From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2002-07-07T19:23:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Collapsing array output

Hi --

On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Bil Kleb wrote:

> I recall discussion of something similar a while ago, but I cannot
> find it...
>
> I would like to consolidate the output of some arrays containing
> sequences of (string) numbers like,
>
>  3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17
>
> to an output like,
>
>  3-5, 8, 10-11, 15, 17
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction?

This was the subject of a little coding puzzle/challenge.  At
<http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?CodingChallenge0001> you'll find a
bunch of solutions.

(Anyone want to create a CodingChallenge0002? :-)


David

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