in reply to Re: Re (tilly) 2: Fore!!! (was The Perl Review)
in thread The Perl Review

Since you're well past my meagre 59 (from the use.perl thread), I might as well show it: 
$_=shift;y/0-9A-Z/\0-#/;(s/.//,($a*=36)+=ord)while length
Yes, no output-- the game rules were unclear that way, too. Using your tricks I can get down to -- 43. 
$_=pop;y/0-9A-Z/\0-#/;($a*=46)+=ord for/./g
If only the null byte were legal in y///, then the above could become 42... 
-- jhi
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Re5: Fore!!! (was The Perl Review)
by blakem (Monsignor) on Feb 02, 2002 at 01:16 UTC
    Assuming that 46 is a typo... 
    ($a*=36)+=ord   # 13 chars
$a=$a*36+ord    # 12 chars

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    But as you say, the rules are rather murky, so its tough to judge what qualifies as a solution and what doesn't.

    -Blake

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