From: Harry Kakueki <list.push@...>
Date: 2007-06-10T22:00:22+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Mexican Blanket (#127)

On 6/8/07, Ruby Quiz <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
>
>
> So the challenge is to make a pattern generator to generate the patterns as seen
> in the ASCI and picture.
>
>

# Here is my solution.
# I built a string to use for unpacking.
# Then I used the string to unpack.
# It should work for a blanket of any size if the
# 'colors' string is long enough.


# Code Start
colors = "GWRBYRGRRGRYBRWG"
unp = "aXaXaXaXaa"
  (1...colors.length).each do
    (1..4).each {|y| unp<<"X"<<"Xa"*(5-y)<<"a"<<"Xa"*y}
  unp << "a"
  end
row = colors.unpack(unp)
  35.times do
  puts row[0..69].join
  row.shift
  end


# Harry

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