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New Less than Readable Code
haiku errors
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by drpaz
on Jul 18, 2012 at 12:15

    Now I have to work all night on what I _should_ have been doing. Nevermind, this was more fun. I found the old haiku error messages and wanted to write a 'fortune' style thing to display one at random. Then I thought I could ask wikipedia for the Japanese Character for 'Haiku' and write the code like that. I did it, but it was far too many rows and columns. I'm sure I could do it with compression but for now, just repeating the character is fine. No apologies at all for the unused vars, fake code and unreachable nonsense. It's obfu, after all!

              $h=q %
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              /2+18/2+        28/37+=/     6/81+=T3/                         6+7/29+9/2
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          11+23/15 +23/24+23/30+23/52+     23/57+24/13+24/66+2         5/15+25/23                               +25/31+25/
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        7+28/15+2             8/25+28/     49+28/64+                28/77+29/9+                                29/29+29/49
        +30/9+30/             26+30/66     +31/22+31                /36+31/42+                                 31/62+=N11/
       2+17/26+22             /53+26/5     2+28/10+2              8/55+29/63+=,4/31+4/39+7/12+8/5+8/25+        8/45+8/60+9
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              0/19            +20/53+2     0/54+20/6                          1+2
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         +3/60+3/             66+3/68+     4/1+4/7+4                                        /14+4/23+4/32+4/40+4/44+4/
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             /86+6/88        +7/1+7/7+     7/13+7/18                         +7/28+7/33
            +7/42+7/4         9+7/56+7     /62+7/65+                        7/78+7/80+
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            5+8/40+8          /46+8/51     +8/56+8/6                       1+8/68+8/72+8/74+9/1+9/8+9/13+9/22+9/26+9/35+9/
           42+9/51+           9/56+9/6     0+9/63+9/                      72+9/74+10/1+10/7+10/19+10/24+10/32+10/41+10/46+
          10/52+10/ 57+10/65+10/67+11/     1+11/4+11/13+11/22+           11/26+11/29+11/32+11/42+11/46+11/59+11/61+12/1+12
          /5+12/8+12/17+12/20+12/25+12     /28+12/33+12/37+12/          43+12/49+12/53+12/56+12/62+12/68+12/70+13/1+13/9+1
          3/13+13/ 21+13/27+13/30+13/3     2+13/38+13/46+13/51         +13/53+13/                               57+13/64+1
         3/66+14/   1+14/8+14/13+14/15     +14/21+14/24+14/26+        14/31+14/3                                7+14/47+14
        /53+14/60             +14/66+1     4/70+14/7                8+14/80+15/                                1+15/8+15/1
        1+15/17+1             5/24+15/     32+15/42+                15/47+15/5                                 6+15/58+15/
       64+15/70+1             5/72+16/     1+16/9+16              /17+16/21+16/31+16/36+16/50+16/58+16/        64+16/69+16
      /73+16/80+1             6/82+17/     1+17/10+1            7/15+17/25+17/29+17/35+17/42+17/46+17/5        6+17/62+17/
     67+17/72+17/   81+17/83+18/1+18/6     +18/10+18/18+18/26     +18/29+18/36+18/42+18/45+18/50+18/55+        18/59+18/67
     +18/70+18/75   +18/77+19/1+19/5+1     9/9+19/14+19/17+19      /23+19 /26+19/30+19/34+19/39+19/44+1        9/51+19/55+
    19/61+19/67+1   9/74+19/76+20/1+20     /5+20/9+20/14+20/1       8+20  /24+20/31+20/34+20/42+20/47+2        0/55+20/62+
     20/68+20/70+   21/1+21/5+21/10+21     /14+21/24+21/27+21         /   38+21/43+           21/53+21/        57+21/61+21
     /67+21/72+21   /78+21/80+22/1+22/     5+22/9+22/18+22/26             +22/30+22           /35+22/38        +22/42+22/5
     2+22/62+22/6             7+22/71+     22/77+22/                      79+23/1+2           3/7+23/10        +23/12+23/1
      9+23/22+23/             29+23/33     +23/42+23                      /46+23/55           +23/61+23        /68+23/70+2
      4/1+24/6+24             /11+24/1     5+24/20+2                      4/28+24/3           3+24/38+2        4/42+24/49
      +2 4/53+24/             58+24/64     +24/69+24                      /72+24/79           +24/84+24        /86+25/1+25
         /7+25/14 +25/18+25/28+25/35+2     5/42+25/46+25/51+25/           58+25/64+25/70+25/74+25/84+25        /86+26/1+2
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         7/6+27/1 4+27/20+27/31+27/38+     27/41+27/45+27/52+27           /65+27/71+27/73+28/1+28/9+28/        12+28/22+2
         8/24+28/ 27+28/31+28/36+28/43     +28/46+28/54+28/57+2           8/61+28/67+28/72+28/81+28/83+        29/1+29/6+
         29/16+29 /22+29/28+29/32+29/3     6+29/45+29/48+29/58+           29/62+29/69+29/73+29/80+29/82        +30/1+30/1
         1+30/14+             30/22+30     /28+30/31                      +30/34+30                           /38+30/47+3
         0/55+30/             58+30/63     +30/68+30                      /70+31/1+                           31/5+31/10+
         31/13+31             /17+31/2     6+31/30+3                                        1/34+31/40+31/44+31/50+31/55
         +31/60+3             1/65+31/     68+31/72+                                        31/78+31/80+=P13/2+=m1/35+1/
         50+2/23+             3/61+5/6     9+5/70+8/                                        38+9/31+10/42+10/63+12/9+12
         /11+14/3             8+15/9+1     7/59+17/7                                        1+17/79+23/17+24/21+26/43+
         27/56+28             /26+28/7     8+29/19+3                                         1/23+31/45+=l1/52+2/6+2
         /42+3/20             +3/26+3/     27+4/27+4                                         /63+4/64+5/36+5/37+
    
    
    
    
    
    
              6/28            +7/21+7/     45+7/46+7                          /74
              +7/75+8/        4+8/18+8     /24+8/43+                         8/49+8/63+
             8/71+10/        22+10/36+     10/37+12/                         31+12/41+1
            2/65+12/6         6+13/25+     13/37+14/                        64+15/21+1
            5/44+16/1         9+16/20+     16/75+17/                       69+17/74+1
            8/30+18/          34+19/49     +20/35+20                       /51+21/17+21/18+22/31+23/36+24/36+24/37+24/75+2
           5/47+26/           24+26/30     +26/61+27                      /15+27/17+27/36+27/69+28/33+29/23+29/67+30/59+=p
          1/25+1/36 +1/51+4/35+5/63+8/     8+8/28+8/53+8/62+9/           68+10/25+10/34+11/14+13/54+14/19+16/41+16/42+17/1
          1+17/19+17/68+18/11+21/65+22     /43+22/59+27/32+29/          37+31/9+31/61+=)6/84+=R3/5+4/24+14/2+='5/31+6/32+9
          /39+17/8 +23/59+24/31+24/61+     27/26+=o1/19+1/34+1         /44+1/57+2                               /51+2/61+3
         /13+3/21   +3/35+3/46+3/58+3/     59+4/5+4/48+4/49+5/        5+5/14+5/2                                9+5/40+5/4
        9+5/65+6/             17+6/24+     6/36+6/54                +6/83+7/10+                                7/36+7/44+7
        /64+8/7+8             /27+8/52     +9/28+9/3                7+9/58+10/                                 3+10/11+11/
       3+11/9+11/             31+11/34     +12/6+12/              12+12/27+12/30+12/40+13/11+13/23+13/4        2+14/35+14/
      55+14/68+14             /72+15/2     8+15/52+1            6/6+16/13+16/24+16/66+17/12+17/13+17/20        +17/27+17/3
     8+17/44+17/4   9+17/63+17/75+17/7     8+18/20+18/38+18/4     7+18/64+18/72+19/8+19/28+19/42+19/53+        19/69+20/16
     +20/29+20/36   +20/56+21/7+21/29+     21/40+22/12+22/28+      22/32+ 22/37+22/64+22/65+22/73+23/20        +23/27+23/3
    9+23/48+24/22   +24/40+24/71+24/81     +25/48+25/75+26/3+       26/1  1+26/16+26/22+26/39+26/53+26/        66+26/69+27
     /40+27/63+28   /6+28/44+28/56+28/     58+28/69+29/18+29/         2   4+29/46+2           9/64+29/7        1+29/75+30/
     16+30/24+30/   36+30/40+30/52+31/     3+31/46+31/51+31/7             0+=%;$h=~           s/\n//g;$        h=~s/\|//g;
      $h=~s/\s//g             ;chop $h     ;chop $h;                      my $u;@h=           split/=/,        $h;foreach
      my $t(@h) {             chop $t;     $_c='th';                      $___p="";           $_spl=91;        $t=~s/(.)//
         && do  { $_c=$1;};@_a = split     /\+/,$t;foreach (@_a           ){m/(\d+)\/(\d+)/ && do {$o=1        ; $u->{$1}
         {$2}=$_c ;};}} $h = int(rand(     scalar keys %{$u}));           foreach my $c (sort {$a<=>$b}        keys %{$u->
         {$h}}){  my $_R=$u->{$h}{$c};     $_R=~s/&/ /;$haiku=1           ;$_R=~s/#/\n/;print $_R;}#ppp        not end if
         __END__? my %r=reverse  shift     @_pp;s/^\&**/_asm(_a           mov(a,r);ldr(_,$_);sub(_||$_|        unless $q;
         poke the badger with a spoon(     $sp__{${s_{$s->{'1'}           } } }->('eyore'))\+|\+\+++;$_        =\$%r->{|}
         |||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||     ||||||||||||||||||||           |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||        ||||||||||
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Autoboxing by subclassing CORE
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by tobyink
on Jun 20, 2012 at 10:40

    This is a slightly silly thing that I've recently been surprised to discover actually works...

    { package String; use base 'CORE'; use overload q[bool] => '_deref', q[""] => '_deref', q[0+] => '_deref', fallback => 1, ; sub new { my ($class, $str) = @_; bless \$str => $class; } sub _deref { ${$_[0]}; } } my $greeting = String->new("Hello World\n"); print $greeting->substr(6);

    It's not really obfuscated, but even experienced Perl programmers would probably do a double-take when seeing it, and I couldn't think of a better section to put it in.

    By the way, you can also use CORE directly - the subclassing is not strictly necessary.

    perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'
Short punctuation japh
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by monsoon
on Jun 19, 2012 at 21:36

    160 characters, clean under strict and warnings, works on win and *nix

    *==~/(.).(.)/;($:,$:,$:,$;,$;,$,,$,, $,,$@,$@,$^,$~,$.,$\,$/,$_,$.,$.,${{},$_[$|],$})=$+..- $+;`$;$:$,$/$"$@$}${{}@_$"$+$\$/@_$,$;$.$"$_$;$.$~$"$,$+$:$^$;$.>&$#+`
Making code less fun to read
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by thomas895
on Jun 01, 2012 at 14:27

    I just turned 15 yesterday, so I thought I'd make a little something.
    On an unrelated note, school ended yesterday as well, so it's not like I was bored or anything ;-)

    Enjoy!

    f(e( ));sub a{%cp= (''. '131',[8,3 ], '1'. '30', [2], '12'. '2', [21],'129',[ 15, 11, 23], ''. '1'. '19',[9,18], '1'. '16', [10,22,14], '125', [6],'1'. '26', [7],'1'. '23 +', [16], '2'. '5',[ 25], '95', [13], '61', [24 +], '114',[20], '47',[4,17 ,12],'112',[19, 5],'' .'1 +32',[1], '89', [0] ) ; %cp; }sub + b { 15;} sub c{ $e= $_[0] -15; $e;} + sub d {chr ($_[ +0]);}sub e { %cp = a(); @cs=();foreach(keys %cp){my$av=c($_);my$cv=d($av);foreach(@{$cp{$av ++15}}){ $cs[$_]=$cv;}}return@cs;}sub f {print join( "", @_ );print "\n";}
    ~Thomas~
    bless( $you ) if $you->{sneezed};
5 little blocks of code
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by thomas895
on May 29, 2012 at 15:54

    5 little blocks of code
    Happy as can be.
    Along came the IDE
    and formatted them into three.

    Along came the inter-preter
    who didn't like this a bit.
    So it went ahead
    And put them all back.

    On to Perl-Monks this little script went
    Aspiring to be famous
    For this rhyme that makes no sense!

    g(f());sub a{"1722152". "132141301952082092142". "021992121301781992 +122". "061302021951972051992". "12144108";}sub b { length(scalar(shift));} sub c{98;}sub d {3;}sub e{return $_[0]+d(); +}sub f{my $h = b(a());my @i = ();my $j=0;while($j <$h){my $k=sprintf('%d' ,substr(a(),$j,d));push (@i,chr($k- c));$j= +e($j );}return@i;}sub g{abcd( join("",@_)) }sub abcd{ print @_ + ; }
    ~Thomas~
    I believe that the source code to life is written in Perl :-)
Pixel art
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by Grimy
on May 18, 2012 at 09:21
    eval'op e PnY+0;opPen *XP PYH,">$0.bmp" ;XprPiYnt(KHY+pack "XsxPY8Kl2s4a*(YH24 )X*PXPYL",19K778,7Y4, 1X2,PXPL24,32,K1,4,uYn pXaPXcPLk("u",uKc"p_/ sX[PX^-Pj=L0d7l3K+i?,v _Xrko3[aruPe=LanzgK%7=u )X<=y;/RXR RL_"),sPort {X1}grepRN{ RLs/P.\n /X\t/;Rs N RP/\ HX/\t/R; N RX0u ntXil!sR/(N RX.) [JPX!-I RZO X-~] /JP$X1$R1QO X/}< 0J>PX)&&NQ XqqP: |J&&PX::; X'=~s/ |[JfhPX\uj-\uyPX:| qw`&JAPX]//gr#xP/ #MP[\J]PEFXGHIP/ #MP{}JP P__/ #MZPAC| #MPDB/ #MZP| #MP| #Mw| #Mw| #M/ #/ #
    Generates this pixel art of Rainbow Dash (it will be named "$0.bmp"). Requires Perl v5.14 (see below for a more compatible version). Can't be run from the command line, must be stored in a file (without trailing newlines). Strict and warning compliant. Only tested under Strawberry Perl.
A Simple JAPH
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by Athanasius
on May 07, 2012 at 12:02

    My first effort:

    $_='penflillggplmhlllpkolhmhgiokmpmhkegopckdlmlckemhge'; tr/g-p/0-9/;my@x=map{-84+hex$_}$_=~/[A-F0-9]{2}/gi;my@y= shift@x;push@y,$_+$y[-1]for@x;print join'',map{chr$_}@y;
    “...an ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own.” —As You Like It (Act 5, Scene 4)

    Regards,

    Athanasius <°(((><contra mundum

How to (ab)use sort
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by Grimy
on Apr 17, 2012 at 04:56
    sort is, like, the single most abusable function in all of Perl. Seriously, side effects in the sorting code!
    use strict; use warnings;()= sort{index+0x47,&$a($b)}sub{print&{;pop}}, sort{sub J{$!++&1}[0]}sub{exec''},map{@$_} sort{sub _{[(pop)x((1<<$!-->>47)|1)]}!{()= sort{my$_=$a;$a=_(sub{$_})if!/0/}$a,$b,0}} sort J('rke%ca hlrPe rhetoan tus;J')=~/./g
    Obviously, this code depends on the internal, unspecified implementation of sort. I only tested it on Strawberry Perl 5.14.2 (64 bits); please let me know whether it works anywhere else. Edit: minor code improvements.
Flickering japh
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by Grimy
on Apr 13, 2012 at 09:40
    (Original concept by davido)
    use strict;for(q)Just another Perl hacker)){$|^=@_=map{sub{[sub{$^N^( pop&&q q q||qq qq)if/\G(.)/g}->((*0=sub{rand})->()<1e-2)||q$,$,$!+++& 0**-.2]}}/./mg=>$<;for(;;){my$_;{print+map{$_->[0]}@{[[qq]\xD]],sort{ $a->[1]<=>$b->[~0]}map{$_->$_}@_=>]}}select$_->[0],$,,$,,&0**5;die:}}
    Edited to avoid the warning.
My first JAPH
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by stevieb
on Apr 01, 2012 at 23:08

    It has taken me a few years to get to this point, and I know I still have an infinite amount of learning to do, but here is my first japh that I feel somewhat comfortable with posting :)

    use 5.10.0; $p=japh;push@a,w();$s=j4;sub n{"8fbac6c6e252"};unshift@a, "b4d6c7ea52a7";$k=crypt($s,$p);$o="aeafa7cfdbd58c";@h= map{sprintf"%x",ord($_)}split//,$k;push@a,$o;$a[3]=pop@a; $a[2]=n();sub w{"bcb3d8dec8dd"}$x.=$_ for@a;@b=($x=~m/..?/g); push@z,@h until @z>@b;for(@b){push@japh,hex($_)-hex($z [$n]);$n++;}say map{chr$_}@japh;

Set the new obfuscation standard
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