Googol: English To 'Pig Latin'

Googol: English To 'Pig Latin'
1) For words that begin with 'consonant' sounds, move the initial consonant or consonant cluster to the end of the word and add "ay."

Ex: English: Zeitgeist ------ Pig Latin: eitgeistzay

2) For words that begin with vowel sounds (including silent consonants), simply add the syllable "ay" to the end of the word.

Ex: Englsih: Algorithm ------ Pig Latin: Algorithmway

public class EnglishToPigLatinTranslator {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println("Enter The English Phrase To Be "

+ "Translated Into 'Pig Latin' : ");

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

 

String strEngPhrase = scanner.nextLine();

 

if(strEngPhrase != null && !strEngPhrase.equals("")) {

System.out.println("\nPig Latin Text : \n" +

convertEnglishToPigLatin(strEnglishPhrase));

} else {

System.out.println("No Input Specified!");

}

}

 

public static String convertEnglishToPigLatin(String strEnglishPhrase) {

String strVowels = "aeiou";

String[] strTokens = strEnglishPhrase.split("[ ]");

StringBuffer sbPigLatinStuff = new StringBuffer();

 

for(int i=0;i<strTokens.length;i++) {

if(strVowels.indexOf(strTokens[i].charAt(0)) >= 0) {

sbPigLatinStuff.append(strTokens[i] + "way ");

} else if((strTokens[i].indexOf("a") < 0) &&

(strTokens[i].indexOf("e") < 0) &&

(strTokens[i].indexOf("i") < 0) &&

(strTokens[i].indexOf("o") < 0) &&

(strTokens[i].indexOf("u") < 0)) {

sbPigLatinStuff.append(strTokens[i] + "ay ");         

} else {

for(int j=1;j<strTokens[i].length();j++) {

if(strVowels.indexOf(strTokens[i].charAt(j)) >= 0) {

sbPigLatinStuff.append(strTokens[i].substring(j) +

strTokens[i].substring(0,j) + "ay ");

break;

}

}

}

}

 

return sbPigLatinStuff.toString();

}

}

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