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module Abbrev
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<p>Calculates the set of unambiguous abbreviations for a given set of strings.</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-identifier">require</span> <span class="ruby-string">'abbrev'</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">require</span> <span class="ruby-string">'pp'</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">pp</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Abbrev</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>([<span class="ruby-string">'ruby'</span>])
<span class="ruby-comment">#=> {"ruby"=>"ruby", "rub"=>"ruby", "ru"=>"ruby", "r"=>"ruby"}</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">pp</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Abbrev</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>(<span class="ruby-node">%w{ ruby rules }</span>)
</pre>
<p><em>Generates:</em></p>
<pre class="ruby">{ <span class="ruby-string">"ruby"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"ruby"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"rub"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"ruby"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"rules"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"rules"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"rule"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"rules"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"rul"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"rules"</span> }
</pre>
<p>It also provides an array core extension, <a href="Array.html#method-i-abbrev"><code>Array#abbrev</code></a>.</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-identifier">pp</span> <span class="ruby-node">%w{ summer winter }</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>
</pre>
<p><em>Generates:</em></p>
<pre class="ruby">{ <span class="ruby-string">"summer"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"summer"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"summe"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"summer"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"summ"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"summer"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"sum"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"summer"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"su"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"summer"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"s"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"summer"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"winter"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"winter"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"winte"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"winter"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"wint"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"winter"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"win"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"winter"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"wi"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"winter"</span>,
<span class="ruby-string">"w"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=></span> <span class="ruby-string">"winter"</span> }
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<span class="method-name">abbrev</span><span
class="method-args">(words, pattern = nil)</span>
<span class="method-click-advice">click to toggle source</span>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>Thus, given <code>words</code> 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”.</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-identifier">require</span> <span class="ruby-string">'abbrev'</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">Abbrev</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>(<span class="ruby-node">%w{ car cone }</span>)
<span class="ruby-comment">#=> {"ca"=>"car", "con"=>"cone", "co"=>"cone", "car"=>"car", "cone"=>"cone"}</span>
</pre>
<p>The optional <code>pattern</code> 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.</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-constant">Abbrev</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>(<span class="ruby-node">%w{car box cone crab}</span>, <span class="ruby-regexp">/b/</span>)
<span class="ruby-comment">#=> {"box"=>"box", "bo"=>"box", "b"=>"box", "crab" => "crab"}</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">Abbrev</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>(<span class="ruby-node">%w{car box cone}</span>, <span class="ruby-string">'ca'</span>)
<span class="ruby-comment">#=> {"car"=>"car", "ca"=>"car"}</span>
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<div class="method-source-code" id="abbrev-source">
<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/abbrev.rb, line 73</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">abbrev</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">words</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword">nil</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">table</span> = {}
<span class="ruby-identifier">seen</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Hash</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-value">0</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">is_a?</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">String</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> = <span class="ruby-regexp">/\A#{Regexp.quote(pattern)}/</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># regard as a prefix</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">words</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">word</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">next</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">empty?</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">size</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">downto</span>(<span class="ruby-value">1</span>) { <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">len</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>[<span class="ruby-value">0</span><span class="ruby-operator">...</span><span class="ruby-identifier">len</span>]
<span class="ruby-keyword">next</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&&</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> <span class="ruby-operator">!~</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">case</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">seen</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">+=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">table</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-value">2</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">table</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">delete</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword">else</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">break</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
}
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">words</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">word</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">next</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&&</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> <span class="ruby-operator">!~</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">table</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">table</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<div class="method-heading">
<span class="method-name">abbrev</span><span
class="method-args">(words, pattern = nil)</span>
<span class="method-click-advice">click to toggle source</span>
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<div class="method-description">
<p>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.</p>
<p>Thus, given <code>words</code> 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”.</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-identifier">require</span> <span class="ruby-string">'abbrev'</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">Abbrev</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>(<span class="ruby-node">%w{ car cone }</span>)
<span class="ruby-comment">#=> {"ca"=>"car", "con"=>"cone", "co"=>"cone", "car"=>"car", "cone"=>"cone"}</span>
</pre>
<p>The optional <code>pattern</code> 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.</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-constant">Abbrev</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>(<span class="ruby-node">%w{car box cone crab}</span>, <span class="ruby-regexp">/b/</span>)
<span class="ruby-comment">#=> {"box"=>"box", "bo"=>"box", "b"=>"box", "crab" => "crab"}</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">Abbrev</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>(<span class="ruby-node">%w{car box cone}</span>, <span class="ruby-string">'ca'</span>)
<span class="ruby-comment">#=> {"car"=>"car", "ca"=>"car"}</span>
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/abbrev.rb, line 73</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">abbrev</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">words</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword">nil</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">table</span> = {}
<span class="ruby-identifier">seen</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Hash</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-value">0</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">is_a?</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">String</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> = <span class="ruby-regexp">/\A#{Regexp.quote(pattern)}/</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># regard as a prefix</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">words</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">word</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">next</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">empty?</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">size</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">downto</span>(<span class="ruby-value">1</span>) { <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">len</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>[<span class="ruby-value">0</span><span class="ruby-operator">...</span><span class="ruby-identifier">len</span>]
<span class="ruby-keyword">next</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&&</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> <span class="ruby-operator">!~</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">case</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">seen</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">+=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">table</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">when</span> <span class="ruby-value">2</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">table</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">delete</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword">else</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">break</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
}
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">words</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">word</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">next</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&&</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">pattern</span> <span class="ruby-operator">!~</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">table</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">word</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">table</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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