Horizontal Stars

[Zunaster]

This is the code I have been trying to execute. But this seems
incorrect. I have trying to make horizontal bar of stars (*) .
In this program you the program generates how many times the
horizontal line of stars to generated and then it makes horizontal
lines comprising of number of stars you stated.

puts " Please enter a number "
s = gets()
while x<s
i=rand(6)
print i
x+=1
while j<i
puts("*")
j+=1
end
end

 

[Rob Biedenharn]

This is the code I have been trying to execute. But this seems
incorrect. I have trying to make horizontal bar of stars (*) .
In this program you the program generates how many times the
horizontal line of stars to generated and then it makes horizontal
lines comprising of number of stars you stated.

puts " Please enter a number "
s = gets()
while x<s
i=rand(6)
print i
x+=1
while j<i
puts("*")
j+=1
end
end

While this rings like a homework assignment, I'll answer somewhat
crypticly:
puts "*" * s }
How many? 19
*******************
*******************
*******************
=> 3puts "*" * s }
How many? 7
*******
*******
*******
*******
=> 4

Note that gets() returns a String (see: ri String)
String#to_i converts a string to an integer
"x" * 2 is the same as "xx"
The idiomatic of writing a loop to execute a fixed number of times
(say, 3) is 3.times {|c| block }

You never initialize 'j'

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Lincoln Anderson]

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This is the code I have been trying to execute. But this seems
incorrect. I have trying to make horizontal bar of stars (*) .
In this program you the program generates how many times the
horizontal line of stars to generated and then it makes horizontal
lines comprising of number of stars you stated.

puts " Please enter a number "
s = gets()
while x<s
i=rand(6)
print i
x+=1
while j<i
puts("*")
j+=1
end
end

First problem I see is that j isn't defined... I'm assuming that j is
meant to be some number such that 0 <= j <= 6. Therefore, why not use x
again.

Why not do:

puts "Please Enter a Number:"
s = gets()

x=0
x.upto(s)
i = rand(6) #why the random number geration?
print i
x.upto(i)
puts "*"
end
end

See how that works (I've found that in many cases upto() does more of
what i want to do with a minimum of code and variables than either
whiles or fors).

Lincoln
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[Lincoln Anderson]

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While this rings like a homework assignment, I'll answer somewhat
crypticly:

"*" * s }
How many? 19
*******************
*******************
*******************
=> 3
"*" * s }
How many? 7
*******
*******
*******
*******
=> 4

Note that gets() returns a String (see: ri String)
String#to_i converts a string to an integer
"x" * 2 is the same as "xx"
The idiomatic of writing a loop to execute a fixed number of times (say,
3) is 3.times {|c| block }

You never initialize 'j'

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com
(e-mail address removed)

D'oh. I missed the simple clues. It does indeed sound like a homework
assignment. Also, your solution looks better.

//i'm still somewhat of a ruby newb

Lincoln Anderson
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[Ken Bloom]

This is the code I have been trying to execute. But this seems
incorrect. I have trying to make horizontal bar of stars (*) .
In this program you the program generates how many times the
horizontal line of stars to generated and then it makes horizontal
lines comprising of number of stars you stated.

puts " Please enter a number "
s = gets()
while x<s
i=rand(6)
print i
x+=1
while j<i
puts("*")
j+=1
end
end

puts always puts a newline after whatever it prints

all you can ever get from this code is

*
*
*
*
*
*
*

Use print instead.

 

[Zunaster]

Let me clarify the question.
Objective To generate random stars horizontally.
Input Number of times random stars to be printed e.g. = 2
Display Please enter a number : 2
5 = *****
3 = ***

 

[Rob Biedenharn]

Let me clarify the question.
Objective To generate random stars horizontally.
Input Number of times random stars to be printed e.g. = 2
Display Please enter a number : 2
5 = *****
3 = ***

Let me clarify the answer.

You have been given the information that you need to figure this
out. This is not a tutoring forum for those who can't complete their
assignments.

In fact, you could probably manipulate the program fragments already
provided to get the result you want without increasing your
understanding of the Ruby language.

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Zunaster]

You have been given the information that you need to figure this
out. This is not a tutoring forum for those who can't complete their
assignments.

In fact, you could probably manipulate the program fragments already
provided to get the result you want without increasing your
understanding of the Ruby language.

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com
(e-mail address removed)

I too am not here to tutor myself and get my assignments done. I tried
and did coding but apparently there is something wrong with it. I do
not want ready-made code, but help is what I am asking for. I am
pretty sound in visual studio and transferring my all works from there
in this language. Syntax of ruby is troubling me, otherwise logic is
what pretty much I know. My question demanding clarity so hence I
rephrased my question.

THANKS !

 

[Chris Shea]

I too am not here to tutor myself and get my assignments done. I tried
and did coding but apparently there is something wrong with it. I do
not want ready-made code, but help is what I am asking for. I am
pretty sound in visual studio and transferring my all works from there
in this language. Syntax of ruby is troubling me, otherwise logic is
what pretty much I know. My question demanding clarity so hence I
rephrased my question.

THANKS !

Spend some time with Programming Ruby. The first edition is available
online here: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/

What might be immediately helpful for you is the section on iterators
here: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/
tut_expressions.html#UJ

Your next steps should be obvious from there.

 

[Zunaster]

Thanks everyone. I know I started off programming without much
reading. I have made the required program.