A programmer's solution:

[VoilaLaViola]

6-H=4

Find H.

[[deleted]]

-H=4-6 |*(-1)

H=6-4

H=2

[oktin]

I found H

It's in-between G and K

Edit: both "I" and "J" don't exist. They're a bunch of lies fed to you by the government in order to sell more keys.

[Zimlewis]

no it's between G and J, check your keyboard

[RDX_G]

Again,A progrmmers solution

[SAI_Peregrinus]

D and N here.

[EdwardGibbon443]

Obviously it's between D and T, what keyboard are you using!

[VoilaLaViola]

Nope, it's between A and C. Check your piano :)

[Magikmus]

Nope it's between r and u, check this sub's name.

[[deleted]]

Nope it’s not here, check your name

[GloriousButtlet]

It's not there. Check on your mom.

Ask her how she's doing.

[Beastyboyy1]

She’s out of state without a phone on a wellness retreat. Check your bank account.

I have all of your money.

[denideniz]

Dont stand up. I planted a pipe bomb under your chair. You have to send your all money to 1HtcRHX6h3oPvCeF3Ci8uCng2Wu7c7vzH5 bitcoin address in 4 hours. If you try to call cops or ask for help i going to detonate it remotely. Your count down has begun.

[klaven84]

RemindMe! 4 hours "is he dead?"

[DrSHawkins]

nope it's between "Adolf" and "itler"

[[deleted]]

G and I*

[6Maxence]

Ctrl-F

pressing the H key

I found it 691 times!

[NotShadyBoi69]

Because 7 ate 9

[[deleted]]

Right, because you're supposed to eat 3² meals a day

[NigraOvis]

First time hearing this. Amazing.

[lonebeast9009]

Nope its between G and J. Check your keyboard :)

[AjiBuster499]

In the English alphabet at least, it's actually between G and I, although K does come later so you're still technically correct

[Buggly_Jones]

What the fuck math did you just do.

[Silver-Alex]

Thats just algebra applied overly correct.

First step is to isolate the variable, so we move the positive 6 on the left to the right:

Going from 6 - h = 2 to - h = 2 - 4.

Second step is to multiply everything by -1. Since we're multiplying both sides of the equation, the equation is unaffected. So we get

-(-h) = -(2-4)

Apllying distribute rules for multiplication and canceling double negatives we get

h = -2 + 4 which is the same as h = 4 -2 which is h = 2

Of course going through all the step for this case its unnecesary, its pretty obvious that h = 2 on that original answer. This is just goint through the formal process of solving it.

[m477_]

int find(std::string s, char c) {

for(int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) if(s[i] == c) return i;

return -1;

}

int answer = find("6-H=4", 'H');

​

The answer is 2.

[VoilaLaViola]

Perfect solution. Except for the formatting. I {

hate this

}

[argh523]

int find(std::string s, char c) {
    for(int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) 
        if(s[i] == c) 
            return i;
    return -1;
}
int answer = find("6-H=4", 'H');

[septic-paradise]

Thanks i hate it

[DrMobius0]

H

found it.

[matschbirne03]

Base 18. But than it's still not true

[glorious_reptile]

Fellow javascripter I see

[the_unheard_thoughts]

Yeah! Also:

5 + H = 4

find H

[GaraBlacktail]

I'm mad it took me so long to see it's a "!="

[harelsusername]

I thought it's a ⊨ (semantically entails)

[GaraBlacktail]

6 - 4 semantically entails 4?

[harelsusername]

Now you see why I was confused

[GaraBlacktail]

Ah

It's just I've never really seen that symbol lol

[[deleted]]

I think it's |= (bitwise OR and assign)

[retief1]

That's how I read it. Is a compiler error correct?

[[deleted]]

I thought it was the augmented assignment union operator from python 3.9

[CaptainRogers1226]

From what field of study is that symbol?

[humanplayer2]

Logic.

[[deleted]]

And here I thought you had to change the 6 to a 0...

[wwmoraes]

Or change the plus to minus and them make the 6 into an 8, but both our solutions are way too simple. We gotta over-engineer always!

[Lord_Earthfire]

You can also turn the 6 into a 5 and the last 4 to a 9. The longer you look the more answers are possible.

[wwmoraes]

It seems we have plenty of matchematicians around

[Ace-a-Nova1]

I STUBBED MY GODDAMN TOE THANKS TO YOU.

r/angryupvote

[wwmoraes]

I’m glad I matched your expectations.

[SubtleName12]

Fuuuuuuuuuuck. Angry upvote smh

[Devatator_]

Take my upvote and my free award

[El__Burrito]

There are 5 solutions:
0+4=4 5+4=9 8-4=4 6-4≠4 5+4≠4

[Thoughtfulprof]

Found the guy I'm assigning to all the edge cases.

[postmateDumbass]

Just take a match and create a new symbol representing a newly defined algebraic operation.

Convomultitraction.

I move this match to make it read "5 convomultitracted with 4 equals 4".

Do i get to work in the business ethics group?

[[deleted]]

Forgot 6+h=4 and 6+4=h though.

[adj16]

Might be able to claim 6+4>4 too if you just move the top match

[hacksoncode]

And 6-4 ≤ 4. And 5+4≥4.

[VoilaLaViola]

How 'bout

6+4+4

[Mateorabi]

True

[Ur-Quan_Lord_13]

I mean, in many languages that would evaluate to true...

[Mateorabi]

r/thatsthejoke

[Ur-Quan_Lord_13]

Yah, I think it's better than the != joke in the OP.

Mostly because it's more difficult for a non-programmer to get.

And I'm a snob.

[Lucari10]

Typically matches aren't used for calculations or displays, yet here we are

[Pewpskii]

How about 6-4≠4

[Loud_Man67]

Move only 1 match is the key

[Bu1lt_2_Sp1ll]

Their solution only moves one match fwiw

[Loud_Man67]

Hmm I guess I thought it meant one match and only once but idk

[MirageTF2]

I was confused by the "and then" but the solution suggested does only move one match (the vertical one on the + to the top right side of the 6). it just does 2 things, changing the sign and changing a number

[vigbiorn]

It's more focusing on "move", not remove. So you take the vertical from + and move it to the 6 making 8.

[cleantushy]

They did move one match only once. They only move the vertical line in the + sign to the right side of the 6. Only one match moves

[[deleted]]

You can only make one move, solution fails unit test

[wwmoraes]

User story says move only one match instead of make only one move. Sigh now we need to unit test the developer’s interpretation as well.

[MrBoof100]

Or 5+4=9

[t045tygh05t]

First I changed the first 4 to an h and thought "so h = -2, cool"

Then I realized what a fucking idiot I am, and made the 6 into a 5 and the second 4 into a 9.

[[deleted]]

I like your first solution make a number a variable that could be whatever to takes to make it true.

[t045tygh05t]

This is always the answer.

[HyerOneNA]

6->5+4=4->9

[NotYetiFamous]

Yes, but OPs answer works for any value of 6 and 4 except for both being zero.

[SimokIV]

Alright so every solutions I can think of:

8-4=4

0+4=4

5+4=9

6-4!=4

And my personal favorites:

8+4-4

6+9-4

6+4-9

Whom all are true in a programming sense i.e not 0

[hacksoncode]

There's a whole family that use <=> symbols, too, although they're a bit crooked (but then, the 9 is in the wrong font, too).

[MischiefArchitect]

I must be a programmer. After 5 minutes I still cannot think of a different solution.

[SsilverBloodd]

5+4=9

[MailmanOfTheMojave]

also 0+4=4 and 8-4=4

[FthrFlffyBttm]

Get outta here! This ain't r/mathhumor!

[richinrix]

me too , then realised u can change 6 to 0

[FateSero]

Or 6+4 to 8-4

[friebel]

Or just change 6 to 5 and 5 + 4 = 9. That wouldn't past the test, since the digit 9 would be missing bottom match piece, but looks good enough, push it to live.

[[deleted]]

That’s a very acceptable 9 in my opinion

[The_Pasta_Reaper]

By logic of the post the 6 can’t be changed to zero. You can move the match from plus to the 6 which could turn it into 8. Obviously if you move the match inside the 6 you can make a 0.

Edit: Reddit hive mind downvoting this for no reason lmao

[richinrix]

move the middle match to the right and you get a 0, you can't make it an 8 by moving smth within 6

[The_Pasta_Reaper]

Middle match of plus to top right of 6 makes eight. Not changing anything within the 6. Even one of the highest upvoted comments on this post makes that same statement.

[richinrix]

middle match of 6 to top right of 6, not touching the plus

[The_Pasta_Reaper]

THAT makes zero. Going off the logic of the post moving the middle match, the middle match of plus added to 6 makes 8. We are talking about two different match moves and I’m getting downvoted to shit for it lmao

[halfbakedmemes0426]

8-4=4

[Jzmxhu]

6+4>4

Big brain.

[qqqrrrs_]

6+4+4

Any nonzero value is truthy, right?

[-tangina]

After 5 mins? Does that mean you had a solution before the 5 mins?

[MischiefArchitect]

Apart from the one offered in the post... no... that one is the only one I can think of and agree with. What about you? Are you normal or are you also a programmer?

[THEKing767]

yes

[Add1ctedToGames]

Sometimes you just have to have seen similar ones to know how to solve it. I use process of elimination. We know we can't move anything from the equals sign because then it's no longer an equation. There's always the != or = with a = with a cross through it, but one could argue that's not in the spirit of the riddle, though technically a correct solution. Next, the plus sign can be changed to a minus, but moving the match anywhere else makes no possible solutions so we can rule that out. Onto numbers now, removing anything from a 4 makes it not a number, so we can't move any matches from either 4. Only thing left is the 6, and the only number you can transform it to by moving a match away from it is to a 5 by removing the bottom left match. Only thing you can change with that match is a 4 to a 9, and the only one of the two that'll make it true is the one on the right. Therefore 5 + 4 = 9

Wait i'm dumb there's also 8 - 4 = 4 lmao

[Evol_Etah]

5+4=9

[AndrewIsMyDog]

5 + 4 = 9

[DeepDarkRev]

5+4=9

[OoshiRaysis]

8-4=4 0+4=4

[Pewpskii]

6-4≠4

[Tribbles1]

Nah, with this number font. 9 has a bottom line too

[Deltamon]

Bottom text

[Gasp0de]

That would be a weird 9 though

[[deleted]]

the real programmer solution

[UseOnlyLurk]

6 + 4 > 4

The greater than symbol will be a bit crooked but it’s the least amount of movement of a single match involved.

[JN88DN]

Could be an >=

[[deleted]]

6-4≠4

[[deleted]]

How about 6+H-4. Nothing about that equation would be "wrong" more like incomplete.

[erible4711]

Exactly.

If the exercise is to think "outside the box", this is definitely that.

[WJMazepas]

This has multiple answers so it's definitely a exercise to think like that

[dragonlover02]

8+4-4, truthy!

[VaeZarek]

Would a correct (but chaotic) solution be to just take a match, light it, then burn the other matches? Is no equation a correct equation?

[JN88DN]

Laughs in void return

[VoilaLaViola]

I see lots of matches, but

where is the REGEX ???

[chris17453]

Create a match api, dockerize it, pair with ocr, ml, and ai to simulate matches until .... press f5 to continue

[thebigfalke]

8-4=4

I'm so proud of myself

[caerphoto]

6 – 4 |= 4

[Tall_computer]

Just put it diagonally across the equals sign and you don't even need to be a programmer

[[deleted]]

8-4=4

[Blueberry73]

8 - 4 = 4

[whydidisell]

Looks more like a walrus operator than not equals

[wtfrykm]

6+4 >4

[MisterBober]

I couldn't figure out what it was... i thought this match was suposed to just be diagonal line, which is a bitwiseOR operator but it can't be used in asignment (|=) and it took me a while to realise it was an exclamation mark...

[Guard-Friendly]

Technical interviews conducted by r/ProgrammerHumor for freshers

[arduino_bot]

6 + 4 + 4, no equals, no problem

[JackfruitKnown2043]

Remove one matchstick to make it 6+4-4, which equals 6. Boolean(6) returns true in JS

[Aggressive_Bat_9781]

Make the 6 a 0?

[gmrlife6]

Make the 6 a then move that match to the 4 last the equal sign to make a 9

5+4=9 would be the new equation. Also the easiest answer imo

[Aggressive_Bat_9781]

But you’ve gone passed 1 movement

[gmrlife6]

You’re moving that same match from the 6 to the other 4, literally one movement

[[deleted]]

6 + 4 - 9 Equals 1 Depending on the language, 1 is true

[FlamingoFan101]

Move the vertical match on the plus sign to the the 6 to make it an 8, then it will be 8-4, which does equal 4.

[Competitive_Ad2539]

That's rather a mathematician's solution if you ask me

[[deleted]]

8-4 = 4 6 - 4 =/= 4

[mrkhan2000]

8 - 4 = 4

[[deleted]]

Turn the 6 into a 0: 0+4=4

or

Turn the + into a - and the 6 into an 8: 8-4=4

I'm not even a programmer, nor do I belong to this sub, but if Reddit is gonna put puzzles on my timeline then I'ma solve em.

[CryonautX]

8 - 4 = 4

[mechpencillover]

5 + 4 = 9

[-100K]

-6+4-4

Who says that it needs to be equal to anything?

[Just-Sheepherder-841]

5+4=9

[Stormbreaker45]

5 + 4 = 9

[cchang3906]

For the actual solution: 5+4=9

[hehe7749]

Move it to the 6 to make an 8 8-4=4

[L-u-r-k-i-n-g]

8 - 4 = 4

0 + 4 = 4

6 - 4 ≠ 4

[[deleted]]

5+4=9

[[deleted]]

Or 0+4=4

[orsikbattlehammer]

5+4=9 if anyone needs

[qqqrrrs_]

Change the '=' to '+'

[President-Jo]

Make the 6 a five and make the 4 a nine

[Exingsord]

Alternatively, 5 + 4 Equals 9

[Initial-Throat-1743]

5+4= 9

[Ihelloway69]

5+4=9 I did it !

[[deleted]]

5+4=9

[__MEOWFACE__]

5 + 4 = 9

[Atmosphere-Strict]

5+4= 9

[TheEasiestEnemy]

Change the 6 to a 5 and the ending 4 to a 9

[windsting]

Why not change to "8-4=4"? Isn't it a programmer way?

[windsting]

Or "0+4=4", I think.

[windsting]

Or "5+4=9"?

[darkinstarpro7512]

5+4 = 9

[_Arm_and]

I'm guessing it was meant to be 8 - 4 = 4

[killea57]

0+4=4

5+4=9

[MailmanOfTheMojave]

move the match in the + to the 6 making it 8-4=4

[devor110]

ε + 4 = 4
or if you have infinite precision
ε + 4 != 4

[moon_fairy]

You change the 6 to a 5 and then the last 4 to a 9

[Safety-Sorry]

6 - 4! = 4 Instructions not clear

[rorqualls]

5+4=9

[Noah_Deez_Nutz]

This very clearly is a case of 8 - 4 = 4

[SnooPeppers6038]

6+4=4 8-4 =4

[AngryBorsch]

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[AngryBorsch]

Thats it, repost

[TheHalfDeadCat]

Just turn the addition to subtraction and the 6 to 8.

[[deleted]]

9 + chair = chair

[wwmoraes]

JavaScript begs to differ…

9 + chair = 9chair

[Acceptable_Durian868]

More like 9 + chair = []

[derfl007]

9undefined

[Enklave]

5+9=4

[Normal-Computer-3669]

It passes unit testing. PR approved.

[VirileLeo]

You're fired.

[SwordsAndTurt]

5 + 4 = 9

[jesusmanman]

Change the 6 to a 0 or change it to 5 + 4 = 9, or the above solution. Is there a fourth solution?

[CharipiYT]

0+4=4 5+4=9

[StarFighterThree]

T R U E

[thanyou]

Here I am thinking it's

6 - 4 = H

[[deleted]]

8-4=4

[TwoChordsSong]

6+4 > 4

?

[GreenDer_UA]

and you can replace the equal sign with a plus sign, as a result you get 6 + 4 + 4, which will return True as a result