Frank Fischer wrote: > I think you're wrong. Some of those numbers don't need two '+', for > example: > ||||x|||||||x|||||||||||||+|||x||| = 373 (38 Toothpicks) > ||x||||x|||||||x|||||||||||||||||||+||||| = 1069 (45 Toothpicks) > |||x|||||x|||||||x|||||||||||+||x||||| = 1165 (43 Toothpicks) > so my program says the first ten numbers with two '+' - but without > warranty - are: > Nuts, forgot about tiebreaking. OK I get the same now. Dan -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.