Ruby Challenge 2: The Twelve Days of Christmas

gistfile1.rb

# challenge 2: http://www.therubygame.com/challenges/2
gifts = "12 Drummers Drumming
11 Pipers Piping
10 Lords-a-Leaping
9 Ladies Dancing
8 Maids-a-Milking
7 Swans-a-Swimming
6 Geese-a-Laying
5 Gold Rings
4 Colly Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
A Partridge in a Pear Tree."

day = 10

def Solution(gifts, day)
  t = 0
  g = gifts.tr('A', '1').split("\n").reverse
  day.times do |x|
    t += g[x].split(" ", 2)[0].to_i
  end
  t
end

puts "#{Solution gifts, day}" # => 55