Module: Abbrev (Ruby 2.7.5)
Description: Module : Abbrev - Ruby 2.7.5

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# Abbrev

Calculates the set of unambiguous abbreviations for a given set of strings.

    require 'abbrev'
    require 'pp'

    pp Abbrev.abbrev(['ruby'])
    #=>  {"ruby"=>"ruby", "rub"=>"ruby", "ru"=>"ruby", "r"=>"ruby"}

    pp Abbrev.abbrev(%w{ ruby rules })

Generates:

    { "ruby"  =>  "ruby",
      "rub"   =>  "ruby",
      "rules" =>  "rules",
      "rule"  =>  "rules",
      "rul"   =>  "rules" }

It also provides an array core extension, `Array#abbrev`.

    pp %w{ summer winter }.abbrev

Generates:

    { "summer"  => "summer",
      "summe"   => "summer",
      "summ"    => "summer",
      "sum"     => "summer",
      "su"      => "summer",
      "s"       => "summer",
      "winter"  => "winter",
      "winte"   => "winter",
      "wint"    => "winter",
      "win"     => "winter",
      "wi"      => "winter",
      "w"       => "winter" }

### Public Class Methods

abbrev(words, pattern = nil) click to toggle source

Given a set of strings, calculate the set of unambiguous abbreviations for those strings, and return a hash where the keys are all the possible abbreviations and the values are the full strings.

Thus, given `words` is “car” and “cone”, the keys pointing to “car” would be “ca” and “car”, while those pointing to “cone” would be “co”, “con”, and “cone”.

    require 'abbrev'

    Abbrev.abbrev(%w{ car cone })
    #=> {"ca"=>"car", "con"=>"cone", "co"=>"cone", "car"=>"car", "cone"=>"cone"}

The optional `pattern` parameter is a pattern or a string. Only input strings that match the pattern or start with the string are included in the output hash.

    Abbrev.abbrev(%w{car box cone crab}, /b/)
    #=> {"box"=>"box", "bo"=>"box", "b"=>"box", "crab" => "crab"}

    Abbrev.abbrev(%w{car box cone}, 'ca')
    #=> {"car"=>"car", "ca"=>"car"}

                   # File abbrev.rb, line 73
    def abbrev(words, pattern = nil)
      table = {}
      seen = Hash.new(0)

      if pattern.is_a?(String)
        pattern = /\A#{Regexp.quote(pattern)}/  # regard as a prefix
      end

      words.each do |word|
        next if word.empty?
        word.size.downto(1) { |len|
          abbrev = word[0...len]

          next if pattern && pattern !~ abbrev

          case seen[abbrev] += 1
          when 1
            table[abbrev] = word
          when 2
            table.delete(abbrev)
          else
            break
          end
        }
      end

      words.each do |word|
        next if pattern && pattern !~ word

        table[word] = word
      end

      table
    end