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Chompy

01-05-2007 08:21 PM

a or an

Well, when you see title I think that you think it's something about grammar,
well, script wise it is; is there a way to see if a string should have 'a' or 'an' infront? Instead of having a private function like..

PHP Code:


		
			
temp.foo = { "a", "e", "u", "i", "o", "y"};
temp.bar = "test";

return ( temp.bar.substring( 0, 1) in temp.foo ? "an" : "a") SPC temp.bar;

// would produce 'a test'

Is there an easier way? ( well, thats easy, just looking if there is a built-in or something, or it could of been suggested..)

xXziroXx

01-05-2007 08:25 PM

PHP Code:


		
			
if (this.string.starts("an")) { ... }

Chompy

01-05-2007 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xXziroXx (Post 1261361)

PHP Code:


		
			
if (this.string.starts("an")) { ... }

Not that, I mean, if you have a clean text string, like:

PHP Code:


		
			
temp.text = "item";

Now.. Is there a way to see if the string should have 'an' before it, or is the only way a public function?

xXziroXx

01-05-2007 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chompy (Post 1261365)

Not that, I mean, if you have a clean text string, like:

PHP Code:


		
			
temp.text = "item";

Now.. Is there a way to see if the string should have 'an' before it, or is the only way a public function?

Ohh you mean like that.. no idea.

Tolnaftate2004

01-05-2007 08:43 PM

There is no tell-tale way to determine this. Your script will not function perfectly. You will get results such as "a honor".

Chompy

01-05-2007 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tolnaftate2004 (Post 1261383)

There is no tell-tale way to determine this. Your script will not function perfectly. You will get results such as "a honor".

hmm, didn't think of that :O Would of been nice tho.. could maybe been scripted as a function.. hmm..

Angel_Light

01-07-2007 07:58 AM

well you could create a very long 23 gigibyte english word base and do it from there :P Thats how large M-W webbase of common english words is.

Twinny

01-07-2007 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angel_Light (Post 1262151)

well you could create a very long 23 gigibyte english word base and do it from there :P Thats how large M-W webbase of common english words is.

Gigabyte. I think it would be more check first letter for aeiou and then maybe an array of certain words which use an.

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