From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2008-09-05T10:47:08+09:00
Subject: Re: String Combine problem

From: Richard Zenn [mailto:luckyzenn@gmail.com] 
# 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

rules 1 & 2 simply says that if they differ in size, combine them, no?

# 3.
# s[i].size + s[i+1].size

where is the condition here?
add the sizes?? it does not show in your output below

# The upper result is
# {"aaab"}
# {"bc"}
# {"bcd"}
# {"cd"}
# {"dee"}
# {"eef"}

hmmm, it seems that you are combining them regardless... ??

here is a simplistic code (judging only fr your output)

botp@botp-desktop:~$ cat test.rb
s = ["aaa", "b", "c", "d", "ee", "f"]
t = []
(1..s.size-2).each do |i|
  t << s[i-1] + s[i]
  if s[i].size == s[i-1].size and s[i].size ==s[i+1].size
    t << s[i-1]+s[i]+s[i+1]
  end
  t << s[i] + s[i+1]
end
p t.uniq

botp@botp-desktop:~$ ruby test.rb
["aaab", "bc", "bcd", "cd", "dee", "eef"]


i hope that is ok to startup your ruby interest.

next time, pls show your initial/tried code, no matter how wrong it is you think. help us help you, ie.

kind regards -botp