Create a function that will return a string that combines all of the letters of the three inputed strings in groups. Taking the first letter of all of the inputs and grouping them next to each other. Do this for every letter, see example below!
Ex) Input: "aa", "bb" , "cc" => Output: "abcabc"
Note: You can expect all of the inputs to be the same length.
You are welcome to solve the challenge in any language. I just don't know how to solve it with Elixir.
List comprehensions are too much of an overdue, they produce more things to deal with than an actual solution.
Thinking of another solution.
Here's what I've got so far:
defmodule Triple do
def triple_trouble(one, two, three) do
first = String.graphemes one
second = String.graphemes two
third = String.graphemes three
List.foldl(first, [], fn char, acc ->
[char <> Enum.at(second, 0) <> Enum.at(third, 0)] ++ acc
end)
end
end
I need to make an expression out of Enum.at(second, 0) so it actually gives the right index. Don't know how to do that yet.
I think I'm getting closer.
defmodule Triple do
def triple_trouble(one, two, three) do
first = String.graphemes one
second = String.graphemes two
third = String.graphemes three
List.foldl(first, [], fn char1, acc1 ->
List.foldl(second, [], fn char2, _acc2 ->
List.foldl(third, [], fn char3, _acc3 ->
[char1 <> char2 <> char3] ++ acc1
end)
end)
end)
end
end
Input "what", "what", "what"
Incorrect output ["ttt", "att", "htt", "wtt"]
Spoiler:
Guys on reddit helped me with the problem.
My final solution is this:
defmodule Triple do
def triple_trouble(one, two, three) do
list = [one, two, three]
[first, second, third] = Enum.map(list, &String.graphemes/1)
Enum.zip([first, second, third])
|> Enum.map(&Tuple.to_list/1)
|> List.flatten
|> Enum.join
end
end
You can add a "elixir" after 3 symbols to get color. Your solution is quite good for read.
defmodule Triple do
def triple_trouble(one, two, three) do
list = [one, two, three]
[first, second, third] = Enum.map(list, &String.graphemes/1)
Enum.zip([first, second, third])
|> Enum.map(&Tuple.to_list/1)
|> List.flatten
|> Enum.join
end
end
While, I was eating I had an idea. I haven't thought of list comprehensions. I'm gonna try them now and see if it will solve the problem.