return male/female/unknown instead of M/F/Unknown

genderer.rb

@@ -5,22 +5,23 @@
 
 class Genderer
   def initialize(name_frequencies = CensusFileNameFrequencies.gender_hashes)
-    @female_frequencies = name_frequencies["female"]
-    @male_frequencies   = name_frequencies["male"]
+    @name_frequencies = name_frequencies
+    # @female_frequencies = name_frequencies["female"]
+    # @male_frequencies   = name_frequencies["male"]
   end
 
   def gender_for(name)
     name = name.upcase
 
-    female_score = score_gender_by(@female_frequencies, name)
-    male_score   = score_gender_by(@male_frequencies, name)
+    female_score = score_gender_by(@name_frequencies["female"], name)
+    male_score   = score_gender_by(@name_frequencies["male"],   name)
 
     if female_score == male_score
-      'Unknown'
+      'unknown'
     elsif female_score > male_score
-      'F'
+      'female'
     else
-      'M'
+      'male'
     end
   end
 

genderer_test.rb

@@ -25,37 +25,37 @@ class GendererTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       })
     end
 
-    should "return M for male name" do
-      assert_equal "M", @genderer.gender_for("James")
+    should "return male for male name" do
+      assert_equal "male", @genderer.gender_for("James")
     end
 
-    should "return F for female name" do
-      assert_equal "F", @genderer.gender_for("Mary")
+    should "return female for female name" do
+      assert_equal "female", @genderer.gender_for("Mary")
     end
 
     should "be case insensitive" do
-      assert_equal "M", @genderer.gender_for("james")
-      assert_equal "M", @genderer.gender_for("JAMES")
+      assert_equal "male", @genderer.gender_for("james")
+      assert_equal "male", @genderer.gender_for("JAMES")
     end
 
     should "give best match for misspelled names" do
-      assert_equal "F", @genderer.gender_for("Linda")
-      assert_equal "F", @genderer.gender_for("Linnad")
+      assert_equal "female", @genderer.gender_for("Linda")
+      assert_equal "female", @genderer.gender_for("Linnad")
 
-      assert_equal "M", @genderer.gender_for("James")
-      assert_equal "M", @genderer.gender_for("Janes")
+      assert_equal "male", @genderer.gender_for("James")
+      assert_equal "male", @genderer.gender_for("Janes")
     end
 
     should "give most likely match for either-gender names" do
-      assert_equal "M", @genderer.gender_for("Bobby")
+      assert_equal "male", @genderer.gender_for("Bobby")
     end
 
     should "return unknown for no match" do
-      assert_equal "Unknown", @genderer.gender_for("Zaphod")
+      assert_equal "unknown", @genderer.gender_for("Zaphod")
     end
 
     should "return unknown for equal match" do
-      assert_equal "Unknown", @genderer.gender_for("Jo")
+      assert_equal "unknown", @genderer.gender_for("Jo")
     end
   end
 
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ class GendererTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     }
 
     genderer = Genderer.new(gender_hash)
-    assert_equal "M", genderer.gender_for("Jarry")
+    assert_equal "male", genderer.gender_for("Jarry")
   end
 end