Speech Fixer and Censor

speech-fixer-and-censor.js

function fixAndCensor(input,ok) {
  ok = (ok) ? ok : [];
  ok.forEach((item, index) => ok[index] = item.toLowerCase());
  //console.log('ok', ok);
  let output = '';
  while (input !== '') {
    //console.log(output);
    const matches = new RegExp(/[^\s]+(?=(\s|\W){1})/).exec(input);
    //console.log('matches:', matches);
    //console.log('input:', input);
    let asterisks = '';
    if (matches) {
      if (matches[0].length > 2 && ok.indexOf(matches[0].replace(/\W/g, '').toLowerCase()) === -1) {
        for (let i = 0, max = matches[0].length - 2; i < max; i++) { asterisks += '*'; }
        if (matches[0][matches[0].length - 1].match(/(\.|\!|\?|,|\:|;)/)) {
          matches[0] = matches[0][0] + asterisks.slice(1) + matches[0].substring(matches[0].length - 2, matches[0].length);
        } else {
          matches[0] = matches[0][0] + asterisks + matches[0][matches[0].length - 1];
        }
      }
      if (output.length === 0) {
        output += matches[0][0].toUpperCase() + matches[0].slice(1).toLowerCase() + matches[1].toLowerCase();
      } else {
        //console.log('previous char:', output[output.length - 2]);
        if (output[output.length - 2].match(/(\.|\!|\?)/)) {
          output += matches[0][0].toUpperCase() + matches[0].slice(1).toLowerCase() + matches[1].toLowerCase();
        } else {
          output += matches[0].toLowerCase() + matches[1].toLowerCase();
        }
      }
      input = input.slice(matches[0].length + matches[1].length);
    } else {
      //console.log('ends without any punctuation');
      if (input.length > 2 && ok.indexOf(input.replace(/\W/g, '').toLowerCase()) === -1) {
        let asterisks = '';
        for (let i = 0, max = input.length - 2; i < max; i++) { asterisks += '*'; }
        input = input[0] + asterisks + input[input.length - 1];
      }
      if (output[output.length - 2].match(/(\.|\!|\?)/)) {
        output += input[0].toUpperCase() + input.slice(1).toLowerCase();
      } else {
        output += input.toLowerCase();
      }
      input = '';
    }
    //console.log('output:', output);
  }
  return output;
}

fixAndCensor("This is a saple sentence, test",["sample","test"]); // T**s is a sampe s******e, test

SpeechFixerAndCensor.markdown

Speech fixer and censor

Fixes case for letters according to punctuation and word positioning in the sentence. Censores all words longer that 2 characters by replacing all letters with asterisks except the fitst and the last by default. Function can be passed and array of allowed words, these will not be censored with asterisks.

A script by V.

License.