Module: Hiq::Syllabizable

Included in:
Haiku, LineComposer, WordChecker
Defined in:
lib/hiq/syllabizable.rb

Overview

syllabization functionality

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#diphtongs(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hiq/syllabizable.rb', line 10

def diphtongs(word)
  word.downcase.scan(/(?:[^aeiouy]|^)([aeiouy][aeiouy])(?:[^aeiouy]|$)/).size
end

#silent_e_count(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hiq/syllabizable.rb', line 18

def silent_e_count(word)
  return 0 if word == 'the'

  word.downcase[-1] == 'e' ? 1 : 0
end

#syllables(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hiq/syllabizable.rb', line 6

def syllables(word)
  word.downcase.scan(/[aeiouy]/).size - diphtongs(word) - triphtongs(word) - silent_e_count(word)
end

#triphtongs(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hiq/syllabizable.rb', line 14

def triphtongs(word)
  word.downcase.scan(/(?:[^aeiouy]|^)([aeiouy][aeiouy][aeiouy])([^aeiouy]|$)/).size
end