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# This function will break up words for us. | |
def break_words(stuff) | |
words = stuff.split(' ') | |
return words | |
end | |
# Sorts the words. | |
def sort_words(words) | |
return words.sort | |
end | |
# Prints the first word after popping it off. | |
def puts_first_word(words) | |
word = words.pop(0) | |
puts word | |
end | |
# Prints the last word after popping it off. | |
def puts_last_word(words) | |
word = words.pop(1) | |
puts word | |
end | |
# Takes in a full sentence and returns the sorted words. | |
def sort_sentence(sentence) | |
words = break_words(sentence) | |
return sort_words(words) | |
end | |
# Puts the first and last words of the sentence. | |
def puts_first_and_last(sentence) | |
words = break_words(sentence) | |
puts_first_word(words) | |
puts_last_word(words) | |
end | |
# Sorts the words then prints the first and last one. | |
def puts_first_and_last_sorted(sentence) | |
words = sort_sentence(sentence) | |
puts_first_word(words) | |
puts_last_word(words) | |
end | |
puts "Let's practice everything." | |
puts 'You\'d need to know \'bout escapes with \\ that do \n newlines and \t tabs.' | |
poem = %Q{ | |
\tThe lovely world | |
with logic so firmly planted | |
cannot discern \n the needs of love | |
nor comprehend passion from intuition | |
and requires an explantion | |
\n\t\twhere there is none. | |
} | |
puts "--------------" | |
puts poem | |
puts "--------------" | |
five = 10 - 2 + 3 - 5 | |
puts "This should be five: %s" % five | |
def secret_formula(started) | |
jelly_beans = started * 500 | |
jars = jelly_beans / 1000 | |
crates = jars / 100 | |
return jelly_beans, jars, crates | |
end | |
start_point = 10000 | |
beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start_point) | |
puts "With a starting point of: %d" % start_point | |
puts "We'd have %d jeans, %d jars, and %d crates." % [beans, jars, crates] | |
start_point = start_point / 10 | |
puts "We can also do that this way:" | |
puts "We'd have %d beans, %d jars, and %d crabapples." % secret_formula(start_point) | |
sentence = "All god\tthings come to those who weight." | |
words = break_words(sentence) | |
sorted_words = sort_words(words) | |
puts_first_word(words) | |
puts_last_word(words) | |
puts_first_word(sorted_words) | |
puts_last_word(sorted_words) | |
sorted_words = sort_sentence(sentence) | |
puts sorted_words | |
puts_first_and_last(sentence) | |
puts_first_and_last_sorted(sentence) |
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