How to print 1 to 100 without any looping using C#

Question

I am trying to print numbers from 1 to 100 without using loops, using C#. Any clues?

Answer 1

With regular expressions

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class Hello1
{
   public static void Main()
   {

      // Count to 128 in unary
      string numbers = "x\n";
      numbers += Regex.Replace(numbers, "x+\n", "x$&");
      numbers += Regex.Replace(numbers, "x+\n", "xx$&");
      numbers += Regex.Replace(numbers, "x+\n", "xxxx$&");
      numbers += Regex.Replace(numbers, "x+\n", "xxxxxxxx$&");
      numbers += Regex.Replace(numbers, "x+\n", "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx$&");
      numbers += Regex.Replace(numbers, "x+\n", "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx$&");
      numbers += Regex.Replace(numbers, "x+\n", "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx$&");

      // Out of 1..128, select 1..100
      numbers = Regex.Match(numbers, "(.*\n){100}").Value;

      // Convert from unary to decimal
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "x{10}", "<10>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "x{9}", "<9>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "x{8}", "<8>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "x{7}", "<7>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "x{6}", "<6>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "x{5}", "<5>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "x{4}", "<4>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "x{3}", "<3>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "x{2}", "<2>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "x{1}", "<1>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<10>){10}", "<100>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<10>){9}", "<90>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<10>){8}", "<80>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<10>){7}", "<70>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<10>){6}", "<60>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<10>){5}", "<50>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<10>){4}", "<40>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<10>){3}", "<30>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<10>){2}", "<20>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<[0-9]{3}>)$", "$1<00>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "(<[0-9]{2}>)$", "$1<0>");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "<([0-9]0)>\n", "$1\n");
      numbers = Regex.Replace(numbers, "<([0-9])0*>", "$1");

      System.Console.WriteLine(numbers);

   }
}

The output:

# => 1
# => 2
# ...
# => 99
# => 100