From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-04-24T04:48:30+09:00
Subject: Fwd: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Hew Wolff <hewwolff@sonic.net>
> Date: April 21, 2006 6:52:03 PM CDT
> To: submission@rubyquiz.com
> Subject: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission
>
> I read the newsgroup, whose connection to the mailing list appears  
> to be broken.  Thanks for the puzzle...
>
> Hew Wolff
> http://www.hewwolff.org
>
> ----
>
> class String
>   # Shuffle characters, leaving first and last the same.
>   def shuffleMiddle!
>     # Swap a random character into last place, then next to last...
>     (length - 2).downto(1) do |i|
>        j = rand(i) + 1
>        self[i], self[j] = self[j], self[i]
>     end
>     self
>   end
>
>   def shuffleWords
>     scan(/([^a-zA-Z]*)([a-zA-Z]*)/).collect do |punctuation, word|
>        punctuation + word.shuffleMiddle!
>     end.join
>   end
> end
>
> text = "They say never apologize, never explain, and I can't  
> disagree."
> puts text.shuffleWords