From: Harry Kakueki <list.push@...>
Date: 2012-12-07T22:40:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Trying to get "translator" to work

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 4:51 AM, JD KF <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> 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.


This is not a complete solution, but maybe you can modify the 'if'
statement to make the rules.
I am a bit rusty with pig latin.



def pig(w)
  arr = []
  (1...w.size).each do |a|
    if w[0...a] !~ /[aeiou]/ or (w[0...(a-1)] !~ /[aeiou]/ and
w[0...a] =~ /qu\z/)
      arr << w[a..-1]+w[0...a]+"ay"
    end
  end
  arr << w + "way" if w[0..0] =~ /[aeiou]/
  arr[-1]
end

words = [ "square", "quiet", "bird", "apple","require","start","strength"]

words.each{|f| p pig(f)}

## OUTPUT

"aresquay"
"ietquay"
"irdbay"
"appleway"
"equireray"
"artstay"
"engthstray"




Harry