Nicholas Danks NicholasDanks

## gist:10b00d2aecfefe88eff1da8cb9d0dfeb
### Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

  * I am nicholasdanks on github.
  * I am nicholasdanks (https://keybase.io/nicholasdanks) on keybase.
  * I have a public key ASBW2aRg6SKxF6IUGXdo60rVcrk2umNBWEnq82vVTo_nLQo

To claim this, I am signing this object:

## short_string_packer.rb
class ShortStringPacker
  ## Packs a short string into a Fixnum
  # Arguments:
  #   str - String object
  # Returns: a Fixnum object
  def self.pack(str)
    unpacked = str.chars.map{|c| c.ord - 'a'.ord + 1}
    packed = unpacked.map.with_index{|c, i| c << (5 * i)}.reduce(:|)
  end
	### Keybase proof

	I hereby claim:

	* I am nicholasdanks on github.
	* I am nicholasdanks (https://keybase.io/nicholasdanks) on keybase.
	* I have a public key ASBW2aRg6SKxF6IUGXdo60rVcrk2umNBWEnq82vVTo_nLQo

	To claim this, I am signing this object:
	class ShortStringPacker
	## Packs a short string into a Fixnum
	# Arguments:
	# str - String object
	# Returns: a Fixnum object
	def self.pack(str)
	unpacked = str.chars.map{\|c\| c.ord - 'a'.ord + 1}
	packed = unpacked.map.with_index{\|c, i\| c << (5 * i)}.reduce(:\|)
	end