Hello Greg! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Allen) wrote: > # (1) Only letters will be encrypted. > # (2) Words with less than 3 letters will be reversed. > # (3) Words with more than 3 letters will be scrambled this way: > # * All letters on even locations move to the left-hand side. > # * All letters on odd locations move to the right-hand side.
your sample output (those -> toe'hs) clearly shows opposite direction, i.e. odds (counting from one) to the left and evens to the right. > # * A "`" gets between the both sides if the word has more > # than 4 characters. and naive approach is 68, i believe: -p s#\pL+#$_=$&;/..../?join'',/(.).?/g,'`'x/.{5}/,/.(.)/g:reverse#eg --- Mtv Europe