OK, are any points given out for "Most Brute-Force Implementation" ???

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Too many unneeded variables, too many if/else/endifs, multiple passes through input string, long variable names, redundant debug steps, console display of variable contents...but it works...

 Code:
Running Test 1 Encoding...Decoding...Done
Running Test 2 Encoding...Decoding...Done
Running Test 3 Encoding...Decoding...Done
Running Test 4 Encoding...Decoding...Done
Your solution passed all tests

KiXtart
KiXtart Version  = 4.50
KiXGolf Script   = kixgolf_ts.kix

Computer
OS               = Windows 2000 Professional
CPU              = AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+
Speed            = 2798 MHz
Memory           = 2046 MB

KiXGolf Scoring Engine
Scoring Engine   = 3.3

KiXtart Golf Score
Tournament       = Top Secret
Processing Start = 2007/08/07 01:05:22.008
Processing End   = 2007/08/07 01:05:22.024
Duration         = 0000/00/00 00:00:00.016
KiXGolf Score    = 969

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Guess I'll start stripping it down tomorrow....

I can't believe this was considered easy!