From: Sammy Larbi <sam@...>
Date: 2007-06-19T02:09:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Another Easy Beginner Question

I'm not sure why you'd want to, but I suppose you could do something like:

gifts=0
(1..12).each do |i|
    (1..i).each { |j| gifts += 1 }
end
puts gifts

danielj wrote, On 6/18/2007 11:50 AM:
> There is a song that goes like this:
>
>     On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge
> in a pear tree.
>     On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me two turtle
> doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
>     ...
>
> If this goes on for the 12 days of Christmas. How many presents will
> your true love send you over Christmas?
> <strong>(Hint: You will need a loop inside another). </strong>
>
> I don't think you need a loop inside a loop.... Here is what I did:
>
> day = 0
> gifts = 0
>
> 12.times do
>  day = day + 1
>  gifts = gifts + day
> end
>
> print gifts
>
> Does anyone know how you would do it with a <em>loop inside a loop</
> em>?
>
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