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A class to generate a Haiku in ruby (prototype for haikuherman.eu)
require 'lingua/en/readability'
class Haiku
def initialize(text)
@report = Lingua::EN::Readability.new(text)
@used_words = Array.new
end
def get_most_used_words(words)
top_words = Array.new
words.sort{|a,b| a[1]<=>b[1]}.slice(words.length/2..words.length).each do |a|
top_words << a[0].downcase
end
return top_words
end
def get_random_word(words, max_syll)
word = words[rand(words.length)]
if Lingua::EN::Readability.new(word).num_syllables > max_syll or @used_words.include?(word)
word = get_random_word(words, max_syll)
end
return word
end
def generate_line(number_of_syllables)
most_used_words = get_most_used_words(@report.frequencies)
line = ""
n_syll = 0
while n_syll < number_of_syllables
max_syll = number_of_syllables - n_syll
word = get_random_word(most_used_words, max_syll)
@used_words << word
word_syll = Lingua::EN::Readability.new(word).num_syllables
n_syll += word_syll
(line.length == 0 ? line << "#{word}": line << " #{word}")
end
return line << "(#{n_syll})"
end
def print_report
puts @report.report
puts get_most_used_words(@report.frequencies)
end
def print
puts generate_line(5).capitalize
puts generate_line(7)
puts generate_line(5)
end
end
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