Re: Word Loop (#149)

Ruby
1

#A loop is possible whenever there are two of the same lettter an even
distance
#greater than 2 from each other
def first_loop(letters)
0.upto(letters.length-1) do |idx1|
(idx1+4).step(letters.length-1,2) do |idx2|
return [idx1,idx2] if letters[idx1].casecmp(letters[idx2])==0
end
end
nil
end

letters = ARGV.first.split(//)

first,last = first_loop(letters)

if first==nil
puts “No loop”
exit
end

letters[(last+1)…-1].reverse_each {|l| puts ’ '*first + l}
puts letters[0…(first+1)].join
1.upto((last-first-1)/2) do |n|
puts ’ '*first + letters[last-n] + letters[first+1+n]
end

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Sent: Friday, December 7, 2007 2:45:02 PM
Subject: [QUIZ] Word Loop (#149)

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Here’s a fun little challenge from the Educational Computing
Organization of
Ontario.

Given a single word as input try to find a repeated letter inside of it
such
that you can loop the text around and reuse that letter. For example:

$ ruby word_loop.rb Mississippi
 i
 p
 p
Mis
 ss
 si

or:

$ ruby word_loop.rb Markham
Ma
ar
hk

or:

$ ruby word_loop.rb yummy
yu
mm

If a loop cannot be made, your code can just print an error message:

$ ruby word_loop.rb Dana
No loop.






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