squeeze - Should I have words' database to make it right?

[Arie Kusuma Atmaja]

s = 'Heiiiiiiiiiiiiii mauu kemannnnaaaaaaaaa?'
puts s.squeeze # right, means 'where r
u going?' (Indonesian)

indoscripts = 'Tq, canggihhh meeeennnn.......'
puts indoscripts.squeeze # should be canggih,
not cangih (Indonesian)

milis = 'Scholarships often go abegging'
puts milis.squeeze # should be abegging,
not abeging (English)

french = %Q/Salut! Je m'appelle Arie. Ruby tous les jours /
puts french.squeeze # should be Je
m'appelle, not m'apele

Should I have words' database to make it right?

 

[Robert Klemme]

s = 'Heiiiiiiiiiiiiii mauu kemannnnaaaaaaaaa?'
puts s.squeeze # right, means 'where r
u going?' (Indonesian)

indoscripts = 'Tq, canggihhh meeeennnn.......'
puts indoscripts.squeeze # should be canggih,
not cangih (Indonesian)

milis = 'Scholarships often go abegging'
puts milis.squeeze # should be abegging,
not abeging (English)

french = %Q/Salut! Je m'appelle Arie. Ruby tous les jours /
puts french.squeeze # should be Je
m'appelle, not m'apele

Should I have words' database to make it right?

As this is obviously a language depedent feature that's certainly the best
approach. You might get away with doing this:

# replace sequences of three or more subsequent characters
s.gsub(/(\w)\1{2,}/, '\\1')
=> "Hei mauu kemana?"
=> "Scholarships often go abegging"

You might as well anchor at word end if that helps:
=> "Hei mau kemannnna?"

Kind regards

robert