Your friend JJ just moved to Japan and loves it. However, sometimes he gets confused because his new friends text him emoticons that he doesn't recognize, like ＼(◎o◎)／! and ((d[-_-]b)).
He asked you to create a method that will translate these emoticons to English. He also asked you to create a method that will convert his English emoticons, like :), into their Japanese equivalents so that he can look cool in texts to his new friends from The Land of the Rising Sun.
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Write a method that loads the
emoticons.ymlfile. -
Write a method that will take a traditional Western emoticon, like
:)and translate it to its Japanese version. It will rely on the method above. Refer to the table below for translations. -
Write a method that takes a Japanese emoticon and returns its meaning in English. This method will also rely on the first method you wrote, the YAML file loader.
| Meaning | English | Japanese |
|---|---|---|
| angel | O:) | ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞ |
| angry | >:( | ヽ(ｏ`皿′ｏ)ﾉ |
| bored | :O | (ΘεΘ;) |
| confused | %) | (゜.゜) |
| embarrased | :$ | (#^.^#) |
| fish | ><> | >゜))))彡 |
| glasses | 8D | (^0_0^) |
| grining | =D | （￣ー￣） |
| happy | :) | （＾ｖ＾） |
| kiss | :* | (*^3^)/~☆ |
| sad | :'( | (Ｔ▽Ｔ) |
| surprised | :o | o_O |
| wink | ;) | (^_-) |
YAML is a recursive acronym for "YAML Ain't Markup Language". YAML is used because it is easier for humans to read and write than typing out entire arrays, hashes, etc.
For instance, take this fruit YAML file:
# fruits.yml
- Apple
- Orange
- Strawberry
- MangoWhen Ruby loads the the YAML file above, the list of fruits would become an array:
require "yaml"
fruits = YAML.load_file('fruits.yml')
fruits
# => ["Apple","Orange","Strawberry","Mango"]Another example could be a hash:
# government.yml
president: Barack Obama
vice president: Joe Biden
secretary of state: John Kerry
secretary of the treasury: Jacob LewWhen Ruby loads the the YAML file above, the list of position titles and names would become a hash of keys and values:
require "yaml"
gov = YAML.load_file('government.yml')
gov
# =>
# {
# "president" => "Barack Obama",
# "vice president" => "Joe Biden",
# "secretary of state" => "John Kerry",
# "secretary of the treasury" => "Jacob Lew"
# }A YAML file has an extension of .yml. For more info about YAML syntax, see Ansible's docs. You can read more about YAML on the Wikipedia page.
This is a test-driven lab so just get those specs to pass! The first step will be to load the YAML file in the lib/ folder. Check out the resources below for help loading a YAML file.