# Question
Title: Print a string in as few distinct characters as possible
The task is simple: print `The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog` using as few *distinct* characters in your source code as possible.

`print "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"` has a score of 29 characters, as all 26 lowercase letters appear at least once, as well as an uppercase T, spaces, and quote characters. I'm sure you can get more creative than that, though!

In the event of a tie, the shorter answer will be accepted.

**Validity criterion:** your language's syntax must be composed of more than 8 semantically meaningful characters. (For example, Whitespace would be disallowed for only having 3 such characters.)

# Answer
> 13 votes
# dc: 4 distinct chars (384 375 363 361 360 350 chars in total)

A short answer (but far from the shortest possible, I'm still working on it) using only 4 distinct characters and 384 375 363 361 360 350 characters in total, I hope you will find it entirely self-explanatory:

```
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```

The earlier answer that is slightly more verbose (it contains 13916 1's):

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11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/P111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/P11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/P111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/P1111111111111111 11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/P11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/P111P1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/P111 11/P

```

Ah, you just gotta love the ole' trusty desk calculator!

# Answer
> 25 votes
## Lua, 8 distinct characters

```
load"load\"load\\\"load\\\\\\\"load\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\0
\\5\50\\05\55\50\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\0\\5\50\\5\55\\5\50\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\
50\\05\05505\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\0\\5\50\\05\0550\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55
\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\5\\5\50\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\05\\\\05\\5\50\\5\50\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05\0550\\5\50\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05
\0550\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\05\\\\0\\5\50\\05\55\50\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\\\\\5\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\
\5\55\\\\0\\5\50\\05\55\55\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05\05505\\\\\\5\55\\5\55\\\\\\\\\
\\\0\\5\50\\05\0550\55\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\05\\\\0\\5\50\\05\55\50\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\\5\55\\\\\\\\5\\\\5\\5\50\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\0\\5\50\\5\55\\5\50o\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\0\\5\50\\5\55\\5\55\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\0\\5\5
0\\05\0550\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\05\\\\0\\5\50\\05\55\50\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05
\0550\50o\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05\55\0500\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\05\\\\0\\5\50\\0
5\55\50\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05\0550\\\\5\\5\50\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\0\\5\5
0\\05\55\55\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05\0550\\5\55\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\0\\5\50
\\05\55\50\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\0\\5\50\\05\0555\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\05
\\\\0\\5\50\\05\55\50o\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\\\\\5\
\\\5\\5\50\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05\0550\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\\\\\\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\
\\0\\5\50\\5\55\\5\50\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\05\\\\0\\5\50\\05\55\50\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\5\50\\5\55\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\5\\5\50\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05\0550\\5\50\\\\\\\
\\\\\0\\5\50\\05\0550\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\05\\\\0\\5\50\\05\5
5\50la\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05\55\50\50\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\\05\55\50\\\\\\5\50\\5
\55\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\05\\\\0\\5\50\\05\55\50do\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\5\50\
\05\0550\\\\\\\\5\\\\\\5\50\\5\55\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\"\\\"\\\"\\\"\"\"\""""

```

All newline characters must be removed from this code to get single line of length 1998.
Lua 5.2 required

---

**How arbitrary Lua program could be written using only 8 characters `load"\05`**

Having chars `05\`, it is possible to write string literal for any string consisting of chars `0257\`. Indeed, `"\\"` means backslash, `"2" == "\50"` and `"7" == "\55"` (`"\ddd"` in Lua means char with decimal code `ddd`).
Having chars `0257\`, it is possible to write string literal for any string consisting of chars `024579\` (as `"4" == "\52"` and `"9" == "\57"`)
On the next step chars `01245679\` will become available.
One more step is required to get all decimal digits.

Lua has function `load` which treats a string as Lua code and converts it to a function.
E.g., `load("print\"Hello\"")()` prints `Hello`.
It could be written without parentheses: `load"print\"Hello\""""` (last two quotes mean empty string which is passed as optional parameter to the function).
Any Lua program could be converted to reduced alphabet within at most 5 steps.
*Example:* If our program consists of single digit `9`, then only two steps are required:
step 0: `9`
step 1: `load"\57"""`
step 2: `load"load\"\\5\55\"\"\""""`

# Answer
> 21 votes
# 64-bit Intel machine code for Linux in binary: 2 distinct characters

```
01111111010001010100110001000110000000100000000100000001000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000011111000000000
00000001000000000000000000000000011110000000000001000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000100000000000000001110000000000000000001000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000010100000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
01000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000011001011000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000110010110000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
10111000000000010000000000000000000000001011111100000001000000000000000000000000
01001000101111101001111100000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
10111010001011000000000000000000000000000000111100000101101110000011110000000000
00000000000000001011111100000000000000000000000000000000000011110000010101010100
01101000011001010010000001110001011101010110100101100011011010110010000001100010
01110010011011110111011101101110001000000110011001101111011110000010000001101010
01110101011011010111000001110011001000000110111101110110011001010111001000100000
01110100011010000110010100100000011011000110000101111010011110010010000001100100
011011110110011100001010

```

I refuse to rewrite it in unary.

# Answer
> 15 votes
# Python, 9

Using this idea. (The line breaks are there for readability and can be removed.)

```
exec(chr(111+1)+chr(111+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11
+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11)+chr(111+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+1)+chr(11+11+11+11
+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+
11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)+chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(111+1+1)+chr(111+1+1+1
+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+
11)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+
1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(111+1+1+1)+chr(111)+chr(
111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11)+chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+
1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1)+chr(111)+chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)
+chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr
(111+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(111+1
)+chr(111+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(111)+chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)+chr(111+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
+1)+chr(111+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11
+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)+chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+
11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(111+11)
+chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+
11+11+11+11+1)+chr(111)+chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1)+chr(11+11+11+1))

```

This builds the string `'print"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"'` and executes it.

# Answer
> 9 votes
# dc (GNU), 2 distinct characters (`z`, `P`), 134660653084537 bytes

The behavior of `P` on number is a GNU extension.

(can't post code)

Anyway, this is the generator program: Try it online!

You can verify manually that for some smaller text (such as `abca`) it produces the correct output. It will only actually try to construct the program if the resulting program size does not exceed \\$2^{16}\\$ (configurable in the program)

Assuming that the actual dc implementation doesn't have any problem with having about that many numbers on the stack.

I came up with the idea when someone mentioned in chat that it's possible to solve the challenge with 2 distinct bytes.

---

### Explanation:

To print out the string in dc, obviously a character printing command is required (I use `P`), and something to push to the stack is required.

As far as I can see, the only commands that push something to the stack while the stack is empty are `0-9A-F` (pushes the corresponding digit/sequence of number interpreted in base 10), `.` (pushes `0.0` = 0), `_` (pushes `-0` = 0) `I/ll/O/K` (pushes 0/0/10/10 by default), `z` (push the number of values currently in the stack). Of those only `z` have the potential to produce *any* values.

Therefore, with only `z` and `P`, at any time the stack is `[0, 1, 2, ..., n]`, and `P` will print the value corresponding to `n` and pop `n`.

> the integer portion of its absolute value is printed out as a "base (UCHAR\_MAX+1)" byte stream

So the program \\$\text{‘z'}^{a\_1} + \text{‘P'} + \text{‘z'}^{a\_2} + \text{‘P'} + \text{‘z'}^{a\_3} + \ldots + \text{‘P'} + \text{‘z'}^{a\_n} + \text{‘P'}\\$ will call `P` on \\$a\_1-1, a\_1+a\_2-2, \ldots, (a\_1+\ldots+a\_n-n)\\$.

# Answer
> 8 votes
# dc - 5 distinct characters (2,i,1,0,P)

```
2i01010100011010000110010100100000011100010111010101101001011000110110101100100000011000100111001001101111011101110110111000100000011001100110111101111000001000000110101001110101011011010111000001110011001000000110111101110110011001010111001000100000011101000110100001100101001000000110110001100001011110100111100100100000011001000110111101100111P

```

# Answer
> 8 votes
## GolfScript (4 distinct chars, 441 chars total)

```
11(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+(((111(((((((111((((((((((11(11+11+111(1+1+1+111(11+((((111((((((111((((((((((((111((((11(11+11+111(((((((((((((111(1+1+1+1+111(1+111(11+((111(11(11+11+111(((((((((111(1+111(11+(11(11+11+111(((((111(11+((((111((111(1+1+111(11+((((((11(11+11+111(1+111(11+(((111((((((((((111(1+1+1+1+11(11+11+111(11+(((((111(((((((111((((((((((11(11+11+111(((111((((((((((((((111(11+1+111(11+11(11+11+111(((((((((((111(1+111((((((((](+

```

Chars used: `]1(+`

Explanation: in GolfScript, adding a string to an array of integers converts the array into a string with the integers as codepoints and then concatenates the two strings. If nothing is supplied on stdin, the stack starts with an empty string. So we can build an array of integers with the right codepoints and then concatenate to that empty string.

We'll need `+` for the concatenation, `]` at minimum to create the array (and either `[` to prevent the empty string from being included in it or some way of extracting it afterwards), and some way of separating the integers. So I use the decrement operator `(` to separate the integers, which requires some extra additions to compensate in some cases but gives a quick way of getting e.g. 110; and that operator is also the operator to extract the first element from an array, so it serves to retrieve the empty string for concatenation.

# Answer
> 7 votes
# Tcl 10 different chars.

```
\160\165\164\163 \124\150\145\40\161\165\151\143\153\40\142\162\157\167\156\40\146\157\170\40\152\165\155\160\163\40\157\166\145\162\40\164\150\145\40\154\141\172\171\40\144\157\147

```

Characters used: , `0`, `1`, `2`, `3`, `4`, `5`, `6`, `7`, `\`

It's just each part of the command encoded as \ooo sequence. For Tcl, it does not matter if you do such funny things in the command name or in his arguments, in fact the `$object configure` is very common in Tcl/Tk.
With this technique and `eval` you could even write every program in Tcl with 10 different bytes :)

Test program:

```
set code [read stdin]
puts "Characters used: `[join [set ch [lsort -unique [split $code {}]]] {`, `}]`
puts "Number of different characters: [llength $ch]"

```

# Answer
> 7 votes
## J, 6 distinct chars

6 distinct char version (`u:10 +`) using some idea flornquake used. The method is adding vectors of `0` `1` `11` and `111` together to add up to the desired `84 104 101 32 113 117 ...` vector:

```
   u:11 11 11 11 111 111 11 11 11 11 11 111 111 111 11 11 11 111 111 11 11 111 11 111 111 11 111 111 11 111 11 111 11 11 11 11 11 111 111 11 11 111 11 + 11 11 11 11   1   1 11 11 11 11 11   1   0   1 11 11 11   0   1 11 11   1 11   1   1 11   0   1 11   1 11   1 11 11 11 11 11  11   1 11 11   0 11 + 11 11 11  1   1   1 11 11 11  1 11   1   0   1 11  1 11   0   1  1 11   1 11   0   1  1   0   1 11   1  1   1 11 11  1 11 11   0   1  1 11   0 11 + 11 11 11  1   0   1 11 11 11  1 11   1   0   1 11  1 11   0   1  1 11   1 11   0   1  1   0   1 11   1  1   1 11 11  1 11 11   0   1  1 11   0 11 + 11 11 11  1   0   1 11 11 11  1 11   0   0   1 11  1 11   0   1  1 11   1 11   0   1  1   0   1 11   0  1   1 11 11  1 11 11   0   1  1 11   0 11 + 11 11 11  1   0   1 11 11 11  1 11   0   0   1 11  1 11   0   1  1 11   1 11   0   0  1   0   1 11   0  1   1 11 11  1 11 11   0   1  1 11   0 11 + 11 11 11  1   0   1 11 11 11  1 11   0   0   1 11  1 11   0   1  1 11   1 11   0   0  1   0   1 11   0  1   0 11 11  1 11 11   0   1  1 11   0 11 +  1 11 11  1   0   0 11 11 11  1 11   0   0   1 11  1 11   0   1  1 11   0 11   0   0  1   0   1 11   0  1   0 11 11  1 11 11   0   1  1 11   0 11 +  1 11 11  1   0   0 11 11 11  1  1   0   0   1 11  1 11   0   1  1 11   0 11   0   0  1   0   0 11   0  1   0 11 11  1 11  1   0   1  1 11   0 11 +  1  1  1  1   0   0  1  0  1  1  1   0   0   0 11  1  1   0   1  1  1   0  1   0   0  1   0   0  1   0  1   0  1  1  1  1  1   0   1  1  1   0  1 +  1  1  1  1   0   0  1  0  1  1  1   0   0   0  0  1  1   0   0  1  1   0  1   0   0  1   0   0  1   0  1   0  1  1  1  1  1   0   1  1  0   0  1 +  1  1  0  1   0   0  1  0  1  1  1   0   0   0  0  1  1   0   0  1  1   0  1   0   0  1   0   0  0   0  1   0  1  0  1  1  1   0   0  1  0   0  1 +  1  1  0  0   0   0  1  0  1  0  1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0  1   0  1   0   0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  1  0  0  1  1   0   0  0  0   0  1 +  1  1  0  0   0   0  1  0  1  0  1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0  1   0  1   0   0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  1  0  0  1  1   0   0  0  0   0  0 +  0  0  0  0   0   0  1  0  1  0  1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0  1   0  1   0   0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  1  1   0   0  0  0   0  0 +  0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0  1  0  1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0  1   0  1   0   0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  1  1   0   0  0  0   0  0 +  0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0  1  0  1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  1   0   0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  1  1   0   0  0  0   0  0 +  0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  1   0   0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  1  0   0   0  0  0   0  0 +  0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  1   0   0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  0
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

```

**Edit**: `1+:1` is `0` so maybe there is a 5 char solution here... (Also `+:` as double could be used to shorten the solution.)

13 distinct char version:

```
   u: 84 104 101 32 113 117 105 99 107 32 98 114 111 119 110 32 102 111 120 32 106 117 109 112 115 32 111 118 101 114 32 116 104 101 32 108 97 122 121 32 100 111 103
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

```

Anonymous user's (DirkL) improvement: shorter solution but still using 6 characters (`u:23 |`) is possible. Using `|` as residue operator for decimals e.g. `223 | 2333333 = 84`.

```
   u:223|2333333 232333323 3223 32 23223333 23222222 323232 322 32333323 32 322333 232333333 3233 2323333 3232 32 2332 3233 32232 32 323233 23222222 2323323 23223332 3223333322 32 3233 2323332 3223 232333333 32 32333332 232333323 3223 32 2323322 322332 32332223 32233 32 323 3233 2333
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

```

# Answer
> 7 votes
## C, 15 distinct chars

Some inspiration from Fors's answer (which I beat by a character) and ecatmur's comment to that answer.
Spaces and newlines are only for clarity, and are not counted.

How it works?
1. Each group of 3 characters is represented in a number. A pointer to this number, treated as a character pointer, is a pointer to a string of these 3 characters, plus a terminating null. Assumes little-endian.
2. The function `a` helps get the address of a literal number, without defining a variable.

```
a(i){if(printf(&i)){}}
main(){
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+1111+111+111+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+1111+1111+1111+1111+11+11+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+11111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+111+111+111+111+111+111+1+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+111+111+111+111+111+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+111+111+111+111+111+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+111+111+111+111+111+111+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+1111+111+111+11+11+11+11+11)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+1111+1111+1111+1111+111+111+111+111+111+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+11111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+111+111+111+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+111+111+111+111+111+111+111+111+111+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+111+111+111+111+111+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+1111+1111+1111+1111+1111+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+1111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+111111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+11111+111+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)){}
    if(a(1111+1111+111+111+111+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)){}
}

```

# Answer
> 7 votes
# Befunge-98, 4 distinct characters (1047 characters in total)

```
"@@@,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"+++,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"@@@,,,,,,,,"++++++++++,"@+++,,,,"+++++++,"@@@+++,,,,,,,"++++++++++++,"@@+++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"++++++++++++++++++,"@@+,,,,,,,,,,"++++++++++++,"@+"+,"@@@,,,,,,,,"++++++++++,"@@++,,,,,,,,,"++++++++++++,"@++,,,,,"+++++++,"@@@+,,,"++++++,"@@@+,,,,,,,,,"++++++++++++,"@@@++,,"++++++,"@@@,,,,,,,,"++++++++++,"++,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"@@@+,,,"++++++,"@@@,,,,,,,,,,"++++++++++++,"@@@,,,,,,,,"++++++++++,"@@++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"++++++++++++++++++,"@@@+++,,,,,,,"++++++++++++,"@@@+++,"++++++,"@@@,,,,"++++++,"@+,,,,,,"+++++++,"@@@,,,,,,,,"++++++++++,"@@@+,,,"++++++,"@@@++,,,,,,,,"++++++++++++,"+++,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"@++,,,,,"+++++++,"@@@,,,,,,,,"++++++++++,"@,,,,,,,"+++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"+++,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"@@@,,,,,,,,"++++++++++,"@,"+,"@@+++,,,,,,,,"++++++++++++,"@++,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"@+++,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"@@@,,,,,,,,"++++++++++,"@@,,,,,,,,,,,"++++++++++++,"@@@+,,,"++++++,"+,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,@

```

If non-terminating answers are allowed, then this can be done in 3 distinct characters:

```
"++++++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"+++,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++,"+++++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++,"+++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++,"+++++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,"+++++,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"+++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++,"++++++,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"++++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++,"+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,"+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++,"++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++,"++,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++,"++++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,"+++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++,"+++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,"+++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++,"+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,"++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++,"+++,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"++++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++,"++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"+++,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++,"++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,"+++++++,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"++++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++,"+++++++,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++,",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++++++,"++++,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++++++++,"+,,,,,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++++,"+++,,,,,,,,,"+++++++++++,

```

Uses this Befunge-98 interpreter. At first, I joined the 4-character competition with an `@` at the end to terminate . This program repeatedly outputs `The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\r`, where the terminating `\r` deletes the previous sentence. Therefore, the sentence is written once.

# Answer
> 6 votes
# Ruby: 7 distinct characters

(With thanks to randomra for his comment.)

```
$>.<<""<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1<<11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<111+1+1<<111+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<111+1+1+1<<111<<111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11<<11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1<<111<<111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<111+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<111+1<<111+1+1+1+1<<11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<111<<111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1<<111+1+1+1<<11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<111+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1<<11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<111+11<<111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1<<111<<11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1

```

Sample run:

```
bash-4.2$ ruby distinctchar.rb
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

```

Counting:

```
bash-4.2$ sed 's/./&\n/g' distinctchar.rb | sort -u | wc -l
7

bash-4.2$ sed 's/./&\n/g' distinctchar.rb | sort | uniq -c
     88 <
      1 >
      1 .
      2 "
      1 $
    384 +
    637 1

```

# Answer
> 5 votes
# Java: 18 distinct characters

```
\u0063\u006C\u0061\u0073\u0073\u0020\u0054\u007B\u0070\u0075\u0062\u006C\u0069\u0063\u0020\u0073\u0074\u0061\u0074\u0069\u0063\u0020\u0076\u006F\u0069\u0064\u0020\u006D\u0061\u0069\u006E\u0028\u0053\u0074\u0072\u0069\u006E\u0067\u005B\u005D\u0020\u0061\u0029\u007B\u0053\u0079\u0073\u0074\u0065\u006D\u002E\u006F\u0075\u0074\u002E\u0070\u0072\u0069\u006E\u0074\u006C\u006E\u0028\u0022\u0054\u0068\u0065\u0020\u0071\u0075\u0069\u0063\u006B\u0020\u0062\u0072\u006F\u0077\u006E\u0020\u0066\u006F\u0078\u0020\u006A\u0075\u006D\u0070\u0073\u0020\u006F\u0076\u0065\u0072\u0020\u0074\u0068\u0065\u0020\u006C\u0061\u007A\u0079\u0020\u0064\u006F\u0067\u0022\u0029\u003B\u007D\u007D

```

A Java program can be written in UNC notation... But it remains verbose!

# Answer
> 4 votes
# JavaScript (in Chrome Console) 17

I had the same idea as flornquake but he beat me too it. So I went for the ugly way to do this!

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```

# Answer
> 4 votes
## vba (16 8 distinct characters)

(using ideas from matatwork and AutomatedChaos)

```
?Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)Chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(111+1+1)Chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(111+1+1+1)Chr(111)Chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11)Chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1)Chr(111)Chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(111+1)Chr(111+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(111)Chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(111+11)Chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1)Chr(111)Chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1)

```

note that if you want to put this in, you would have to break the line into 2, as it's too long for the VBA editor

> Code: 40 '(' Count: 37
> Code: 41 ')' Count: 37
> Code: 43 '+' Count: 331
> Code: 49 '1' Count: 552
> Code: 63 '?' Count: 1
> Code: 67 'C' Count: 37
> Code: 104 'h' Count: 37
> Code: 114 'r' Count: 37
> -----TOTAL CHARACTERS: 1069

# Answer
> 4 votes
# Jelly, 3 distinct bytes

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# Answer
> 4 votes
# dc, 3 distinct characters (1ZP), ~~4143~~ 3707 bytes

A trivial dc solution is to use as many `1`s as the ASCII code of a character (except for 'o'), then to print the size of the (unary) number with P. No arithmetic necessary!

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111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP111P11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111ZP111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP111P111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111ZP1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111ZP111P1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111ZP111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP11111111111111111111111111111111ZP1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP111P1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ZP

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I used the following bash code, not golfed, to generate the above dc script:

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echo "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"|fold -1|while IFS= read -r c;do
  [ "$c" = "o" ] && echo 111P || yes 1|sed "$(echo -n "$c"|od -An -tuC)"q|paste -sd ''|sed 's:$:ZP:'
done|paste -sd ''

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# Answer
> 4 votes
# naz `-u`, 3 distinct characters

I've been waiting for a chance to do this.

It turns out that JavaScript's `String.fromCharCode()`, which the naz interpreter uses internally for output, will *truncate* any values passed to it to their four least significant digits in hexadecimal — so passing a value of \\$41\_{16}\\$ (\\$65\_{10}\\$) will return `A`, but so will passing \\$10041\_{16}\\$ (\\$65601\_{10}\\$). The upper \\$1\\$ is ignored.

This essentially means given a function \\$f(x)\\$ which returns `String.fromCharCode(x)`,

$$ \forall x \in \mathbb{Z}\_{0}^{+}: f(x) = f(x \bmod 65536) $$

making it possible to write a naz program to output any string using only the characters `1`, `a`, and `o`, as long as the `-u` command line flag (which removes naz's default integer limits) is used.

The code to output `The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog` via this method, which I've now stored in naz's GitHub repository (right-click \> "Save linked content as" will work best), is over 5,500,000 bytes in size and finished running in just over **60 minutes** on my machine. You probably shouldn't run this if you need to do other things with your terminal.

*Note: As of March 12, 2021 I've added a comment to the top of the file linked above, but this is simply a warning to anyone who happens to find it without reading this answer. The program works identically without it, so the header will contain the original score — **3 distinct characters**.*

The best score that can be achieved without the `-u` flag is **4 distinct characters** (`1`, `a`, `s`, and `o`.)

# Answer
> 4 votes
# dc (GNU), 3 distinct characters (`z|P`), 453 bytes

Generator program: Try it online!

Because there can be a lot of possible different states of the stack, this solution prunes the states to be considered (only the topmost 2 can have value different from the default value pushed by `z`); therefore the result might not be optimal. (after thinking about it for a while, turns out that finding a good solution is terribly hard)

### Analysis

There are some options of using a digit, an arithmetic operator and `P`.

Possible cases for the arithmetic operator are:

* `+`: 1065 bytes. (proven to be optimal) Throws a lot of errors. Generator program: Try it online!
* `v`: 7617 bytes. (proven to be optimal) you can get it from the generator program above by removing the `solve(bestReprAdd),` line in the generator)
* `-`: will probably result in the approximately-same or slightly-shorter program.
* `%`: obviously impossible. (because, for example, `11111` mod `111` is `11`, so the constructible values are those already constructible with a literal or 0)
* `~`: (unfortunately) also impossible because there's no way to discard the remainder without printing it out.
* `/` and `|`: should be possible. Analysis pending.
* `*` and `^`: probably impossible, because there can only be a small set of representable numbers.
* `i`: An interesting possibility (`11i` to increase the input base, `1i` to set the input base to 1); however the input base must be between 2 and 16, so there's no way to decrease the input base, so it's not very likely to work.

Other alternatives:

* `z`, `P`, (arithmetic operator): Terribly hard to analyze. Using `zP|` results in the solution above.

Some specific cases:

+ `+`, `-`: Should be possible. Analysis pending.
    + `v` and `~`: This can only decrease the value on the top of the stack without reducing the stack depth, so I think it's impossible.
    + `%`: Equivalent to `o` in this particular case, because `x%(x+1)==x`.
    + `/`: Obviously impossible because `x/(x+1)==0` and `x/0` raises an error.
    + `|`: Possible. (this also decrease the stack depth by 2 each time instead of 1) Used in this answer.
    + `*` and `^`: Because there can only a limited number of possible results, I'm not very sure this is useful.

Note that "impossible" means "impossible to do efficiently", because `zP` alone is sufficient.
* `z`, `P`, `o` (since the output radix is not used, it's the same as pop the stack and do nothing in this challenge): 1601 bytes (obviously optimal).

# Answer
> 4 votes
# Javascript, 6 characters

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```

Compiled using JSf\*ck. Not creative, but does the job...

# Answer
> 3 votes
## PHP. 10 distinct characters.

`e, c, h, o, r, (, 1, +, ), ;` (Line breaks can be removed.)

```
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(111));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(111));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(111+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(111));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));
echo(chr(111));
echo(chr(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1));

```

# Answer
> 3 votes
# Julia, score 10, 578 bytes

```
print('i'-('t'-',')-('-'-'i'-('i'-'r')),'i'-('-'-','),')'-('-'-'i'),')'-('r'-'i'),'-'-(','-'p'),')'-('('-'t'),'i','n'-('t'-'i'),'n'-(','-')'),')'-('r'-'i'),'i'-('p'-'i'),'r','r'-(','-')'),'-'-('('-'r'),'n',')'-('r'-'i'),'i'-(','-')'),'r'-(','-')'),','-('('-'t'),')'-('r'-'i'),')'-('-'-'n'),')'-('('-'t'),')'-(','-'p'),'p',')'-('('-'r'),')'-('r'-'i'),'r'-(','-')'),','-('('-'r'),')'-('-'-'i'),'r',')'-('r'-'i'),'t','i'-('-'-','),')'-('-'-'i'),')'-('r'-'i'),'('-(','-'p'),'('-(','-'p')-('t'-'i'),'t'-('n'-'t'),'-'-('('-'t'),')'-('r'-'i'),'('-('-'-'i'),'r'-(','-')'),'p'-('r'-'i'))

```

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the 10 characters used are `print()'-`. I don't think less is possible. Then, we use character arithmetic with the available characters (`'b'-'a'==1` and `'b'-1=='a'`)

# Answer
> 2 votes
# C (23 distinct characters)

```
main(){
puts("\124\150\145\040\161\165\151\143\153\040\142\162\157\167\156\040"
"\146\157\170\040\152\165\155\160\163\040\157\166\145\162\040\164"
"\150\145\040\154\141\172\171\040\144\157\147");
}

```

Note: I didn't include newlines in the distinct character count, but these can easily be removed if needed, at the expense of readability.

# Answer
> 2 votes
# k

12 distinct characters

```
1'10h$2/:'(01010100b;01101000b;01100101b;00100000b;01110001b;01110101b;01101001b;01100011b;01101011b;00100000b;01100010b;01110010b;01101111b;01110111b;01101110b;00100000b;01100110b;01101111b;01111000b;00100000b;01101010b;01110101b;01101101b;01110000b;01110011b;00100000b;01101111b;01110110b;01100101b;01110010b;00100000b;01110100b;01101000b;01100101b;00100000b;01101100b;01100001b;01111010b;01111001b;00100000b;01100100b;01101111b;01100111b);

```

The characters are `10h$2/:'(b;)`

# Answer
> 2 votes
# C: 16 distinct characters

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```

# Answer
> 2 votes
# Postscript (19 distinct characters)

```
<54686520717569636b2062726f776e20666f78206a756d7073206f76657220746865206c617a7920646f67>=

```

Uses the hexadecimal digits 0-9, a-f, hex-string delimiters \< \>, and = to print.

# (13 distinct characters)

```
( )dup 0 2#1010100 put dup print dup 0
2#1101000 put dup print dup 0
2#1100101 put dup print dup 0
2#100000 put dup print dup 0
2#1110001 put dup print dup 0
2#1110101 put dup print dup 0
2#1101001 put dup print dup 0
2#1100011 put dup print dup 0
2#1101011 put dup print dup 0
2#100000 put dup print dup 0
2#1100010 put dup print dup 0
2#1110010 put dup print dup 0
2#1101111 put dup print dup 0
2#1110111 put dup print dup 0
2#1101110 put dup print dup 0
2#100000 put dup print dup 0
2#1100110 put dup print dup 0
2#1101111 put dup print dup 0
2#1111000 put dup print dup 0
2#100000 put dup print dup 0
2#1101010 put dup print dup 0
2#1110101 put dup print dup 0
2#1101101 put dup print dup 0
2#1110000 put dup print dup 0
2#1110011 put dup print dup 0
2#100000 put dup print dup 0
2#1101111 put dup print dup 0
2#1110110 put dup print dup 0
2#1100101 put dup print dup 0
2#1110010 put dup print dup 0
2#100000 put dup print dup 0
2#1110100 put dup print dup 0
2#1101000 put dup print dup 0
2#1100101 put dup print dup 0
2#100000 put dup print dup 0
2#1101100 put dup print dup 0
2#1100001 put dup print dup 0
2#1111010 put dup print dup 0
2#1111001 put dup print dup 0
2#100000 put dup print dup 0
2#1100100 put dup print dup 0
2#1101111 put dup print dup 0
2#1100111 put dup print dup 0

%   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
%   0 1 2 # d i u n p r t ( )

```

Binary radix numbers get the data in 4 chars (0,1,2,#), but it needs an empty string ( ) and some letters (put, dup (-up), print (-pt)) to insert the binary number in there.

# Answer
> 2 votes
## APL 8

The following command converts a character string to its binary equivalent:

```
s←11 ⎕dr "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

```

If we assign the resulting binary to the vector s to avoid having to display all the zeros and ones then we can print the result by reversing the process by applying:

```
82 ⎕dr s

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

```

So the 8 unique characters are 8,2,⎕,d,r,space and the 0 and 1 in the binary vector s.

# Answer
> 2 votes
## K, 9

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# Answer
> 2 votes
# Perl, 10 chars

Basically a rip-off of flornquake's Python solution.

Using substitution with `ee` is a cheaper way to get `eval`. Unfortunately, Perl uses `.` for concatenation, which adds a character.

I was hoping to eliminate parentheses (which are optional for functions in Perl), using a syntax like this:

```
s ss char 111+1 ... see

```

(Yes, `s` is a valid regex delimiter). However, I couldn't get that to work because the precedence of `.` is too high, trying to concatenate before it calls the function.

```
s()(chr(111+1).chr(111+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(
11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11).chr(111+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+1).chr(11+11+11+
11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+
11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1).chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(111+1+1).chr(111+1
+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+
11+11+11).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1
+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(111+1+1+1).chr(
111).chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11).chr(11+11+1+1+
1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1).chr(111).chr(111+1+1+1+1
+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1
+1+1+1+1).chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
+1).chr(111+1).chr(111+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(111).chr(111
+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1).chr(111+1+1+1).chr(11+11+1+
1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(111+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1)
.chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1).chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+
11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1
+1+1+1).chr(111+11).chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1).chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)
.chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1).chr(111).chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+
1+1+1).chr(11+11+11+1))ee

```

# Answer
> 2 votes
## Erlang 8 distinct characters

Used characters: `012#<>:.`

```
<<2#1010100011010000110010100100000011100010111010101101001011000110110101100100000011000100111001001101111011101110110111000100000011001100110111101111000001000000110101001110101011011010111000001110011001000000110111101110110011001010111001000100000011101000110100001100101001000000110110001100001011110100111100100100000011001000110111101100111:2#101011000>>.

```

# Answer
> 2 votes
# PowerShell, 10 distinct characters

```
[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)+[char](11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](111+1+1)+[char](111+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](111+1+1+1)+[char](111)+[char](111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11)+[char](11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1)+[char](111)+[char](111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](111+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](111+1)+[char](111+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](111)+[char](111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)+[char](111+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](111+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)+[char](11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](111+11)+[char](111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1)+[char](111)+[char](11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1)

```

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Fork/Port of the Python 3 answer!

Distinct characters are `[char](1+)`

# Answer
> 2 votes
# BRASCA, 2 characters

Try it online!

```
E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}EE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}EE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}EE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}EE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}EE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}EE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}EE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}EE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}E}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

```

## Explanation

```
E                 - Push 32 (space) on the stack
}                 - Increment it by 1
<Implicit output> - Output the stack reversed as characters

```

I generated the answer with the following python script, because I felt a bit lazy.

```
text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
output = ""
for i in text:
    charcode = ord(i)
    output += "E"
    for i in range(0,charcode-32):
        output += "}"

print(output)

```

# Answer
> 2 votes
# \>\<\>, 3 distinct characters, 9497 bytes

```
[encoded data, 9497 characters]

```

## How it Works

This program uses only 3 distinct characters: `1-p`. Using `1-` we can push any combination of values we want onto the stack. The program uses this to push the ascii values of the characters in `The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog` onto the stack. Next, `1-` and the `p` instruction are used to insert  `ol?!;00.` at the beginning of the program. The instruction pointer wraps around back to the beginning and  `ol?!;00.` prints out the string and exits.

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If the program is allowed to exit with an error, the byte count can be reduced to just **1705 bytes**.

## 1705 bytes

```
lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllolllllllllllllllllllllo~~o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllolllllo~~~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~olllllllllo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~olllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllolllllllllllllllllo~~olllllllllo~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~olllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllollllllllllollllllllllo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~olllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllollllllllllllo~~~~~~~ollllollllo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllollllllllo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ollllllllllllllo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~olllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllo~~~~~~~~~~~o~~o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~olllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllo~~~~~~~~~~olllllllllllllllllllllllllloo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~olllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllollllllllllllo~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

```

## How it Works

The second program uses `l~` to push values onto the stack which is much more efficent than using `1-` like in the first program. However, `l~` can't push any combination of values onto the stack, which is needed for the `p` instruction. The program errors and exits by removing all values with repeated `~`.
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# Answer
> 2 votes
# 05AB1E (legacy), 3 distinct bytes (9781 in total)

```
[encoded data, 9781 characters]

```

Distinct bytes used: `X+B`.

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**Explanation:**

This is a subset of my answer for the *Fewest (distinct) characters for Turing Completeness* challenge.

* `X`: push 1 to the stack
* `+`: adds the top two values on the stack together
* `B`: given two integer arguments, it'll convert the first into a base of the second

These three characters can be used to create any character of the 05AB1E codepage, including the 29 distinct characters we need for the output `The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog`.

In the challenge I've linked, we use an additional `.V` (evaluate as 05AB1E code) to open up all functionality. In this case however, we are only interested in printing the output. In the new version of 05AB1E, we could for example accomplish this by adding a `?` after every `B` to print the individual characters; or we could add a trailing `J` to join all characters on the stack together, after which it'll be output implicitly.

In the legacy version of 05AB1E, which is built in Python (the new version is built in Elixir), `+` will also concat non-numeric strings, so we can add 42 trailing `+` to concat all characters on the stack together to a single string, after which it is output implicitly (with trailing newline).

# Answer
> 2 votes
# Zsh, 8 distinct characters, 8848 bytes

```
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$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $)$(()(<<<${(#)#}) $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $)$(()(<<<${(#)#}) $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $)$(()(<<<${(#)#}) $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $)$(()(<<<${(#)#}) $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $)
```

Attempt This Online!

Using `$#< (){}` \- using the method I created in Fewest (distinct) characters for Turing-completeness. Generated with this Python program:

```
print("<<<" + "".join("$(()(<<<${(#)#})" + " $" * ord(c) + ")" for c in input()))
```

Attempt This Online!

# Answer
> 2 votes
# Ly, 2 distinct characters, 4100 bytes

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</code></pre>

Try it online!

This is similar to some at least one other submission. It just increments the stack until it reaches the codepoint for the next character then prints it. That clears the stack, effecting making the top "0" again.

The reason I'm posting is is that I used Ly itself to generate the Ly code with this program. :)

```
 "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"r[['`o,]'oop]

```

# Answer
> 2 votes
## Forth, 7 characters, 70 chars/509 chars

As I was too lazy to code that out, I did a line of metaprogramming in stock gforth to generate the program. That line reads:

```
: ch 2 base ! 0 word count for count ." %" . cr ." emit" cr next drop ;

```

running this code like this:

```
ch The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

```

produces this output with chars "%01eimt":

> %1010100
> emit
> %1101000
> emit
> %1100101
> emit
> %100000
> emit
> %1110001
> emit
> %1110101
> emit
> %1101001
> emit
> %1100011
> emit
> %1101011
> emit
> %100000
> emit
> %1100010
> emit
> %1110010
> emit
> %1101111
> emit
> %1110111
> emit
> %1101110
> emit
> %100000
> emit
> %1100110
> emit
> %1101111
> emit
> %1111000
> emit
> %100000
> emit
> %1101010
> emit
> %1110101
> emit
> %1101101
> emit
> %1110000
> emit
> %1110011
> emit
> %100000
> emit
> %1101111
> emit
> %1110110
> emit
> %1100101
> emit
> %1110010
> emit
> %100000
> emit
> %1110100
> emit
> %1101000
> emit
> %1100101
> emit
> %100000
> emit
> %1101100
> emit
> %1100001
> emit
> %1111010
> emit
> %1111001
> emit
> %100000
> emit
> %1100100
> emit
> %1101111
> emit
> %1100111
> emit

running this output results in printing to screen:

> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

# Answer
> 1 votes
# Bash: ~~18~~ 16 distinct characters

```
printf `printf \\\\\\\\x%x $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1] $[11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[111+1+1] $[111+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[111+1+1+1] $[111] $[111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11] $[11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1] $[111] $[111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[111+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[111+1] $[111+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[111] $[111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1] $[111+1+1+1] $[11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[111+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1] $[11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[111+11] $[111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1] $[111] $[11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1]`

```

Sample run:

```
bash-4.2$ bash distinctchar.sh
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

```

Counting:

```
bash-4.2$ sed 's/./&\n/g' distinctchar.sh | sort -u | wc -l
16

bash-4.2$ sed 's/./&\n/g' distinctchar.sh | sort | uniq -c
      2 `
     45
     43 [
     43 ]
     43 $
      8 \
      1 %
    384 +
    637 1
      2 f
      2 i
      2 n
      2 p
      2 r
      2 t
      2 x

```

# Answer
> 1 votes
# VBScript, 14 distinct characters

```
msgbox chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)&chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(111+1+1)&chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(111+1+1+1)&chr(111)&chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11)&chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1)&chr(111)&chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(111+1)&chr(111+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(111)&chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)&chr(111+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(111+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1)&chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(111+11)&chr(111+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1)&chr(111)&chr(11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+11+1+1+1+1)

```

Again a fork!

Distinct characters are `msgbox chr(1+)`

# Answer
> 1 votes
# Microsoft Office Word 2003 (English edition), 9 distinct keys, 652 keys

```
=rand()
<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>

```

`<BS>` means backspace key here.

# Answer
> -2 votes
# Lenguage, 1 distinct character

Contains precisely:

```
12228916784759244036643875096644261053517605680385630374187951042349598654064251845154483559521022161020739442383631563774782902134857963596218287206325737418109663847986505451954055806847336562006189896101008812547594404406486184045680293448295859004602447342603580624500181120139763458532492585394785339315009515011020765393866137894185787450273848100096365503691731464590629138752331629058249215624768660933580404593228

```

of any character. Lenguage translates this program into:

```
-[--->+<]>-.[---->+++++<]>-.---.--[--->+<]>-.----[->++++<]>+.++++.------------.------.++++++++.-[++>---<]>+.[->+++<]>++.[--->+<]>----.---.++++++++.---------.-[->+++++<]>-.++[->+++<]>.+++++++++.+++++++++.[---->+<]>++.-[--->++<]>.+++++++++++.--------.+++.+++.+[---->+<]>+++.+++++[->+++<]>.+++++++.+[->+++<]>.+++++++++++++.[-->+++++<]>+++.---[->++++<]>.------------.---.--[--->+<]>-.++[--->++<]>.-----------.+[----->+<]>.-.-[---->+<]>++.+[->+++<]>+.+++++++++++.--------.

```

which is a brainf\*** program that outputs `The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog`. See my other Lenguage answer for how this translation works.

P.S. As a bonus, there are 1,114,112 different programs with one distinct character each that are valid for this challenge.

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Tags: code-challenge, kolmogorov-complexity
---