--description--
Pig Latin is a way of altering English Words. The rules are as follows:
- If a word begins with a consonant, take the first consonant or consonant cluster, move it to the end of the word, and add ay
to it.
- If a word begins with a vowel, just add way
at the end.
--instructions--
Translate the provided string to Pig Latin. Input strings are guaranteed to be English words in all lowercase.
--hints--
translatePigLatin("california")
should return the string aliforniacay
.
assert.deepEqual(translatePigLatin('california'), 'aliforniacay');
translatePigLatin("paragraphs")
should return the string aragraphspay
.
assert.deepEqual(translatePigLatin('paragraphs'), 'aragraphspay');
translatePigLatin("glove")
should return the string oveglay
.
assert.deepEqual(translatePigLatin('glove'), 'oveglay');
translatePigLatin("algorithm")
should return the string algorithmway
.
assert.deepEqual(translatePigLatin('algorithm'), 'algorithmway');
translatePigLatin("eight")
should return the string eightway
.
assert.deepEqual(translatePigLatin('eight'), 'eightway');
Should handle words where the first vowel comes in the middle of the word. translatePigLatin("schwartz")
should return the string artzschway
.
assert.deepEqual(translatePigLatin('schwartz'), 'artzschway');
Should handle words without vowels. translatePigLatin("rhythm")
should return the string rhythmay
.
assert.deepEqual(translatePigLatin('rhythm'), 'rhythmay');
--seed--
--seed-contents--
function translatePigLatin(str) {
return str;
}
translatePigLatin("consonant");
--solutions--
function translatePigLatin(str) {
if (isVowel(str.charAt(0))) return str + "way";
var front = [];
str = str.split('');
while (str.length && !isVowel(str[0])) {
front.push(str.shift());
}
return [].concat(str, front).join('') + 'ay';
}
function isVowel(c) {
return ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'].indexOf(c.toLowerCase()) !== -1;
}