394\n395\n396\n397\n398\n399\n400\n401\n402\n403\n404\n405\n406\n407\n408\n409\n410\n411\n412\n413\n414\n415\n416\n417\n418\n419\n420\n421\n422\n423\n424\n425\n426\n427\n428\n429\n430\n431\n432\n433\n434\n435\n436\n437\n438\n439\n440\n441\n442\n443\n444\n445\n446\n447\n448\n449\n450\n451\n452\n453\n454\n455\n456\n457\n458\n459\n460\n461\n462\n463\n464\n465\n466\n467\n468\n469\n470\n471\n472\n473\n474\n475\n476\n477\n478\n479\n480\n481\n482\n483\n484\n485\n486\n487\n488\n489\n490\n491\n492\n493\n494\n495\n496\n497\n498\n499\n500\n501\n502\n503\n504\n505\n506\n507\n508\n509\n510\n511\n512\n513\n514\n515\n516\n517\n518\n519\n520\n521\n522\n523\n524\n525\n526\n527\n528\n529\n530\n531\n532\n533\n534\n535\n536\n537\n538\n539\n540\n541\n542\n543\n544\n545\n546\n547\n548\n549\n550\n551\n552\n553\n554\n555\n556\n557\n558\n559\n560\n561\n562\n563\n564\n565\n566\n567\n568\n569\n570\n571\n572\n573\n574\n575\n576\n577\n578\n579\n580\n581\n582\n583\n584\n585\n586\n587\n588\n589\n590\n591\n592\n593\n594\n595\n596\n597\n598\n599\n600\n601\n602\n603\n604\n605\n606\n607\n608\n609\n610\n611\n612\n613\n614\n615\n616\n617\n618\n619\n620\n621\n622\n623\n624\n625\n626\n627\n628\n629\n630\n631\n632\n633\n634\n635\n636\n637\n638\n639\n640\n641\n642\n643\n644\n645\n646\n647\n648\n649\n650\n651\n652\n653\n654\n655\n656\n657\n658\n659\n660\n661\n662\n663\n664\n665\n666\n667\n668\n669\n670\n671\n672\n673\n674\n675\n676\n677\n678\n679\n680\n681\n682\n683\n684\n685\n686\n687\n688\n689\n690\n691\n692\n693\n694\n695\n696\n697\n698\n699\n700\n701\n702\n703\n704\n705\n706\n707\n708\n709\n710\n711\n712\n713\n714\n715\n716\n717\n718\n719\n720\n721\n722\n723\n724\n725\n726\n727\n728\n729\n730\n731\n732\n733\n734\n735\n736\n737\n738\n739\n740\n741\n742\n743\n744\n745\n746\n747\n748\n749\n750\n751\n752\n753\n754\n755\n756\n757\n758\n759\n760\n761\n762\n763\n764\n765\n766\n767\n768\n769\n770\n771\n772\n773\n774\n775\n776\n777\n778\n779\n780\n781\n782\n783\n784\n785\n786\n787\n788\n789\n790\n791\n792\n793\n794\n795\n796\n797\n798\n799\n800\n801\n802\n803\n804\n805\n806\n807\n808\n809\n810\n811\n812\n813\n814\n815\n816\n817\n818\n819\n820\n821\n822\n823\n824\n825\n826\n827\n828\n829\n830\n831\n832\n833\n834\n835\n836\n837\n838\n839\n840\n841\n842\n843\n844\n845\n846\n847\n848\n849\n850\n851\n852\n853\n854\n855\n856\n857\n858\n859\n860\n861\n862\n863\n864\n865\n866\n867\n868\n869\n870\n871\n872\n873\n874\n875\n876\n877\n878\n879\n880\n881\n882\n883\n884\n885\n886\n887\n888\n889\n890\n891\n892\n893\n894\n895\n896\n897\n898\n899\n900\n901\n902\n903\n904\n905\n906\n907\n908\n909\n910\n911\n912\n913\n914\n915\n916\n917\n918\n919\n920\n921\n922\n923\n924\n925\n926\n927\n928\n929\n930\n931\n932\n933\n934\n935\n936\n937\n938\n939\n940\n941\n942\n943\n944\n945\n946\n947\n948\n949\n950\n951\n952\n953\n954\n955\n956\n957\n958\n959\n960\n961\n962\n963\n964\n965\n966\n967\n968\n969\n970\n971\n972\n973\n974\n975\n976\n977\n978\n979\n980\n981\n982\n983\n984\n985\n986\n987\n988\n989\n990\n991\n992\n993\n994\n995\n996\n997\n998\n999\n1000\n");

You're welcome ;)

Answer 7

printf("%d\n", 2);
printf("%d\n", 3);

It doesn't print all the numbers, but it does "Print numbers from 1 to 1000." Ambiguous question for the win! :)

Answer 8

Trigger a fatal error! Here's the file, countup.c:

#include <stdio.h>
#define MAX 1000
int boom;
int foo(n) {
    boom = 1 / (MAX-n+1);
    printf("%d\n", n);
    foo(n+1);
}
int main() {
    foo(1);
}

Compile, then execute on a shell prompt:

$ ./countup
1
2
3
...
996
997
998
999
1000
Floating point exception
$

This does indeed print the numbers from 1 to 1000, without any loops or conditionals!

Answer 9

Using system commands:

system("/usr/bin/seq 1000");

Answer 10

Untested, but should be vanilla standard C:

void yesprint(int i);
void noprint(int i);

typedef void(*fnPtr)(int);
fnPtr dispatch[] = { noprint, yesprint };

void yesprint(int i) {
    printf("%d\n", i);
    dispatch[i < 1000](i + 1);
}

void noprint(int i) { /* do nothing. */ }

int main() {
    yesprint(1);
}

Answer 11

A bit boring compared to others here, but probably what they're looking for.

#include <stdio.h>

int f(int val) {
    --val && f(val);
    return printf( "%d\n", val+1);
}

void main(void) {
    f(1000);
}

Answer 12

The task never specified that the program must terminate after 1000.

void f(int n){
   printf("%d\n",n);
   f(n+1);
}

int main(){
   f(1);
}

(Can be shortened to this if you run ./a.out with no extra params)

void main(int n) {
   printf("%d\n", n);
   main(n+1);
}

Answer 13

Easy as pie! :P

#include <iostream>

static int current = 1;

struct print
{
    print() { std::cout << current++ << std::endl; }
};

int main()
{
    print numbers [1000];
}

Answer 14

#include <stdio.h>
#define Out(i)       printf("%d\n", i++);
#define REP(N)       N N N N N N N N N N
#define Out1000(i)   REP(REP(REP(Out(i))));
void main()
{
 int i = 1;
 Out1000(i);
}

Answer 15

We can launch 1000 threads, each printing one of the numbers. Install OpenMPI, compile using mpicxx -o 1000 1000.cpp and run using mpirun -np 1000 ./1000. You will probably need to increase your descriptor limit using limit or ulimit. Note that this will be rather slow, unless you have loads of cores!

#include <cstdio>
#include <mpi.h>
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  MPI::Init(argc, argv);
  cout << MPI::COMM_WORLD.Get_rank() + 1 << endl;
  MPI::Finalize();
}

Of course, the numbers won't necessarily be printed in order, but the question doesn't require them to be ordered.

Answer 16

With plain C:

#include<stdio.h>

/* prints number  i */ 
void print1(int i) {
    printf("%d\n",i);
}

/* prints 10 numbers starting from i */ 
void print10(int i) {
    print1(i);
    print1(i+1);
    print1(i+2);
    print1(i+3);
    print1(i+4);
    print1(i+5);
    print1(i+6);
    print1(i+7);
    print1(i+8);
    print1(i+9);
}

/* prints 100 numbers starting from i */ 
void print100(int i) {
    print10(i);
    print10(i+10);
    print10(i+20);
    print10(i+30);
    print10(i+40);
    print10(i+50);
    print10(i+60);
    print10(i+70);
    print10(i+80);
    print10(i+90);
}

/* prints 1000 numbers starting from i */ 
void print1000(int i) {
    print100(i);
    print100(i+100);
    print100(i+200);
    print100(i+300);
    print100(i+400);
    print100(i+500);
    print100(i+600);
    print100(i+700);
    print100(i+800);
    print100(i+900);
}


int main() {
        print1000(1);
        return 0;
}

Of course, you can implement the same idea for other bases (2: print2 print4 print8 ...) but the number 1000 here suggested base 10. You can also reduce a little the number of lines adding intermediate functions: print2() print10() print20() print100() print200() print1000() and other equivalent alternatives.

Answer 17

Just use std::copy() with a special iterator.

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>

struct number_iterator
{
    typedef std::input_iterator_tag iterator_category;
    typedef int                     value_type;
    typedef std::size_t             difference_type;
    typedef int*                    pointer;
    typedef int&                    reference;

    number_iterator(int v): value(v)                {}
    bool operator != (number_iterator const& rhs)   { return value != rhs.value;}
    number_iterator operator++()                    { ++value; return *this;}
    int operator*()                                 { return value; }
    int value;
};



int main()
{
    std::copy(number_iterator(1), 
              number_iterator(1001), 
              std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
}

Answer 18

Function pointer (ab)use. No preprocessor magic to increase output. ANSI C.

#include <stdio.h>

int i=1;

void x10( void (*f)() ){
    f(); f(); f(); f(); f();
    f(); f(); f(); f(); f();
}

void I(){printf("%i ", i++);}
void D(){ x10( I ); }
void C(){ x10( D ); }
void M(){ x10( C ); }

int main(){
    M();
}

Answer 19

#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
using namespace std;

int num() { static int i = 1; return i++; }
int main() { generate_n(ostream_iterator<int>(cout, "\n"), 1000, num); }

Answer 20

Ugly C answer (unrolled for only one stack frame per power of 10):

#define f5(i) f(i);f(i+j);f(i+j*2);f(i+j*3);f(i+j*4)
void f10(void(*f)(int), int i, int j){f5(i);f5(i+j*5);}
void p1(int i){printf("%d,",i);}
#define px(x) void p##x##0(int i){f10(p##x, i, x);}
px(1); px(10); px(100);

void main()
{
  p1000(1);
}

Answer 21

Stack overflow:

#include <stdio.h>

static void print_line(int i)
{   
 printf("%d\n", i); 
 print_line(i+1);
}   

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{   
 //get up near the stack limit
 char tmp[ 8388608 - 32 * 1000 - 196 * 32 ];
 print_line(1);
} 

This is for an 8MB stack. Each function invocation appears to take about 32 bytes (hence the 32 * 1000). But then when I ran it I only got to 804 (hence the 196 * 32; perhaps the C runtime has other parts in the stack that you have to deduct also).

Answer 22

Fun with function pointers (none of that new-fangled TMP needed):

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <limits.h>


#define MSB(typ) ((sizeof(typ) * CHAR_BIT) - 1)

void done(int x, int y);
void display(int x, int y);

void (*funcs[])(int,int)  = {
    done,
    display
};

void done(int x, int y)
{
    exit(0);
}

void display(int x, int limit)
{
    printf( "%d\n", x);
    funcs[(((unsigned int)(x-limit)) >> MSB(int)) & 1](x+1, limit);
}


int main()
{
    display(1, 1000);
    return 0;
}

As a side note: I took the prohibition against conditionals to extend to logical and relational operators as well. If you allow logical negation, the recursive call can be simplified to:

funcs[!!(limit-1)](x+1, limit-1);

Answer 23

I feel this answer will be very simple and easy to understand.

int print1000(int num=1)
{
    printf("%d\n", num);

    // it will check first the num is less than 1000. 
    // If yes then call recursive function to print
    return num<1000 && print1000(++num); 
}

int main()
{
    print1000();
    return 0;        
}

Answer 24

I missed all the fun, all the good C++ answers have already been posted !

This is the weirdest thing I could come up with, I wouldn't bet it's legal C99 though :p

#include <stdio.h>

int i = 1;
int main(int argc, char *argv[printf("%d\n", i++)])
{
  return (i <= 1000) && main(argc, argv);
}

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Another one, with a little cheating :

#include <stdio.h>
#include <boost/preprocessor.hpp>

#define ECHO_COUNT(z, n, unused) n+1
#define FORMAT_STRING(z, n, unused) "%d\n"

int main()
{
    printf(BOOST_PP_REPEAT(1000, FORMAT_STRING, ~), BOOST_PP_ENUM(LOOP_CNT, ECHO_COUNT, ~));
}

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Last idea, same cheat :

#include <boost/preprocessor.hpp>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
#define ECHO_COUNT(z, n, unused) BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(BOOST_PP_INC(n))"\n"
    std::cout << BOOST_PP_REPEAT(1000, ECHO_COUNT, ~) << std::endl;
}

Answer 25

Easy as pie:

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    printf(argv[0]);
}

method of execution:

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The specification does not say that the sequence must be generated inside the code :)

Answer 26

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class Printer
{
public:
 Printer() { cout << ++i_ << "\n"; }
private:
 static unsigned i_;
};

unsigned Printer::i_ = 0;

int main()
{
 Printer p[1000];
}

Answer 27

#include <stdio.h>

void nothing(int);
void next(int);
void (*dispatch[2])(int) = {next, nothing};

void nothing(int x) { }
void next(int x)
{
    printf("%i\n", x);
    dispatch[x/1000](x+1);
}

int main()
{
    next(1);
    return 0;
}

Answer 28

More preprocessor abuse:

#include <stdio.h>

#define A1(x,y) #x #y "0\n" #x #y "1\n" #x #y "2\n" #x #y "3\n" #x #y "4\n" #x #y "5\n" #x #y "6\n" #x #y "7\n" #x #y "8\n" #x #y "9\n"
#define A2(x) A1(x,1) A1(x,2) A1(x,3) A1(x,4) A1(x,5) A1(x,6) A1(x,7) A1(x,8) A1(x,9)
#define A3(x) A1(x,0) A2(x)
#define A4 A3(1) A3(2) A3(3) A3(4) A3(5) A3(6) A3(7) A3(8) A3(9)
#define A5 "1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n" A2() A4 "1000\n"

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    printf(A5);
    return 0;
}

I feel so dirty; I think I'll go shower now.

Answer 29

If POSIX solutions are accepted:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <pthread.h>

static void die(int sig) {
    exit(0);
}

static void wakeup(int sig) {
    static int counter = 1;
    struct itimerval timer;
    float i = 1000 / (1000 - counter);

    printf("%d\n", counter++);

    timer.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
    timer.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
    timer.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
    timer.it_value.tv_usec = i; /* Avoid code elimination */
    setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &timer, 0);
}

int main() {
    pthread_mutex_t mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
    signal(SIGFPE, die);
    signal(SIGALRM, wakeup);
    wakeup(0);
    pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex);
    pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex); /* Deadlock, YAY! */
    return 0;
}

Answer 30

Since there is no restriction on bugs..

int i=1; int main() { int j=i/(i-1001); printf("%d\n", i++); main(); }

Or even better(?),

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>

int i=1;
int foo() { int j=i/(i-1001); printf("%d\n", i++); foo(); }

int main()
{
        signal(SIGFPE, exit);
        foo();
}