Re: Golf: ROT-n


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by borisz (Canon)

on Nov 09, 2004 at 20:38 UTC ( [id://406485]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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$_=pop;y/a-z/b-za/for$x(1..pop);print
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Length 37, but does not work, why?

Boris

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Re^2: Golf: ROT-n by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 09, 2004 at 20:50 UTC
`perl -we" $_=pop;y/a-z/b-za/for$x(1..pop);print" syntax error at -e line 1, near "$x("` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Golf: ROT-n by borisz (Canon) on Nov 09, 2004 at 21:01 UTC
I know, I asked what is wrong with that line? Boris	[reply]
Re^4: Golf: ROT-n by hardburn (Abbot) on Nov 09, 2004 at 21:27 UTC
The statement-modifier form of for/foreach doesn't allow you to specify a variable. You're forced to either use $_ or use the regular form with curlies. Sucks, don't it? "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.	[reply]

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