From: Phrogz <phrogz@...>
Date: 2007-12-08T06:45:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Word Loop (#149)

On Dec 7, 2:37 pm, Christian von Kleist <cvonkle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 7, 2007 4:32 PM, Drew Olson <olso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Gavin Kistner wrote:
> > > On Dec 7, 1:45 pm, Ruby Quiz <ja...@grayproductions.net> wrote:
>
> > >>         yu
> > >>         mm
>
> > > Maybe it's because it's a Friday afternoon, but I don't understand the
> > > quiz problem. Could someone who understands this try explaining it
> > > (without, of course, discussing any code or even pseudo-code to
> > > approach it).
>
> > > I've looked over those examples a few times and I'm totally baffled.
> > > What does "loop the text around and reuse that letter" mean?
>
> > I agree, I'm lost as well...
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> I guarantee that if you paste the examples into an editor with a
> fixed-width font you'll get it immediately.  Try vi/emacs/pico/nano
> (or Notepad if you're in Windows, I guess?)  The Mississippi one is
> the key.

I guarantee you're wrong, only because I *was* reading it with a fixed-
width font, both in email and on comp.lang.ruby. The pattern just
didn't jump out at first.

But I got it now, thanks :)