From: Matthew Moss <matthew.moss@...>
Date: 2008-07-14T05:37:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Symbolify (#169)



On Jul 13, 2:55 pm, Chris Shea <cms...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 13, 1:43 pm, Matthew Moss <matthew.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > def symbolify (n)
> > >   s = "#{n}"
> > >   def s.delete(*args)
> > >     ""
> > >   end
> > >   s
> > > end
>
> > How does this work? If I type in irb:
> >   > symbolify(60)
> > I get out:
> >   => "60"
>
> > Doesn't fit the problem specification.
>
> But it passes the code you gave in the quiz description!

But it doesn't actually solve the problem. The test code is not the
quiz in its entirety. I am also part of the test.  :)  And I looked at
the string returned, and it contained characters other than the five
allowed.