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Palindrom searcher class
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class PalindromSearcher | |
attr_accessor :string | |
def initialize(string) | |
@string = string | |
end | |
def longest | |
return unless all.any? | |
all.max_by(&:length) | |
end | |
def all | |
words & reverse_words | |
end | |
private | |
def words | |
substrings(string) | |
end | |
def reverse_words | |
substrings(string.reverse) | |
end | |
def substrings(string) | |
return if string.nil? | |
return if string.empty? | |
substrings = [] | |
for first_char in 1..(string.length - 1) | |
for last_char in (first_char + 1)..string.length | |
substrings << string[(first_char - 1)..(last_char - 1)] | |
end | |
end | |
substrings | |
end | |
end | |
puts PalindromSearcher.new('xyzzy').longest # yzzy | |
puts PalindromSearcher.new('afbbbfjdjklgdfdhfdkjfffhhfffjkdfhdhkyejejfjkd').longest # dhfdkjfffhhfffjkdfhd | |
puts PalindromSearcher.new('bartarcarracecarbartar').longest # racecar | |
puts PalindromSearcher.new('1415926535897932384626433832795028841971').longest # 46264 |
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