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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"'high-obfuscation' preset does not do 'split-strings' by default","articleBody":"## Expected Behavior\r\nJudging by the docs and source code `--split-strings true` should be the default when using `--options-preset high-obfuscation` but it does not seem to work. \r\n\r\nIt is expected that the `high-obfuscation` preset includes `split-string` by default. Source code seems to indicate exactly that but the tests disprove it.\r\n\r\n## Current Behavior\r\nRunning the two commands below yield significantly different file sizes (especially on a large file).\r\n\r\n- `./javascript-obfuscator --options-preset high-obfuscation file.js`\r\n- `./javascript-obfuscator --options-preset high-obfuscation --split-strings true file.js`\r\n\r\nLooking at the generated code here are the related bits, respectively.\r\n\r\n- `'This\\x20is\\x20a\\x20long\\x20string\\x20and\\x20it\\x20should\\x20really\\x20be\\x20split\\x20by\\x20the\\x20obfuscator!'`\r\n- `const _0x483d67 = a0_0x56a5, _0x3e020d = (_0x483d67(0x93) + 'long\\x20strin' + 'g\\x20and\\x20it\\x20s' + 'hould\\x20real' + _0x483d67(0x8a) + _0x483d67(0x94) + 'bfuscator!')[_0x483d67(0x91)][_0x483d67(0x8b)](_0x3e020d);`\r\n\r\n## Steps to Reproduce\r\n1. Use a `file.js` with a large enough string (sample file attached)\r\n2. Run the two commands above and note how the string gets split only in the 2nd run\r\n\r\n## Your Environment\r\n* Obfuscator version used: 4.1.0_2023-09-05T17:31:38.835Z\r\n* Node version used: v20.10.0\r\n\r\n[file.zip](https://github.com/javascript-obfuscator/javascript-obfuscator/files/14228845/file.zip)\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/gunsh","@type":"Person","name":"gunsh"},"datePublished":"2024-02-10T10:15:14.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/1236/javascript-obfuscator/issues/1236"}