From: Richard Zenn <luckyzenn@...>
Date: 2008-09-05T00:24:05+09:00
Subject: Re: String Combine problem

Wow!it helps a lot

"b", "c", "d" is "one" character
they combine in order

array s = ["aaa", "b", "c", "d", "ee", "f"]

the rule 3 result will be "bc" "cd" "bcd"

Thanks for your help:)

Lloyd Linklater wrote:
> Richard Zenn wrote:
> 
>> Here is an array s = ["aaa", "b", "c", "d", "ee", "f"]
>> I want to combine them with some rules
>> 
>> 1.
>> s[i].size > s[i+1].size
>> combine them
>> 2.
>> s[i+1].size > s[i].size
>> combine them
>> 3.
>> s[i].size + s[i+1].size
>> 
>> The upper result is
>> 
>> {"aaab"}
>> {"bc"}
>> {"bcd"}
>> {"cd"}
>> {"dee"}
>> {"eef"}
> 
> In the first place, it seems that rules 1 and 2 combine to just say that 
> they should not be equal in size.
> 
> In the second place, if I read the rules correctly, they say that the 
> result you want is not correct.
> 
> Note:  I am assuming that rule 3 is not a rule as much as it is an 
> example of how they should be combined.
> 
> s = ["aaa", "b", "c", "d", "ee", "f"]
> arr = Array.new
> 0.upto(s.length - 2) { |i|
>   arr << s[i] + s[i+1] unless s[i].size == s[i+1].size
> }
> p arr
> 
> => ["aaab", "dee", "eef"]
> 
> "b", "c", "d" are all the same size and would be excluded by the rules. 
> Could you clarify?  I must be missing something.

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