[ruby-talk:18073] 99 bottles of beer

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<P>#&nbsp;How to shorten&nbsp;the following experimental codes?</P>
<P>bottle = ' bottles'<BR>99.downto(1) { |i|<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; print "\n", i, bottle, ' of beer on the wall, ', i, bottle, ' of beer', ".\n"<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; print 'Take one down, pass it around,', "\n"<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; bottle = ' bottle' if i == 2<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; print i-1, bottle, ' of beer on the wall.', "\n" if i &gt; 1<BR>} <BR>print 'No bottles of beer on the wall.', "\n\n"</P>
<P># Thanks</P>
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