Variation on a (JAPH) theme

The algorithm present in this JAPH is a variation on another JAPH I wrote, although the look is quite different. It only has one trick that I consider surprising, but I thought the formatting turned out rather nice.

s oohaa ctkseurjogis;
s ii rpeehrtlo nisom;
+$ -= + split  $ +; ;
print + splice @ ## ;
_  => + $ ---, $ ++ 1
while + $ ---- $ ++ @
      _
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Re: Variation on a (JAPH) theme
by jdalbec (Deacon) on Dec 07, 2004 at 03:12 UTC

Some documentation, some code modifications to try:

s oohaa ctkseurjogis;
#print "$_\n";
s ii rpeehrtlo nisom;
#print "$_\n";
+$ -= + split  $ +; ;
=pod
split  In scalar context, returns the number of fields found and
       splits into the @_ array.  Use of split in scalar context is
       deprecated, however, because it clobbers your subroutine argu-
       ments.

$-     The number of lines left on the page of the currently selected
       output channel.  Used with formats.  (Mnemonic: lines_on_page -
       lines_printed.)
=cut
#$\ = $/; do {local $\; print "$- "},
print + splice @ ## ;
_  => + $ ---, $ ++ 1
while + $ ---- $ ++ @
      _
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In My 1st post (japh) I saw 0-1=1 using $|. Now I see 0-1=0 using $-. You and blazar should write a tutorial on "special properties of special variables".

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Re^2: Variation on a (JAPH) theme

by blazar (Canon) on Dec 10, 2004 at 13:38 UTC

Indeed I discovered the special property of $| while developing that JAPH. Someone pointed out that it's well known to golfers who often spot it to alternate between two values...

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Re: Variation on a (JAPH) theme
by blazar (Canon) on Dec 10, 2004 at 13:32 UTC

Indeed it's not too hard to understand, but it looks really nice. I'm *slightly* bothered by the missing ",\n" and I prefer s/j(?=ust)/J/ and s/p(?=erl)/P/ anyway. But it's so nice and small and delicate...

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