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Indefinite article for word
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- (NSString *)indefiniteArticleForWord:(NSString *)word singularArticle:(NSString *)singularArticle pluralArticle:(NSString *)pluralArticle | |
{ | |
NSString *firstLetter = [[word lowercaseString] substringToIndex:1]; | |
NSArray *vowels = @[@"a",@"e",@"i",@"o",@"u"]; | |
BOOL isFirstLetterVowel = NO; | |
for (NSString *vowel in vowels){ | |
if ([vowel isEqualToString:firstLetter]) { | |
isFirstLetterVowel = YES; | |
break; | |
} | |
} | |
if (isFirstLetterVowel) { | |
return pluralArticle; | |
} else { | |
return singularArticle; | |
} | |
} |
zilmarinen
commented
Jul 2, 2013
- (NSString *)indefiniteArticleForWord:(NSString *)word singularArticle:(NSString *)singularArticle pluralArticle:(NSString *)pluralArticle
{
unichar *firstLetter = [[word lowercaseString] characterAtIndex:1];
switch (firstLetter)
{
case 'a': case 'e': case 'i': case 'o': case: 'u':
return pluralArticle;
default:
return singularArticle;
}
}
- (NSString *)indefiniteArticleForWord:(NSString *)word singularArticle:(NSString *)singularArticle pluralArticle:(NSString *)pluralArticle
{
NSString *firstLetter = [[word lowercaseString] substringToIndex:1];
NSArray *vowels = @[@"a",@"e",@"i",@"o",@"u", firstLetter];
return ([vowels containsObject:firstLetter] ? pluralArticle : singularArticle);
}
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