Module: Lookup

Defined in:
lib/lookup.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.fetch_definition(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/lookup.rb', line 3

def self.fetch_definition word
	definitions = `dict "#{word}" 2>/dev/null | grep '     ' | head -2`.chomp.gsub("     ","").split(/[\r\n]/)
	definitions.uniq.join(" -- ")
end

.go(words) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/lookup.rb', line 12

def self.go words
	words.map{|w| sanitize w}.map{|w| "#{w}\t#{fetch_definition w}"}.join("\n")
end

.sanitize(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/lookup.rb', line 8

def self.sanitize word
	word.gsub(/[,\.]/,"")
end