[Ruby] EXERCISES _ Abbreviate Sentence

EXERCISES

Write a method abbreviate_sentence that takes in a sentence string and returns a new sentence where every word longer than 4 characters has all of it's vowels removed.

def abbreviate_sentence(sent)

end

puts abbreviate_sentence("follow the yellow brick road") # => "fllw the yllw brck road"
puts abbreviate_sentence("what a wonderful life")        # => "what a wndrfl life"

def abbreviate_sentence(sent)
  words = sent.split(" ")
  new_words = []

  words.each do |word|
    if word.length > 4
      new_word = abbreviate_word(word)
      new_words << new_word
    else
      new_words << word
    end
  end

  return new_words.join(" ")
end

def abbreviate_word(word)
  vowels = "aeiou"
  new_word = ""

  word.each_char do |char|
    if !vowels.include?(char)
      new_word += char
    end
  end

  return new_word
end

puts abbreviate_sentence("follow the yellow brick road") # => "fllw the yllw brck road"
puts abbreviate_sentence("what a wonderful life")        # => "what a wndrfl life"