Kisses: the codename for my new app, and fun little functions
Get the indefinite article for a noun:
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| VOWELS = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"] | |
| def self.indefinite_article(str) | |
| article = "" | |
| VOWELS.include?(str.to_s[0..0].downcase) && !str.to_s[1..1].match(/[A-Z]/) ? article = "An" : article = "A" if str | |
| return article | |
| end |
Convert a number like 28,947,345 to a vaguer, but more digestible, statement like 29 million:
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| VAGARIES = {4 => "thousand", 7 => "million", 10 => "billion", 13 => "trillion"} | |
| def self.vagarise(num) | |
| num = num.to_s | |
| vaguest = num | |
| for vagary in VAGARIES.keys().sort { |x,y| x <=> y } | |
| if num.length >= vagary | |
| unit = num[0..2].to_f / (10 ** (2 - (num.length - vagary))) | |
| vaguest = unit.round().to_s + " " + VAGARIES[vagary] | |
| end | |
| end | |
| return vaguest | |
| end |
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