#prepare the input which is a string containing new lines def parse(input) data = [] input.each_line do |line| winners, draw = line.split(":").last.split("|") winners =winners.split(" ").map {|entry| entry.strip.to_i } draw = draw.split(" ").map {|entry| entry.strip.to_i } data << [winners,draw] end data end # result should a single string or integer def calculate(data) result = 0 data.each do |d| win = 0 winners, draw = d matches = (winners & draw).length win = if matches == 0 0 else 2**(matches-1) end result += win end result end