On Tue, May 1, 2012 at= 4:33 PM, David Gustafson <daveg@radicalskeptic.net> = wrote:

Just the kind of pointer I was hoping for. = =A0Thanks.

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Raju Gandhi <raju.gandhi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey David,
>
> Perhaps it has to do with certain operations that you can do with arra= ys in
> Ruby ... Remember that Ruby provides syntactic sugar for certain kinds= of
> methods ... So, for e.g
>
> def name=3D (name)
> =A0 @name =3D name
> end
>
> can be invoked as
>
> <some_object>.name =3D "David"
>
> What Ruby does here is that it sees an assignment (name =3D "Davi= d") and looks
> for a method called name=3D (Note there is no whitespace between name = and
> "=3D").
>
> I bring this up b/c it seems that you are thinking of a method that yo= u
> could use here ("I don't understand the above because the bla= nk is not right
> up against
> the .. array"). And the solution lies in invoking a method on an = array, but
> with the syntactic sugar applied.
>
> Look at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Array.html and look at= any
> mathematical operators that might come in handy - see how they are to = be
> used.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Raju
>
> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:55 PM, David Gustafson <daveg@radicalskeptic.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> This is part of a online ruby quiz. =A0Just doing it for my own >> education, not on a test that I'm graded on.
>>
>> assert_equal ([:r, :u, :b, :e, :q, :u, :e] __), [:b, :q]
>>
>> I don't understand the above because the blank is not right up= against
>> the [:r, :u, :b, :e, :q, :u, :e] array. =A0I'm not sure how to= search
>> for whatever is supposed to be in the blank.
>>
>> If someone could give me a hint rather than an answer it would be<= br> >> appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -- Voltaire
>>
>

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