From: Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>
Date: 2003-11-21T01:22:24+09:00
Subject: Re: learning the "Ruby way"

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:06:25 -0800, Mark Wirdnam wrote:
> Is this the "Ruby way" of solving this problem? I doubt it, defining
> "helper variables" like this is what had to be done in Basic, and my
> solution doesn't demonstrate the high degree of readability Ruby is often
> praised for.
> 
> Any useful suggestions for me? I'd be very grateful!
> Mark

How about this dirty solution ?


server> ruby a.rb
["-a-", "alfred", "-b-", "boris", "bruce", "-c-", "claire", "-d-", "dean", "donald"]
server> expand a.rb
names = %w(alfred boris bruce claire dean donald)
letters = names.map{|name| n=name[0..0]; [n, "-#{n}-"]}.uniq
p (letters + names.zip(names)).sort.transpose[1]
server>


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Simon Strandgaard