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Here's a fun puzzle I created!

Decode this statement:

45372-32140-59386-41506_45282-42025-689_82511-99281-64294_32180-26467-41326-54003
18690-79751-59300-2316_83139-5649-77571_6568-32761-90755-92403_84597-53555-16773-66327_12269-93515-12971-38009_80378-81106_73344-72795_60133-45974-3517
77133-88846-33287-65270_1421-60736_65980-45909-48005-48170_34508-51220-23061-91147_56759_81777-34417-8668

Hints:

Hint 1:

Pay attention to the sum of the digits of the numbers, rather than the numbers themselves.

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  • $\begingroup$ I assume the fact that there are mostly '-' signs but sometimes '_' between the number blocks and the fact that there are mostly 5 digits but some are 4 digits are both deliberate and meant to be that way? $\endgroup$
    – quarague
    Commented Jun 3, 2022 at 13:52
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, those are all meant to be. The '-' dashes and '_' dashes both mean different things. Remember to pay attention to the sum of the digits of the numbers, rather than the numbers themselves, as stated in hint 1. $\endgroup$
    – user80078
    Commented Jun 3, 2022 at 14:34
  • $\begingroup$ rot13(Vf "Jvyy erirny vs hafbyirq ol Wha 6 ng 6:00cz CFG." n uvag be qb lbh npghnyyl zrna vg.) $\endgroup$
    – Varun W.
    Commented Jun 3, 2022 at 15:03
  • $\begingroup$ @VarunW. I meant that the hint will be revealed at that time; there is no underlying coded message. The decoding does not include rot13, in general. $\endgroup$
    – user80078
    Commented Jun 3, 2022 at 15:19

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First:

we find the sum of the digits of each number. To avoid confusion in the next step, I've replaced the dashes with spaces, and replaced the underscores with forward slashes:

21 10 31 16 / 21 13 23 / 17 29 25 / 14 25 16 12
24 29 17 12 / 24 24 27 / 25 19 26 18 / 33 23 24 24 / 20 23 20 20 / 26 16 / 21 30 / 13 29 16
21 34 23 20 / 8 22 / 28 27 17 20 / 20 10 12 22 / 32 / 30 19 28

Next:

We replace odd numbers with a dash, and even numbers with a dot:

-.-./---/---/.-../.--./..-/--../--../.-../../-./--./-.-./../.--./...././.-.

Finally:

We decode this from Morse code to get the message:

COOL PUZZLING CIPHER

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