From: SHINDO Motoaki <motoakira@...>
Date: 2008-07-13T13:43:31+09:00
Subject: [QUIZ] Symbolify (#169)

Excuse me…

Already the punch line is told before

---> On 2008/07/13, at 9:56, ruby@alef1.org wrote:

so, my source code, putting here(below) is no spoiling?

With the source, I'm in troubled of Syntax Errors.
the code is of C-language-thinking of mine,

and casting problems about…
Char|Symbol, String, Array or REGEXP-escape,
and Scope of variables

It maybe another Quiz…

-----source follows-----

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -Ku

#Oh, by the way... You may only use the characters `?`, `*`, `(`, `)`  
and `-`.
#s
#Specifically, define a function `symbolify` that accepts an integer
#and returns a string composed of only the five characters shown above.
#The string, when evaluated, will equal the original number passed in.



def init
	str = ':?:*:(:):-'
	5.times { |i|
		letters[i] = str[i]
	}
end #init

def symb1(i)
	s = ""
	p = i / 5
#	p = (i.abs) / 5
	unless p < 1
		symb1(p)
	end
	q = i.mod(5)
	
	s += letters(q)
end


def symbolify(i)
letters = []
	init

	puts i
	symb1(i)
#	symb2(i)
end


puts symbolify(ARGV[1].to_i)

=== end of source ===



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