class TalkLikeAPirate def self.translate(me_string) me_string.is_a?(String) ? build_string(me_string) : me_string end private ##################################################################### def self.build_string(me_string) sentence = translate_string(me_string) if sentence.split(" ").length > 5 && rand(5) == 0 sentence = prepare_original_sentence(sentence) + " " + build_piratey_sentence end sentence end def self.translate_string(me_string) me_string.split(/ /).map do |word| leading_punctuation, word, trailing_punctuation = extract_punctuation word capitalized = (word.slice(0,1) == word.slice(0,1).upcase) fully_capitalized = (word == word.upcase) word = Object.const_defined?(:ActiveSupport) ? piratize_with_pluralization(word.downcase) : piratize(word.downcase) word = capitalize_first(word) if capitalized word = word.upcase if fully_capitalized "#{leading_punctuation}#{word}#{trailing_punctuation}" end.join(" ") end def self.piratize_with_pluralization(word) pluralized = pluralize(word) == word if dictionary.has_key? singularize(word) word = dictionary[singularize(word)] pluralized ? pluralize(word) : word elsif word[/ing\Z/] word.sub(/ing\Z/, "in'") elsif word[/ings\Z/] word.sub(/ings\Z/, "in's") else word end end def self.piratize(word) if dictionary.has_key? word dictionary[word] elsif word[/ing\Z/] word.sub(/ing\Z/, "in'") elsif word[/ings\Z/] word.sub(/ings\Z/, "in's") else word end end def self.extract_punctuation(word) leading_punctuation = word.match(/\A([^a-zA-Z]*)/)[1] rescue "" trailing_punctuation = word.match(/[a-zA-Z]+([^a-zA-Z]*)\Z/)[1] rescue "" word_length = word.length - leading_punctuation.length - trailing_punctuation.length word = word[leading_punctuation.length, word_length] return leading_punctuation, word, trailing_punctuation end def self.prepare_original_sentence(sentence) sentence.gsub!(/\.\z/, "") sentence = sentence + "." if sentence.match(/\w\z/) capitalize_first(sentence) end def self.build_piratey_sentence capitalize_first(sprinklings_of_flavor.sample) + ["!!","!","."].sample end def self.pirate_locale @@locale ||= local_config.has_key?("locale") ? local_config["locale"] : config["locale"] end def self.dictionary @@dictionary_map ||= config["dictionary"].merge(local_dictionary) end def self.sprinklings_of_flavor @@fill ||= (config["pirate_flavor"] << local_flavor).compact.flatten end def self.config @@config ||= YAML::load_file(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/talk_like_a_pirate/pirate_booty.yml") end def self.local_dictionary local_config.has_key?("dictionary") ? local_config["dictionary"] : {} end def self.local_flavor local_config.has_key?("pirate_flavor") ? local_config["pirate_flavor"] : nil end def self.local_config @@local_configs ||= YAML::load_file("#{Rails.root.to_s}/config/pirate_booty.yml") rescue {} end def self.capitalize_first(string) return string unless string.is_a? String return string.upcase if string.length < 2 string.slice(0,1).capitalize + string.slice(1..-1) end def self.singularize(word) ActiveSupport::Inflector.singularize(word) end def self.pluralize(word) ActiveSupport::Inflector.pluralize(word) end end if Object.const_defined? :Rails require "talk_like_a_pirate/railties" else require "yaml" end