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On 08-04-16 17:19, Andrew Poulos wrote:
> I have some code I need to edit and the previous programmer has used variable names like _0x29aexe, _0x29aexf, _0x29aex10, _0x29aex11, _0x29aex12, _0x29aex13, _0x29aex14, _0x29aex15...
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> My guess was that it's hex with a leading underscore but when I convert I get "?)®?" and the like.
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> Did I convert it wrongly or did the person obfuscate the variable names even further?

There's no x in hex.  I'd just strip the _0x29ae off and use the rest.