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Roelof

split on space or -

Hello,

For a acronym maker challenge on exercism.io I have to make acronyms.
But I see I have to split the parts on space and when it's a word with a
- then I have to split on that,

Any hint how I can do that ?

Roelof

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Re: split on space or -

You need to add something like this in class String:

rejectForAcronymsWords: aCollectionOfUnwantedWords
"

'An example with an unwanted particle at the start of a sentence and also one in the middle' rejectForAcronymsWords: #('a' 'an' 'the' 'in' 'of' 'at' 'and')

"

^self asLowercase substrings reject: [ :word | aCollectionOfUnwantedWords includes: word]

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On Saturday, November 24, 2018, 3:49:56 p.m. EST, Roelof Wobben <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello,

For a acronym maker challenge on exercism.io I have to make acronyms.

But I see I have to split the parts on space and when it's a word with a

- then I have to split on that,

Any hint how I can do that ?

Roelof

Nicolai Hess-3-2

Re: split on space or -

In reply to this post by Roelof

What have you tried so far?

There is a split method in pharo, with examples :)

Am Sa., 24. Nov. 2018 um 21:49 Uhr schrieb Roelof Wobben <[hidden email]>:

Hello,

For a acronym maker challenge on exercism.io I have to make acronyms.
But I see I have to split the parts on space and when it's a word with a
- then I have to split on that,

Any hint how I can do that ?

Roelof

Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list

Re: split on space or -

Nice!

Never realized we had that method in the image!!!!!

On Saturday, November 24, 2018, 4:08:09 p.m. EST, Nicolai Hess <[hidden email]> wrote:

What have you tried so far?

There is a split method in pharo, with examples :)

Am Sa., 24. Nov. 2018 um 21:49 Uhr schrieb Roelof Wobben <[hidden email]>:

Hello,

For a acronym maker challenge on exercism.io I have to make acronyms.
But I see I have to split the parts on space and when it's a word with a
- then I have to split on that,

Any hint how I can do that ?

Roelof

Roelof

Re: split on space or -

In reply to this post by Nicolai Hess-3-2

thanks,

this one looks very promosing : self assert: ('foobar' splitOn: '[aeiou]+'

Roelof

Op 24-11-2018 om 22:07 schreef Nicolai Hess:

What have you tried so far?

There is a split method in pharo, with examples :)

Am Sa., 24. Nov. 2018 um 21:49 Uhr schrieb Roelof Wobben <[hidden email]>:

Hello,

For a acronym maker challenge on exercism.io I have to make acronyms.
But I see I have to split the parts on space and when it's a word with a
- then I have to split on that,

Any hint how I can do that ?

Roelof

Roelof

Re: split on space or -

hmm, I can split on the space or on the - but not on both

'Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor' splitOn: '[- ]'

this does nothing

'Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor' splitOn: '- '

does work and

'Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor' splitOn: ' '

does work

Op 24-11-2018 om 22:19 schreef Roelof Wobben:

thanks,

this one looks very promosing : self assert: ('foobar' splitOn: '[aeiou]+'

Roelof

Op 24-11-2018 om 22:07 schreef Nicolai Hess:

What have you tried so far?

There is a split method in pharo, with examples :)

Am Sa., 24. Nov. 2018 um 21:49 Uhr schrieb Roelof Wobben <[hidden email]>:

Hello,

For a acronym maker challenge on exercism.io I have to make acronyms.
But I see I have to split the parts on space and when it's a word with a
- then I have to split on that,

Any hint how I can do that ?

Roelof

Nicolai Hess-3-2

Re: split on space or -

split (or splitOn) are working on characters, but also on regex and blocks!

'Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor' splitOn: '-| ' asRegex.

'Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor' splitOn: [:c | c isSpaceSeparator or:[ c = $-] ].

Am Sa., 24. Nov. 2018 um 22:29 Uhr schrieb Roelof Wobben <[hidden email]>:

hmm, I can split on the space or on the - but not on both

'Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor' splitOn: '[- ]'

this does nothing

'Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor' splitOn: '- '

does work and

'Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor' splitOn: ' '

does work

Op 24-11-2018 om 22:19 schreef Roelof Wobben:

thanks,

this one looks very promosing : self assert: ('foobar' splitOn: '[aeiou]+'

Roelof

Op 24-11-2018 om 22:07 schreef Nicolai Hess:

What have you tried so far?

There is a split method in pharo, with examples :)

Am Sa., 24. Nov. 2018 um 21:49 Uhr schrieb Roelof Wobben <[hidden email]>:

Hello,

For a acronym maker challenge on exercism.io I have to make acronyms.
But I see I have to split the parts on space and when it's a word with a
- then I have to split on that,

Any hint how I can do that ?

Roelof