[Python-Dev] Fsrit Propttoye: SCLABMRE (original) (raw)

Frnak "Sealmbcrd Eggs" Lomax lomax at pumpichank.com
Wed Sep 17 09🔞26 EDT 2003

I hvae jsut fhiseind rniedag a Shdlaost atrlcie from Mnoday, Sbepemetr 15th, aobut an ingtriniug sdtuy from Cgbdirmae Uinevtrsiy, dciinesrbg how wodrs with thier itienrors selmrbacd can siltl be rdbaleae. Bcaeuse of the tioeznme that I lvie in, an initettrment dfceet in my clbae medom, and the lneiignrg atfer-ecfefts of my lsat "mohsroum salad exntarvzagaa", I am aaylws two days bhneid on the Web.

So suentnd was I at the icoinatpimls of this study, taht I cunlqtneesoy decedid to doetve my etrnie lfie and gtelray aeamssd fnrtoue on cunitodcng ftrhuer rasreech and dnpeeelmvot into tihs lifnsaevig tghlocnoey. As a cross-eeyd dxsiyelc, I konw that teshe cilmas of svotailan are niehetr hlroyepbe nor bmobaistc over-daaomtiazitrn.

Pnseetred hree for your rveiew, aaovpprl and disiscsuon, is our poyptotre sytsem, caelld SLABCRME for SeCren Rslmnebeig Aacrihc Mnoaaluptiin of BetaoLd Ecuitolon. I have scnie bugen a meosdt sutartp based in Aceicdnt Maarnlyd, and we will soon be reeianlsg an Olutook puglin, anolg with a sftorwae devmoeelpnt kit, and oethr digintoasc tloos. Smoe of our tlgeocnhoy wlil nallaruty be open sruoce, but I do ietnnd and ecpext to frutehr etnxed my hoougmuns wtaleh by sinlelg sftorawe lcseiens and srhink wrapped ratiel pocrudt. Psaele cactnot us for more iomrfaiontn.

I'm aslo in enpommelyt duicnssioss wtih the Tmboit; I ecepxt that he can bosot the pmecarrofne of our pooyptrte's itmpeanetolmin salreolefvd, at wcihh piont we will be pthincig emdbeded ssmeyts to the mfntacuuearrs of ruoters, eiltncreoc trprwyeiets, psnreoal dtaiigl astsntsais, eorctinlec cepmutor coltlerond tersotas, maet prbeos, RFC 1149 digtail cemara pheons, and nxet gniaoetern wopehoe csionuhs.

hinpog-to-be-deotersyd-by-moroscift-ly y'rs, -fnark

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Author: Frank "Topsy Turvy" Lomax <lomax at pumpichank.com>

"""Slmbcrae the letrtes in a word.

Tihs was seen on Soalhsdt, so it msut be ture:

Ardcnoicg to resraceh at Cgmdrabie Uesnirtivy, it dsoen't matter in what odrer the lettres in a wrod are, the olny iotrmpant tnhig is taht the fsrit and lsat lteter be at the rhigt pcale.

The rest can be a toatl mess and you can sltil raed it wuhoitt peolbrm. This is bseacue we do not raed eervy ltteer by it self but the wrod as a wohle. Cireheo. """

import re import sys from random import shuffle

EMPTYSTRING = ''

def scrambleword(word): if len(word) <= 2: return word middle = list(word[1:-1]) shuffle(middle) return word[0] + EMPTYSTRING.join(middle) + word[-1]

def main(): text = sys.stdin.read() words = re.split(r'(\W+)', text) while words: sys.stdout.write(scrambleword(words.pop(0))) if words: sys.stdout.write(words.pop(0))

if name == 'main': main()

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