Abbrev

1 instance methods 1 class methods

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

Example

require 'abbrev'
require 'pp'

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

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

Generates:

Example

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

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

Example

pp %w{ summer winter }.abbrev

Generates:

Example

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

Class methods 1

.abbrev

Instance methods 1

#abbrev

Constants

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