Convert Words To Pig Latin (Python)

One of the early “practise” programs that Impractical Python (reviewed here, available from No Starch Press) is to convert words into Pig Latin. I’ve given it a shot and although I need to work on PEP-8, I managed to create a program that does it within 25 lines (including shebang line and comments):

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#!/bin/python3

# geektechstuff – Pig Latin (Impractical Python Excercise)

ay = ‘ay’

way = ‘way’

consonant = (‘B’,’C’,’D’,’F’,’G’,’H’,’J’,’K’,’L’,’M’,’N’,’P’,’Q’,’R’,’S’,’T’,’Y’,’V’,’X’,’Z’)

vowel = (‘A’,’E’,’I’,’O’,’U’)

user_word = input(‘Enter a word to translate to Pig Latin: ‘)

# getting first letter and making sure its a string and setting it to uppercase

first_letter = user_word[0]

first_letter = str(first_letter)

first_letter=first_letter.upper()

if first_letter in consonant:

   print(first_letter,’is a consonant’)

   length_of_word = len(user_word)

   remove_first_letter = user_word[1:length_of_word]

   pig_latin=remove_first_letter+first_letter+ay

   print(‘The word in Pig Latin is:’,pig_latin)

 elif first_letter in vowel:

   print(first_letter,’is a vowel’)

   pig_latin=user_word+way

   print(‘The word in Pig Latin is:’,pig_latin)

 else:

   print(‘I dont know what’,first_letter,’is’)

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#!/bin/python3

# geektechstuff – Pig Latin version 2 (Impractical Python Excercise)

ay = ‘ay’

way = ‘way’

consonant = (‘B’,’C’,’D’,’F’,’G’,’H’,’J’,’K’,’L’,’M’,’N’,’P’,’Q’,’R’,’S’,’T’,’Y’,’V’,’X’,’Z’)

vowel = (‘A’,’E’,’I’,’O’,’U’)

pig_latin_string =”

user_sentence = input(‘Enter a sentence to translate to Pig Latin: ‘)

words = user_sentence.split()

for user_word in words:

print(user_word)

# getting first letter and making sure its a string and setting it to uppercase

first_letter = user_word[0]

first_letter = str(first_letter)

first_letter=first_letter.upper()

if first_letter in consonant:

length_of_word = len(user_word)

remove_first_letter = user_word[1:length_of_word]

pig_latin=remove_first_letter+first_letter+ay

pig_latin_string=pig_latin_string+’ ‘+pig_latin

elif first_letter in vowel:

pig_latin=user_word+way

pig_latin_string=pig_latin_string+’ ‘+pig_latin

else:

print(‘?’)

print(pig_latin_string)

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And then added a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to make it slightly more user friendly.

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#!/usr/bin/python3

# Pig Latin GUI (Inspired by Impractical Python)

# GeekTechStuff

from tkinter import *

from tkinter import ttk

# variables

ay = ‘ay’

way = ‘way’

consonant = (‘B’,’C’,’D’,’F’,’G’,’H’,’J’,’K’,’L’,’M’,’N’,’P’,’Q’,’R’,’S’,’T’,’Y’,’V’,’X’,’Z’)

vowel = (‘A’,’E’,’I’,’O’,’U’)

# creates Tkinter window

root = Tk()

# creates window title

root.title(‘GeekTechStuff Pig Latin’)

# stops the window being resized

root.resizable(0,0)

root.frame_box = ttk.Frame()

ttk.Label(root.frame_box,text = ‘Pig Latin Translator’, style = ‘Header.TLabel’).grid(row = 0, columnspan = 4)

ttk.Label(root.frame_box,text = ‘Text:’, style = ‘Header.TLabel’).grid(row = 3, column = 0)

ttk.Label(root.frame_box,text=’Translated Text:’,style=’Header.TLabel’).grid(row=4, column=0)

text_entry = ttk.Entry(root.frame_box, width=50)

text_entry.grid(row=3,column=1)

translated_text = ttk.Entry(root.frame_box, width=50)

translated_text.grid(row=4,column=1)

#functions

def translate_text():

pig_latin_string =”

user_sentence = text_entry.get()

user_sentence = str(user_sentence)

words = user_sentence.split()

for user_word in words:

first_letter = user_word[0]

first_letter = str(first_letter)

first_letter=first_letter.upper()

if first_letter in consonant:

length_of_word = len(user_word)

remove_first_letter = user_word[1:length_of_word]

pig_latin=remove_first_letter+first_letter+ay

pig_latin_string=pig_latin_string+’ ‘+pig_latin

elif first_letter in vowel:

pig_latin=user_word+way

pig_latin_string=pig_latin_string+’ ‘+pig_latin

else:

print(‘?’)

translated_text.insert(0, pig_latin_string)

translate_button = ttk.Button(root.frame_box,text=’Translate’,command = lambda: translate_text()).grid(row=5,column=0)

root.frame_box.pack()

root.mainloop()

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All three versions of my code can be found at: https://github.com/geektechdude/Python_Pig_Latin/