attwenger = [
  { :year => 1991, :tracks => 18, :title => "Most"         },
  { :year => 1992, :tracks => 10, :title => "Pflug"        },
  { :year => 1993, :tracks => 17, :title => "Luft"         },
  { :year => 1997, :tracks => 5, :title => "Song"         },
  { :year => 2002, :tracks => 15, :title => "Sun"          },
  { :year => 2005, :tracks => 14, :title => "dog"          },
  { :year => 2006, :tracks => 17, :title => "dog2 remixes" },
  { :year => 2007, :tracks => 8, :title => "die Kia"      }
]

# calculate the total amount of tracks in all albums
total = attwenger.inject(0) { |memo, album| memo + album[:tracks] }
puts "There are #{total} Attwenger tracks on #{attwenger.size} albums."

# average number of tracks
puts "The average number of tracks per album is #{total/attwenger.size}."

# which letters are used in album titles?
title_strings = attwenger.map{ |album| album[:title] }.join.gsub(/\s/,'').upcase
title_letters = title_strings.split(//).uniq.sort.join
puts "These letters are used in album titles: #{title_letters}"

# most common letters in album titles
title_count = title_letters.split(//).sort_by{|letter| title_strings.count(letter) }.
  reverse.map{ |letter| "#{letter}: #{title_strings.count(letter)}" }
puts "Number of times individual letters are used in album titles, highest first:"
puts "#{title_count.join(', ')}"

class String
  def count_letters
    cleaned = self.gsub(/\s/,'').upcase
    letters = cleaned.split(//).uniq.sort.join
    letters.split(//).sort_by{|letter| cleaned.count(letter) }.
      reverse.map{ |letter| "#{letter}: #{cleaned.count(letter)}" }
  end
end

puts "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.".count_letters.join(', ')

class String
  def method_missing(method)
    puts "intercepting call to #{method}"
  end
end

# outputs "intercepting call to krawutzikaputzi"
"Lorem ipsum dolor".krawutzikaputzi