added utils.makePronounDict().

toolness · Dec 26, 2011 · 64b9bac · 64b9bac
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diff --git a/javascript/grammar.js b/javascript/grammar.js
@@ -1,5 +1,42 @@
 var Grammar = (function() {
+  var PRONOUNS = {
+    male: {
+      himself: "himself",
+      his: "his",
+      him: "him",
+      he: "he"
+    },
+    female: {
+      himself: "herself",
+      his: "her",
+      him: "her",
+      he: "she"      
+    },
+    neuter: {
+      himself: "itself",
+      his: "its",
+      him: "it",
+      he: "it"      
+    },
+    you: {
+      himself: "yourself",
+      his: "your",
+      him: "you",
+      he: "you"      
+    }
+  };
+
   var utils = {
+    makePronounDict: function(gender, prefix) {
+      if (!prefix)
+        prefix = "";
+      if (!(gender in PRONOUNS))
+        throw new Error("invalid gender: " + gender);
+      var dict = {};
+      for (var name in PRONOUNS[gender])
+        dict[prefix + name] = PRONOUNS[gender][name];
+      return dict;
+    },
     applyDict: function(string, dict) {
       return string.replace(/%\(([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\)s/g, function(str, term) {
         return dict[term].toString();

diff --git a/javascript/test/index.html b/javascript/test/index.html
@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ <h2 id="qunit-userAgent"></h2>
 <script>
 module("grammar");
 
+test("utils.makePronounDict()", function() {
+  var makePronounDict = Grammar.utils.makePronounDict;
+  deepEqual(makePronounDict("neuter"), {
+    "himself": "itself",
+    "his": "its",
+    "him": "it",
+    "he": "it"
+  });
+  deepEqual(makePronounDict("neuter", "u_"), {
+    "u_himself": "itself",
+    "u_his": "its",
+    "u_him": "it",
+    "u_he": "it"
+  });
+});
+
 test("utils.applyDict()", function() {
   var applyDict = Grammar.utils.applyDict;
   equal(applyDict("%(hi)s dog", {hi: "cat"}), "cat dog");