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generator.rb

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+def is_vowel?(letter)
+  return ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"].include?(letter)
+end
+
+def length_validation(word)
+  until word.length >= 2 && word.count("aeiou") > 0
+    puts "Please enter a word greater than one character long that also has at least one vowel"
+    word = gets.chomp
+  end
+  return word
+end
+
+# method to find the index of desired vowel, whether it be first or last vowel
+# char_idx represents index for the letter that you want to start iterating at
+def find_vowel_index(word, char_idx, count_direction)
+  vowel_index = char_idx
+  word.length.times do
+    if is_vowel?(word[char_idx])
+      vowel_index = char_idx
+      break
+    end
+    char_idx += count_direction
+  end
+  return vowel_index
+end
+
+def run_generator
+  puts "What is the first word to combine?"
+  first_word = length_validation(gets.chomp)
+  puts "What is the second word to combine?"
+  second_word = length_validation(gets.chomp)
+  puts "The first word is #{first_word}. The second word is #{second_word} in the run_generator method"
+  first_word_last_vowel = find_vowel_index(first_word, -1, -1)
+  # addresses special case that the last letter in the first word is a consonant, since it should not be chopped off
+  if first_word_last_vowel == -1 && is_vowel?(first_word[-1]) == false
+    first_portion = first_word
+  else
+    first_portion = first_word[0...first_word_last_vowel]
+  end
+  second_word_first_vowel = find_vowel_index(second_word, 0, 1)
+  second_portion = second_word[second_word_first_vowel..-1]
+  puts "Portmanteau: #{first_portion}" + "#{second_portion}"
+end
+
+run_generator
+
+puts "\nWould you like to continue the generator? Please enter yes to continue, or enter anything else to exit"
+while gets.chomp.downcase == "yes"
+  run_generator
+  puts "\nWould you like to continue the generator? Please enter yes to continue, or enter anything else to exit"
+end