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From:
Greg Allen
Date:
August 30, 2002 11:10
Subject:
Re: putting practice
Message ID:
20020830180954.95297.qmail@web12903.mail.yahoo.com
Hurrah: a decoder.. much borrowed, too much added (scores 105).

#!perl -p
s#\pL+(`\pL*)?#$_=$&;$1||s/(..)(..)/$1`$2/;/`/?($l=()=/../g)&&join'',/([^`])(?=.{$l}(.)?)/g:reverse#eg

Greg

--- Mtv Europe <mtve@frox25.i989.net> wrote:
> Hello Greg!
> 
> gregallen_golfer@yahoo.com (Greg Allen) wrote: 
> > #    (1)  Only letters will be encrypted.
> > #    (2)  Words with less than 3 letters will be reversed.
> > #    (3)  Words with more than 3 letters will be scrambled this way:
> > #           * All letters on even locations move to the left-hand side.
> > #           * All letters on odd locations move to the right-hand side.
> 
> your sample output (those -> toe'hs) clearly shows opposite direction,
> i.e. odds (counting from one) to the left and evens to the right.
> 
> > #           * A "`" gets between the both sides if the word has more
> > #             than 4 characters.
> 
> and naive approach is 68, i believe:
> 
> -p s#\pL+#$_=$&;/..../?join'',/(.).?/g,'`'x/.{5}/,/.(.)/g:reverse#eg
> 
> ---
> Mtv Europe


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