Class: IdiomExplorer

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/words_and_idioms/idiom_explorer.rb

Constant Summary collapse

@@word_url = 
"http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/open-dictionary/latestEntries.html"
@@html = 
open(@@word_url)
@@doc = 
Nokogiri::HTML(@@html)
@@all = 
[]

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.idiom_routine ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/words_and_idioms/idiom_explorer.rb', line 26

def self.idiom_routine
  IdiomList.new
  counter = 1
  IdiomList.all.each do |hash|
    hash.each do |k,v|
      puts "#{counter}. #{k}"
      counter += 1
    end
  end
  puts " "
  puts "Which idiom would you like me to define?"
  puts " "
  input = (gets.chomp).to_i
  puts " "
  puts "Interesting choice. Here is the definition:".magenta
  puts " "
  hash_value = IdiomList.all[input - 1]
  hash_idiom = hash_value.keys[0]
  hash_def = hash_value[hash_idiom]
  puts "#{hash_idiom.upcase.yellow}: #{hash_def}"
  puts " "
  puts " "
  puts "Would you like to see this word in context?".light_blue
  puts "Y/N"

  context = gets.chomp.downcase
  if context == "y"
    self.usage
    puts " "
    puts " "
    puts @usage_array[input - 1].green
    puts " "
    puts " "
  end
end

.usage ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/words_and_idioms/idiom_explorer.rb', line 12

def self.usage
  @usage_array = []
  counter = 0
  @@doc.css(" #openEntries .openEntry .openSense").each do |entry|
      if @@doc.css(" #openEntries .openEntry .openSense")[counter].children[2] != nil
        @usage_array << @@doc.css(" #openEntries .openEntry .openSense")[counter].children[1].text
      else
        @usage_array << "Looks like nobody's put an example sentence up yet. Maybe you could submit one!"
      end
      counter +=1
    end
  @usage_array
end