The fact that you are a newbie doesn't mean we will outcast you.
What you should do is learn the language very thoroughly like
japhy has, then learn how to manipulate it. Once you have done that, you too can write some pretty cool obfu's.
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s&&q+\+blah+&oe&&s<hlab>}map{s}&&q+}}+;;s;\+;;g;y;ahlb;veaD;&&print;