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pig_latin

Language/Type: Python file input
Author: Nick Troccoli (on 2017/07/08)

Write a function named pig_latin that accepts as a parameter a string representing an input file name. Your function should, preserving line breaks, prout the input file's text in a simplified version of Pig Latin, a silly English variant where the first letter of each word is moved to the end. The rules for translating a word to Pig Latin are as follows:

  • If the word starts with a vowel (aeiou), simply append "yay". For example, "elephant" becomes "elephantyay".
  • If the word starts with a consonant, move the consonant to the end, and append "ay". For example, "welcome" becomes "elcomeway".

As an overall example, if the input file lincoln.txt contains the following text: 

four score and
seven years ago our
fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation

The call of pig_latin("lincoln.txt") should produce the following output: 

ourfay coresay andyay
evensay earsyay agoyay ouryay
athersfay roughtbay orthfay onyay histay ontinentcay ayay ewnay ationnay
Function: Write a Python function as described, not a complete program.

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