Python translating question

Question

So I need to create a program that can translate sentences to Pig Latin. If the word begins with a vowel, the I need to append “way” to the end of the word. If the word begins with a consonant, remove all consonants from the beginning of the word
and append them to the end of the word. Then, append “ay” to the end of the word.

 

 

The initial code I was given was this:

 

VOWELS = "aeiou"
word = input("Enter a word ('quit' to quit): ")

# Error message used in Mimir test
#print("Can't convert empty string. Try again.")

 

 

I'm very confused on how to go about this. Everything I've tried so far has failed. 

Answer 1

class PigLatin
{
public static final int NO_TRANSLATE_COUNT=3;

private String inbuff;

private String [] no_translate;

PigLatin( String input_buffer)
{

inbuff = new String(input_buffer);

// do not translate to pig latin
no_translate = new String[NO_TRANSLATE_COUNT];
no_translate[0] = "A";
no_translate[1] = "AN";
no_translate[2] = "THE";

}

//linear searches the "NO TRANSLATE LIST"
private int IsTranslate(String str)
{
int iIndex=-1;

for (int iLoop=0; iLoop<NO_TRANSLATE_COUNT; iLoop++)
{
if (str.compareTo(no_translate[iLoop])==0)
{
iIndex = iLoop;
break;
}
}
return(iIndex);
}

private String Translate( String token)
{
String outbuff;

char firstChar = token.charAt(0);
int startingIndex=0;

switch (firstChar)
{
case 'A':
case 'E':
case 'I':
case 'O':
case 'U':
{
outbuff = token + "AY";
break;
}

default:
{
char secondChar = token.charAt(1);
String secondCharStr;

switch (secondChar)
{
case 'A':
case 'E':
case 'I':
case 'O':
case 'U':
{
startingIndex=1;
secondCharStr="";
break;
}

default:
{
startingIndex=2;
secondCharStr = "" + secondChar;
break;
}


} // nested switch

outbuff = token.substring(startingIndex) + firstChar + secondCharStr + "AY";
break;
}

} //switch


return(outbuff);

}


public void GO()
{


String [] tokens = inbuff.split(" ");
String outBuff = " ";
String outputToken;

// DEBUG for (int iLoop=0; iLoop< tokens.length; iLoop++) { System.out.println(tokens[iLoop]); }

for (int iLoop=0; iLoop< tokens.length; iLoop++)
{
String Token = tokens[iLoop].toUpperCase();
if (IsTranslate(Token)<0)
{
outputToken = Translate(Token);
}
else
{
outputToken = new String(Token);
}

outBuff = outBuff + " " + outputToken;
}

System.out.println(outBuff);
}

public static void main (String args[])
{

if (args.length>0)
{
PigLatin myPigLatin = new PigLatin(args[0]);
myPigLatin.GO();
}
else
{
System.out.println(" java PigLatin input-string \n where the input string is included inside double quotes ");
System.out.println(" EX. java PigLatin \" The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs\" ");
}

}

} //PigLatin