Ruby Koan 151 raising exceptions

Question

I\'m going through the ruby koans, I\'m on 151 and I just hit a brick wall.

Here is the koan:

# You need to write the triangle method in the file \'trian         


        

Answer 1

I wanted a method that parsed all arguments effectively instead of relying on the order given in the test assertions.

def triangle(a, b, c)
  # WRITE THIS CODE
  [a,b,c].permutation { |p| 
     if p[0] + p[1] <= p[2]
       raise TriangleError, "Two sides of a triangle must be greater than the remaining side."
     elsif p.count { |x| x <= 0} > 0
       raise TriangleError, "A triangle cannot have sides of zero or less length."
     end
  }

  if [a,b,c].uniq.count == 1
    return :equilateral
  elsif [a,b,c].uniq.count == 2
    return :isosceles
  elsif [a,b,c].uniq.count == 3
    return :scalene
  end
end

Hopefully this helps other realize there is more than one way to skin a cat.