[Tutor] A string-manipulation question

[Bob Gailer]

HouseScript at comcast.net wrote:
> Alan Gilfoy wrote:
>
> > Is there a way in Python to separate a string into its component words.
> you could do something like this:
> >>> x = Is there a way in Python to seperate a string into its 
> compontent words.
> >>> x.split()
> that would yield:
> ['Is', 'there', 'a', 'way', 'in', 'Python', 'to', 'separate', 'a', 
> 'string', 'into', 'its', 'component', 'words.']
> As far as teh translating to pig latin.....well I honestly don't know.
 From Wikipedia, the rules are:

   1. For words that begin with consonant
      <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonant> sounds, move the initial
      consonant or consonant cluster
      <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonant_cluster> to the end of the
      word and add "ay." Examples:
          * fatso → atso-fay
          * button → /utton-bay/
          * star → /ar-stay/
          * three → /ee-thray/
          * question → /estion-quay/
   2. For words that begin with vowel
      <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel> sounds (including silent
      consonants <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_letter>), simply
      add the syllable "ay" to the end of the word.
          * eagle → /eagle-ay/
          * America → /America-ay/
          * honor → /honor-ay/

Seems pretty straightforward to translate to Python (or any other 
language). The only "hitch" I see is how one tells that an initial 
consonant is a vowel sound or not. (honor vs home)?

opehay isthay elphay

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Bob Gailer
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