From: Matthew Moss <matt@...>
Date: 2008-10-17T22:57:01+09:00
Subject: [QUIZ] Long Division (#180)

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## Long Division (#180)

Your task this week is to perform and display long division.

Your program should take two arguments: the dividend and the divisor.  
Your output should display the long division needed to determine the  
quotient and remainder (if it exists). For example, if I run your  
program like so:

     $ ruby long_division.rb 11 4096

Your program's output should be:

         372 R4
       +----
     11|4096
        33
        --
         79
         77
         --
          26
          22
          --
           4

If there is no remainder, do not display anything after the quotient;  
that is, do not display R0. As an alternative to the remainder, you  
may instead calculate the decimal fraction out to N digits (e.g. use  
command-line option --digits=N or similar to switch to decimal  
fraction output).