From 093db3a8d0c9e3404999bb9512b4fa0fcaba7d56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AAshGray <193518051+AAshGray@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:56:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] input validation

---
 archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb

diff --git a/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb b/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13d9a8f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+def josephus_problem(array, k, index)
+    
+end
+
+def error()
+  puts "Usage: please input the total number of people and number of people to skip."
+end
+
+if ARGV.length != 2
+  error()
+end
+
+ARGV.each do |arg|
+  if arg.match(/[a-zA-Z]/) || arg.empty? || 
+    error()
+  else
+    num1 = ARGV[0].to_i
+    num2 = ARGV[1].to_i
+
+    array = [*1..num1]
+
+    josephus_problem(array, num2, 0)
+  end
+end
+

From 0429fe03e7589563f0091ab7277062fbaee71d73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AAshGray <193518051+AAshGray@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 01:37:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Josephus function attempt WIP

---
 archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb | 46 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb b/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
index 13d9a8f06..56ecbf7fe 100644
--- a/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
+++ b/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
@@ -1,25 +1,39 @@
-def josephus_problem(array, k, index)
+def josephus_problem(array, k, start)
     
+    if (array.length == 1)
+      # if the array is one item left, return the survivor value
+      return array[0]
+    else
+        # set the index position (start + (k - 1)) and set wrap with %
+        index = (start + k - 1)
+        wrap = index % array.length
+        array.delete_at(wrap)
+        return josephus_problem(array, k, wrap)
+    end
 end
 
 def error()
-  puts "Usage: please input the total number of people and number of people to skip."
+    puts "Usage: please input the total number of people and number of people to skip."
 end
 
+# check for incorrect number of arguments
 if ARGV.length != 2
-  error()
-end
-
-ARGV.each do |arg|
-  if arg.match(/[a-zA-Z]/) || arg.empty? || 
-    error()
-  else
-    num1 = ARGV[0].to_i
-    num2 = ARGV[1].to_i
+    error
+else
+    # check for letters or empty strings in each argument
+    ARGV.each do |arg|
+        if arg.match(/[a-zA-Z]/) || arg.empty?
+            error
+        else
+            # convert the arguments to integers
+            n = ARGV[0].to_i
+            k = ARGV[1].to_i
 
-    array = [*1..num1]
-
-    josephus_problem(array, num2, 0)
-  end
-end
+            # create an array with a length of argument n
+            array = [*1..n]
 
+            # pass our array to the function with k and our start index (0)
+            josephus_problem(array, k, 0)
+        end
+    end
+end
\ No newline at end of file

From 87b740b6f37ad1f62b250a3304b2883a599312f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AAshGray <193518051+AAshGray@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:53:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] corrected bad loop and adjusted verification section

---
 archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb | 29 +++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb b/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
index 56ecbf7fe..efde48ea2 100644
--- a/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
+++ b/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 def josephus_problem(array, k, start)
-    
     if (array.length == 1)
       # if the array is one item left, return the survivor value
-      return array[0]
+      puts array[0]
     else
         # set the index position (start + (k - 1)) and set wrap with %
         index = (start + k - 1)
@@ -17,23 +16,17 @@ def error()
 end
 
 # check for incorrect number of arguments
-if ARGV.length != 2
-    error
+# .any? loops over the elements of ARGV to check for letters or empty strings in each argument
+if ARGV.length != 2 || ARGV.any? { |arg| arg.match(/[a-zA-Z]/) || arg.empty? }
+    error()
 else
-    # check for letters or empty strings in each argument
-    ARGV.each do |arg|
-        if arg.match(/[a-zA-Z]/) || arg.empty?
-            error
-        else
-            # convert the arguments to integers
-            n = ARGV[0].to_i
-            k = ARGV[1].to_i
+    # convert the arguments to integers
+    n = ARGV[0].to_i
+    k = ARGV[1].to_i
 
-            # create an array with a length of argument n
-            array = [*1..n]
+    # create an array with a length of argument n
+    array = [*1..n]
 
-            # pass our array to the function with k and our start index (0)
-            josephus_problem(array, k, 0)
-        end
-    end
+    # pass our array to the function with k and our start index (0)
+    josephus_problem(array, k, 0)
 end
\ No newline at end of file

From bac35ee9f26bc22b3f32f0cdd2650d21fc06f455 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AAshGray <193518051+AAshGray@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:49:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] updated validation to check for non-digit characters

---
 archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb b/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
index efde48ea2..c84059c50 100644
--- a/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
+++ b/archive/r/ruby/josephus-problem.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ def error()
 end
 
 # check for incorrect number of arguments
-# .any? loops over the elements of ARGV to check for letters or empty strings in each argument
-if ARGV.length != 2 || ARGV.any? { |arg| arg.match(/[a-zA-Z]/) || arg.empty? }
+# .any? loops over the elements of ARGV to check if the argument contains non-digit characters or empty strings
+if ARGV.length != 2 || ARGV.any? { |arg| arg.match(/[^0-9]/) || arg.empty? }
     error()
 else
     # convert the arguments to integers