Emoticon Translator

Background
Objectives
What is YAML?
Instructions
Resources

Background

Your friend JJ just moved to Japan and loves it. However, sometimes he gets confused because his new friends text him emoticons that he doesn't recognize, like ＼(◎o◎)／! and ((d[-_-]b)).

He asked you to create a method that will translate these emoticons to English. He also asked you to create a method that will convert his English emoticons, like :), into their Japanese equivalents so that he can look cool in texts to his new friends from The Land of the Rising Sun.

Objectives

Write a method that loads the emoticons.yml file.
Write a method that will take a traditional Western emoticon, like :) and translate it to its Japanese version. It will rely on the method above. Refer to the table below for translations.
Write a method that takes a Japanese emoticon and returns its meaning in English. This method will also rely on the first method you wrote, the YAML file loader.

Meaning	English	Japanese
angel	O:)	☜(⌒▽⌒)☞
angry	>:(	ヽ(ｏ`皿′ｏ)ﾉ
bored	:O	(ΘεΘ;)
confused	%)	(゜.゜)
embarrased	:$	(#^.^#)
fish	><>	>゜))))彡
glasses	8D	(^0_0^)
grining	=D	（￣ー￣）
happy	:)	（＾ｖ＾）
kiss	:*	(*^3^)/~☆
sad	:'(	(Ｔ▽Ｔ)
surprised	:o	o_O
wink	;)	(^_-)

What is YAML?

About

YAML is a recursive acronym for "YAML Ain't Markup Language". YAML is used because it is easier for humans to read and write than typing out entire arrays, hashes, etc.

Example 1

For instance, take this fruit YAML file:

# fruits.yml
- Apple
- Orange
- Strawberry
- Mango

When Ruby loads the the YAML file above, the list of fruits would become an array:

require "yaml"
fruits = YAML.load_file('fruits.yml')

fruits
# => ["Apple","Orange","Strawberry","Mango"]

Example 2

Another example could be a hash:

# government.yml
president: Barack Obama
vice president: Joe Biden
secretary of state: John Kerry
secretary of the treasury: Jacob Lew

When Ruby loads the the YAML file above, the list of position titles and names would become a hash of keys and values:

require "yaml"
gov = YAML.load_file('government.yml')

gov
# => 
# {
#   "president" => "Barack Obama",
#   "vice president" => "Joe Biden",
#   "secretary of state" => "John Kerry",
#   "secretary of the treasury" => "Jacob Lew"
# }

Final Words about YAML

A YAML file has an extension of .yml. For more info about YAML syntax, see Ansible's docs. You can read more about YAML on the Wikipedia page.

Instructions

This is a test-driven lab so just get those specs to pass! The first step will be to load the YAML file in the lib/ folder. Check out the resources below for help loading a YAML file.

Resources

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