From: JD KF <lists@...>
Date: 2012-12-07T04:51:15+09:00
Subject: Trying to get "translator" to work

So, basically, I'm trying to get the below code to work properly for
"piglatin".  I have gotten it to work with mulitple words, if the word
starts with a vowel, if the word starts with a consonant, and if the
word starts with two consonants.  This was a hell of a lot of trial and
error getting to this point.

However, I am stuck and need a little help getting unstuck.  One thing
about "piglatin" is that I need to turn words like "quale" into
"alequay".  Also I need to have words like "square" to turn into
"aresquay".  AKA, if qu shows up somewhere, I need those letters (and
any that proceed it) to shift to the back and ad an +ay to the end.

I have thought about this and really am unclear how to proceed about it.
The below code is the code I was talking about and made myself.  I
realize some things could probably be "cleaner" about it, but I'm just
starting to learn so it will do for now.

Anyhow, I would love to somehow get unstuck with this.

def translate(words)
  z=""
  vowels=%w(a e i o u)
  consonants=%w(b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z)
  words.gsub(/\w+/) do |word|
    #the word in a array
    z=word.scan(/\w/)
    #checks to see if first letter has a vowel
    contains_vowels=vowels & z.first.split(",")
    two_consonants=z[0..1] & consonants
    three_consonants = z[0..2] & consonants

    if(contains_vowels.size>=1)
      z.join("")+"ay"
    elsif(three_consonants.size==3)
      x=z.shift(3)
      z.join("")<<x.join("")+"ay"
    elsif(two_consonants.size==2)
      x=z.shift(2)
      z.join("")<<x.join("")+"ay"
    else
      x=z.shift
      z<<x+"ay"
      z.join("")
    end
  end
end

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