99 Bottles of Beer

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Language groovy

Date:	08/14/05
Author:	Akihito Tsukamoto
URL:	n/a
Comments:	2
Info:	http://groovy.codehaus.org/
Score:	(3.02 in 66 votes)

def bottlesOfBeer(n) {
    return "" + (n==0 ? "no more" : n) + (n==1  ? " bottle" : " bottles") + " of beer";
}

99.downto(1) {
    println bottlesOfBeer(it)+" on the wall, " + bottlesOfBeer(it) + "!"
    println "Take one down, pass it around,"
    println bottlesOfBeer(it-1)+" on the wall!"
    println ""
}

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Brad said on 03/08/08 22:27:19

Nice tight, readable code. I'm looking at various scripting languages for my own personal use when I need to hack quick utilities. This sort of terseness and readability appeal to me.

James said on 06/30/10 14:53:57

Love this Language!!!!!!!!!!!!

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