++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:
- Read Writing highly obfuscated code in Perl and it's replies
- Practice, practice, practice
- Have fun!
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