first obfu japh

[feanor_269]

This is my first obfu, and my first JAPH, so it's prolly not really hard to crack. Go gentle on the --! :)

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my@JAPH = ('j','u','s','t',' ',
'a','n','o','t','h','e','r',
' ','p','e','r','l',' ',
'h','a','c','k','e','r',"\n");
@JAPH = sort(@JAPH);
l('%%%%%%%%%%%%%');l('%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%');
l('#####################');l('%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%');
l('#');l('%%%%%');l('###############');l('%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%');
l('#######################');l('%%%%%%%%%%%');l('#######');
l('%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%');l('%%%');l('#################');
l('%%%%%%%%%');l('###################');l('%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%');
l('###');l('###########');l('#####');l('%%%%%%%');
l('#############');l('#########');l('%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%');l('%');
sub l{my$s={'#'=>0,'%'=>1};my@t=split/ */,$_[0];my$l=@t;
print @JAPH[$l-$s->{$t[0]}];}

Any tips quite welcome

feanor_269

[Mr. Muskrat]

++feanor_269, this is pretty good for a first attempt!

Suggestions for future obfuscations in no particular order:


• Use built-in variables:
  • wherever possible
  • in unexpected ways
  • even if they are not needed
• Shape the code to look like something even if it's only a rectangle because:
  • it makes you break your lines in unexpected places
  • it looks better
  • you might discover that you are an ASCII artist
• Whitespace:
  • add it where it doesn't belong
  • remove it from where it does belong
• Use commas in place of semicolons where allowed
• Use the arrow operator in place of commas
• Use short circuits
• Study the work of the masters:
  • Erudil
  • grinder
  • japhy
  • many more masters are waiting to be discovered in Obfuscated code
• Read Writing highly obfuscated code in Perl and it's replies
• Practice, practice, practice
• Have fun!