Character.Counting

Charactercounting.rb

def count_letters(list)
 variable = Hash.new
 list.each do |word|
   word.split('').each do |letter|
     variable[letter] = variable[letter].nil? ? 1 : variable[letter] + 1
   end
 end 
 variable
end

def count_index(list)
 # we want to count where in the index the letter shows up 
 # {"l" => [0, 16]}
""
 value = Hash.new
 list.each do |word|
   word.split('').each_with_index do |item, index|
     if item != ' '
       if value.has_key?(item)
         value[item].push(index)
         else
         value[item] = [index]
       end 
     end
   end
 end
 value
end  

puts count_letters(["lighthouse in the house..."])

puts count_index(["lighthouse in the house..."])