Problem 42339. ~(*|/)

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Return three quarters of n without using addition, subtraction, multiplication or division.

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Carl Witthoft on 6 Nov 2015

Several answers seem to think "*" isn't actually multiplication :-( . Follow the rules, folks!

Alfonso Nieto-Castanon on 6 Nov 2015

see problem 242 for an example of how to disallow the use of specific characters (improving your testsuite is a better way to ask players to "follow the rules" of your problem in Cody)

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