pages/dmg-calc/util.js

/*
 * @licstart  The following is the entire license notice for the JavaScript
 * code in this page.
 *
 * This file is part of oddjobs-dmg-calc.
 *
 * oddjobs-dmg-calc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 *
 * @licend  The above is the entire license notice for the JavaScript code in
 * this page.
 */
/**
 * This is how English works, right?  Probably?
 */
export function indefinite(s) {
    const sLower = s.toLowerCase();
    // le sigh...
    if (sLower.startsWith("one")) {
        return `a ${s}`;
    }
    switch (sLower.codePointAt(0)) {
        case "a".codePointAt(0):
        case "e".codePointAt(0):
        case "i".codePointAt(0):
        case "o".codePointAt(0):
        case "u".codePointAt(0):
            return `an ${s}`;
        default:
            return `a ${s}`;
    }
}