Ok, then: Obfuscation anyone?

[Agamemnus]

Ok, you asked for it:
The eight-line iterative quicksort (minus the array creation and printing).

Code:

'initialize an array.
a.max% = 50: DIM array1(a.max%) AS INTEGER

'generate random numbers
RANDOMIZE TIMER
CLS : FOR i% = 1 TO a.max%: array1(i%) = INT(RND * 5000) + 1: NEXT i%

1 DIM g2%(a.max% / 2), h2%(a.max% / 2), g3%(a.max% / 2), h3%(a.max% / 2): e% = 1: f% = 0: g2%(1) = 0: h2%(1) = a.max%
2 FOR d% = 1 TO e%: g% = g2%(d%): h% = h2%(d%): i% = 0: j% = 0: k% = 0: IF g% >= h% THEN GOTO 8 ELSE IF h% > g% THEN GOTO 3: IF array1(g%) <= array1(h%) THEN GOTO 3: SWAP array1(g%), array1(h%): GOTO 8
3 SWAP array1(h%), array1(INT(RND * (h% - g% + 1)) + g%): k% = array1(h%)
4 i% = g%: j% = h%
5 IF i% < j% AND array1(i%) <= k% THEN i% = i% + 1: GOTO 5
6 IF j% > i% AND array1(j%) >= k% THEN j% = j% - 1: GOTO 6 ELSE IF i% < j% THEN SWAP array1(i%), array1(j%): GOTO 4 ELSE SWAP array1(i%), array1(h%)
7 IF i% + i% - g% < h% THEN f% = f% + 1: g3%(f%) = g%: h3%(f%) = i% - 1: f% = f% + 1: g3%(f%) = i% + 1: h3%(f%) = h% ELSE f% = f% + 1: g3%(f%) = i% + 1: h3%(f%) = h%: f% = f% + 1: g3%(f%) = g%: h3%(f%) = i% - 1
8 NEXT d%: FOR i% = 1 TO f%: g2%(i%) = g3%(i%): h2%(i%) = h3%(i%): NEXT i%: e% = f%: f% = 0: IF e% <> 0 THEN GOTO 2

'print it
PRINT "Final sorted array: ": PRINT
FOR i% = 1 TO a.max%: PRINT array1(i%); : NEXT i%

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[Agamemnus]

I thought this might be more useful for anyone actually wanting to use this. (It IS 5 times faster in QB than recursive quicksort..) It preserves the identity of each number. Both the value of each array index and the index itself is swapped.

Code:

'initialize an array.
a.max% = 50:  DIM array1(a.max%) AS INTEGER, array2(a.max%) AS INTEGER

'generate random numbers
RANDOMIZE TIMER
CLS : FOR i% = 1 TO a.max%: array1(i%) = INT(RND * 5000) + 1: NEXT i%

FOR i% = 1 TO a.max%: array2(i%) = i%: NEXT i%

1 DIM g2%(a.max% / 2), h2%(a.max% / 2), g3%(a.max% / 2), h3%(a.max% / 2): e% = 1: f% = 0: g2%(1) = 0: h2%(1) = a.max%
2 FOR d% = 1 TO e%: g% = g2%(d%): h% = h2%(d%): i% = 0: j% = 0: k% = 0: IF g% >= h% THEN GOTO 8 ELSE IF h% > g% THEN GOTO 3: IF array1(g%) <= array1(h%) THEN GOTO 3: SWAP array2(g%), array2(h%): SWAP array1(g%), array1(h%): GOTO 8
3 r% = INT(RND * (h% - g% + 1)) + g%: SWAP array1(h%), array1(r%): SWAP array2(h%), array2(r%): k% = array1(h%)
4 i% = g%: j% = h%
5 IF i% < j% AND array1(i%) <= k% THEN i% = i% + 1: GOTO 5
6 IF j% > i% AND array1(j%) >= k% THEN j% = j% - 1: GOTO 6 ELSE IF i% < j% THEN SWAP array2(i%), array2(j%): SWAP array1(i%), array1(j%): GOTO 4 ELSE SWAP array1(i%), array1(h%): SWAP array2(i%), array2(h%)
7 IF i% + i% - g% < h% THEN f% = f% + 1: g3%(f%) = g%: h3%(f%) = i% - 1: f% = f% + 1: g3%(f%) = i% + 1: h3%(f%) = h% ELSE f% = f% + 1: g3%(f%) = i% + 1: h3%(f%) = h%: f% = f% + 1: g3%(f%) = g%: h3%(f%) = i% - 1
8 NEXT d%: FOR i% = 1 TO f%: g2%(i%) = g3%(i%): h2%(i%) = h3%(i%): NEXT i%: e% = f%: f% = 0: IF e% <> 0 THEN GOTO 2

'print it
PRINT "Final sorted array: ": PRINT
FOR i% = 1 TO a.max%: PRINT array1(i%); : NEXT i%
FOR i% = 1 TO a.max%: PRINT array2(i%); : NEXT i%

[Agamemnus]

I killed this Forum, didn't I? :normal:

[toonski84]

*shoots agamemnus* fair game!

i dont know, maybe this would be more popular if we when the abc routine and made a bunch of challenges with no time limit. then people could work on whatever they liked.

i recall neozone's always doing well, and it had a monthly call to programming arms, so that might be a good route too. i like the former method better though.

we'll see. i'll play with some obsu-whatever code, but i might just end up turning in one of my real programs whatever.

a fun challenge i once say was some guy on the chat room giving out c programs where it took an input and did a simple task, but you had to guess the input that would crash the program. it's easier to do that in c because there arent so many babysitting safeguards like there are in qb but it could be worth a try if anyone can come up with any...

[someone42]

How about this for a challenge:

Design a program which performs a trivial task, but which people have to guess what it does *without* actually running it.

And just to stop cheaters from simply running it, you also have to explain how the program does it and why it's so hard to read.

[BlueKeyboard]

Hmmm... :???:.

Code:

A% = 26 * 5 / 10: B% = &H9FFF: SCREEN A%: DEF SEG = B% + 1: DO WHILE NOT C& = ((7999.375) * 8) + 5: D& = (COS(270) * 4) - SIN(180) + SIN(180): POKE C&, D&: C& = C& + (2 - ((2 * 2) - 3)): LOOP

[Joakim]

A% = 26 * 5 / 10
' A% = 26 * 1/2
' A% = 13
B% = &H9FFF
SCREEN A%
' SCREEN 13
DEF SEG = B% + 1
' B% + 1 = &H9FFF + 1 = &HA000, screen 13 segment.
DO WHILE NOT C& = ( (7999.375) * 8 ) + 5
' 7999.375 * 8 = 6395
' 63995 + 5 = 64000, number of pixels in screen 13, 320x200.
D& = (COS(270) * 4) - SIN(180) + SIN(180)
' COS(270) = .98. COS(270) * 4 = 3.94, or 4 as integer.
' SIN(180) + SIN(180) = 0, 3.94 + 0 = 3.94.
POKE C&, D&
' C& = offset, D& = 3.94, which is interpreted as 4, red,
' since POKE takes integer arguements.
C& = C& + (2 - ((2 * 2) - 3))
' 2 * 2 = 4
' 4 - 3 = 1
' 2 - 1 = 1
' C& = C& + 1
LOOP

So it sets screen 13, points to video memory, loops thru every pixel and plots a red dot, making all the screen red.

There you go

[BlueKeyboard]

Great .

[BlueKeyboard]

Here's a more difficult one ...:roll:.

Code:

SCREEN &HF - 2
A$="16171819202122232425262728293031161718192021222324252627282930311617181920212223242526272829303116171819202122232425262728293031161718192021222324252627282930311617181920212223242526272829303116171819202122232425262728293031161718192021222324252627282930311617181920212223242526272829303116171819202122232425262728293031"
: DO: FOR D% = 0 TO 9: FOR C% = 0 TO 15: IF B% = &HFE + 1 THEN B% = 0
LINE (C% * (10 + (5 + (2 * 2) + 1)), D% * (10 + (5 + (2 * 2) + 1)))-((C% * (10 + (5 + (2 * 2) + 1))) + 19, (D% * (10 + (5 + (2 * 2) + 1))) + 19), B% + VAL(MID$(A$, ((D% * 2) * (4 * 4)) + (C% * (4 - 2)) + 1, (-4 + 6))), BF: NEXT C%, D%: WAIT &H3DA, 8: B% = B% - (4 - 5): LOOP

[Neo]

You wanna have an obfuscating one? :-D

HAR 13h++