Rufus::Mnemo

This module contains methods for converting plain integers (base 10) into words that are easier to read and remember.

For example, the equivalent of the (base 10) integer 1329724967 is "takeshimaya".

Mnemo uses 70 of the syllables of the Japanese language, it is thus a base 10 to base 70 converter.

Mnemo is meant to be used for generating human readable (or more easily rememberable) identifiers. Its first usage is within the OpenWFEru Ruby workflow and bpm engine for generating ‘kawaii’ business process instance ids.

  require 'rubygems'
  require 'rufus/mnemo'

  s = Rufus::Mnemo::from_integer 125704

  puts s
    # => 'karasu'

  i = Rufus::Mnemo::to_integer s
    # => 125704

Mnemo from the command line

You can use Mnemo directly from the command line :

  $ ruby mnemo.rb kotoba
  141260
  $ ruby mnemo.rb rubi
  3432
  $ ruby mnemo.rb 2455
  nada

might be useful when used from some scripts.

Methods

from_integer is_mnemo_word split to_integer to_number

Constants

 '1.1.1'
 %w[ a e i o u ]
 %w[ b d g h j k m n p r s t z ]
 []
 [       [ 'hu', 'fu' ],       [ 'si', 'shi' ],       [ 'ti', 'chi' ],       [ 'tu', 'tsu' ],       [ 'zi', 'tzu' ]
 'wi'
 /^#{NEG}(.+)$/

Public Class methods

from_integer(integer)

Turns the given integer into a Mnemo word.

is_mnemo_word(string)

Returns if the string is a Mnemo word, like "fugu" or "toriyamanobashi".

split(word)

Given a Mnemo ‘word’, will split into its list of syllables. For example, "tsunashima" will be split into [ "tsu", "na", "shi", "ma" ]

to_integer(string)

Turns the given Mnemo word to its equivalent integer.

to_number(syllable)

Turns a simple syllable into the equivalent number. For example Mnemo::to_number("fu") will yield 19.