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Players generally sit in a circle. The player designated to go first says the number "1", and the players then count upwards in turn. However, any number divisible by three is replaced by the word ''fizz'' and any number divisible by five by the word ''buzz''. Numbers divisible by both three and five (i.e. divisible by 15) become ''fizz buzz''. A player who hesitates or makes a mistake is eliminated. For example, a typical round of fizz buzz would start as follows:Other variations
In some versions of the game, other divisibility rules such as 7 can be used instead. Another rule that may be used to complicate the game is where numbers containing a digit also trigger the corresponding rule (for instance, 52 would use the same rule for a number divisible by 5).Programming
Fizz buzz (often spelled FizzBuzz in this context) has been used as an interview screening device for computer programmers. Writing a program to output the first 100 FizzBuzz numbers is a relatively trivial problem requiring little more than a loop and conditional statements. However, its value in coding interviews is to analyze fundamental coding habits that may be indicative of overall coding ingenuity.Joel Grus (2020-06-06)References
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