Problem Statement
In the English language, the plural form of a noun is created according to many difficult rules, but for the most part, a noun can be transformed into its plural form using four simple rules. These rules are:
- If the word ends in 's', 'z', 'x', 'ch' or 'sh', add 'es' to the end of the word;
- If the word ends in 'ay', 'ey', 'iy', 'oy' or 'uy', add 's' to the end of the word;
- If the word ends in 'y', but doesn't satisfy the previous rule, replace the trailing 'y' with 'ies';
- In all other cases, just add 's' to the end of the word.
You will be given a String[] nouns. Transform each element of nouns into its plural form using the rules above and return the resulting String[].
Definition
- Class:
- NounReform
- Method:
- makePlural
- Parameters:
- String[]
- Returns:
- String[]
- Method signature:
- String[] makePlural(String[] nouns)
- (be sure your method is public)
Constraints
- nouns will contain between 1 and 50 elements, inclusive.
- Each element of nouns will contain between 1 and 20 characters, inclusive.
- Each element of nouns will consist of only lower-case letters ('a'-'z').
Examples
{"box", "church", "elephant", "stereo"}Returns: {"boxes", "churches", "elephants", "stereos" }{"tray", "key", "enemy", "baby"}Returns: {"trays", "keys", "enemies", "babies" }{"a", "s", "oy", "y", "yy"}Returns: {"as", "ses", "oys", "ies", "yies" }
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