From a10acde0959b820ce55dbf237d026c79b351fd93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:45:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 01/17] added values for Craig

---
 week1/exercises/roster.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/week1/exercises/roster.txt b/week1/exercises/roster.txt
index f57d573..4697d96 100644
--- a/week1/exercises/roster.txt
+++ b/week1/exercises/roster.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #, name, email, github, twitter, class chat 
 0, Renee, renee@nird.us, reneedv, @nirdllc, renee
-1,
+1, Craig, craigoryadams@comcast.net, craigadams, , craiga
 2,
 3,Chris Billingham, cbillingham@gmail.com, caderache2014, @caderache2018, caderache2014
 4, Kumar, kbodana@yahoo.com, kumar76, N/A, kumar

From 46cea6d8bb52767cf7c71481e0147c0d657185b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:19:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 02/17] answered the questions so i'll better understand the
 material

---
 week1/homework/questions.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/week1/homework/questions.txt b/week1/homework/questions.txt
index bd581a6..7631c44 100644
--- a/week1/homework/questions.txt
+++ b/week1/homework/questions.txt
@@ -4,12 +4,45 @@ p.86-90 Strings (Strings section in Chapter 6 Standard Types)
 
 1. What is an object?
 
+An object has three components: a set of flags, some instance variables, and an associated class.  In Ruby,
+everthing is an object.
+
 2. What is a variable?
 
+A variable is use to keep track of objects.  Each variable holds a reference to an object.  Its type is
+defined by the messages that the object referenced by the variable responds.  There are different types of
+variables like constant, global, instance, and class.
+
 3. What is the difference between an object and a class?
 
+Wow, that is a tought one.  In some respects, there is no real difference between them because they are actually
+the same thing at different points in time (taken from http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex42.html).  In
+Ruby, everything is an object, hence there is no difference. With that said though, an object is a kind of class.
+Just like a Salmon (object) is a kind of Fish (class).	
+
+A Ruby class is an object of class Class
+
 4. What is a String?
 
+A String is a sequence of characters.  They normally hold printable characters, but they can also hold binary
+data.  Strings are objects of class String.  Strings are often created using string literals, i.e. sequences
+of characters between delimiters.
+
 5. What are three messages that I can send to a string object? Hint: think methods
 
+String#split
+String#chomp
+String#scan
+
 6. What are two ways of defining a String literal? Bonus: What is the difference between the two?
+
+Single quote
+Double quote
+
+The difference between them is significant.  Using single quotes, you can escape things like single characters,
+e.g. 'display one escape \\'.  "\\" will be replaced with a single "\".  Double quotes support lots of escape
+sequences.  For example, \n for newline character.  Also you can imbed #{expr} in double quoted strings.  This
+provides the ability to perform math, e.g. "#{4*5/2}", repeat sets of characters, e.g. "#{'Ho! '*3}", or use global,
+class, or instance variable, e.g. "#$SAFE".
+
+Ruby does much more processing on the string while constructing the literal when using double quotes.
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From d411a8768d806ceae93d5605296072ac8281f18c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:21:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 03/17] made the tests pass so i'll better understand how rspec
 works

---
 week1/homework/strings_and_rspec_spec.rb | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/week1/homework/strings_and_rspec_spec.rb b/week1/homework/strings_and_rspec_spec.rb
index ea79e4c..519963a 100644
--- a/week1/homework/strings_and_rspec_spec.rb
+++ b/week1/homework/strings_and_rspec_spec.rb
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@
 		before(:all) do
 			@my_string = "Renée is a fun teacher. Ruby is a really cool programming language"
 		end
-		it "should be able to count the charaters"
-		it "should be able to split on the . charater" do
-			pending
-			result = #do something with @my_string here
+		it "should be able to count the charaters" do
+	      @my_string.should have(66).characters
+	    end
+    	it "should be able to split on the . charater" do
+			result = @my_string.split(".")
 			result.should have(2).items	
 		end
 		it "should be able to give the encoding of the string" do
-			pending 'helpful hint: should eq (Encoding.find("UTF-8"))'
+			@my_string.encoding.should eq (Encoding.find("UTF-8"))
 		end
 	end
 end

From f782fc15e44cd1f275c7de745106c7bb9c94ae51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:21:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 04/17] answered HW 2 questions to reinforce what I've learned

---
 week2/homework/questions.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/week2/homework/questions.txt b/week2/homework/questions.txt
index 939e42d..aeb3717 100644
--- a/week2/homework/questions.txt
+++ b/week2/homework/questions.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,45 @@ Sharing Functionality: Inheritance, Modules, and Mixins
 
 1. What is the difference between a Hash and an Array?
 
+A hash is an indexed collection of object references.  You index a hash with object types like
+symbols, strings, regular expressions, etc.  When you store values in a hash, you supply two objects,
+the index (or key) and the entry to be stored with that key, e.g. a['salmon'] = 'fish.'  You can
+retrieve an object by indexing the hash with the key value you used to store it, e.g. a['salmon'].
+
+An array holds a collection of object references where each reference occupies a position in the array.
+That position is identified by a non-negative integer index that starts with 0.  When you store a single
+value in an array, you supply the integer position and the object for that position, e.g. a[0] = 10.  To
+retrieve an object from the array, you supply its position, e.g. a[0].  Arrays can also be indexed by
+supplying a pair of numbers [start, count] and a range where you provide a start and end positions.  The
+start and end positions are seperated by two or three dots.
+
 2. When would you use an Array over a Hash and vice versa?
 
+You would use an array over a hash when you wanted to treat the data as stacks, sets, queues, dequeues,
+and FIFO queues.  Arrays are ordered while Hashes are not.
+
+You would use a hash over an array when you want to use an object as the index.  
+
 3. What is a module? Enumerable is a built in Ruby module, what is it?
 
+A module is a way of grouping together methods, classes, and constraints.  Modules give you two major
+benefits: they provide a namespace and prevent name clashes and they support mixin facility.  They also
+define a namespace, a sandbox in which your methods and constraints can play without having to worry
+about being stepped on by other methods and constraints.  Modules eliminate the need for inheritance.
+
+Enumerable is a standard mixin, that implements a number of methods in terms of the host class's each
+method.  An example of a mixin is inject.  This method applies a function or operation to the first two
+elements in the collection and then applied the operation to the result of this computation and to the
+third element and so on until all elements in the collection have been used.
+
 4. Can you inherit more than one thing in Ruby? How could you get around this problem?
 
+No, Ruby is a single-inheritance language.  Ruby classes can include the functionality of any number of
+mixins.  A mixin is like a partial class definition.  This provides a controlled multiple-inheritance-like
+capability.
+
 5. What is the difference between a Module and a Class?
+
+A Module can't have instances, but a Class can.  A Module isn't a Class.  A Class can contain Modules.
+Modules can't be inherited, but Classes can.  A module can be included in a class definition.  When this
+occurs, all of the module's instance methods are available as methods in the class.
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From 4ea453c9ca2dbd943d0cb2a1b40447bebe6b66c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:23:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 05/17] created module to contain methods for simon says

---
 week2/homework/simon_says.rb | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 week2/homework/simon_says.rb

diff --git a/week2/homework/simon_says.rb b/week2/homework/simon_says.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75f13ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/week2/homework/simon_says.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+module SimonSays
+
+	def SimonSays.echo(message)
+		@message = message
+	end
+
+	def SimonSays.shout(message)
+		@message = message.upcase
+	end
+
+	def SimonSays.repeat(message, repeats = 2)
+		Array.new(repeats, message).join(" ")
+	end
+
+	def SimonSays.start_of_word(message, index)
+		@message = message[0,index]
+	end
+
+	def SimonSays.first_word(message)
+		@message = message.split(" ")[0]
+	end
+
+end
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From 8221eade9b74c37fdc931e4d8674e3769ed3ca71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:24:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 06/17] tweeks to accomodate requiring simon_says.rb

---
 week2/homework/simon_says_spec.rb | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/week2/homework/simon_says_spec.rb b/week2/homework/simon_says_spec.rb
index 7f329e5..2451343 100644
--- a/week2/homework/simon_says_spec.rb
+++ b/week2/homework/simon_says_spec.rb
@@ -2,46 +2,48 @@
 require "./simon_says.rb"
 
 describe SimonSays do
-  include SimonSays # Hint: Inclusion is different than SimonSays.new (read about modules)
+  #include SimonSays # Hint: Inclusion is different than SimonSays.new (read about modules)
   
   # Hint: We are just calling methods, we are not passing a message to a SimonSays object.
+
+
   it "should echo hello" do
-    echo("hello").should == "hello"
+    SimonSays.echo("hello").should == "hello"
   end
   
   it "should echo bye" do
-    echo("bye").should == "bye"
+    SimonSays.echo("bye").should == "bye"
   end
 
   it "should shout hello" do
-    shout("hello").should == "HELLO"
+    SimonSays.shout("hello").should == "HELLO"
   end
   
   it "should shout multiple words" do
-    shout("hello world").should == "HELLO WORLD"
+    SimonSays.shout("hello world").should == "HELLO WORLD"
   end
 
   it "should repeat" do
-    repeat("hello").should == "hello hello"
+    SimonSays.repeat("hello").should == "hello hello"
   end
 
   it "should repeat a number of times" do
-    repeat("hello", 3).should == "hello hello hello"
+    SimonSays.repeat("hello", 3).should == "hello hello hello"
   end
 
   it "should return the first letter" do
-    start_of_word("hello", 1).should == "h"
+    SimonSays.start_of_word("hello", 1).should == "h"
   end
   
   it "should return the first two letters" do
-    start_of_word("Bob", 2).should == "Bo"
+    SimonSays.start_of_word("Bob", 2).should == "Bo"
   end
 
   it "should tell us the first word of 'Hello World' is 'Hello'" do
-    first_word("Hello World").should == "Hello"
+    SimonSays.first_word("Hello World").should == "Hello"
   end
 
   it "should tell us the first word of 'oh dear' is 'oh'" do
-    first_word("oh dear").should == "oh"
+    SimonSays.first_word("oh dear").should == "oh"
   end
 end

From d5e576febe9268586cdbc620f45238b089a7295b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:03:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 07/17] answered homework 3 questions to reinforce what I read

---
 week3/homework/questions.txt | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/week3/homework/questions.txt b/week3/homework/questions.txt
index dfb158d..a9c5142 100644
--- a/week3/homework/questions.txt
+++ b/week3/homework/questions.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,53 @@ Please Read:
 
 1. What is a symbol?
 
+   A symbol is an identifier that corresponds to a string of characters, often a
+   name.  A symbol is constructed for a name by proceeding the name with a colon.
+   A symbol can be constructed for an arbitrary string by proceeding a string
+   literal with a colon.  A particular string or name will always generate the
+   same symbol, regardless of how the name is used within the program.  To create
+   a symbol, you can use the %s delimited notation.
+
 2. What is the difference between a symbol and a string?
 
+   A string can be changed while a symbol can not.  A string is mutable.  When a
+   new string is created, it creates a new object with a new object id.  The same
+   symbol on the other hand, will always use the same object id.
+
+   A great discuss of the differences can be found here:
+   http://www.robertsosinski.com/2009/01/11/the-difference-between-ruby-symbols-and-strings
+
 3. What is a block and how do I call a block?
 
+   A block is a chunk of code enclosed between either braces or the keywords do
+   and end. Typically, braces are used for blocks that fit on one line and do/end
+   keywords are used when the block spans multiple lines.  A block can be thought
+   of somewhat like the body of an anonymous method.  A block can also take parameters.
+   Those parameters appear at the beginning of the block between to vertical bars.
+   The body of the block is not executed when Ruby first sees it.  It is saved away
+   to be called later
+
+   A block is called by a method that proceeds the block.  For example, lets say you
+   have an array ["a", "b", "c"].  A block could be called by the "each" method once
+   for each element in the array.  Each element would be passed to the block via a
+   parameter, e.g. ["a", "b", "c"].each do | letter |.  
+
 4. How do I pass a block to a method? What is the method signature?
 
+   A block may be invoked within a method using the yield statement.  When yield
+   is executed, it invokes the code in the block.
+
+   The method signature look like this:
+
+   def hi_there
+     yield
+   end
+
+   hi_there {"Hi there!"}
+
 5. Where would you use regular expressions?
+
+   Regular expressions are great for testing a string to see if it matches a pattern.
+   They can be used to extract from a string the sections that match all or part of a
+   pattern. They can also be used to change the string, replacing parts that match a
+   pattern.
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From 62ce8b36c204e9a0e9909e2732863f33c5055c69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:09:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 08/17] updated one of the homework 3 answers

---
 week3/homework/questions.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/week3/homework/questions.txt b/week3/homework/questions.txt
index a9c5142..bd97ce8 100644
--- a/week3/homework/questions.txt
+++ b/week3/homework/questions.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Please Read:
    of somewhat like the body of an anonymous method.  A block can also take parameters.
    Those parameters appear at the beginning of the block between to vertical bars.
    The body of the block is not executed when Ruby first sees it.  It is saved away
-   to be called later
+   to be called later.
 
    A block is called by a method that proceeds the block.  For example, lets say you
    have an array ["a", "b", "c"].  A block could be called by the "each" method once

From 1f0d51d844c4772355680646ea2b9781ed4bb5a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:42:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 09/17] homework 3, created calculator.rb to make spec pass

---
 week3/homework/calculator.rb      | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 week3/homework/calculator_spec.rb | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 week3/homework/calculator.rb

diff --git a/week3/homework/calculator.rb b/week3/homework/calculator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f121695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/week3/homework/calculator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+class Calculator
+
+	def sum(sum_arg)
+		sum_arg.inject(0) { |sum, a| sum + a}
+	end
+
+	def multiply(*product_arg)
+		product_arg.flatten.inject { |product, a| product * a}
+	end
+
+	def pow(base,power)
+		(base ** power)
+	end
+
+	def fac(fact)
+		return 1 if fact.zero?
+		fact.downto(1).inject { | product, a | product * a}
+	end
+
+end
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diff --git a/week3/homework/calculator_spec.rb b/week3/homework/calculator_spec.rb
index 5a418ed..aa13f5a 100644
--- a/week3/homework/calculator_spec.rb
+++ b/week3/homework/calculator_spec.rb
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@
   	end
   end
   
-  it "raises one number to the power of another number" do
-  	p = 1
-	32.times{ p *= 2 } 
-	@calculator.pow(2,32).should eq p 
+  describe "#power" do
+    it "raises one number to the power of another number" do
+    	p = 1
+  	32.times{ p *= 2 } 
+  	@calculator.pow(2,32).should eq p 
+    end
   end
   
   # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial
@@ -64,5 +66,4 @@
     end
 
   end
-
 end

From a5d06961a4da85b41acd66ed3157166b375a8c71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:53:33 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 10/17] answered homework 4 questions to reinforce what I've
 read

---
 week4/homework/questions.txt | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/week4/homework/questions.txt b/week4/homework/questions.txt
index bc1ab7c..aaf3b67 100644
--- a/week4/homework/questions.txt
+++ b/week4/homework/questions.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,39 @@ Chapter 10 Basic Input and Output
 The Rake Gem: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
 
 1. How does Ruby read files?
+
+Ruby defines a single base class called IO. This class is used to handle reading files in addition
+to writing files.  IO is subclassed by classes File and BasicSocket. To read a file in Ruby, you'll
+read from an IO stream. To open the stream, you could invoke File.open with the filename and the file
+mode string of 'r'.
+
 2. How would you output "Hello World!" to a file called my_output.txt?
+
+hello.rb
+File.open("my_output.txt", "w") do | myfile |
+  myfile.puts "Hello World!"
+end
+
+ruby hello.rb
+
 3. What is the Directory class and what is it used for?
+
+The directory class is 'Dir'. Objects of class Dir are directory streams representing directories in
+the underlying file system. They provide a variety of ways to list directories and their contents. There
+are a number of methods that can be used to make and delete directories, change to a directory, or open
+a directory to read its content.
+
 4. What is an IO object?
+
+An IO object is a bidirectional channel between a Ruby program and some external resource.
+
 5. What is rake and what is it used for? What is a rake task?
+
+Rake is a simple Ruby build program similar to make.  It is an internal DLS or Domain Specific Language
+using Ruby.  It is used to manage software tasks.  It allows you to specify tasks and describe dependencies.
+It also allows you to group tasks in a namespace.
+
+A task is made up of a chunk of Ruby code.  It begins with the keyword "task" and is followed by a symbol
+which represents the name of the task.  That is followed by a list of pre-requisite task(s) and a do/end
+block of Ruby code.  There are two types of tasks; regular and file.  A task performs a specific function
+in the build process.

From 605b2cbc687a22bab966fc8978ede2b7dfcd81b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:54:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 11/17] created worker.rb for homework 4 to make the rspec pass

---
 week4/exercises/worker.rb | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 week4/exercises/worker.rb

diff --git a/week4/exercises/worker.rb b/week4/exercises/worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..067040b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/week4/exercises/worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class Worker
+	def self.work(loop_count = 1)
+  	(0..loop_count).inject {yield}
+	end
+end
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From 425801dacbf682059a17446ed2138a34a3d68818 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 17:13:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 12/17] homework worker.rb added comments with prior attempts

---
 week4/exercises/worker.rb | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/week4/exercises/worker.rb b/week4/exercises/worker.rb
index 067040b..70ba4eb 100644
--- a/week4/exercises/worker.rb
+++ b/week4/exercises/worker.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,42 @@
+# first attempt that works
+#class Worker
+#  def self.work(loop_count = 0)
+#    if loop_count != 0
+#      for i in 1...loop_count
+#        yield
+#      end
+#    end
+#    yield
+#  end
+#end
+#
+# 2nd attempt a little better
+#class Worker
+#  def self.work(loop_count = 0)
+#    i = 1
+#    begin
+#      my_test = yield
+#      i += 1
+#    end until i > loop_count
+#    return my_test
+#  end
+#end
+#
+# 3rd attempt a little different
+#class Worker
+#  def self.work(loop_count = 1)
+#    i = 0
+#    while i < loop_count
+#      my_test = yield
+#      i += 1
+#    end
+#  return my_test
+#  end
+#end
+
+#oh, best of all
 class Worker
-	def self.work(loop_count = 1)
-  	(0..loop_count).inject {yield}
-	end
-end
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+  def self.work(loop_count = 1)
+    (0..loop_count).inject {yield}
+  end
+end

From b9565878123f5a91b4a905f733e71bf51e16e17d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:04:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 13/17] answered questions and got pirate features to pass

---
 .../step_definitions/pirate_translator.rb     | 14 ++++++
 week7/homework/questions.txt                  | 48 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 week7/homework/features/step_definitions/pirate_translator.rb

diff --git a/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/pirate_translator.rb b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/pirate_translator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a245a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/pirate_translator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class PirateTranslator
+
+  def initialize
+      @pirate_string = "Ahoy Matey\n Shiber Me Timbers You Scurvey Dogs!!"
+  end
+
+  def say(args)
+    return args
+  end
+
+  def translate
+    return @pirate_string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/week7/homework/questions.txt b/week7/homework/questions.txt
index d55387d..526dd5e 100644
--- a/week7/homework/questions.txt
+++ b/week7/homework/questions.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,53 @@ Please Read Chapters 23 and 24 DuckTyping and MetaProgramming
 
 Questions:
 1. What is method_missing and how can it be used?
-2. What is and Eigenclass and what is it used for? Where Do Singleton methods live?
+
+If a method is a called and it doesn't exist in receiver's object class hierarchy,
+Ruby invokes a method called method_missing on the original object.  The default
+behavior is to report an error and terminate the program. Since missing_method is
+simply a Ruby method, you can override it in your own class to handle calls in an
+application specific way.
+
+2. What is an Eigenclass and what is it used for? Where Do Singleton methods live?
+
+An Eigenclass is an anonymous class created to hold an object's singleton methods.
+This anonymous class assumes the role of the object's class and the original class
+is re-designated as the superclass of that anonymous class. The normal method lookup
+pattern is unaltered. Both the singleton methods and the instance methods will be
+found along the method lookup path when the object receives a method call.
+
+Singleton methods are methods that you define that are specific to a particular object.
+They live in the Singleton class or Eigenclass.
+
 3. When would you use DuckTypeing? How would you use it to improve your code?
+
+In DuckTyping, an object's type is defined by what it can do, not by what it is.
+Ruby is less concerned with the class of an object and more concerned with what
+methods can be called on it and what operations it can perform. With this in mind,
+you should use DuckTyping all the time.
+
+By using DuckTyping, you would write less and more efficient code. Since you won't
+be checking the class of an object or type of an arguement, the method call will just
+work or it will throw an exception.
+
 4. What is the difference between a class method and an instance method? What is the difference between instance_eval and class_eval?
+
+A class method doesn't deal with an individual instance of a class. An instance
+method only works with an instance. You have to create a new instance to use
+them. Hence, class methods can only be called on classes and instance methods
+can only be called on an instance of a class.
+
+instance_eval and class_eval differ in the way they setup the environment for the
+method definition. class_eval sets things up as if you were in the body of a class
+definition, so method definitions define instance methods. instance_eval acts as if
+you were working inside a singleton call of self. Any methods defined would become
+class methods. class_eval defines instance methods whereas instance_eval defines
+class methods.
+
 5. What is the difference between a singleton class and a singleton method?
+
+A singleton class is an anonymous class. When you add a method to a specific object
+Ruby inserts a new anonymous class into the inheritance hierarchy as a container to
+hold special methods unique only to that object.  The singleton class has no name
+and is not accessible through a constant like other classes. A singleton method
+is a method definition that only exists for a single object and not a class of objects.

From 294f14851fecd531d3f02a35c2ba6c126c609c3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 13:31:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 14/17] Refined class file

---
 .../homework/features/step_definitions/pirate_translator.rb | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/pirate_translator.rb b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/pirate_translator.rb
index a245a9a..9639c28 100644
--- a/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/pirate_translator.rb
+++ b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/pirate_translator.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ def initialize
       @pirate_string = "Ahoy Matey\n Shiber Me Timbers You Scurvey Dogs!!"
   end
 
-  def say(args)
-    return args
-  end
-
-  def translate
+  def send(*args)
     return @pirate_string
   end
 end

From 4d43e96dfefdcd570b97beac4d377cc9c0d4f007 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:43:43 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 15/17] initial checkin, 31 steps passing

---
 .../features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb  | 229 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 229 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb

diff --git a/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4db55af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+class TicTacToe
+
+  include Enumerable
+
+  SYMBOLS = [:X, :O]
+
+  attr_accessor :player, :computer, :board
+
+  def initialize player = "", symbol = ""
+    @player = player
+    puts "player is a: #{@player.class}"
+    puts "nit player: #{@player}"
+    @symbol = symbol
+    puts "symbol is a: #{@symbol.class}"
+    puts "nit symbol: #{@symbol}"
+
+    @board = {
+      A1:" ",A2:" ",A3:" ",
+      B1:" ",B2:" ",B3:" ",
+      C1:" ",C2:" ",C3:" "
+    }
+
+    @winning_moves = [
+      [:A1, :B1, :C1],
+      [:A2, :B2, :C2],
+      [:A3, :B3, :C3],
+
+      [:A1, :A2, :A3],
+      [:B1, :B2, :B3],
+      [:C1, :C2, :C3],
+
+      [:A1, :B2, :C3],
+      [:A3, :B2, :C1]
+    ]
+    @over = false
+    cm_key = ""
+    @draw = false
+    @player_won = false
+    @spots_are_open = true
+  end
+
+  def welcome_player
+    puts "the player is: #{@player}"
+    @@player_new = true
+#    @@contestants = { :player => @player, :computer => "Computer"}
+# The following is the problem.  @player is "player" or "computer"
+#    if @player 
+    @@contestants = { "player" => @player, "computer" => "Computer"}
+    @@the_players = [@player, "Computer"]
+#    puts "the_players: #{@@the_players}"
+ #   puts "contestants: #{@@contestants}"
+    return "Welcome #{@player}"
+  end
+
+  def current_player
+    puts "new contestants: #{@@contestants}"
+    puts "in current player"
+    if @@player_new && @player != ""
+      puts "inside if"
+      new_player_sym = @@contestants.keys.sample
+      puts "#{new_player_sym.class}"
+      @@player_new = false
+      a_new = @@contestants[new_player_sym]
+      puts "#{a_new}"
+      puts "Test #{a_new}\'s Move:"
+      return a_new
+    else
+      puts "in else"
+      if @player.is_a? Symbol
+        testit = @player.to_s
+        player_name = @@contestants[testit]
+#        puts "player_name: #{player_name}"
+#        puts "#{@@contestants[@player]}\'s Move:"
+#        puts "#{player_name}\'s Move:"
+        return player_name
+      else
+        puts "#{@player}"
+      return @player
+
+      end
+      puts "#{@@contestants[@player]}\'s Move:"
+#      return @@contestants[@player]
+      return @player
+    end
+    #original from here down
+#    puts "#{@player}\'s Move:"
+    
+#    puts "#{@@contestants[new_player_key]}\'s Move:"
+ #   puts "Test #{@@contestants[@player]}\'s Move:"
+ #   return @@contestants[@player]
+ #   return @player
+  end
+
+  def indicate_palyer_turn
+ #   puts "in indicate_palyer_turn"
+ #   puts "the_players: #{the_players}"
+    if f = @@the_players.enum_for(:each_index).find { |i| @@the_players[i] =~ /@player/i}
+      @@the_players.unshift @@the_players.delete_at(f)
+#      puts "the new array: #{@the_players}"
+      next_player = @the_players.last
+    end
+
+    return "#{next_player}\'s Move:"
+  end
+
+  def player_symbol
+    puts "inside player_symbol"
+    if @symbol == ""
+      @a = SYMBOLS.sample
+      if @a.is_a? Symbol
+        @a = @a.to_sym
+        puts "a: #{@a}"
+      else
+        puts "a in else: #{@a}"
+      end
+#      puts "returned: #{@a}"
+      return @a
+    else
+      puts "the symbol: \"#{@symbol}\""
+      return @symbol
+    end
+  end
+
+  def computer_symbol
+    puts "inside computer_symbol"
+    @b = SYMBOLS.reject{ |symbols| symbols == @a}.first
+    if @b.is_a? Symbol
+      @b = @b.to_sym
+      puts "b: #{@b}"
+    else
+      puts "b in else: #{@b}"
+    end
+
+#    puts "returned: #{@b}"
+    return @b
+  end
+
+  def over?
+    return @over
+  end
+
+  def get_player_move
+    puts "#{@player}\'s Move:"
+    @the_move = gets.chomp
+    return @the_move
+  end
+
+  def player_move
+    puts "the move: #{@the_move}"
+    @board[@the_move] = @player_symbol
+    return @the_move
+  end
+
+  def computer_move
+#    puts "computer symbol: #{@b}"
+    cm_open = self.open_spots
+    cm_ramdom = cm_open.sample
+    @board[cm_ramdom.to_sym] = @b
+#    puts "computer chose: #{cm_ramdom}"
+    return cm_ramdom
+  end
+
+  def current_state
+    puts "     A   B   C\n"
+    puts " 1   #{@board[:A1]} | #{@board[:B1]} | #{@board[:C1]} "
+    puts "    --- --- ---"
+    puts " 2   #{@board[:A2]} | #{@board[:B2]} | #{@board[:C2]} "
+    puts "    --- --- ---"
+    puts " 3   #{@board[:A3]} | #{@board[:B3]} | #{@board[:C3]} "
+    return @board.values.to_s
+  end
+
+  def determine_winner
+#    puts "#{@board}"
+#    puts "in determine_winner"
+#    puts "current player: #{@player}"
+#    puts "current symbol: #{@symbol}"
+#    puts "player_won: #{@player_won}"
+    get_moves_array = @board.select{|k, v| v == @symbol}.keys
+#    puts "get_moves_array: #{get_moves_array}"
+#    puts "winning_moves: #{@winning_moves}"
+    if @winning_moves.include? get_moves_array
+      puts "#{@player} won"
+      @player_won = true
+      @over = true
+    end
+  end
+
+  def spots_open?
+    spots_hash = @board.reject{|k, v| v != " "}
+    if spots_hash.length == 0
+      @spots_are_open = false
+      @draw = true
+#      puts "spots_are_open: #{@spots_are_open}"
+    end
+    return @spots_are_open
+  end
+
+  def draw?
+    @draw
+    @over = true
+  end
+
+  def player_won?
+    @player_won
+  end
+
+
+  def open_spots
+    spots_hash = @board.reject{|k, v| v != " "}
+    if spots_hash.length == 0
+      @spots_are_open = false
+#      puts "no spaces left"
+      @draw = true
+    else
+      spots_array = spots_hash.keys   # array containing open positions
+      return spots_array
+    end
+#    if spots_array.lenth == 0
+#      @spots_open = false
+#    end
+#    open_array = Array.new
+#    all_key_array = @board.keys
+#    puts "all_key_array: #{all_key_array}"
+#    all_key_array.each{|i| @board[i]}
+    # This isn't finished yet
+  end
+
+end

From e86e7a1894a10388179d1b4a070a60eb265a2e7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:30:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 16/17] initial commit

---
 .../step_definitions/tic-tac-toe-steps.rb     |   1 +
 .../features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb  | 197 +++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 99 deletions(-)

diff --git a/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe-steps.rb b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe-steps.rb
index a3287c1..27a1251 100644
--- a/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe-steps.rb
+++ b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe-steps.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'rspec/mocks/standalone'
 require 'rspec/expectations'
+
 Given /^I start a new Tic\-Tac\-Toe game$/ do
   @game = TicTacToe.new
 end
diff --git a/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb
index 4db55af..7f75035 100644
--- a/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb
+++ b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb
@@ -4,15 +4,13 @@ class TicTacToe
 
   SYMBOLS = [:X, :O]
 
-  attr_accessor :player, :computer, :board
+  attr_accessor :player, :computer, :board, :outside_player
 
   def initialize player = "", symbol = ""
     @player = player
-    puts "player is a: #{@player.class}"
-    puts "nit player: #{@player}"
+    @outside_player = false
+    @outside_player = true if @player != ""
     @symbol = symbol
-    puts "symbol is a: #{@symbol.class}"
-    puts "nit symbol: #{@symbol}"
 
     @board = {
       A1:" ",A2:" ",A3:" ",
@@ -32,88 +30,58 @@ def initialize player = "", symbol = ""
       [:A1, :B2, :C3],
       [:A3, :B2, :C1]
     ]
-    @over = false
-    cm_key = ""
+    @@over = false
     @draw = false
     @player_won = false
+    @computer_won = false
     @spots_are_open = true
   end
 
   def welcome_player
-    puts "the player is: #{@player}"
     @@player_new = true
-#    @@contestants = { :player => @player, :computer => "Computer"}
-# The following is the problem.  @player is "player" or "computer"
-#    if @player 
-    @@contestants = { "player" => @player, "computer" => "Computer"}
-    @@the_players = [@player, "Computer"]
-#    puts "the_players: #{@@the_players}"
- #   puts "contestants: #{@@contestants}"
+    @@contestants = { :player => @player, :computer => "Computer" }
+    @@the_players = @@contestants.values
+    # newly added
+    player_symbol
+    computer_symbol
+    @the_sybmols = { :player => @a,
+                :computer => @b
+    }
+    puts
     return "Welcome #{@player}"
   end
 
   def current_player
-    puts "new contestants: #{@@contestants}"
-    puts "in current player"
-    if @@player_new && @player != ""
-      puts "inside if"
-      new_player_sym = @@contestants.keys.sample
-      puts "#{new_player_sym.class}"
-      @@player_new = false
-      a_new = @@contestants[new_player_sym]
-      puts "#{a_new}"
-      puts "Test #{a_new}\'s Move:"
-      return a_new
-    else
-      puts "in else"
-      if @player.is_a? Symbol
-        testit = @player.to_s
-        player_name = @@contestants[testit]
-#        puts "player_name: #{player_name}"
-#        puts "#{@@contestants[@player]}\'s Move:"
-#        puts "#{player_name}\'s Move:"
-        return player_name
+    if @player.is_a? Symbol
+      @player = @@contestants[@player]
+    end
+    if @outside_player == false
+      if @@player_new
+        new_player = @@contestants.values.sample
+        @@player_new = false
+        @player = new_player
       else
-        puts "#{@player}"
-      return @player
-
-      end
-      puts "#{@@contestants[@player]}\'s Move:"
-#      return @@contestants[@player]
+        next_player = @@the_players.reject{|i| i == @player}.join
+        @player = next_player
+     end
+    else
       return @player
     end
-    #original from here down
-#    puts "#{@player}\'s Move:"
-    
-#    puts "#{@@contestants[new_player_key]}\'s Move:"
- #   puts "Test #{@@contestants[@player]}\'s Move:"
- #   return @@contestants[@player]
- #   return @player
   end
 
   def indicate_palyer_turn
- #   puts "in indicate_palyer_turn"
- #   puts "the_players: #{the_players}"
-    if f = @@the_players.enum_for(:each_index).find { |i| @@the_players[i] =~ /@player/i}
-      @@the_players.unshift @@the_players.delete_at(f)
-#      puts "the new array: #{@the_players}"
-      next_player = @the_players.last
-    end
-
-    return "#{next_player}\'s Move:"
+    return "#{@player}\'s Move:"
   end
 
   def player_symbol
-    puts "inside player_symbol"
     if @symbol == ""
       @a = SYMBOLS.sample
       if @a.is_a? Symbol
         @a = @a.to_sym
-        puts "a: #{@a}"
-      else
-        puts "a in else: #{@a}"
+#        printf "\nPlayer symbol: #{@a}"
+#      else
+#        puts "a in else: #{@a}"
       end
-#      puts "returned: #{@a}"
       return @a
     else
       puts "the symbol: \"#{@symbol}\""
@@ -122,13 +90,12 @@ def player_symbol
   end
 
   def computer_symbol
-    puts "inside computer_symbol"
     @b = SYMBOLS.reject{ |symbols| symbols == @a}.first
     if @b.is_a? Symbol
       @b = @b.to_sym
-      puts "b: #{@b}"
-    else
-      puts "b in else: #{@b}"
+#      puts "computer symbol: #{@b}"
+#    else
+#      puts "b in else: #{@b}"
     end
 
 #    puts "returned: #{@b}"
@@ -136,94 +103,126 @@ def computer_symbol
   end
 
   def over?
-    return @over
+    return @@over
   end
 
   def get_player_move
-    puts "#{@player}\'s Move:"
-    @the_move = gets.chomp
+    printf "\n#{@player}\'s Move:"
+    @the_move = gets.chomp.to_sym
+    check_move
     return @the_move
   end
 
   def player_move
-    puts "the move: #{@the_move}"
-    @board[@the_move] = @player_symbol
+    get_player_move
+    @board[@the_move] = @a
     return @the_move
   end
 
   def computer_move
-#    puts "computer symbol: #{@b}"
     cm_open = self.open_spots
     cm_ramdom = cm_open.sample
     @board[cm_ramdom.to_sym] = @b
-#    puts "computer chose: #{cm_ramdom}"
+    printf "\nComputer chose: #{cm_ramdom}\n\n"
     return cm_ramdom
   end
 
+  def check_move
+    if @board[@the_move] != " "
+      puts "Position already taken, choose another"
+      get_player_move
+    end
+  end
+
   def current_state
     puts "     A   B   C\n"
     puts " 1   #{@board[:A1]} | #{@board[:B1]} | #{@board[:C1]} "
     puts "    --- --- ---"
     puts " 2   #{@board[:A2]} | #{@board[:B2]} | #{@board[:C2]} "
     puts "    --- --- ---"
-    puts " 3   #{@board[:A3]} | #{@board[:B3]} | #{@board[:C3]} "
-    return @board.values.to_s
+    puts " 3   #{@board[:A3]} | #{@board[:B3]} | #{@board[:C3]} \n"
   end
 
+  # Determine who the winner is
   def determine_winner
-#    puts "#{@board}"
-#    puts "in determine_winner"
-#    puts "current player: #{@player}"
-#    puts "current symbol: #{@symbol}"
-#    puts "player_won: #{@player_won}"
-    get_moves_array = @board.select{|k, v| v == @symbol}.keys
-#    puts "get_moves_array: #{get_moves_array}"
-#    puts "winning_moves: #{@winning_moves}"
-    if @winning_moves.include? get_moves_array
-      puts "#{@player} won"
-      @player_won = true
-      @over = true
+    if @player == "Computer" || @player == :computer
+      sym_to_check = @b
+    else
+      sym_to_check = @a
     end
+    get_moves_array = @board.select{|k, v| v == sym_to_check}.keys
+
+    count_winning_sets = 0
+    count_my_moves = 0
+    count_success = 0
+    a_winner = false
+
+    while count_winning_sets < @winning_moves.length
+      while count_my_moves < get_moves_array.length
+        if @winning_moves[count_winning_sets].include? get_moves_array[count_my_moves]
+          count_success += 1
+        end
+        if count_success == 3
+          a_winner = true
+          count_my_moves = get_moves_array.length
+          count_winning_sets = @winning_moves.length
+        end
+        count_my_moves += 1
+      end
+      count_success = 0
+      count_winning_sets += 1
+      count_my_moves = 0
+    end
+
+    if a_winner == true
+      if @player == "Computer" || @player == :computer
+        @computer_won = true
+      else
+        @player_won = true
+      end
+      @@over = true
+    end
+    check_open = spots_open?
   end
 
+  # Check for open spots
   def spots_open?
     spots_hash = @board.reject{|k, v| v != " "}
     if spots_hash.length == 0
       @spots_are_open = false
       @draw = true
-#      puts "spots_are_open: #{@spots_are_open}"
+      @@over = true
     end
     return @spots_are_open
   end
 
+  # Neither won
   def draw?
     @draw
-    @over = true
   end
 
+  # Player won
   def player_won?
-    @player_won
+    @player
   end
 
+  # Computer won
+  def computer_won?
+    @player
+  end
 
+  # Determine where the open spots are
   def open_spots
     spots_hash = @board.reject{|k, v| v != " "}
     if spots_hash.length == 0
       @spots_are_open = false
-#      puts "no spaces left"
       @draw = true
+      @@over = true
     else
       spots_array = spots_hash.keys   # array containing open positions
       return spots_array
     end
-#    if spots_array.lenth == 0
-#      @spots_open = false
-#    end
-#    open_array = Array.new
-#    all_key_array = @board.keys
-#    puts "all_key_array: #{all_key_array}"
-#    all_key_array.each{|i| @board[i]}
-    # This isn't finished yet
+
   end
 
 end

From 93436ab6df239e28dfc5ee2213d0aec432496fe7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Adams <craigad1@uw.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:39:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 17/17] minor modifications, but still no joy

---
 .../features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb  | 23 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb
index 7f75035..c21d970 100644
--- a/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb
+++ b/week7/homework/features/step_definitions/tic-tac-toe.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def initialize player = "", symbol = ""
     @spots_are_open = true
   end
 
+  # Welcome and set opponents symbols
   def welcome_player
     @@player_new = true
     @@contestants = { :player => @player, :computer => "Computer" }
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ def welcome_player
     return "Welcome #{@player}"
   end
 
+  # Determine who the current player is
   def current_player
     if @player.is_a? Symbol
       @player = @@contestants[@player]
@@ -69,18 +71,17 @@ def current_player
     end
   end
 
+  # Notify it is the player's turn
   def indicate_palyer_turn
     return "#{@player}\'s Move:"
   end
 
+  # Set player symbol
   def player_symbol
     if @symbol == ""
       @a = SYMBOLS.sample
       if @a.is_a? Symbol
         @a = @a.to_sym
-#        printf "\nPlayer symbol: #{@a}"
-#      else
-#        puts "a in else: #{@a}"
       end
       return @a
     else
@@ -89,16 +90,12 @@ def player_symbol
     end
   end
 
+  # Set computer symbol
   def computer_symbol
     @b = SYMBOLS.reject{ |symbols| symbols == @a}.first
     if @b.is_a? Symbol
       @b = @b.to_sym
-#      puts "computer symbol: #{@b}"
-#    else
-#      puts "b in else: #{@b}"
     end
-
-#    puts "returned: #{@b}"
     return @b
   end
 
@@ -106,6 +103,7 @@ def over?
     return @@over
   end
 
+  # Get players input
   def get_player_move
     printf "\n#{@player}\'s Move:"
     @the_move = gets.chomp.to_sym
@@ -113,12 +111,14 @@ def get_player_move
     return @the_move
   end
 
+  # Player makes a move
   def player_move
     get_player_move
     @board[@the_move] = @a
     return @the_move
   end
 
+  # Computer makes a move
   def computer_move
     cm_open = self.open_spots
     cm_ramdom = cm_open.sample
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def computer_move
     return cm_ramdom
   end
 
+  # See if the position is already taken
   def check_move
     if @board[@the_move] != " "
       puts "Position already taken, choose another"
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ def check_move
     end
   end
 
+  # Draw the board
   def current_state
     puts "     A   B   C\n"
     puts " 1   #{@board[:A1]} | #{@board[:B1]} | #{@board[:C1]} "
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ def determine_winner
       count_my_moves = 0
     end
 
+    # Set the winner
     if a_winner == true
       if @player == "Computer" || @player == :computer
         @computer_won = true
@@ -219,10 +222,8 @@ def open_spots
       @draw = true
       @@over = true
     else
-      spots_array = spots_hash.keys   # array containing open positions
+      spots_array = spots_hash.keys
       return spots_array
     end
-
   end
-
 end