finished pig_latin exercise

Author: strychemi

04_pig_latin/pig_latin.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+def translate(input)
+ vowel = "aeiouAEIOU"
+ output = ""
+ punct_check = /[[:punct:]]/.match(input)
+ words = []
+
+ if punct_check
+ letters = input.split("")
+ wbuild = ""
+ letters.each do |c|
+ if /\w/.match(c)
+ wbuild += c
+ else
+ words.push(wbuild) if wbuild != ""
+ words.push(c) if c != ""
+ wbuild = ""
+ end
+ end
+ else
+ words = input.split(" ")
+ end
+
+ words.each do |term|
+ if /\w/.match(term) == nil
+ output += term
+ next
+ end
+
+ cap = false
+ if /[[:upper:]]/.match(term[0])
+ cap = true
+ end
+ term = term.downcase
+ term_letters = term.split("")
+
+ while !vowel.include?(term_letters[0])
+ if term_letters[0] + term_letters[1] == "qu"
+ term_letters.push(term_letters.shift)
+ end
+ term_letters.push(term_letters.shift)
+ end
+
+ term_letters[0].upcase! if cap == true
+ if punct_check
+ output += term_letters.join("") + "ay"
+ else
+ output += term_letters.join("") + "ay" + " "
+ end
+ end
+
+ return output.strip
+end

04_pig_latin/pig_latin_spec.rb

@@ -69,4 +69,13 @@
  # * write a test asserting that capitalized words are still capitalized (but with a different initial capital letter, of course)
  # * retain the punctuation from the original phrase
 
+ it "capitalized words are still capitalized" do
+ s = translate("hello World")
+ s.should == "ellohay Orldway"
+ end
+
+ it "retain punctuation from original phrase" do
+ s = translate("Hello, World!")
+ s.should == "Ellohay, Orldway!"
+ end
 end