On 11/21/05, Pit Capitain <pit / capitain.de> wrote: > David Balmain schrieb: > > On 11/21/05, David Balmain <dbalmain.ml / gmail.com> wrote: > >>Ryan, how about changing /(J#{u})|(J#{v})/ to /J[#{u}#{v}]/? That'll > >>save you a couple more characters. :p > > > > Damn, now I can see why you did it that way. Sorry. Please disregard. > > No, your idea is right: he could still save one character using > /J(#{u})|(#{v})/ > > Regards, > Pit This is the last time I play golf. It's addictive and I should be working. a=$<.read.split("\n");s=%w{d c h s};c='AKQJT9';t=a.shift;u=(t[0]+32).chr;i=s.index(u);v=s[i-2];w=[1];puts t,a.sort_by{|k|(k=~/J[#{u+v}]/?0:99)+(s.index(k[1,1])-i)%4*10+c.index(k[0,1])} 184 characters. And this time I think it works.