From: SHINDO Motoaki <motoakira@...>
Date: 2008-07-14T21:56:16+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Symbolify (#169)

Excuse me again(^_^;)

Thanks to the post;
--> On 2008/07/14, at 10:45, Rick DeNatale wrote:
being inspired&encouraged, I made refinements to my code;

Still I failed to convince eval() to back my string to original numbers,
but some folks're talk 'bout ASCII codes, I'm not too far to the punch  
line.
# but after long long the other-way-'round, sigh…

Making wish this help somebody.
# I'm now going to sleep…

== source follows ==
#!/usr/bin/env ruby -Ku
Base = 5

def i_to_penta(i, penta)
# think of only Positive numbers

	p = i / Base
	if 0 < i
		q = i % Base
		penta << q
		if p < Base
			penta << p
		else
			i_to_penta(p, penta)
		end
	end
end

def penta_to_sym(penta)
	outlet = []

#	penta.reverse.each { |msd|
	penta.each { |msd|
		case msd
		when 0
#			outlet << '('
#			outlet << '-'
			outlet << '?'
		when 1
#			outlet << ')'
			outlet << '*'
		when 2
#			outlet << '('
#			outlet << '*'
			outlet << '-'
		when 3
#			outlet << '?'
#			outlet << '-'
#			outlet << '*'
			outlet << '('
#			outlet << ')'
		when 4
#			outlet << '('
			outlet << ')'
#			outlet << '?'
#			outlet << '-'
		else
			outlet << '!'
		end
	}
	outlet
end

def symb1(i)
	penta = Array.new	
	i_to_penta(i, penta)
	outlet = penta_to_sym(penta)
end

def symbolify(i)
	outlet = symb1(i)
#outlet
	s = outlet.to_s
end

puts symbolify(ARGV[0].to_i)

== source ends ==

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         Shindo  Motoakira
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