Using this code in order to get a pig latin code that works for phrases as well

function out = word2piglatin
word = input ( 'Enter a word:' , 's' );
% Check if the first letter of the word is vowel or not
if ismember(word(1), 'aeiouAEIOU' )
	out = [word 'way' ]; %Append 'way' to the word
else
	out= [word(2:end) word(1) 'ay' ]; %Place the starting letter at the end and append the 'ay'
end
end

[Charlotte Reed]

I need to just adapt this code in order to work for phrases but I don't know where to start (I wrote this code for the words)

[Walter Roberson]

"How do you define a phrase?", she asked through e-mail.

[Walter Roberson]

The given code does not produce correct Pig Latin.

1. what has to be moved is consonant clusters, not single consonants. For example switch has the sw move, not just the s
2. initial y is treated as a consonant even if it is acting as a vowel in English
3. internal y is treated as a vowel, ending a consonant cluster, even if it is acting as a consonant in English
4. compound words must be separated into their parts, such as bedroom being treated as bed room. This is probably the most difficult part, as suffixes can modify a word to not be able to stand alone. For example, "He's a bedroomista" cannot be split into "bed" and "roomista" because "roomista" is not considered a standalone word.
5. I don't know how to handle contractions at the moment. I suspect that it is "remove the apostrophe and process what is left"

Answer 1

[Sriram Tadavarty]

Hi Charlotte,

You can perform this by entering the phase in the input and then splitting in to words, process and combining. Here is the code:

function out = word2piglatin
    phrase = input('Enter a phrase: ','s');
    words = strsplit(phrase);
    temp = words;
    for i = 1:numel(words)
        if ismember(words{i}(1), 'aeiouAEIOU' )
            temp{i} = [words{i} 'way' ]; %Append 'way' to the word
        else
            temp{i}= [words{i}(2:end) words{i}(1) 'ay' ]; %Place the starting letter at the end and append the 'ay'
        end
    end
    out = strjoin(temp, ' ');
end

Try this in command window:

>> word2piglatin
Enter a phrase: Hello Everybody

ans =

    'elloHay Everybodyway'

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Sriram

[Walter Roberson]

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