[SOLUTION] [QUIZ] DayRange (#92)

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I thought I should post my original solution that got
me wondering about better solutions and eventually got
me to submit a quiz.

Someone named their class DaySet, and I agree that’s a
better name. I’ll probably change mine to match.

My solution isn’t complete… some additional input
formats requirements were added to make it a more
interesting quiz. Mine only accepts an array of
integers (since that’s what I will be using in my
Rails app anyway). I also changed my argument check
to be similar to James Edward Gray II’s.

Also, if anyone is curious about the real-world
application I’m using this for, just send me an email
and I’ll send you the url.

Anyway, here’s my solution:

#DayRange

···

#DayRange accepts an array of day IDs (Mon = 1, Tue =
2, etc.)
#and returns a formatted string of the days, using day
ranges
#where appropriate, e.g, “Mon-Wed, Fri”

#author: Bryan Donovan

class DayRange

def day_hash
{ ‘1’=>‘Mon’,
‘2’=>‘Tue’,
‘3’=>‘Wed’,
‘4’=>‘Thu’,
‘5’=>‘Fri’,
‘6’=>‘Sat’,
‘7’=>‘Sun’ }
end

def initialize(day_ids)
@day_ids = day_ids.uniq.sort
unless @day_ids.all? { |d| d.between?(1,7) }
raise ArgumentError "Days must be between 1 and 7"
end

end

#Returns formatted string representing the day array
def to_s
day_abbrs = day_hash
i = 0
#Array of consec_days arrays
consec_day_groups = []
#Array of consecutive days. This gets
#reset when we find a day that is not
#part of a consecutive set of days.
consec_days = []

@day_ids.each do |day_id|
  if i == 0
    #add the day abbr for this day if this is the first
    #element of @day_ids.
    consec_days << day_abbrs[day_id.to_s]

  elsif @day_ids[i-1] == (day_id - 1)
    #if this is not the first day in @day_ids, check
    #if the previous day in the array is the real life
    #previous day of the week.  If so, add it to the
    #consec_days array
    consec_days << day_abbrs[day_id.to_s]
  else
    #otherwise start a new consec_days array and
    #add the current consec_days array to the
    #consec_day_groups array.
    consec_day_groups << consec_days

    consec_days = []
    consec_days << day_abbrs[day_id.to_s]
  end
  #Always add the consec_days array when this is the
  #last day of the @day_ids array
  if day_id == @day_ids.last
    consec_day_groups << consec_days
  end
  i += 1
end

day_strings = []
consec_day_groups.each do |c|
  if c.length > 2
    day_strings <<  c.first.to_s + "-" + c.last.to_s
  else
    day_strings << c.join(", ")
  end
end
return day_strings.join(", ")

end

end