gistfile1.txt

String.prototype.encodeAsPeriods = function () {
	var characterArray = this.split('');
	var charCodeArray = characterArray.map(function (char) {
		return char.charCodeAt();
	});
	var periodEncodedCharArray = charCodeArray.map(function (charCode) {
		var charCodeString = "" + charCode;
		var digitArray = charCodeString.split('');
		var periodStringArray = digitArray.map(function (digitString) {
			var digit = parseInt(digitString, 10);
			var periodString = "";
			for (var i = 0; i <= digit; i++) {
				periodString += ".";
			}
			return periodString;
		});
		var periodEncodedChar = periodStringArray.join(' ');
		return periodEncodedChar;
	});
	var periodEncodedString = periodEncodedCharArray.join('  ');
	return periodEncodedString;
};

Function.prototype.encodeAsPeriods = function () {
	var sourceCode = this.toString();
	return sourceCode.encodeAsPeriods();
};

String.prototype.decodeFromPeriods = function () {
    return this.split('  ').map(function(w) { 
    	return String.fromCharCode(parseInt(w.split(' ').map(function(s) { 
    		return s.length-1;
		 }).join('')));
	 }).join('');
};