gistfile1.rb

# 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)