Ruby Quiz wrote: > 0. LOOK AND SAY > 1. TWO A ONE D ONE K ONE L ONE N TWO O ONE S ONE Y > 2. ONE A ONE D SIX E ONE K ONE L SEVEN N NINE O ONE S TWO T TWO W ONE Y > 3. ONE A ONE D TEN E TWO I ONE K ONE L TEN N NINE O THREE S THREE T ONE V > THREE W ONE X ONE Y > > and so on. (Note the difference between this and the L&S sequence--the letters > are counted rather than read in order). Eric wants to know when the sequence > enters a cycle, and how long that cycle is. Well? In case the string gets quite long, what is the canonical English representation (for this quiz) of: 101 - "One hundred one" or "One hundred and one"? (Not "One Oh One", I suppose.) (From that answer I suppose I can extrapolate the answer for similar edge cases, largely involving the presence of absence of the word 'and'.)