From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2010-02-25T21:23:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Help on algorithm to calculate combinations

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Sorry, computer lagged and I hit 'send' rather than clicking in the window
to edit.

Here is a solution I meant to post, which has the correct inflections
http://pastie.org/842110

def people_in_room(occupants)
  for men in 0..occupants
    for children in 0..occupants - men
      yield men , children
    end
  end
end

puts "in a room with 4 people, you could occupy it in the following ways:"
people_in_room 4 do |men,children|
  to_print = Array.new
  to_print << "#{men} #{           men == 1 ?   'man' :      'men' }" unless
men.zero?
  to_print << "#{children} #{ children == 1 ? 'child' : 'children' }" unless
children.zero?
  puts to_print.join(' ')
end

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