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hear that? it's the very first source-layout we've done! detect your own stride length. submissions can be written in any language, but may you? ...yes, you may.
this is also the very first challenge that does not ask for a full program, but only an expression. it's double the firsts for your buck; code guessing is entering the 21st century! really, we're asking for a set of expressions, since your original expression will be modified.
let me explain. we'll say you submit mycoolsubmission as your expression. it should evaluate to 1. here's the catch: if you remove every other character from it (mcosbiso), it should evaluate to 2, and if you only keep every 3rd character (mosmsn) it should evaluate to 3, and so on. you can continue the pattern as long as you like, anywhere from 1 to the length of your program. but if you go all the way, I'll think you're cool.
your challenge, given nothing, is to evaluate to a number as described above. as any language is allowed and expressions don't have APIs, there is no fixed one.
and DON'T ask me what counts as an expression.
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