On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Chouser <chou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Mark Volkmann > <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'm trying to implement pig latin using only what's in core in the >> simplest way possible. >> Does anyone see a simpler way? >> I'm not happy with using three functions (some, set and str) to >> determine if a letter is a vowel. > > I'm not quite sure what your criteria is, but here are a couple other options: > > ; String.contains and an extra 'subs' > (defn pig-latin [word] > (let [first-letter (subs word 0 1)] > (if (.contains "aeiou" first-letter) > (str word "ay") > (str (subs word 1) first-letter "ay")))) > > ; String.contains with destructuring > (defn pig-latin [[first-letter :as word]] > (if (.contains "aeiou" (str first-letter)) > (str word "ay") > (str (subs word 1) first-letter "ay"))) > > ; Strings collapse quivering in fear when destructuring and regex join forces > (defn pig-latin [word] > (if-let [[_ a b] (re-find #"^([^aeiou])(.*)" word)] > (str b a "ay") > (str word "ay")))
Thanks! I like the second option the best. I hope option three was written to be funny. I both laugh and cry when looking at that. ;-) -- R. Mark Volkmann Object Computing, Inc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
