A Proposition!

[Dwood]

If you can type the code (in C++) to change the text a person types to something cool... I will add it into halo for you. This offer is open until Wednesday. (As by then I will probably have coded my own)

If you accept:
Assume the variable the person typed is an unsigned char (Array) called "text" of which the number of characters it contains are unknown at the time the text array is transferred to the code you write.

The characters you replace the original text with are to be Unicode, as that is what Halo uses. If you can do this in another language (Java, specifically), I can translate it into C++.

[Rob Oplawar]

char *translateText(char *a,int l) {char *b;a[l]=0;strcpy(b,a);int i=0,f=(l/2)%2;while(1){if(i>>1%2==1){for(int j=0;j<l;j++){if(strcmp(b+j,61)>0)b[j]++;else b[j]--;if(f)b[j]%=3;else b[j]<<=1;}}else{if(i++==l)break;l--;}}return a;}

[Con]

Man, it looks like you just pushed random buttons on your keyboard.

[Terry]

can't read it. needs more indenting D:

[klange]

char *translateText(char *a,int l) {char *b;a[l]=0;strcpy(b,a);int i=0,f=(l/2)%2;while(1){if(i>>1%2==1){for(int j=0;j<l;j++){if(strcmp(b+j,61)>0)b[j]++;else b[j]--;if(f)b[j]%=3;else b[j]<<=1;}else{if(i++==l)break;l--;}}return a;}

Rob, what did I tell you about putting line breaks in your code?

[Peterljr888]

can't read it. needs more indenting D:

I was bored so I made Rob's code readable

char *translateText(char *a,int l) 
{
    char *b;
    a[l]=0;
    strcpy(b,a);
    int i=0,f=(l/2)%2;
    while(1)
    {
        if(i>>1%2==1)
        {
            for(int j=0;j<l;j++)
            {
                if(strcmp(b+j,61)>0)b[j]++;
                else b[j]--;
                if(f)b[j]%=3;
                else b[j]<<=1;
            }
        else
        {
            if(i++==l)break;l--;
        }
    }    
    return a;
}

also, is it missing a close curly brace (after the first if statement), or am I going crazy?
btw, idk C++.

[Rob Oplawar]

is it missing a close curly brace (after the first if statement), or am I going crazy?

fixed

[Dwood]

Rob i'm not going to lie, I have no idea what your code is doing.

Edit: Didn't your parents ever teach you to use descriptive variables? So just explain the variables and things would be clearer, pl0x.

[Rob Oplawar]

char *translateText(char *accessor, int lastChar) {
    char *bridge;
    accessor[l]=0;
    strcpy(bridge, accessor);
    int instance = 0;
    int factory = (l/2)%2;
    while(1) {
        if(instance >> 1 % 2 == 1) {
            for(int pseudo = 0; pseudo < lastChar; pseudo++) {
                if(strcmp(bridge + pseudo, 61) > 0)
                    bridge[pseudo]++;
                else 
                    bridge[pseudo]--;
                if(factory)
                    bridge[pseudo] %= 3;
                else 
                    bridge[pseudo] <<= 1;
            }
        }
        else {
            if(instance ++ == lastChar)
                break;
            lastChar--;
        }
    }    
    return accessor;
}

[Rob Oplawar]

For those of you who still haven't figured it out, it does nothing. I hope the last post was enough to give it away.