The idea in golf is to score as low as possible. In Ruby Golf, that means using as few characters as possible. There are a number of different challenges, or "holes" to continue the golf metaphor; you don't need to tackle them all, just do what you can.

It'll probably be more fun to work in teams -- this is a great opportunity to meet some new people and pick up some new Ruby tricks.

Since you'll need to use the method parameters in your implementation, we've kept them as short as possible, so as not to waste any precious characters for you :-)

In this repository, you should care about two files: golf.rb and golf_test.rb. In the former, you write your short implementations. The latter contains tests to make sure that your implementations work, and also some helper code to count how many characters you've used.

To get started, take a look at the tests in golf_test.rb for "Hole 1", and then start writing your implementation in the Golf.hole1 method implementation.

You don't need to attempt all of the holes; if you're stuck or not having fun, just try a different one!

When we calculate your score, we will strip out comments and blank lines, and the 'def' and 'end' lines of the method, but leave everything else. So, to try out different solutions, just comment out your original one and try a new one underneath in the same method body

To check your score, simply run the tests using rake.

The first time you run this, you'll be prompted for a team name, so we can track your scores against everyone else playing.

• Any version of Ruby that runs the tests is allowed
• Everything in the Ruby Standard Library can be used
• No gems can be used
• Code can't be hidden outside of the hole<x> methods

If you don't think the scoring is working, run with the --debug flag to see some more information about how we are counting your characters. To avoid breaking this please ensure the last line of your method is "end # Hole x" - don't remove that comment!