From: Gregory Seidman <gsslist+ruby@...>
Date: 2006-04-22T02:33:42+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Text Munger (#76)

On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 02:28:48AM +0900, James Edward Gray II wrote:
} On Apr 21, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Gregory Seidman wrote:
} 
} >On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 11:16:38PM +0900, Dirk Meijer wrote:
} >} this quiz is probably easier than usually, as, for the first time
} >} ever, i felt up to it, and created a solution in not so much time.
} >} i'll be posting it in 48 hrs ;-)
} >
} >Yes, I sent my solution directly to James.
} 
} Random playing around...
} 
} Neo:~/Desktop$ ruby gregory_seidmans_solution.rb test_document.txt
} Atchtaed is my r?sum?.
} Neo:~/Desktop$ ruby gregory_seidmans_solution.rb test_document.txt
} Acaehttd is my r?sum?.
} Neo:~/Desktop$ ruby gregory_seidmans_solution.rb test_document.txt
} Atceahtd is my r?sum?.
} Neo:~/Desktop$ ruby gregory_seidmans_solution.rb test_document.txt
} Ahaecttd is my r?sum?.

Yeah, it treats accented characters as punctuation. The two regexes could
be changed to handled accented characters, but I leave that as an exercise
for the reader <g>.

} James Edward Gray II
--Greg