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Author: Odogwudozilla

exercises/count_in_list.rb

@@ -19,9 +19,19 @@ def count_in_list(list, item_to_count)
   #  1. A running total of the number of times you've seen the item
   #  2. A way to loop/iterate through the list
   #  3. A way to add to the running total as you see the item
+  list = list.to_s
+  words = list.split
+
+  num = words.count(item_to_count)
+
+
 end
 
 if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME
   # I'd advise putting some sanity checks here.
   # How else will you be sure your code does what you think it does?
+  p count_in_list("A way to add to the running total", "to") == 2
+  p count_in_list([1,1,1], 1)  == 3
+  p count_in_list([1,2,3], -1) == 0
+  p count_in_list([1,2,3], 1)  == 1
 end

exercises/longest_string.rb

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #   str.length == 4
 
 def longest_string(list)
+
   my_long_str = list[0] # assigns a varible to the first array index
   list.each do |str| # for each str in list
     if str.length > my_long_str.length # if the lengthof current str is greater than my_long_str
@@ -32,5 +33,5 @@ def longest_string(list)
   p longest_string(["We", "might", "have", "missed", "a", "corner", "case"]) == "missed"
   p longest_string(["Remember", "that", "conceptually", "x"]) == "conceptually"
 
-  p longest_string([123456789, "might", "have", 23564.25689, "a", "corner", "case"]) == "corner"
+  p longest_string(["123456789", "might", "have", "23564.25689", "a", "corner", "case"]) == "23564.25689"
 end

exercises/shortest_string.rb

@@ -4,10 +4,22 @@
 # Prints:      Nothing
 
 def shortest_string(list)
-  # This is your job. :)
+  my_short_str = list[0] # assigns a varible to the first array index
+  list.each do |str| # for each str in list
+    if str.length < my_short_str.length # if the lengthof current str is greater than my_short_str
+      my_short_str = str # set str to my_short_str
+    end
+  end
+  return my_short_str
 end
 
 if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME
   # I'd advise putting some sanity checks here.
   # How else will you be sure your code does what you think it does?
+
+  p shortest_string(["We", "might", "have", "missed", "a", "corner", "case"]) == "a"
+  p shortest_string(["Remember", "that", "conceptually", "x"]) == "x"
+
+  p shortest_string(["123456789", "might", "have", "23564.25689", "a", "corner", "case"]) == "a"
+
 end

exercises/testrunfile.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+def count_in_list(list, item_to_count)
+  # You'll need three things:
+  #  1. A running total of the number of times you've seen the item
+  #  2. A way to loop/iterate through the list
+  #  3. A way to add to the running total as you see the item
+  list = list.to_s
+  puts list
+
+  words = list.split(" ")
+
+  puts words
+
+  num = words.count(item_to_count)
+
+
+  puts num
+
+end
+
+count_in_list([1,1,1], "to")

exercises/word_count.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 def word_count(string)
   # Hint: You'll want to use String#split
   # See: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-2.1.2/String.html#method-i-split
+
+  mystring = string.split(' ') #spilts the value of string into an array delimited by spaces and assigns to mystring
+  mystring = mystring.count #counts the number of array elements and assigns to mystring
 end
 
 if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME