如果两个字符串的长度相等且只有一个不同的字母,而所有其他字母都在相同的位置,则此函数返回 true:
def one_letter_apart? string1, string2
return false if string1.size != string2.size
found = false
(0...string1.size).each do |i|
next if string1[i] == string1[i]
return false if found # if found is already true, and we found another difference, then result is false.
found = true # We found the first difference.
end
found # True if only one difference was found.
end
此函数也处理错误位置的字母(如“cobra”和“bravo”):
def one_letter_apart? string1, string2
letters1 = string1.chars.each_with_object(Hash.new(0)) { |c, h| h[c] += 1 }
letters2 = string2.chars.each_with_object(Hash.new(0)) { |c, h| h[c] -= 1 }
diff = letters1.merge(letters2) { |key, count1, count2| count1 + count2 }
return diff.values.select { |v| v != 0 } .sort == [-1, 1]
end