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Approximate the number of syllabes in the string
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| // coursera NLP lesson 02.04 | |
| // approximating number of syllables in a string | |
| function countSyllables(s) { | |
| 'use strict'; | |
| var k = 0; | |
| if (s.length < 1) return k; | |
| s = s.toLowerCase(); | |
| s = s.replace(/\W+/g, ""); | |
| s = s.replace(/[aeiou]/ig,'\~'); | |
| s = s.replace(/[qwrtypsdfghjklzxcvbnm]/ig,'C'); | |
| // lol, not tested it yet | |
| // count occurencies of VC in a given string | |
| while (s.length > 1) { | |
| let i = s.indexOf('~C'); | |
| if (i == -1) break; | |
| k = k+1; | |
| s = s.substr(i+2,s.length); | |
| } | |
| return k; | |
| } |
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