import os UPPERLETTERS = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" LETTERS_AND_SPACE = UPPERLETTERS + UPPERLETTERS.lower() + " \t\n" def load_dictionary() -> dict[str, None]: path = os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__)) english_words: dict[str, None] = {} with open(path[0] + "/dictionary.txt") as dictionary_file: for word in dictionary_file.read().split("\n"): english_words[word] = None return english_words ENGLISH_WORDS = load_dictionary() def get_english_count(message: str) -> float: message = message.upper() message = remove_non_letters(message) possible_words = message.split() if possible_words == []: return 0.0 matches = 0 for word in possible_words: if word in ENGLISH_WORDS: matches += 1 return float(matches) / len(possible_words) def remove_non_letters(message: str) -> str: letters_only = [] for symbol in message: if symbol in LETTERS_AND_SPACE: letters_only.append(symbol) return "".join(letters_only) def is_english( message: str, word_percentage: int = 20, letter_percentage: int = 85 ) -> bool: """ >>> is_english('Hello World') True >>> is_english('llold HorWd') False """ words_match = get_english_count(message) * 100 >= word_percentage num_letters = len(remove_non_letters(message)) message_letters_percentage = (float(num_letters) / len(message)) * 100 letters_match = message_letters_percentage >= letter_percentage return words_match and letters_match if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()