Ruby/Romkan is a Romaji/Kana conversion library for Ruby. It can convert a Japanese Romaji string to a Japanese Kana string or vice versa.
Tha latest version of Ruby/Romkan is available at <URL:/ruby-romkan/> .
Charcode
Set Ruby's charcode to EUC-JP. $KCODE="e"
API
String#to_kana- Convert a Kunrei or Hepburn Romaji string into a Kana string.
String#to_roma- Conver a Hiragana string into a Hepburn Romaji string.
String#to_hepburn- Convert a Kunrei Romaji string into a Hepburn Romaji string.
String#to_kunrei- Convert a Hepburn Romaji string into a Kunrei Romaji string.
String#to_kana!- Destructive version of String#to_kana.
String#to_roma!- Destructive version of String#to_roma.
String#to_hepburn!- Destructive version of String#to_hepburn.
String#to_kunrei!- Destructive version of String#to_kunrei.
String#consonant?- Return true if self is a consonant.
String#vowel?- Return true if self is a vowel.
String#expand_consonant- Expand the trailing consonant into consonants. e.g. "z".expand_consonant => ["za", "ze", "zi", "zo", "zu"]
Example
% irb irb(main):001:0> $KCODE="e" "e" irb(main):002:0> require 'romkan' true irb(main):003:0> "syatyou".to_kana "しゃちょう" irb(main):004:0> "しゃちょう".to_roma "shachou" irb(main):005:0> "syatyou".to_hepburn "shachou"
Download
Ruby/Romkan is a free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY under the terms of the Ruby's licence.