if_else_piglatin.py

def pigLatin(word):
    """
    Translate a single lowercase word to pig Latin.

    if w begins with a consonant, 
    move the leading consonant to the end of the word
    add 'ay' as a suffix
    if w begins with a vowel, 
    add 'yay' as a suffix

    'y' is a vowel; 'y' is not a consonant.

    Test data (you should add more):
    input: 'pig' output: 'igpay'
    input: 'eagerly' output: 'eagerlyyay'

    Params: w (string) a single lowercase English word (all alphabetic letters)
    Returns: (string) w in pig Latin
    """

    # check if the first character is a vowel

    list1 = []
    if word[0] in "aeiouAEIOU":
        return word + 'yay'
    else:
        list1 = list(word)
        for char in list1:
            if char not in "aeiouAEIOU":
                val = char
                list1 = list1[1:]
                list1.append(val)
            else:
                break
        return "".join(list1) + "ay";

print pigLatin('pig')