From: travis laduke <wrong@...>
Date: 2005-12-08T14:52:09+09:00
Subject: is this a good way to find anagrams?

it seems to me, with computers these days, this should finish  
instantly, not take like 20 seconds.
also, please help me make my ruby more ruby-like. i'm new to ruby,  
not that i know any other language.


##these are here from when i was first testing
secret_word = "spine"
rack = "spine"

secret_word = secret_word.split(//)
rack = rack.split(//)
test_rack = rack.to_s

##are there enough of the right letters in the rack to spell the word  
from the dictionary?
##i think i'm going to use funny spanish names for my methods instead  
of descriptive names.
def rodolfo(secret_word, rack)
secret_word.each do |x|
     rack = rack.to_s
     if rack.include? x
         rack = rack.sub(x, '')
         ##p rack, x
     else
         ##puts x, ' rack don\'t work'
         break
     end
end
end


puts "reading dictionary"
dict = IO.readlines('/usr/share/dict/words')

while rack
     puts "enter rack"
     rack = gets.chomp.split(//)

     dict.each do |secret_word|

         if rodolfo(secret_word.chomp.split(//), rack)
             puts secret_word.to_s
         end
     end
end