Class: AnagramSolver::Anagram

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/anagram_solver/anagram.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Anagram

Returns a new instance of Anagram.



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# File 'lib/anagram_solver/anagram.rb', line 3

def initialize
	# loading the dictionary
	@word_list = load_dictionary
end

Instance Method Details

#load_dictionary ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/anagram_solver/anagram.rb', line 8

def load_dictionary
  wl = []
  file = File.open("/usr/share/dict/words", 'r')
  file.each_line do |line|
    wl.push(line.chomp)
  end
  wl
end

#solve(target_word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/anagram_solver/anagram.rb', line 17

def solve target_word
	valid_words = []
	letters = target_word.downcase.split(//)
	no_of_letters = letters.length
  @word_list.each do |word|
    next unless word.length == no_of_letters
    word_copy = word
    word = word.split(//)
    letters.each do |letter|
      if word.include? letter
        word.delete_at word.index(letter)
      end
    end
    if word.length == 0
      valid_words.push(word_copy)
    end
  end 
  valid_words 		
end