Function obfuscation / code protection

Exists a way to obfuscate or protect a function or a part of code? I've read about bytecode and base64 encode, but I don't understand some technical words in english.

If this is possible in CC, please leave an example or how to make it

My english is so bad, sorry

Well, string.dump can do this.

lua-users wiki said:

string.dump(function)

Returns a binary representation of the given function, so that a later loadstring on that string returns a copy of the function. Function must be a Lua function without upvalues.

http://lua-users.org/wiki/StringLibraryTutorial

Example:

local function helloWorld()
  print( "Hello World" )
end

local bin = string.dump( helloWorld )
local file = fs.open( shell.getRunningProgram(), "w" )
file.write( bin )
file.close()
print( "Running file" )
sleep( 0.1 )
shell.run( shell.getRunningProgram() )

Base64 is meant for strings, and it's pretty easy to find an encoder/decoder for lua online.

Sorry kind of an odd question, is there a way to dump a string rather than a function?

Bear in mind that obfuscated code is off-limits on these forums.

Ice Cream, on 08 July 2015 - 07:10 AM said:

Sorry kind of an odd question, is there a way to dump a string rather than a function?

Given that a dumped function is a string, why would you possibly want to attempt to dump a string? What result are you expecting?

You can turn your code into bytecode but that doesn't actually hide anything. There are Lua bytecode to Lua code decoders out there so it wouldn't be hard to decode the obfuscated code. What's the main reason you want your code to be hidden?

Bomb Bloke, on 08 July 2015 - 08:42 AM said:

Bear in mind that obfuscated code is off-limits on these forums.

Ice Cream, on 08 July 2015 - 07:10 AM said:

Sorry kind of an odd question, is there a way to dump a string rather than a function?

Given that a dumped function is a string, why would you possibly want to attempt to dump a string? What result are you expecting?

Perhaps I wanted to "obfuscate" a message that was travelling between modems or something alike?

Ice Cream, on 09 July 2015 - 06:51 AM said:

Perhaps I wanted to "obfuscate" a message that was travelling between modems or something alike?

In that case I would use encryption, you can't send a string.dump string over modem and expect it to run at the other end.