James Gray
4/24/2007 9:16:00 PM
Begin forwarded message:
> From: James Koppel <darmaniiii@yahoo.com>
> Date: April 24, 2007 4:07:50 PM CDT
> To: submission@rubyquiz.com, submission@rubyquiz.com
> Subject: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission
>
> Here is my submission to Ruby Quiz #121. My aim was succinctness,
> and I daresay I succeeded.
>
> $code = { '.-' => "A", '-...' => "B", '-.-.' => "C", '-..' => "D",
> '.' => "E", '..-.' => "F", '--.' => "G", '....' => "H",
> '..' => "I", '.---' => "J", '-.-' => "K", '.-..' => "L",
> '--' => "M", '-.' => "N", '---' => "O", '.--.' => "P",
> '--.-' => "Q", '.-.' => "R", '...' => "S", '-' => "T",
> '..-' => "U", '...-' => "V", '.--' => "W", '-..-' => "X",
> '-.--' => "Y", '--..' => "Z"}
>
> def printTranslations(morse, english="")
> puts english if "" == morse
> (1..[4, morse.length].min).each { |n|
> printTranslations(morse[n..-1], english + $code[morse[0,n]]) if
> $code.has_key?(morse[0,n])}
> end
>
> puts "Input morse code string"
> printTranslations(gets.chomp)
>
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