Module: Arabic

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

Constant Summary collapse

CHARACTER_TABLE = 
{
  # Numbers
  "٠" => "0",
  "١" => "1",
  "٢" => "2",
  "٣" => "3",
  "٤" => "4",
  "٥" => "5",
  "٦" => "6",
  "٧" => "7",
  "۸" => "8",
  "٩" => "9",
  # Punctuation
  "،" => ",",
  "؛" => ";",
  "؟" => "?",
  # Consonants (Letters of the Alphabet)
  "ء" => "e",
  "آ" => "a",
  "أ" => "a",
  "ؤ" => "w",
  "إ" => "i",
  "ئ" => "y",
  "ا" => "a",
  "ب" => "b",
  "ة" => "t",
  "ت" => "t",
  "ث" => "th",
  "ج" => "j",
  "ح" => "h",
  "خ" => "kh",
  "د" => "d",
  "ذ" => "dh",
  "ر" => "r",
  "ز" => "z",
  "س" => "s",
  "ش" => "sh",
  "ص" => "s",
  "ض" => "d",
  "ط" => "t",
  "ظ" => "z",
  "ع" => "e",
  "غ" => "gh",
  "ف" => "f",
  "ق" => "q",
  "ك" => "k",
  "ل" => "l",
  "م" => "m",
  "ن" => "n",
  "ه" => "h",
  "و" => "w",
  "ى" => "a",
  "ي" => "y",
  "و‎" => "u",
  # Vowels and Diphthongs
  "َ‎"  => "a",
  "ُ"  => "u",
  "ِ‎"  => "i"
}
VERSION = 
"0.1.5"

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.transliterate(string = "", to = :arabic) ⇒ Object Also known as: t 



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# File 'lib/arabic.rb', line 66

def transliterate(string="", to=:arabic)
  character_table = Module.const_get(to.to_s.capitalize)::CHARACTER_TABLE
  string.to_s.gsub(/#{Regexp.union(character_table.keys).source}/i, character_table)
end