tumbledry

gistfile1.txt

require 'yaml'
class Tumbledry
  attr_accessor :patterns
  def initialize
    File.open('repetative.txt', 'r') do |f|
	@data = f.read()
    end
    self.patterns = {}
      @numpat = 1
  end

  def patternize
      i = 0
      last_match = 1
      while (i < @data.length)
          j = @data.length
          dat = @data.scan(/#{@data[i..j]}/)
          if (dat[0].length > 1 && dat.length > last_match)
		last_match = dat.length
                j+=1
		patterns[dat[0]] = @numpat.chr
		@numpat+=1
		puts dat[0]
          else
                last_match = 1
	        j = i + 1
                i+= 1
          end
      end
  end

  def consume
    begin
      self.patterns = {}
      patternize
      self.patterns.each {|k,v| 
	@data.gsub!(/#{k}/,v)
      }
    end while self.patterns.keys.length > 0
    puts @data
  end
end


t = Tumbledry.new()
t.consume