syllables 0.1.0

data/lib/syllables.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+
+# file: syllables.rb
+# original code: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1271918/ruby-count-syllables
+
+Tokenizer = /([aeiouy]{1,3})/
+
+class Syllables
+
+  def initialize(text)
+    super()
+    @words = text.gsub(/\W+/, ' ').split\
+      .inject({}) {|r,word| r.merge({word.to_sym => count_syllables(word)})}
+  end
+
+  def to_h
+    @words
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def count_syllables(word)
+
+    len = 0
+
+    if word[-3..-1] == 'ing' then
+      len += 1
+      word = word[0...-3]
+    end
+
+    got = word.scan(Tokenizer)
+    len += got.size()
+
+    if got.size() > 1 and got[-1] == ['e'] and
+        word[-1].chr() == 'e' and
+        word[-2].chr() != 'l' then
+      len -= 1
+    end
+
+    return len
+
+  end
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: syllables
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: []
+
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2010-06-26 00:00:00 +01:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: []
+
+description: 
+email: 
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+
+files: 
+- lib/syllables.rb
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: 
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.3.5
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: syllables
+test_files: []
+