A few JavaScript quines

quine-examples.js

// Today, I noticed that someone favorited this tweet of mine from 2012:
// https://twitter.com/cowboy/status/232587756486938624
// !function $(){console.log('!'+$+'()')}() #quine

// So I fooled around for a little bit:

// Shortest JavaScript quine?
(function _(){return'('+_+')()'})()

// Have fun with this one!
(function $($_$,_,_$,_$_,$_){return[_=_[$_$](_$[$_++])][_[$_++]][_[$_++]]([][_[$_--]][_[$_++]](_$_,function($$){return _$[$$]||[$_,_$_,_,$_$,$][$_--]},$_++),_[++$_])})('split',',join,call,map',',()\'\\','1821383038303012434430383082',0)

quine-test.js

// Test a quine like so:
a= your_quine_code
a===eval(a) // must be true

// Eg.
a= (function _(){return'('+_+')()'})()
a===eval(a) // true

Actually, these quines aren't real quines because they read themselves. Here's my take:

const charCode = 34;
const code = [
    "const charCode = 34;",
    "const code = [",
    "",
    "];",
    "for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) console.log(code[i])",
    "for (let i = 0; i < code.length; i++) console.log(code[2] + '    ' + String.fromCharCode(charCode) + code[i] + String.fromCharCode(charCode) + ',');",
    "for (let i = 3; i < code.length; i++) console.log(code[i])"
];

for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) console.log(code[i]);
for (let i = 0; i < code.length; i++) console.log(code[2] + '    ' + String.fromCharCode(charCode) + code[i] + String.fromCharCode(charCode) + ',');
for (let i = 3; i < code.length; i++) console.log(code[i])

repl

Absolutely brilliant work — seriously, this is one of the cleanest quine-style implementations I’ve come across 👏 The way you structured the quoting logic with charCode is elegant, and the split-loop design keeps everything super readable. Loved how concise yet complete it is. 🔥

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damn even github cant escape from ai

(function(){
	var h=["(function(){","\tvar h=","\th[1]+=JSON.stringify(h)","\tconsole.log(h.join(\"\\n\"))","})()"]
	h[1]+=JSON.stringify(h)
	console.log(h.join("\n"))
})()

my beautiful quine! technically doesnt read from itself, right? right?

<some>GPT's version, which it managed to glue together after around 71 attempts:

const s = [
  "const s = [",
  "  /* lines will go here */",
  "];",
  "s.forEach((line, i) => console.log(i === 1 ? s.map(l => '  ' + JSON.stringify(l) + ',').join('\\n') : line));"
];
s.forEach((line, i) => console.log(i === 1 ? s.map(l => '  ' + JSON.stringify(l) + ',').join('\n') : line));