From: Bruce Palmer <lists@...>
Date: 2013-02-08T05:39:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Issues from an extreme beginner

Hassan Schroeder wrote in post #1095774:
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Bruce Palmer <lists@ruby-forum.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't know what I was thinking before, brain fart perhaps, but I was
>> unnecessarily converting back and forth between string and integer.
>
>> names = name1.length + name2.length + name3.length
>
> Or just:   (name1 + name2 + name3).length
> Or:          [name1, name2, name3].join.length
>
>> puts 'There are ' + names.to_s + ' character\'s in your name!'
>
> Uh, there's no apostrophe in the plural of "character". FWIW.
> (Sorry, personal pet peeve.)

I caught this after doing it in, maybe 6 of my prior programs.

I'm surprised nobody caught that sooner!

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