James Gray wrote: > On Dec 30, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Robert Retzbach wrote: > >> >> It took 20-30min :D > > $ time ruby numeric_maze.rb 22 999 > 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 60, 62, 124, 248, 496, 498, 996, 1992, 1994, 997, > 999 > > real 0m0.635s > user 0m0.381s > sys 0m0.252s > > ;) > > James Edward Gray II Very new Rubyist here. :) solve(22, 999) result: Total time taken in seconds: 0.782 [22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 60, 62, 124, 248, 496, 498, 996, 998, 1996, 1998, 999] solve(222, 9999) result: Total time taken in seconds: 56.0 [222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246, 248, 250, 252, 254, 256, 258, 260, 262, 264, 266, 268, 270, 272, 274, 276, 278, 280, 282, 284, 286, 288, 290, 292, 294, 296, 298, 300, 302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 624, 1248, 2496, 2498, 4996, 4998, 9996, 9998, 19996, 19998, 9999] AMD Athlon 1400, 1.6 GHz -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.