From: Tanner Burson <tanner.burson@...>
Date: 2005-09-02T00:37:10+09:00
Subject: Re: palindrome finder

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On 9/1/05, Berger, Daniel <Daniel.Berger@qwest.com> wrote:
>=20
>=20
> > file =3D File.open("testdict.txt", "r" ) do |file|
> > file.each_line("\n") do |line|
> > #filelist.push( line )
> > line.downcase!
> > if (line =3D=3D line.reverse)
> > puts line
> > end
> > end
> > end
> >
> That can be shortened to:
>=20
> IO.foreach("testdict.txt"){ |line|
> line.downcase!.chomp!
> puts line if line =3D=3D line.reverse?
> }


Which can cause errors for lines that don't include new lines. A safer=20
version would be:

IO.foreach("testdict.txt"){ |line|
puts line if line.downcase.chomp =3D=3D line.downcase.chomp.reverse
}



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