From: Phrogz <gavin@...>
Date: 2007-06-19T02:55:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Another Easy Beginner Question

On Jun 18, 11:42 am, Daniel Kempkens <Daniel.Kempk...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Alex LeDonne schrieb:
> > On day 1, you get 1 gift.
> > On day 2, you get 3 gifts, not two (two doves AND one bird/tree combo).
> > On day 3, you get 6 gifts - 3 hens, 2 doves, one more pear tree
> > w/attendant partridge.

> Well, I solved this for fun, my code looks like this:
>
> def gift_counter(max = 12)
>   gifts = 0
>   1.upto(max) do |day|
>    gifts += day # I guess 'day' is a bad var-name here :D
>    puts "Day: {#day}, Gifts: #{gifts}"
>   end
> end
>
> It works quite good, so why does this Quiz-Site suggest to use two
> loops? Am I getting something of this quiz wrong?

Does it work? It tells you how many gifts you GET on each day, but
does not tell you how many gifts you HAVE when the day is done.

On day 1 you get 1 gift, resulting in 1 gift owned by you.
On day 2 you get 3 gifts, resulting in 4 gifts owned by you.
On day 3 you get 6 gifts, resulting in 10 gifts owned by you.