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def pig_latin(string1) | |
string1.to_s.downcase! | |
if #If a word begins with a vowel (aeiou), add 'ay' to the end. | |
string1[0] == 'a' || string1[0] == 'e' || string1[0] == 'i' || string1[0] == 'o' || string1[0] == "u" | |
string1 += 'ay' | |
elsif #If a word begins with 'qu', move the 'qu' to the end of the word and add 'ay' after it. | |
string1[0,2] == 'qu' | |
string1 = string1.insert(-1, 'qu') + 'ay' | |
string1 = string1[2..-1] | |
else #If a word begins with a consonant, move it to the end of the word and add 'ay' after it. | |
letter1 = string1[0] | |
string1 = string1.insert(-1, letter1) | |
string1 = string1[1..-1] | |
#NEED HELP | |
#If a word begins with multiple consonants, move all of them to the end of the word and add 'ay' after them. (easier version is to look @ only first 3 letters) | |
end | |
end | |
#TESTS | |
puts pig_latin('apple') | |
puts pig_latin('zonga') | |
puts pig_latin('qunga') |
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