Found Senryu (#224)
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From: Paul Smith on 16 Nov 2009 09:15 On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:43 PM, wkm <wiktor(a)zanoccio.com> wrote: > My solution is enclosed. > > It uses the Lingua::EN package from http://www.pressure.to/ruby/ to count syllables. According to it there are 4729 Senryu's in the US Constitution (with amendments). :) > > As an aside, do people actually do these quizzes any more? There seems to have been no discussion about this one at all.... I would have loved to have done this quiz but: 1) I had no idea where to start with a 'syllable-counting' algorithm 2) I had so much to do that when I thought about looking for some, you'd already posted a solution. > >>---- Original Message ---- >>From: Daniel Moore <yahivin(a)gmail.com> >>To: ruby-talk(a)ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML) >>Sent: Fri, Nov 13, 2009, 13:16 PM >>Subject: [QUIZ] Found Senryu (#224) >> >>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> >>The three rules of Ruby Quiz: >> >>1. Please do not post any solutions or spoiler discussion for this >>quiz until 48 hours have elapsed from the time this message was >>sent. >> >>2. Support Ruby Quiz by submitting ideas and responses >>as often as you can. >> >>3. Enjoy! >> >>Suggestion: A [QUIZ] in the subject of emails about the problem >>helps everyone on Ruby Talk follow the discussion. Please reply to >>the original quiz message, if you can. >> >>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> >>RSS Feed: http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes.rss >> >>Suggestions?: http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/suggestions >> >>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> >>## Found Senryu (#224) >> >>Ya'atay Rubyists, >> >>This week's quiz comes from Martin DeMello: >> >>Scan a text for runs >>of seventeen syllables >>formed from complete words >> >>Have Fun! >> >>-- >>-Daniel >>http://rubyquiz.strd6.com > -- Paul Smith http://www.nomadicfun.co.uk paul(a)pollyandpaul.co.uk
From: wkm on 16 Nov 2009 16:03 >I would have loved to have done this quiz but: > >1) I had no idea where to start with a 'syllable-counting' algorithm Yeah, that stumped me too. I felt like it was cheating a bit to use the Lingua::EN package. But interestingly, they use a pronunciation dictionary from CMU to do the counting, so we could just skip the Lingua step and implement it directly. >2) I had so much to do that when I thought about looking for some, >you'd already posted a solution. :)
From: Martin DeMello on 17 Nov 2009 06:15 On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Daniel Moore <yahivin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Scan a text for runs > of seventeen syllables > formed from complete words Sorry, this was underspecified (I was hoping that the example would suffice, and I needn't break the purity of the quiz post :)). The seventeen syllables should, for full correctness, also be able to be broken into 5/7/5 in traditional "internet haiku" fashion. martin
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