There is a song that goes like this:
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge
in a pear tree.
On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me two turtle
doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
…
If this goes on for the 12 days of Christmas. How many presents will
your true love send you over Christmas?
(Hint: You will need a loop inside another).
I don’t think you need a loop inside a loop… Here is what I did:
day = 0
gifts = 0
12.times do
day = day + 1
gifts = gifts + day
end
print gifts
Does anyone know how you would do it with a loop inside a loop</
em>?
I’m not sure why you’d want to, but I suppose you could do something
like:
gifts=0
(1…12).each do |i|
(1…i).each { |j| gifts += 1 }
end
puts gifts
Wouldn’t it be this…
gifts = 0
(1…12).each do |x|
(1…x).each do { |y| gifts += y }
end
puts gifts
Note the difference between mine and yours, where I count each item
instead
of each set. So 5 gold rings counts as 5 instead of 1. I think it all
depends on how the original question was intended.
I just wanted to do the challenge correctly…
Although, maybe I shouldn’t be doing a tutorial with that kind of lame
challenge…
Remember to count each gift for each day (on the second day you get
another bird in a tree, on the third day you get two more doves and
another bird in a tree, etc.)
day = 0
gifts_for_the_day = 0
total_gifts = 0
12.times do
day += 1
gifts_for_the_day += day
total_gifts += gifts_for_the_day
puts “Day: #{day}, Gifts for Day: #{gifts_for_the_day}, Total gifts:
#{total_gifts}”
end
– Stephen
On 6/18/07, danielj [email protected] wrote:
your true love send you over Christmas?
end
print gifts
Does anyone know how you would do it with a loop inside a loop</
em>?
Note that your program does not solve the problem (which is easy to
misinterpret). To clarify the problem:
On day 1, you get 1 gift.
On day 2, you get 3 gifts, not two (two doves AND one bird/tree combo).
On day 3, you get 6 gifts - 3 hens, 2 doves, one more pear tree
w/attendant partridge.
and so on… until
On day 11 you get 66 gifts, and
On day 12 you get 78 gifts.
Do you see how a loop within a loop may be helpful?
Good luck!
-A
Alex LeDonne schrieb:
If this goes on for the 12 days of Christmas. How many presents will
gifts = gifts + day
Good luck!
-A
Well, I solved this for fun, my code looks like this:
def gift_counter(max = 12)
gifts = 0
1.upto(max) do |day|
gifts += day # I guess ‘day’ is a bad var-name here 
puts “Day: {#day}, Gifts: #{gifts}”
end
end
It works quite good, so why does this Quiz-Site suggest to use two
loops? Am I getting something of this quiz wrong?
On 6/18/07, Daniel K. [email protected] wrote:
day = day + 1
misinterpret). To clarify the problem:
Do you see how a loop within a loop may be helpful?
gifts += day # I guess ‘day’ is a bad var-name here 
puts “Day: {#day}, Gifts: #{gifts}”
end
end
It works quite good, so why does this Quiz-Site suggest to use two
loops? Am I getting something of this quiz wrong?
Well, the original question is:
What is the total number of gifts given over the 12 days?
The gift_counter is good for the number by-the-day, but the question
is asking for a gift_totaler.
-A
I originally thought it boiled down to
1+2+…+11+12=78
But now that I think about it again, I’m pretty sure I was wrong. The
correct sequence is:
(1) + (1+2) + (1+2+3) + … + (1+2+…+11+12)
Which I think makes you right.
Sam
On Jun 18, 11:42 am, Daniel K. [email protected]
wrote:
Alex LeDonne schrieb:
On day 1, you get 1 gift.
On day 2, you get 3 gifts, not two (two doves AND one bird/tree combo).
On day 3, you get 6 gifts - 3 hens, 2 doves, one more pear tree
w/attendant partridge.
It works quite good, so why does this Quiz-Site suggest to use two
loops? Am I getting something of this quiz wrong?
Does it work? It tells you how many gifts you GET on each day, but
does not tell you how many gifts you HAVE when the day is done.
On day 1 you get 1 gift, resulting in 1 gift owned by you.
On day 2 you get 3 gifts, resulting in 4 gifts owned by you.
On day 3 you get 6 gifts, resulting in 10 gifts owned by you.
Phrogz schrieb:
def gift_counter(max = 12)
Does it work? It tells you how many gifts you GET on each day, but
does not tell you how many gifts you HAVE when the day is done.
On day 1 you get 1 gift, resulting in 1 gift owned by you.
On day 2 you get 3 gifts, resulting in 4 gifts owned by you.
On day 3 you get 6 gifts, resulting in 10 gifts owned by you.
I think I missed the total-part of the quiz 
But implementing a
total-counter wouldn’t be much difficult.
On 6/18/07, Daniel K. [email protected] wrote:
I think I missed the total-part of the quiz 
But implementing a
total-counter wouldn’t be much difficult.
Wouldn’t it be:
def fact(n); n > 1 ? n + fact(n-1) : 1; end
puts (1…12).inject(0) { |s,r| s + fact(r) }
On Jun 18, 3:40 pm, “Gregory B.” [email protected] wrote:
Wouldn’t it be:
def fact(n); n > 1 ? n + fact(n-1) : 1; end
puts (1…12).inject(0) { |s,r| s + fact(r) }
That certainly works, although I’m personally uncomfortable with the
name of your recursive method; “fact” seems to imply factorial, which
this is not.
If you like inject, how about a pair of 'em:
puts (1…12).inject(0) { |sum, day|
sum + (1…day).inject { |day_sum, gifts| day_sum + gifts }
}
Eric
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On Jun 18, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Matt Filizzi wrote:
Wouldn’t it be this…
gifts = 0
(1…12).each do |x|
(1…x).each do { |y| gifts += y }
^^
end
puts gifts
Not quite. It should be:
gifts = 0
(1..12).each do |x|
(1..x).each { |y| gifts += y }
end
gifts # => 364
But this problem has a nice closed-form solution:
def gifts(days)
days * (days +1) * (days + 2) / 6
end
gifts(12) # => 364
Regards, Morton
I see…
Thanks all…
It was really helpful to see the problem thought about many different
ways
Eric I. wrote:
puts (1…12).inject(0) { |sum, day|
sum + (1…day).inject { |day_sum, gifts| day_sum + gifts }
}
I’d do it as shown below, but it’s probably not covered by the point in
the book you’re currently at:
irb(main):001:0> class Integer
irb(main):002:1> def int_sum
irb(main):003:2> (1…self).inject(0){|sum,n|sum+n}
irb(main):004:2> end
irb(main):005:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):006:0> puts (1…12).inject(0){|sum,n|sum+n.int_sum}
364
=> nil
On 6/18/07, Eric I. [email protected] wrote:
On Jun 18, 3:40 pm, “Gregory B.” [email protected] wrote:
Wouldn’t it be:
def fact(n); n > 1 ? n + fact(n-1) : 1; end
puts (1…12).inject(0) { |s,r| s + fact(r) }
That certainly works, although I’m personally uncomfortable with the
name of your recursive method; “fact” seems to imply factorial, which
this is not.
Dur. You’re right. 12! = 121110*…
/me is a math major, too.
If you like inject, how about a pair of 'em:
puts (1…12).inject(0) { |sum, day|
sum + (1…day).inject { |day_sum, gifts| day_sum + gifts }
}
yup, that looks pretty good.