func encode(str) {
    var table = ('a'..'z' -> join);
    str.chars.map { |c|
        var s = '';
        table.sub!(Regex('(.*?)' + c), {|s1| s=s1; c + s1});
        s.len;
    }
}

func decode(nums) {
    var table = ('a'..'z' -> join);
    nums.map { |n|
        var s = '';
        table.sub!(Regex('(.{' + n + '})(.)'), {|s1, s2| s=s2; s2 + s1});
        s;
    }.join;
}

%w(broood bananaaa hiphophiphop).each { |test|
    var encoded = encode(test);
    say "#{test}: #{encoded}";
    var decoded = decode(encoded);
    print "in" if (decoded != test);
    say "correctly decoded to #{decoded}";
}