Roger that Vector, Victor... :) I now have: 
 
if (@ARGV && $ARGV[0] ne "-u") {
  print "\nInvalid option.\n";
  die "usage: lamencrypt.pl [option] (-u decrypts)\n";
}

print "\nEnter string to translate:     ";
chomp(my $x = <STDIN>);
my @output = foo($x);

  sub foo {
  my $x = shift;
  if (@ARGV && @ARGV[0] =~ /-u/) {
    vec($x, $_ - 1, 8) -= $_ for 1..length($x);
    }
    else {
    vec($x, $_ - 1, 8) += $_ for 1..length($x);
    }
  return $x;
  }

print "\nLamely encrypted:              ";
print "@output\n";

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BTW, I tried to use the ternary operator ?: , as in: 
@ARGV && @ARGV[0] =~ /-u/ ? vec($x, $_ -1, 8) -= $_ for 1..length($x) 
+: vec($x, $_ -1, 8) += $_ for 1..length($x);

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...but it aborted due to a syntax error near "$_ for". I tried declaring local $_, because I thought perhaps $_ was being clobbered, but it didn't help. Can anyone tell me why that didn't work?

In reply to Re: &bull;Re: Silly "encryption".....just for fun ;) by Guitarded
in thread Silly "encryption".....just for fun ;) by Guitarded

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