From: Sam Larbi <slarbi@...>
Date: 2007-12-08T06:46:12+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Word Loop (#149)

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On Dec 7, 2007 3:30 PM, Christian von Kleist <cvonkleist@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 7, 2007 3:45 PM, Ruby Quiz <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> > The three rules of Ruby Quiz:
> >
> > 1.  Please do not post any solutions or spoiler discussion for this quiz
> until
> > 48 hours have passed from the time on this message.
> >
> > 2.  Support Ruby Quiz by submitting ideas as often as you can:
> >
> > http://www.rubyquiz.com/
> >
> > 3.  Enjoy!
> >
> > Suggestion:  A [QUIZ] in the subject of emails about the problem helps
> everyone
> > on Ruby Talk follow the discussion.  Please reply to the original quiz
> message,
> > if you can.
> >
> >
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> >
> > Here's a fun little challenge from the Educational Computing
> Organization of
> > Ontario.
> >
> > Given a single word as input try to find a repeated letter inside of it
> such
> > that you can loop the text around and reuse that letter.  For example:
> >
> >         $ ruby word_loop.rb Mississippi
> >          i
> >          p
> >          p
> >         Mis
> >          ss
> >          si
> >
> > or:
> >
> >         $ ruby word_loop.rb Markham
> >         Ma
> >         ar
> >         hk
> >
> > or:
> >
> >         $ ruby word_loop.rb yummy
> >         yu
> >         mm
> >
> > If a loop cannot be made, your code can just print an error message:
> >
> >         $ ruby word_loop.rb Dana
> >         No loop.
> >
> >
>
> I read this quiz on the mailing list in GMail and I didn't get this
> challenge at first.  Then I realized that you need to imagine the
> examples in a fixed-width font.
>
> Just FYI.  :)
>
>

I wish I read read that before I wasted too much time staring at the
examples.  Thanks.

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