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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+=begin
+You're a criminal trying to write words using cutouts from a magazine.
+
+Return true or false given a magazine and a word to spell.
+
+magazine: [a,b,c,d,e,f]
+word: bed
+true
+
+=end
+
+def assert_equal(x, y)
+  raise "expected: #{x.inspect}, got: #{y.inspect}" unless x == y
+end
+
+class Solution
+  def self.valid?(magazine:, word:)
+    map = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = 0 }
+    magazine.each { |x| map[x] += 1 }
+
+    word.chars.each do |char|
+      val = map[char]
+      return false if val.nil? || val.zero?
+
+      map[char] -= 1
+    end
+    true
+  end
+end
+
+assert_equal(true, Solution.valid?(magazine: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'], word: 'bed'))
+assert_equal(false, Solution.valid?(magazine: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'], word: 'bat'))
+assert_equal(false, Solution.valid?(magazine: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'], word: 'beef'))