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

There are some absolutely brilliant people on StackOverflow...I'm reminded of that every time I visit :D Just to contribute to the conversation, here's the solution I came up with:

def triangle(a, b, c)
    raise TriangleError if [a,b,c].min <= 0
    x,y,z = [a,b,c].sort
    raise TriangleError if x + y <= z

    equal_sides = 0
    equal_sides +=1 if a == b
    equal_sides +=1 if a == c
    equal_sides +=1 if b == c

    # Note that equal_sides will never be 2.  If it hits 2 
    # of the conditions, it will have to hit all 3 by the law
    # of associativity
    return [:scalene, :isosceles, nil, :equilateral][equal_sides] 
end