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> From: "Vasil Vangelovski" <vvangelovski / gmail.com>
> Date: October 13, 2007 8:31:19 PM CDT
> To: submission / rubyquiz.com
> Subject: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission
>
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
> #
> #-------------------------------------------------------
> #
> # A very simple and extremely inefficient solution
> # for Ruby Quiz #143
> #
> #-------------------------------------------------------
> #  Created by Vasil Vangelovski on 2007-10-14.
> #  Copyright (c) 2007. All rights reserved.
>
> class String
>   MIN =32
>   MAX=126
>   #incrementing in base 128, funny characters are skipped
>   def increment
>     new_one = self
>     (new_one.size-1).downto(0) do |index|
>       if new_one[index].to_i < MAX
>         new_one[index]=(new_one[index].to_i + 1).chr
>         return new_one
>       end
>       if (new_one[index].to_i == MAX)
>         new_one[index]=MIN.chr
>       end
>     end
>     return  MIN.chr.to_s  + self
>   end
> end
>
> class Regexp
>   #better to use this method for testing
>   def printout(maxlength=5)
>     stringus = " "
>     while stringus.size <= maxlength
>       puts stringus if (self.match(stringus) != nil)
>       stringus = stringus.increment
>     end
>   end
> end
>
> /abe|cde|dfg/.printout(3)