comp.lang.ruby

Yoan Blanc

1/20/2008 7:52:00 PM

James Gray wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Yoan Blanc <yoan@dosimple.ch>
>> Date: January 18, 2008 1:18:37 PM CST
>> To: submission@rubyquiz.com
>> Subject: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission
>>
>> thanks.
>> #!/usr/bin/ruby
>> # author: Yoan Blanc <yoan at dosimple.ch>
>> # revision: 20080118
>>
>> text = STDIN.read
>>
>> (text.length/2).downto 1 do |l|
>> match = Regexp.new("(.{#{l}})\\1").match(text)
while fail with text longer than (1 << 15)-1 which is the maximum string
a quantifier can handle.
>> if match
>> puts text[match.offset(1)[0]..(match.offset(1)[1]-1)]
>> break
>> end
>> end
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