Greek.rb

gistfile1.txt

class Greek 
  APPROXIMATIONS = {
    "A" => "Α",
    "a" => "α",
    "V" => "Β",
    "v" => "β",
    "G" => "Γ",
    "g" => "γ",
    "D" => "Δ",
    "d" => "δ",
    "E" => "Ε",
    "e" => "ε",
    "Z" => "Ζ",
    "z" => "ζ",
    "I" => "Η",
    "i" => "η",
    "TH" => "Θ",
    "th" => "θ",
    "I" => "Ι",
    "i" => "ι",
    "K" => "Κ",
    "k" => "κ",
    "L" => "Λ",
    "l" => "λ",
    "M" => "Μ",
    "m" => "μ",
    "N" => "Ν",
    "n" => "ν",
    "KS" => "Ξ",
    "ks" => "ξ",
    "O" => "Ο",
    "o" => "ο",
    "P" => "Π",
    "p" => "π",
    "R" => "Ρ",
    "r" => "ρ",
    "S" => "Σ",
    "s" => "σ",
    "s" => "ς",
    "T" => "Τ",
    "t" => "τ",
    "Y" => "Υ",
    "y" => "υ",
    "F" => "Φ",
    "f" => "φ",
    "X" => "Χ",
    "x" => "χ",
    "PS" => "Ψ",
    "ps" => "ψ",
    "O" => "Ω",
    "o" => "ω"
  }
  
  
  
  def self.translate(word)
    new_word = ""
    word.each_char {|c| new_word << APPROXIMATIONS[c] rescue ""}
    new_word
  end
end
  
  # Greek.translate("Hello")
  # 2.1.3 :063 >     Greek.translate("Hello")
  # "ελλω"