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.rspec

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+--format nested
+--color

week2/homework/simon_says.rb

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+module SimonSays
+	def echo(st)
+		st
+	end
+
+	def shout(st)
+		st.upcase
+	end
+
+	def first_word(st)
+		st.split.first
+	end
+
+	def start_of_word(st,i)
+		st[0...i]
+	end
+
+	def repeat(st, t=2)
+		([st]*t).join(' ')
+	end
+end

week4/exercises/.rspec

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+--format nested
+--color

week4/exercises/worker_spec.rb

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-require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/worker"
+#require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/worker"
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '/homework/worker')
 
 describe Worker do
 

week4/homework/questions.txt

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 The Rake Gem: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
 
 1. How does Ruby read files?
+Ruby defines a single base class, IO, to handle input and output. The same
+methods we use for 'simple' i/o from irb, puts, gets, are available for all file
+objects:
+  	 while line = gets
+ 	 	puts line
+	 end
+There are I/O iterators for reading. I/O#each_byte invokes a block with next 8-bit
+byte from the IO object. String#dump can also be used
+	File.open("tesfile") do |file|
+		file.each_line {|line| puts "got #{line.dump}"}
+	end	
+
 2. How would you output "Hello World!" to a file called my_output.txt?
+
+	File.open("output.txt", "w") do |file|
+		file.puts "Hello World!"
+	end
+
 3. What is the Directory class and what is it used for?
+
+Objects of class Dir are directory streams representing directories in the 
+underlying file system. They provide a variety of ways to list directories and 
+their contents.
+
 4. What is an IO object?
+
+Ruby defines a single base class, IO, to handle input and output. An IO object is 
+a bidirectional channel between a Ruby program and some external resource. Bidirectional
+as in read/write, puts/gets.
+
+
 5. What is rake and what is it used for? What is a rake task?
+Rake is a simple ruby build program with capabilities similar to 'make.' Tasks or jobs can be written in ruby
+and executed via the ruby Rake command. Files containg ruby code can also be part of the execution. In rails, 
+rake db:migrate is used to run a database migration script that executes ruby code to build tables according 
+to the database and table specifications. To view the 'routes' that a ruby application may be configured to run, 
+the 'rake routes' command will display what the ruby program or application will respond to. 

week4/homework/worker.rb

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+class Worker
+  def self.work (number = 1)
+    result = ''
+    number.times {result = yield if block_given?}
+    result
+  end
+
+  #or
+
+  ##class << self
+  ##  def work number=1
+  ##    result = ''
+  ##    number.times {result = yield if block_given?}
+  ##    result
+  ##  end  
+  ##end
+end

week5/Rakefile.rb

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+##task :default => [:hello_world] 
+##  desc "This outputs..."
+##  task :hello_world do
+##      puts "hellow World!" 
+##      test
+##  end    
+##
+##  def test 
+##    "tequila"
+##  end
+
+#task #:default => [:readnames]
+  desc "read names"
+  task :readnames do
+    File.open("names.rb") do |f|
+    File.open('outnames.rb','w') do |out|
+      f.each do |line|
+        puts line
+        #out << line
+      end
+    end
+    end
+    #Dir.mkdir("test")
+  end
+  desc "mkdir"
+  task :makedir do
+    Dir.mkdir("testdir")
+  end
+###desc "print..."
+###task :print_names do 
+###    file.open("names")  do |f|
+###      f.map{|def line( puts line}
+###        
+###      end
+###      }
+###      
+###task :create_student_dirs => [:create_class_dir] do
+###        
+###      f.map
+###      
+###      dir
+###      rake print_names
+###      
+###      create a helper
+###      
+###      file_helper("../name") do |line|
+###         puts line
+###       end
+### 
+###      file_helper("../name") do |line|
+###         Dir.mkdir line
+###       end
+###      
+###      file_helper("../name") do |line|
+###        Dir.rmdir line
+###      end
+###      
+###def file_helper(file_name)
+###  File.open(file_name) do |f|
+###    f.each do \line|
+###      yield line.chomp #chomp carriage return
+###      
+###    end
+###  end
+###end
+###end      

week5/names.rb

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+Ben
+BrianT
+BrianWard
+BryanWilliams
+Cheri
+Chris B
+ChristopherF
+ChristopherT
+Danny
+Dimitry
+Eddie
+Emily
+Gregory
+Josh
+Karen
+Kat
+Kelli
+Kris
+Mallory
+Nell
+NicholasP
+Nicole
+Nikky
+Peter
+Price
+Renée
+Ryan
+Santy
+Serene
+Sol
+Steven
+Strand
+Timothy
+Will
+Yan