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# Write a method that capitalizes each word in a string like a book title | |
# Do not capitalize words like 'a', 'and', 'of', 'over' or 'the'. | |
LITTLE_WORDS = [ | |
"and", | |
"the", | |
"over", | |
"of", | |
"a" | |
] | |
def titleize(title) | |
words = title.split(" ") | |
titleized_string = "" | |
titleized_words = words.map.each_with_index do |word, i| | |
if (LITTLE_WORDS.include?(word) && i > 0) | |
titleized_string = titleized_string + word.downcase + " " | |
else | |
titleized_string = titleized_string + word.capitalize + " " | |
end | |
end | |
return titleized_string.rstrip | |
end | |
# Write a method that returns the largest prime factor of a given integer. | |
def prime?(num) | |
(2..num-1).none? { |factor| num % factor == 0 } | |
end | |
def largest_prime_factor(num) | |
if (num == 0 || num == 1) | |
return nil | |
end | |
num.downto(2) do |factor| | |
if (num % factor).zero? | |
return factor if prime?(factor) | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
# Write a symmetric_substrings method that takes a string and returns an array | |
# of substrings that are palindromes, e.g. symmetric_substrings("cool") => ["oo"] | |
# Only include substrings of length > 1. | |
def symmetric_substrings(str) | |
symm_subs = "" | |
str.length.times do |start_pos| | |
(2..(length - start_pos).each do |len| | |
substr = str[start_pos...(start_pos + len)] | |
symm_subs << substr if substr = substr.reverse | |
end | |
end | |
symm_subs | |
end | |
# Write a method that returns `true` if all characters in the string | |
# are unique and `false` if they are not. | |
def all_unique_chars?(str) | |
letters = str.split('').reject{ |char| char == ' '} | |
letters.uniq.length = letters.length | |
end |
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require "rspec"
require "exercises"
describe "titleize" do
it "capitalizes a word" do
expect(titleize("jaws")).to eq("Jaws")
end
it "capitalizes every word (aka title case)" do
expect(titleize("david copperfield")).to eq("David Copperfield")
end
it "doesn't capitalize 'little words' in a title" do
expect(titleize("war and peace")).to eq("War and Peace")
end
it "does capitalize 'little words' at the start of a title" do
expect(titleize("the bridge over the river kwai")).to eq("The Bridge over the River Kwai")
end
end
describe 'largest_prime_factor' do
it 'returns 2 for 2' do
expect(largest_prime_factor(2)).to eq(2)
end
it 'returns 5 for 10' do
expect(largest_prime_factor(10)).to eq(5)
end
it 'can detect larger factors' do
expect(largest_prime_factor(152)).to eq(19)
end
it 'can detect even larger factors' do
expect(largest_prime_factor(2098)).to eq(1049)
end
it "returns original number if it is prime" do
expect(largest_prime_factor(13)).to eq(13)
end
it 'returns nil for zero and one' do
expect(largest_prime_factor(0)).to be_nil
expect(largest_prime_factor(1)).to be_nil
end
end
describe "symmetric_substrings" do
it "handles a simple example" do
expect(symmetric_substrings("aba")).to match_array(["aba"])
end
it "handles two substrings" do
expect(symmetric_substrings("aba1cdc")).to match_array(["aba", "cdc"])
end
it "handles nested substrings" do
expect(symmetric_substrings("xabax")).to match_array(["aba", "xabax"])
end
end