pig-latinize

main.rs

fn is_vowel(c: char) -> bool {
    match c {
        'a' => true,
        'A' => true,
        'i' => true,
        'I' => true,
        'o' => true,
        'O' => true,
        'u' => true,
        'U' => true,
        _ => false,
    }
}

fn to_pig_latin(input: &String) -> String {
    let words: Vec<&str> = input.split(' ').collect();
    let mut output = String::from("");

    for word in words {
        let mut word = String::from(word);

        let first_letter = word.remove(0);

        if is_vowel(first_letter) {
            word = format!("{}{}-hay ", first_letter, word);
        } else {
            word = format!("{}-{}ay ", word, first_letter);
        }

        output.push_str(word.as_str());
    }

    output
}

fn main() {
    // Small program to convert a string to pig-latin with the following rules:
    // First consonant of each word is moved to the end of the word, and -ay is added
    // first becomes irst-fay
    // Words that start with a vowel have -hay addded to the end instead
    // apple becomes apple-hay
    // *This is an exercise from THE BOOK*
    
    let to_convert = String::from("The quick brown fox jumps over the whatever the rest is");
    println!("Original: {}", to_convert);

    let converted = to_pig_latin(&to_convert);

    println!("Converted: {}", converted);
}