On 8= February 2013 06:39, Bruce Palmer <lists@ruby-forum.com>= wrote:

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, b= ut I was
>> unnecessarily converting back and forth between string and integer= .
>
>> names =3D name1.length + name2.length + name3.length
>
> Or just: =A0 (name1 + name2 + name3).length
> Or: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0[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!

Well, we're not marking your assignments f= or you.=A0 ;)

Here is another appro= ach that is Rubyish, albeit slightly excessive:

=A0=A0=A0 [name1, name2, name3].inject= (0) {|sum, name| sum + name.length=A0 }

--
=A0 Matthew Kerwin, B.Sc (CompSci) (Hons)
= =A0 http://matt= hew.kerwin.net.au/
=A0 ABN: 59-013-727-651

=A0 "You'll never find a programmin= g language that frees
=A0 you from the burden of clarifying your ideas.&= quot; - xkcd

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