Random Sentence Generator in Ruby : How to randomly select values on specific key in hash?

Question

I\'m working on a Ruby verison of RSG and somehow stuck on the sentence generating process (...)

so I managed to implement all functions like read, convert to hash...,et

Answer 1

I assume they're looking for a recursive method, let's call it generate.

def generate(key)

Read the hash at the key and take one randomly using sample:

  words = @hash[key].sample

Then, for each word, check to see if it's a . If so, call generate on it, otherwise save it:

    if (word.start_with?("<") && word.end_with?(">"))
      generate(word)
    else
      @sentence << word
    end

Putting it all together:

@hash = {""=>[["The", "