Some tweaking of functions

Author: GokulVSD

CompoundWordSplitter.py

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import enchant,sys
 
+# requires PyEnchant library
+
 # to be able to support Python 2 & 3
 if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
     unicode = str
 
 
 def __concat(object1, object2):
+
     if isinstance(object1, str) or isinstance(object1, unicode):
         object1 = [object1]
     if isinstance(object2, str) or isinstance(object2, unicode):
@@ -14,10 +17,12 @@ def __concat(object1, object2):
 
 
 def __capitalize_first_char(word):
+
     return word[0].upper() + word[1:]
 
 
-def split(word, language='en_us'):
+def __split(word, language='en_US'):
+
     dictionary = enchant.Dict(language)
     max_index = len(word)
     for index, char in enumerate(word):
@@ -32,12 +37,12 @@ def split(word, language='en_us'):
             left_compound = __capitalize_first_char(left_compound)
         is_left_compound_valid_word = len(left_compound) > 1 and dictionary.check(left_compound)
         if is_left_compound_valid_word and \
-                ((not split(right_compound_1, language) == '' and not right_compound1_upper) or right_compound_1 == ''):
-            return [compound for compound in __concat(left_compound, split(right_compound_1, language))\
+                ((not __split(right_compound_1, language) == '' and not right_compound1_upper) or right_compound_1 == ''):
+            return [compound for compound in __concat(left_compound, __split(right_compound_1, language))\
                     if not compound == '']
         elif is_left_compound_valid_word and word[max_index-index:max_index-index+1] == 's' and \
-            ((not split(right_compound_2, language) == '' and not right_compound2_upper) or right_compound_2 == ''):
-            return [compound for compound in __concat(left_compound, split(right_compound_2, language))\
+            ((not __split(right_compound_2, language) == '' and not right_compound2_upper) or right_compound_2 == ''):
+            return [compound for compound in __concat(left_compound, __split(right_compound_2, language))\
                     if not compound == '']
     if not word == '' and dictionary.check(word):
         return word
@@ -47,4 +52,17 @@ def split(word, language='en_us'):
         return ''
 
 
-print(split("undertake"))
+def split(compound_word,language='en_US'):
+
+    words = compound_word.split('-')
+
+    simple_words = []
+
+    for word in words:
+        result = __split(word, language)
+        for val in result:
+            simple_words.append(val)
+
+    return simple_words
+
+

SimpleSyllableCounter.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# NOTE: words ending with es, ed, and ing are not counted towards the total number of syllables
+
 def syllables(word):
 
     # y can usually be considered as a syllable due to its pronunciation
@@ -13,6 +15,10 @@ def syllables(word):
     syllable_count = 0
     ends_with_vowel_flag = False
     last_letter = ""
+
+    # removing ing from the end of the word
+    if 'ing' == word[-3:]:
+        word = word[:-3]
 
     for letter in word:
         if letter in vowels:
@@ -37,3 +43,4 @@ def syllables(word):
 
     return syllable_count
 
+