piglatin.rb

class String
	def initial
		self[0,1] #gets first character
	end
	def twoinitial
		self[0,2] #gets first two characters
	end
	def secondy
		self[1,1]
	end
end

#arrays of things that pig latin cares about
vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"]
consonants = ["b", "c", "d", "f", "g", "h", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z"]
punctuation = ["!", "?", ",", "."]
particles = ["A", "I", "At", "Or", "On", "The", "Is", "It"]

names = ["Jennifer", "Randall", "Kenneth", "Norman", "Sandy", "Helen", "Ronald"]



#the actual shit for English -> Pig Latin
def piglatin(statement, vowels, consonants, punctuation, particles)
	translated = statement.split
	finaltrans = []
	b = ''
	
	translated.each do |item|
		naughtypunc = []
	
	
		if punctuation.include? item[-1]	#checks if there's punctuation and saves it in naughtypunc
			naughtypunc = item.each_char.select {|c| punctuation.include? c }
			item.sub!(naughtypunc.join,'')
		end
	
		if particles.include? item.downcase.capitalize	#stops the loop if it's a particle
			finaltrans << item
			next
		elsif vowels.include? item.initial.downcase
			a = item 
		elsif item.initial.downcase == "y" and consonants.include? item.secondy.downcase
			a = item
		elsif consonants.include? item.initial.downcase
			naughtyvowel = item.each_char.select {|c| vowels.include? c }
			firstvowel = item.index(naughtyvowel[0])
			b = item[0...firstvowel]
			a = item[firstvowel..-1]
		end
		item = a + "-" + b + "ay" + naughtypunc.join
		finaltrans << item
		b = ''
	end
	
	output = finaltrans.join (" ")
	puts output.capitalize
end




#method for PL -> E
def english(statement, vowels, punctuation, particles)
	translated = statement.split
	finaltrans = []
	
	
	translated.each do |item|
		splitem = item.split('-') #cuts the word from *ay
		naughtypunc = []
	
	
		if punctuation.include? item[-1]	#checks if there's punctuation and saves it in naughtypunc
			naughtypunc = item.each_char.select {|c| punctuation.include? c }
			item.sub!(naughtypunc.join,'')
		end
	
		if particles.include? item.downcase.capitalize #stops the loop if it's a particle
			finaltrans << item
#			next
		else
			a = splitem[0]
			b = splitem[1]
			if naughtypunc.join.nil? #if there's something in naughtypunc it goes 1 more
				c = b[0..-3]
			else
				d = 3 + naughtypunc.join.length
				c = b[0..-d]
			end
		
		
			if vowels.include? c 
				item = a + naughtypunc.join.to_s
			else
				item = c + a + naughtypunc.join.to_s
			end
			finaltrans << item
		end
	end
	
	output = finaltrans.join (" ")
	puts output.capitalize
end


loop do
	puts "Welcome to Pig Latin Translator 2000. My name is %s, and I will be your translator today." % names[rand(names.length())]

	puts "What service would you like today? English to Pig Latin (1) or Pig Latin to English (2)? Q to quit."

	service = gets.chomp


	if service == "1"
		puts "You have selected 'English to Pig Latin'."
		puts "Please input the phrase you would like translated."
		print "> "
		statement = gets.chomp

		piglatin(statement, vowels, consonants, punctuation, particles)
		break
	
	elsif service == "2"
		puts "You have selected 'Pig Latin to English'."
		puts "Input the phrase you would like translated. (Please use hyphens to separate the base word from the pig latin suffix)"
		print "> "
		statement = gets.chomp
	
		english(statement, vowels, punctuation, particles)
		break
	
	elsif service == "3"
		puts "--------"
		puts "I need to fix proper nouns. Paul -> Aul-pay instead of aul-pay"
		puts "Better case sensitivity. SCRAM -> AM-SCRAY" #maybe have if item.upcase == item then exceptionville blalhalhla
		puts "--------"
		woah = gets
	elsif service.capitalize == "Q"
		break
	else
		puts "Not understood."
	end
end

#Where are my pants, woman?