The Lexigram Sequence Generator

--- file name is app/helpers/lexigram.rb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w
module Lexigram
require 'textual'     # this code is not provided herein
require 'histogram'   # this code is not provided herein


  def lexigram_sequenced
    @lexigram_sequenced = lexigram_sequencer(@sequencetext)
  end
    # How to use this method, in the console :
    # > require "./lib/textual-fibering-methods.rb"
    #  => nil
    # > include Lexigram
    #  => Object
    # > @sequencetext = "this is an inside testing"
    #  => "this is an inside testing"
    # > lexigram_sequenced
    # => "adeghiinstt"
    #
    # > @sequencetext = @get_time
    #  => "2011-09-09 11:01:47 -0700"
    # > lexigram_sequenced       (the to_textual method convertes the date to text)
	  #  => "ddeeefhilnnorsttuvwyz"


  ### lexigram_sequencer(sequencetext) # this method generates the sequence_lexigram from any sequencetext entered
  def lexigram_sequencer(sequencetext)
    @sequencetext = sequencetext
    @characterscount = @sequencetext.to_textual.split(//).length
    @letters = @sequencetext.to_textual.to_s.de_comma.de_space.split(//).length
    wordscountbase = @sequencetext.to_textual.split(/\W/).length
    @wordscounter = wordscountbase
    @lexigram_sequence = ""
    @lexigram_letters_array = Array.new
    @lexigram_hash_holder = Hash.new{0}
    @lexigram_hash1 = Hash.new{0}
    @lexigram_hash2 = Hash.new{0}
    @keys_values1 = Hash.new{0}
    @keys_values2 = Hash.new{0}
    @words1 = ""
    @words2 = ""
    @words3 = ""
    sentence = @sequencetext.to_textual.de_comma.strip
    @words = sentence.split(/\W/)
    if @wordscounter == 1
      @word1 = @words.shift
      @wordscounter -= 1
      @keys_values1 = @word1.split(//).to_histogram
      @lexigram_letters_array = @keys_values1.collect do | k, v | "#{k}" * v end
      @lexigram_letters = @lexigram_letters_array.join
      @lexigram_sequence = @lexigram_letters.split(//).sort.join
      return @lexigram_sequence
    end
    if @wordscounter == 2
      @word1 = @words.shift
      @wordscounter -= 1
      @keys_values1 = @word1.split(//).to_histogram
      @lexigram_array = @keys_values1.collect do | k, v | "#{k}" * v end
      @lexigram_letters = @lexigram_array.join
      @lexigram_sequence = @lexigram_letters.split(//).sort.join
      @word2 = @words.shift
        @wordscounter -= 1
        @keys_values2 = @word2.split(//).to_histogram
        @lexigram_hash1 = @keys_values1.merge(@keys_values2) do | key, first, second | (first > second)? first : second end unless nil
        @lexigram_array = @lexigram_hash1.collect do | k, v | "#{k}" * v end.sort
        @lexigram_sequence = @lexigram_array.split(//).sort.join
        return @lexigram_sequence
    end
    if @wordscounter >= 3
      while @wordscounter >= 0
        @word1 = @words.shift
        @wordscounter -= 1
        @lexigram_hash1 = @word1.split(//).to_histogram unless nil
        @word2 = @words.shift
        @wordscounter -= 1
        @lexigram_hash2 = @word2.split(//).to_histogram unless nil
        @keys_values1 = @lexigram_hash1.merge(@lexigram_hash2) do | key, first, second | (first > second)? first : second end unless nil
        @keys_values1
        @lexigram_hash_holder1 = @keys_values1
        @lexigram_sequence = @lexigram_hash_holder1.collect do | k, v | "#{k}" * v end.sort.join
        loop do
          @word3 = nil
          @word3 = @words.shift unless nil
            if @word3 == nil
              return @lexigram_sequence
                break if @wordcounter == 0
            else
              @lexigram_sequence = nil
              @wordscounter -= 1
              @lexigram_hash2 = @word3.split(//).to_histogram unless nil
              @keys_values2 = @lexigram_hash_holder1.merge(@lexigram_hash2) do |key, first, second| (first > second)? first : second end unless nil
              @lexigram_hash_holder2 = @keys_values2 unless nil
              @lexigram_hash_holder1 = @keys_values2 unless nil
              @lexigram_letters_array = @lexigram_hash_holder2.collect do | k, v | "#{k}" * v end.sort
              @lexigram_sequence = @lexigram_hash_holder2.collect do | k, v | "#{k}" * v end.sort.join
            end
          end
        end
      end
  end
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will-i-am:~ William$ cd ./desideratus/apotomoing_sequencers
will-i-am:apotomoing_sequencers William$ rails c -s
Loading development environment in sandbox (Rails 3.0.9)
Any modifications you make will be rolled back on exit
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :001 > require "./lib/textual-fibering-methods.rb"
 => nil
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :002 > sequencetext = "we now have the Sequencers Membership, home of the Lexigram Sequence Generator and Lexigram database"
 => "we now have the lexigram sequence generator as of 2011-08-28"
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :003 > new = sequencetext.to_textual
 => "we now have the lexigram sequence generator as of twenty eleven eight twenty eight"
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :004 > lexigram_sequencer(sequencetext)
 => "aceeefghilmnoqrrsttuvwxy"
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :005 > sequencetext = "Good Works On Earth"
 => "Good Works On Earth"
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :006 > lexigram_sequencer(sequencetext)
 => "adeghknoorstw"
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :007 > sequencetext = "Good Works On Earth, Home of the Lexigram Sequencer"
 => "Good Works On Earth, Home of the Lexigram Sequencer"
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :008 > lexigram_sequencer(sequencetext)
 => "acdeeefghiklmnooqrstuwx"
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :009 > sequencetext = "happiness"
 => "happiness"
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :010 > lexigram_sequencer(sequencetext)
 => "aehinppss"