From: Lloyd Linklater <lloyd@2live4.com>
Date: 2008-03-24T23:41:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Beginner's question

Peter Johnsson wrote:
> bottles = 99
> 
> while bottles != 0
> # Need help here.
> end

My $0.02:

bottles = 99
bob = " bottles of beer "
otw = "on the wall."

while bottles != 0 do
  puts bottles.to_s + bob + otw
  puts bottles.to_s + bob
  puts "Take one down and pass it around"
  bottles -= 1
  puts bottles.to_s + bob + otw
  puts ""
end

Here is a way to do it with an implicit decrementor:

bob = " bottles of beer "
otw = "on the wall."

99.downto(1) do |bottles|
  puts bottles.to_s + bob + otw
  puts bottles.to_s + bob
  puts "Take one down and pass it around"
  puts (bottles - 1).to_s + bob + otw
  puts ""
end
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