main.rb

# Step a name from the arity to the finished string, and get the count of that
# 2020-12-12 
print "What is the name? "
end_test = gets.chomp
puts

DEBUG = true
MODULO_DEBUG = 1_000_000

def string_arity(string)
    string.split('').count   
end

finished = false
until (finished)
    steps ||= 0
    name ||= end_test
    compute_string ||= 'a' * string_arity(end_test)  
  
    if (compute_string != name)
        steps += 1
        compute_string.succ!        
        
        if (DEBUG && ((steps % MODULO_DEBUG) == 0))
            puts "#{compute_string} -> #{steps}"  
        end
    else
       puts "Reached the end; number of steps: #{steps}"
       finished = true 
    end
end