Winkler Test

Winkler Test

This snippet of code is an example of obfuscated HyperTalk code that was used to test XION's compatibility. It is known as the Winkler Test, after Dan Winkler, the creator of HyperTalk, who would never in his life actually write code that looked like this.

put empty into a
put "a b c" into item
put 1 into char
put 2 into word
if true then repeat with word char of item = char char to word of word char of char to word char to char of char char of word
    put a&&"HyperTalk is a bitch to parse
end repeat else beep

The correct output is:

1 "HyperTalk is a bitch to parse
2 "HyperTalk is a bitch to parse

A radio edit version of the Winkler test is as follows:

put empty into a
put "a b c" into item
put 1 into char
put 2 into word
if true then repeat with word char of item = char char to word of word char of char to word char to char of char char of word
    put a&&"How much word could a word char char if a word char could char word?
end repeat else beep

The correct output is:

1 "How much word could a word char char if a word char could char word?
2 "How much word could a word char char if a word char could char word?