class Guess < String
  def self.play
    nums = Array.new(4){rand(1..9)}
    loop do
      result = get(nums).evaluate!
      break if result == 24.0
      puts "Try again! That gives #{result}!"
    end
    puts "You win!"
  end

  def self.get(nums)
    loop do
      print "\nEnter a guess using #{nums}: "
      input = gets.chomp
      return new(input) if validate(input, nums)
    end
  end

  def self.validate(guess, nums)
    name, error =
      {
        invalid_character:  ->(str){ !str.scan(%r{[^\d\s()+*/-]}).empty? },
        wrong_number:       ->(str){ str.scan(/\d/).map(&:to_i).sort != nums.sort },
        multi_digit_number: ->(str){ str.match(/\d\d/) }
      }
        .find {|name, validator| validator[guess] }

    error ? puts("Invalid input of a(n) #{name.to_s.tr('_',' ')}!") : true
  end

  def evaluate!
    as_rat = gsub(/(\d)/, '\1r')        # r : Rational suffix
    eval "(#{as_rat}).to_f"
  rescue SyntaxError
    "[syntax error]"
  end
end

Guess.play