Module: SpellCheck

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

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
'0.0.2'

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.checkWord(aWordToCheck) ⇒ String

Checks if input word exists in dictionary. This method will accept any case and will make corrections for any over-repeated strings.

Parameters:

  • aWordToCheck (Object)

Returns:

  • (String) 


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# File 'lib/spell_check.rb', line 11

def self.checkWord( aWordToCheck )
  @dict = Dictionary.new
  not_found = 'no correction found'

  # Check for any non-alphabet characters.  If any are found, cease word search
  return not_found if has_non_alphabet_chars aWordToCheck

  # Adjust word for case
  word = adjust_case( aWordToCheck )

  # Attempt to see if input word is found before doing regular expression search
  corrected_word = @dict.find_word word
  return corrected_word unless corrected_word.nil?

  # Input word was not found, so try matching regular expression
  corrected_word = correct_repetitions word
  return corrected_word unless corrected_word.nil?

  return not_found
end