Quiz Generating Script

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drillsargeant.rb

unless ARGV[0] # unless we *do* have the argument :)
  puts "So, usage is as follows: 'ruby <flashcardscript.rb> <flashcardtext>."
  exit
end

officialexam = []

quiz = Struct.new(:question, :answer) # in which we construct quiz/answer mechanism, sure beats having to create a new class

# begin fetching quiz data
# open text file, extract contents, and populate our 'officialexam' array 
File.open(ARGV[0], "rb").each do |row|
  if row =~ /(.*)\s{3,10}(.*)/ # ruby's pattern-matcher! :D :D & psycho regex
    officialexam << quiz.new($1.strip,$2.strip) # array population time!!
  end
end

# officialexam = officialexam.sort_by{rand}
officialexam.replace(officialexam.sort_by{rand}) # shuffles my exam questions

# begin running 'drillsargeant' function until all questions are exhausted
until officialexam.empty?
  drillsargeant = officialexam.pop # wherein i destructively run through questions
  print "#{drillsargeant.question}"
  if STDIN.gets.chomp.downcase == drillsargeant.answer.downcase
    puts "Yes, #{drillsargeant.answer} is correct.  Moving on."
  else
    puts "Actually, it's #{drillsargeant.answer}."
  end
end

java_quizz

Instead of an object variable, what exists:     object reference variable
Does an object variable exist (y/n):     n
An object reference variable holds ____ that represent a way to ____ a ____:     bits access object
List in order, what happens here: Dog myDog = new Dog;     1. declaration of an object reference variable 2. object creation 3. assignment
An array is a ____:     object
An array holds either a p_____ or a o_____ _____:     primitive object reference
Every element inside an array: is a ______     variable
Dog[] dogvalues = new Dog[5];   What's actually missing here? ___  ___. And how would we populate the first line?     Dog objects dogvalues[0] = new Dog;
A class describes what a ____ ____ and what a ____ ____:     object knows object does
Arguments vs Parameters.  A ____ uses ____, while a _____ passes _____.     method parameters caller arguments
Things an object knows are its: ____ ____     instance variables
Things an object does are its _____     methods
Methods can use ____ ____ so that objects of the same _____ can behave differently.     instance variables type
Values passed in and out of methods can be implicitly promoted to a ___ ___ or explicitly cast to a ___ ___ larger type smaller type
The value you pass as an argument to a method can be a ___ value (2, 'c', etc') or a variable of the declared parameter ___ (ex, 'x' where 'x' is an int variable).  (There are other things you can pass as arguments, but we're not there yet.)     literal type
If a method declares a non-void return type, it MUST return a value compatible with the declared return ___:     type
Instance variables are declared inside a ___ but not inside a ____.  Local variables are declared within a ____.     class method method
Local variables must be _____ before use!     initialized.
Local variables do NOT, by default, have a _____:     value
Two strings that have the same characters (ie, "volcanoooo") are meaningfully _____:     equal