From: "Eric I." <rubytraining@...>
Date: 2007-06-19T04:55:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Another Easy Beginner Question

On Jun 18, 3:40 pm, "Gregory Brown" <gregory.t.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wouldn't it be:
>
> def fact(n); n > 1 ? n + fact(n-1) : 1; end
> puts (1..12).inject(0) { |s,r| s + fact(r) }

That certainly works, although I'm personally uncomfortable with the
name of your recursive method; "fact" seems to imply factorial, which
this is not.

If you like inject, how about a pair of 'em:

puts (1..12).inject(0) { |sum, day|
  sum + (1..day).inject { |day_sum, gifts| day_sum + gifts }
}

Eric
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