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  • to_actor.js

  • ¶

    somone who does this present-tense verb turn ‘walk’ into ‘walker’

    'use strict';
    const actor = function(str) {
      str = str || '';
      const irregulars = {
        'tie': 'tier',
        'dream': 'dreamer',
        'sail': 'sailer',
        'run': 'runner',
        'rub': 'rubber',
        'begin': 'beginner',
        'win': 'winner',
        'claim': 'claimant',
        'deal': 'dealer',
        'spin': 'spinner'
      };
      const dont = {
        'aid': 1,
        'fail': 1,
        'appear': 1,
        'happen': 1,
        'seem': 1,
        'try': 1,
        'say': 1,
        'marry': 1,
        'be': 1,
        'forbid': 1,
        'understand': 1,
        'bet': 1
      };
      const transforms = [{
        'reg': /e$/i,
        'repl': 'er'
      }, {
        'reg': /([aeiou])([mlgp])$/i,
        'repl': '$1$2$2er'
      }, {
        'reg': /([rlf])y$/i,
        'repl': '$1ier'
      }, {
        'reg': /^(.?.[aeiou])t$/i,
        'repl': '$1tter'
      }];
    
      if (dont.hasOwnProperty(str)) {
        return null;
      }
      if (irregulars.hasOwnProperty(str)) {
        return irregulars[str];
      }
      for (let i = 0; i < transforms.length; i++) {
        if (str.match(transforms[i].reg)) {
          return str.replace(transforms[i].reg, transforms[i].repl);
        }
      }
      return str + 'er';
    };
  • ¶

    console.log(verb_to_actor(‘set’)) console.log(verb_to_actor(‘sweep’)) console.log(verb_to_actor(‘watch’))

    module.exports = actor;