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Created June 21, 2012 00:46
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There *is* an I in team!
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string.rb
# Inspired by http://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/13/there-is-an-i-in-team/
class String
alias_method :original_count, :count
def count(letter)
if self == 'team' && letter.downcase == 'i'
1
else
original_count(letter)
end
end
end
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Written during a Ruby class I was teaching today. When the group saw the built in string function count:

"hello world".count('o')
# => 2

We decided to alter it to show the hidden i in team
there it is

"team".count('i')
# => 1

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