From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-04-24T04:49:16+09:00
Subject: Fwd: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission

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> From: Jeroen Heijmans <jeroen@jeroenheijmans.com>
> Date: April 23, 2006 5:09:35 AM CDT
> To: submission@rubyquiz.com
> Subject: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission
>
> Last week, I was trying to find some small Ruby problems to learn  
> using Ruby, and Ruby Quiz is a great way to do that - thanks!  
> Attached is my shot at #76, which was relatively easy compared to  
> some of the older ones I tried. I have the feeling the code could  
> be more compact than what I have, but I'll see that when other  
> solutions are posted.
>
> Jeroen Heijmans
>

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class String

  MANGLABLE_WORD = /^[[:alpha:]]{4,}$/

  def to_mangled_s
    split(/\b/).map {|w| w.mangled_word }.join
  end

  def mangled_word
    if match(MANGLABLE_WORD)
      self[0,1] + self[1...-1].scramble! + self[-1, 1]
    else
      self
    end
  end

  def scramble!
    scrambled = ""
    scrambled << slice!(rand(length), 1) until (length == 0)
    replace(scrambled)
  end
  
end

puts ARGF.read.to_mangled_s
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