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Pig Latin Javascript
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var translate = function(word) { | |
var array = word.split(''); | |
var vowels = ['a','e','i','o','u']; | |
var newWord = ''; | |
for(var i = 0; i < vowels.length-1; i++) { | |
for(var y = 0; y < word.length-1; y++) { | |
if(word[y] === vowels[i]) { | |
for(var x = y; x < word.length; x++){ | |
newWord = newWord + word[x]; | |
} | |
for(var n = 0; n < y; n++){ | |
newWord = newWord + word[n]; | |
} | |
return newWord + "ay"; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
translate("apple"); |
piglatinize(value) {
let words = value.split(' '),
newWords = [];
for (var i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
newWords.push(this.translate(words[i]));
}
return newWords.join(' ');
}
translate(word) {
let array = word.split(''),
vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'],
newWord = '';
for (var y = 0; y < word.length; y++) {
if (vowels.includes(word[y])) {
if (y === 0) {
return word + 'way';
}
return word.slice(y, word.length) + word.slice(0, y) + 'ay';
}
}
}
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`
function letters(word) {
return word.split('')
}
function pigLatinizeWord(word) {
var chars = letters(word);
return chars.slice(1).join('') + chars[0] + 'ay';
}
function pigLatinizeSentence(sentence) {
return sentence.replace(/\w+/g, pigLatinizeWord)
}
pigLatinizeSentence('try this')
`