#region Copyright // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // // Copyright (C) 2015 Ian Horswill // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of // this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the // Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, // modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, // and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the // following conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all // copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, // INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A // PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT // HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION // OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE // SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. // // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #endregion using System.Linq; namespace Prolog { public static class StringUtils { static readonly char[] Vowels = { 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u' }; public static string PluralForm(string singularForm) { switch (singularForm[singularForm.Length - 1]) { case 's': case 'o': return singularForm + "es"; case 'f': return singularForm.Substring(0, singularForm.Length - 1) + "ves"; case 'y': var secondToLast = singularForm[singularForm.Length - 2]; if (Vowels.Contains(secondToLast)) { return singularForm + "s"; } return singularForm.Substring(0, singularForm.Length - 1) + "ies"; default: return singularForm + "s"; } } public static string LastWordOf(string phrase) { var space = phrase.LastIndexOf(' '); if (space < 0) return phrase; return phrase.Substring(space + 1); } } }