Hello --

On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Glen Starchman wrote:

> 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?

The problem is:

"8\nbottles of beer on the wall 8\nbottles of beer. Take one down, pass\nit around,8\nbottles of beer on the wall"
"7\nbottles of beer on the wall 7\nbottles of beer. Take one down, pass\nit around,7\nbottles of beer on the wall"

One could debate the acceptability of the "\n"'s.  But it's not
decrementing the number in the right place.


David

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