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def pig_latinize_word( word ) | |
parts = word.split(/\b([^a,e,i,o,u]{0,}qu|[^a,e,i,o,u]+)?([a,e,i,o,u][a-z]{0,})?/i) #https://regex101.com/r/yP8yF9/3 <-- this is where I worked out the regex | |
parts.shift if parts.first.empty? #getting rid of that first empty element that results from the regex matching the entire word, adding the conditional just in case there are outliers where the first word is not blank that I haven't thought of | |
parts << parts.shift #moving the first element to be the last element | |
"#{parts.join('')}ay" | |
end | |
def translate( words ) | |
( words.split(' ').inject([]) {|pig_latinized_words,word| pig_latinized_words << pig_latinize_word( word )} ).join(' ') #did it all in one line because I was curious if Ruby would let me, it just splits the words up by spaces, makes a new array of the pig latinized words, and then joins them back with spaces | |
end |
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