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Scramble strings, retaining their readability. This is pointless.
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function scramble (message) { | |
message = message || '' | |
var ret = '' | |
var re = /([a-zA-Z]+)|([^a-zA-Z]+)/g | |
var match | |
while (match = re.exec(message)) { | |
if (match[2]) { | |
ret += match[2] | |
continue | |
} | |
if (match[1].length < 4) { | |
ret += match[1] | |
continue | |
} | |
var piece = match[1].slice(0, 1) | |
piece += match[1].slice(1, -1).split('').sort(() => { | |
return (0.5 - Math.random()) | |
}).join('') | |
piece += match[1].slice(-1) | |
ret += piece | |
} | |
return ret | |
} | |
scramble('There is absolutely no reason anybody would ever want to do this, but I can do it.') | |
// Outputs: | |
// Trhee is absuoltely no raeson adnobyy would ever want to do tihs, but I can do it. |
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