Widetooter

widetooter.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

abort "please write your string as an argument" unless ARGV[0]

puts ARGV.join(' ').gsub(/[^a-z \n]/i, '').chars.map { |letter|
  if letter.ord.between? 'a'.ord, 'z'.ord then
    letter = " :#{letter}_wide:"
  else
    letter = letter
  end }.join

exit 0