Module: Spanglify

Defined in:
lib/spanglify.rb,
lib/spanglify/version.rb

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
"0.1.1"

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.process(str) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/spanglify.rb', line 4

def self.process(str)
	#commonly interchanged English to Spanish words and phrases
	to_swap = {
		"are you" => "estás",
		"very" => "muy",
		"but" => "pero",
		"i like" => "me gusta",
		"party" => "fiesta",
		"with" => "con"
	}

	to_swap.each do |key, value|
	#create a capitalized versions of the key and values
		capitalized_key = key.capitalize
		capitalized_value = value.capitalize

		upcase_key = key.upcase
		upcase_value = value.upcase

		if str.include? "#{key}" #if the string contains the lowercase version of the English word(s)
			str.gsub!(key, value) #swap out for the lowercase Spanish version of the word(s)
		elsif str.include? "#{upcase_key}" #if the string contains the capitalized version of the English word(s)
			str.gsub!(upcase_key, upcase_value) #swap out for the capitalized version of the Spanish word(s)
		elsif str.include? "#{capitalized_key}" #if the string contains the uppercase version of the English word(s)
			str.gsub!(capitalized_key, capitalized_value) #swap out for the uppercase version of the Spanish word(s)
		end
	end
	str #return the spanglified version of the string
end