#99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall #by Daniel Straight, July 10, 2006 #see http://ruby-lang.org/en/ for info on Ruby #This version adds a to_w (to word) conversion to the Integer class #and then uses it to print the lyrics with words instead of numerals class Integer def to_w words = { 0 => "no", 1 => "one", 2 => "two", 3 => "three", 4 => "four", 5 => "five", 6 => "six", 7 => "seven", 8 => "eight", 9 => "nine", 10 => "ten", 11 => "eleven", 12 => "twelve", 13 => "thirteen", 14 => "fourteen", 15 => "fifteen", 16 => "sixteen", 17 => "seventeen", 18 => "eighteen", 19 => "nineteen", 20 => "twenty", 30 => "thirty", 40 => "fourty", 50 => "fifty", 60 => "sixty", 70 => "seventy", 80 => "eighty", 90 => "ninety"} if self < 21 words[self].capitalize else if self.to_s =~ /\d0/ words[self].capitalize else "#{words[(self.to_s.slice(0,1).to_i*10)].capitalize}-#{words[(self.to_s.slice(1,2).to_i)]}" end end end end def bottles (num) if num >= 2 or num == 0 "#{num.to_w} bottles" else "#{1.to_w} bottle" end end def sing (verse) puts "#{bottles(verse)} of beer on the wall" puts "#{bottles(verse)} of beer" if verse > 0 puts "Take one down; pass it around" puts "#{bottles(verse-1)} of beer of wall" elsif verse == 0 puts "Go to the store, buy some more." puts "#{bottles(99)} bottles of beer on the wall" end puts end 99.downto(0) do |i| sing i end