Ok this is just a quick thing I was playing with...

I have the following:

local $_ = '? it do you Can . ordering needs that message up mixed a is This';

Is anyone up for getting it to read:

This is a mixed up message that needs ordering. Can you do it?

....in the least amount of code?...this is a pretty easy one but I challenged Drew :)

In the final text, do you want the space before the dot and the question mark or not?

Ivan
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Nope. The one after/before the . is ok but not the ?

FWIW I did it in 22 characters including the print and ;

Oops sorry let me rephrase that...there is a typo in the code above which adds an extra space before the dot. You can delete that and then no, no spaces are allowed.

So:

Can .

Should be:

Can.

print reverse $_;

?

- wil

No that is wrong - it won't change anything :) ...it will print the original sentence.

Complete guess...but may work

@split = split(" ", $_);
reverse @split;
foreach (@split) { print $_ }

Andy (mod)
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print scalar reverse <$_>;

Or something silly like that <g>.

- wil

Remember your target is 22 characters, you aren't writing an essay

But in any case yours prints:

?itdoyouCan.orderingneedsthatmessageupmixedaisThis

Nope that prints:

sihT si a dexim pu egassem taht sdeen gniredro .naC uoy od ti ?

...and without the <> is the same.

all I can get is:

--Philip
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Aww you are so close...keep going :)

A really simple change can let you remove the join.

but still too long...

Ivan
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Ahh you fell into Drews trap...look closely at what it prints...it isn't actually right.

This is a mixed up message that needs ordering Can. you do it ?

Edit: Ok Drew was using the original code as he didn't see the change in post 4...did you miss that too?

Yes, I missed that..... I'm trying....

Ivan
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The space after the dot is ok in the final answer as that is good grammar anyway :)

eg....

It should look like:

This is a mixed up message that needs ordering. Can you do it?

print reverse split / /;

- wil

Test em out first you'd save yourself time :) ....no it doesn't work.

Edit: (Close though).

sort of...

Ivan
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Yay you got it :)

Why did you say "sort of" ?

That's 24 characters my dear. You said you had 22.... gives us your answer!

Ivan
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I didn't include whitespace in my count.

OK.

Ivan
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Out of interest, how did you end up with it?....trial and error?

Yes, and http://www.perldoc.com/....6.1/pod/perlre.html

Ivan
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