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data/tracks/ruby/exercises/flatten-array/README.md

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+# Flatten Array
+
+Take a nested list and return a single flattened list with all values except nil/null.
+
+The challenge is to write a function that accepts an arbitrarily-deep nested list-like structure and returns a flattened structure without any nil/null values.
+ 
+For Example
+
+input: [1,[2,3,null,4],[null],5]
+
+output: [1,2,3,4,5]
+
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Interview Question [https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Flatten.html](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Flatten.html)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/food-chain/README.md

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+# Food Chain
+
+Generate the lyrics of the song 'I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly'.
+
+While you could copy/paste the lyrics,
+or read them from a file, this problem is much more
+interesting if you approach it algorithmically.
+
+This is a [cumulative song](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulative_song) of unknown origin.
+
+This is one of many common variants.
+
+```plain
+I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a spider.
+It wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a bird.
+How absurd to swallow a bird!
+She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
+Imagine that, to swallow a cat!
+She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
+She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
+What a hog, to swallow a dog!
+She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
+She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
+She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
+Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
+She swallowed the goat to catch the dog.
+She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
+She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
+She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
+I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
+She swallowed the cow to catch the goat.
+She swallowed the goat to catch the dog.
+She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
+She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
+She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a horse.
+She's dead, of course!
+```
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Was_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swallowed_a_Fly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Was_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swallowed_a_Fly)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/gigasecond/README.md

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+# Gigasecond
+
+Calculate the moment when someone has lived for 10^9 seconds.
+
+A gigasecond is 10^9 (1,000,000,000) seconds.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Chapter 9 in Chris Pine's online Learn to Program tutorial. [http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=09](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=09)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/grade-school/README.md

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+# Grade School
+
+Given students' names along with the grade that they are in, create a roster
+for the school.
+
+In the end, you should be able to:
+
+- Add a student's name to the roster for a grade
+  - "Add Jim to grade 2."
+  - "OK."
+- Get a list of all students enrolled in a grade
+  - "Which students are in grade 2?"
+  - "We've only got Jim just now."
+- Get a sorted list of all students in all grades.  Grades should sort
+  as 1, 2, 3, etc., and students within a grade should be sorted
+  alphabetically by name.
+  - "Who all is enrolled in school right now?"
+  - "Grade 1: Anna, Barb, and Charlie. Grade 2: Alex, Peter, and Zoe.
+    Grade 3…"
+
+Note that all our students only have one name.  (It's a small town, what
+do you want?)
+
+
+## For bonus points
+
+Did you get the tests passing and the code clean? If you want to, these
+are some additional things you could try:
+
+- If you're working in a language with mutable data structures and your
+  implementation allows outside code to mutate the school's internal DB
+  directly, see if you can prevent this. Feel free to introduce additional
+  tests.
+
+Then please share your thoughts in a comment on the submission. Did this
+experiment make the code better? Worse? Did you learn anything from it?
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+A pairing session with Phil Battos at gSchool [http://gschool.it](http://gschool.it)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/grains/README.md

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+# Grains
+
+Calculate the number of grains of wheat on a chessboard given that the number
+on each square doubles.
+
+There once was a wise servant who saved the life of a prince. The king
+promised to pay whatever the servant could dream up. Knowing that the
+king loved chess, the servant told the king he would like to have grains
+of wheat. One grain on the first square of a chess board. Two grains on
+the next. Four on the third, and so on.
+
+There are 64 squares on a chessboard.
+
+Write code that shows:
+- how many grains were on each square, and
+- the total number of grains
+
+
+## For bonus points
+
+Did you get the tests passing and the code clean? If you want to, these
+are some additional things you could try:
+
+- Optimize for speed.
+- Optimize for readability.
+
+Then please share your thoughts in a comment on the submission. Did this
+experiment make the code better? Worse? Did you learn anything from it?
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+JavaRanch Cattle Drive, exercise 6 [http://www.javaranch.com/grains.jsp](http://www.javaranch.com/grains.jsp)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/hamming/README.md

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+# Hamming
+
+Calculate the Hamming difference between two DNA strands.
+
+A mutation is simply a mistake that occurs during the creation or
+copying of a nucleic acid, in particular DNA. Because nucleic acids are
+vital to cellular functions, mutations tend to cause a ripple effect
+throughout the cell. Although mutations are technically mistakes, a very
+rare mutation may equip the cell with a beneficial attribute. In fact,
+the macro effects of evolution are attributable by the accumulated
+result of beneficial microscopic mutations over many generations.
+
+The simplest and most common type of nucleic acid mutation is a point
+mutation, which replaces one base with another at a single nucleotide.
+
+By counting the number of differences between two homologous DNA strands
+taken from different genomes with a common ancestor, we get a measure of
+the minimum number of point mutations that could have occurred on the
+evolutionary path between the two strands.
+
+This is called the 'Hamming distance'.
+
+It is found by comparing two DNA strands and counting how many of the
+nucleotides are different from their equivalent in the other string.
+
+    GAGCCTACTAACGGGAT
+    CATCGTAATGACGGCCT
+    ^ ^ ^  ^ ^    ^^
+
+The Hamming distance between these two DNA strands is 7.
+
+# Implementation notes
+
+The Hamming distance is only defined for sequences of equal length. This means
+that based on the definition, each language could deal with getting sequences
+of equal length differently.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+The Calculating Point Mutations problem at Rosalind [http://rosalind.info/problems/hamm/](http://rosalind.info/problems/hamm/)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/hello-world/README.md

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+# Hello World
+
+The classical introductory exercise. Just say "Hello, World!".
+
+["Hello, World!"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program) is
+the traditional first program for beginning programming in a new language
+or environment.
+
+The objectives are simple:
+
+- Write a function that returns the string "Hello, World!".
+- Run the test suite and make sure that it succeeds.
+- Submit your solution and check it at the website.
+
+If everything goes well, you will be ready to fetch your first real exercise.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+This is an exercise to introduce users to using Exercism [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/hexadecimal/README.md

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+# Hexadecimal
+
+Convert a hexadecimal number, represented as a string (e.g. "10af8c"), to its decimal equivalent using first principles (i.e. no, you may not use built-in or external libraries to accomplish the conversion).
+
+On the web we use hexadecimal to represent colors, e.g. green: 008000,
+teal: 008080, navy: 000080).
+
+The program should handle invalid hexadecimal strings.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+All of Computer Science [http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/NumberBases.html](http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/NumberBases.html)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/house/README.md

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+# House
+
+Output the nursery rhyme 'This is the House that Jack Built'.
+
+> [The] process of placing a phrase of clause within another phrase of
+> clause is called embedding. It is through the processes of recursion
+> and embedding that we are able to take a finite number of forms (words
+> and phrases) and construct an infinite number of expressions.
+> Furthermore, embedding also allows us to construct an infinitely long
+> structure, in theory anyway.
+
+- [papyr.com](http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/grammar/ph_noun.htm)
+
+
+The nursery rhyme reads as follows:
+
+```plain
+This is the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the rat
+that ate the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the cat
+that killed the rat
+that ate the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the dog
+that worried the cat
+that killed the rat
+that ate the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the cow with the crumpled horn
+that tossed the dog
+that worried the cat
+that killed the rat
+that ate the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the maiden all forlorn
+that milked the cow with the crumpled horn
+that tossed the dog
+that worried the cat
+that killed the rat
+that ate the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the man all tattered and torn
+that kissed the maiden all forlorn
+that milked the cow with the crumpled horn
+that tossed the dog
+that worried the cat
+that killed the rat
+that ate the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the priest all shaven and shorn
+that married the man all tattered and torn
+that kissed the maiden all forlorn
+that milked the cow with the crumpled horn
+that tossed the dog
+that worried the cat
+that killed the rat
+that ate the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the rooster that crowed in the morn
+that woke the priest all shaven and shorn
+that married the man all tattered and torn
+that kissed the maiden all forlorn
+that milked the cow with the crumpled horn
+that tossed the dog
+that worried the cat
+that killed the rat
+that ate the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the farmer sowing his corn
+that kept the rooster that crowed in the morn
+that woke the priest all shaven and shorn
+that married the man all tattered and torn
+that kissed the maiden all forlorn
+that milked the cow with the crumpled horn
+that tossed the dog
+that worried the cat
+that killed the rat
+that ate the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the horse and the hound and the horn
+that belonged to the farmer sowing his corn
+that kept the rooster that crowed in the morn
+that woke the priest all shaven and shorn
+that married the man all tattered and torn
+that kissed the maiden all forlorn
+that milked the cow with the crumpled horn
+that tossed the dog
+that worried the cat
+that killed the rat
+that ate the malt
+that lay in the house that Jack built.
+```
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+British nursery rhyme [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_The_House_That_Jack_Built](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_The_House_That_Jack_Built)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/isogram/README.md

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+# Isogram
+
+Determine if a word or phrase is an isogram.
+
+An isogram (also known as a "nonpattern word") is a word or phrase without a repeating letter.
+
+Examples of isograms:
+
+- lumberjacks
+- background
+- downstream
+
+The word *isograms*, however, is not an isogram, because the s repeats.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isogram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isogram)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.