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Obfuscated Glob

by Daruma (Curate)

on Aug 21, 2002 at 08:36 UTC ( [id://191672]=obfuscated: print w/replies, xml )

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Greetings, fellow Monks!

This is my second Obfuscated Perl attempt. My first Obfuscated Perl Attempt was not too terribly obfuscated. My hopes are that this is a bit more challenging to work through.

sub _{'h'};%_=('p');@_=qw(a);$_='j';$;=\*_;
print  ${*${;}},@{*${;}},%{*${;}},&{*${;}};
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-Daruma

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Re: Obfuscated Glob
by RMGir (Prior) on Aug 21, 2002 at 16:47 UTC

Maybe I like it because I've finally found a JAPH I was able to decode by inspection :)

SPOILER WARNING:

Basically, this sets up sub _, %_, @_, and $_ to point to letters 'h', 'p', 'a', and 'j'. %_ actually maps 'p'=>undef.

$; is then set to a reference to *_, the typeglob for all things named _.

The print line then prints the results of dereferencing that typeglob reference as a scalar ('j'), an array ('a'), a hash ('p' and undef, which is printed as just 'p'), and a subroutine, 'h'.

Very cool...
--
Mike

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