char_sequencer 1.0.0

data/lib/char_sequencer/sequence.rb

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+module CharSequencer
+
+	class Sequence
+
+		attr_reader :current_string
+
+		def initialize(string_or_length, allowed_chars, expand_to_max_size = false)
+			@current_string = if string_or_length.is_a?(String)
+				string_or_length
+			else
+				(allowed_chars[0, 1] * string_or_length.to_i)
+			end
+			@original_string = @current_string.dup
+			@allowed_chars = allowed_chars
+			@expand_to_max_size = expand_to_max_size
+		end
+
+		def next!(position = @current_string.length - 1)
+			result = true
+			character_at_position = @current_string[position, 1]
+			if @allowed_chars.include?(character_at_position)
+				index = @allowed_chars.index(character_at_position)
+				if index + 1 < @allowed_chars.length 
+					@current_string[position, 1] = @allowed_chars[index + 1, 1]
+				else
+					@current_string[position, 1] = @allowed_chars[0, 1]
+					if position - 1 >= 0
+						result = self.next!(position - 1)
+					else
+						if @expand_to_max_size && @expand_to_max_size > @current_string.length
+							@current_string = @allowed_chars[0, 1] * (@current_string.length + 1)
+						else
+							return false
+						end
+					end
+				end
+			else
+				raise "Illegal character detected (#{character_at_position} is not included in allowed_chars (#{@allowed_chars.join(', ')}))"
+			end
+			return result
+		end
+
+		def each(include_self = true, &block)
+			yield @current_string if include_self
+			while(self.next!)
+				yield @current_string
+			end
+		end
+
+	end
+
+end

data/lib/char_sequencer/version.rb

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+module CharSequencer
+  VERSION = "1.0.0"
+end

data/lib/char_sequencer.rb

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+require "char_sequencer/version"
+
+module CharSequencer
+
+	autoload :Sequence, 'char_sequencer/sequence'
+
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: char_sequencer
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 1.0.0
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- drake
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-06-18 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies: []
+description: A gem to generate all string of a given length and allowed characters
+email:
+- menostos@gmail.com
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- lib/char_sequencer/sequence.rb
+- lib/char_sequencer/version.rb
+- lib/char_sequencer.rb
+homepage: ''
+licenses: []
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.8.24
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: This gem will provide a class wrapping String and give a next! method to
+  generate the next string
+test_files: []