> From ruby-talk-admin / ruby-lang.org Sat Jul 21 03:34:47 2001
> Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 08:36:56 +0900
> From: Matt Armstrong <matt / lickey.com>
> Subject: [ruby-talk:18205] Re: 99 bottles of beer
> To: ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML),
>    Glen Starchman <glen / enabledventures.com>
> Cc: ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML)
>
> Glen Starchman <glen / enabledventures.com> writes:
>
> > 99.downto(0){|x|w=" on the wall";u="#{x!=0?eval(x.to_s):'no more'} 
> > #{x>1?'bottles':'bottle'} of beer";p"#{u}#{w} #{u}. Take one down, pass 
> > it around,#{u}#{w}"}
> > 
> > 159 characters... can it be squeezed down any further?
>
> By one...change x!=0 to x>0
>
#{u+w} instead of #{u}#{w} should work, no?

Happy squeezing :)

Joel Wilsson