From: Stu Date: 2011-07-20T02:20:22+09:00 Subject: Re: A beginner question. Ok now I understand where it came from. Just triggered the reaction as the same exact problem came up before. My humble apologies to the OP. Enjoy learning ruby. ~Stu On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Phillip Gawlowski wrote: > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Stu wrote: >> >> homework. seen this before. > > That's because it's one of the first exercises for Chris Pine's Learn > To Program. That's not usually used as a textbook for comp.sci. > programming courses. > > So, instead of being completely dismissive, help a poor guy/gal out, > and put him/her onto the right track, eh? > > -- > Phillip Gawlowski > > phgaw.posterous.com | twitter.com/phgaw | gplus.to/phgaw > > A method of solution is perfect if we can forsee from the start, > and even prove, that following that method we shall attain our aim. >               -- Leibniz > >