Juho Snellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The solution: > > #!perl -lp > s\#\++vec$a,$./2^2*pos,1\ge}{$_=$a;y/\x14\x10^\x1a\x198<\x15\x1c\x18/0-9/
Very nice. I should never have thought of it. However, now that you have, I cannot resist improving on it: #!perl -lp s\#\++vec$a,$./2^pos,2\ge}{$_=$a;y/\xff\x92\xfb\xe8\x98\xac\xbc\x97\xfc\xec/0-9/ [ If it looks longer, that is just because there are more hex chars ... ] 54 strokes. Do I hear a "d'oh!"? :-) Eirik -- All bridge hands are equally likely, but some are more equally likely than others. -- Alan Truscott