Sunday, 15 June 2014

lateral thinking - A UniCODE Puzzle



NOTE Please do not edit this puzzle or close for off-topic unless you REALLY know what you're doing. The whole thing, except this note, is part of the puzzle. Thanks!




What unicode character am I?




Hey guys! I'm not sure if this is the right site to put my question on but I am new to Javascript and I am trying to do a variable swap. When I run it it doesn't even run. Could someone explain my error to me?


var x = "E2";
var y = "9A";
var swap = x;
x = y;
y = swap;
console.log(x);


What is the error in My code? i'm very confused. no one I knew cuuld help me. Feel free to delete this if it'ssnot good ?




Hint 1



Find the errors. ALL OF THEM.



Hint 2



Does anyone want to edit my puzzle?




Hint 3



There are 3 parts to this puzzle. Find 2 characters and a message, then you put them together and you will get the answer.



Hint 4



Find the problem with my code first, the secret word second, then another character third.



Hint 5




No hex math operations are necessary.



Hint 6



Order: x y comment



Hint 7



Use Hex UTF-8 when you figure out Hint 6.




Hint 8



Use INCORRECT not CORRECTED (if you figured out this step- it's the one with the U)



Hint 9



Think .?!







The different pieces of this puzzle were solved by many people. Many of the answers expanded on previous knowledge to finally come to the solution. I am crediting the first person to find it.


Character 1 (debugging the code):


@athin


Character 2 (Find the 3 pieces):


Third bit discovered by: @wolfram42


Put together by: @nneonneo


Word Puzzle:


@Buildstarted found the majority of it, but a crucial part was missing. @Reinier found the rest of it, which enabled them to find the correct solution.


Put together (solved):


@Reinier




Answer



I think you might be



🇬🇷, or the flag of Greece.



As others have pointed out,



in the code there is a Greek question mark, and also ⚑, so a flag, can be found by putting together the values of x, y and the comment. Furthermore, others have found the mistakes spelling out "Minus". However, also the space and the question mark on the end should be a period, so this would make the message "Minus ?". So the complete result is "Greek question mark flag minus ?", making "Greek flag".



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