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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">&#39;abbrev&#39;</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">require</span> <span class="ruby-string">&#39;pp&#39;</span>

<span class="ruby-identifier">pp</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Abbrev</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">abbrev</span>([<span class="ruby-string">&#39;ruby&#39;</span>])
<span class="ruby-comment">#=&gt;  {&quot;ruby&quot;=&gt;&quot;ruby&quot;, &quot;rub&quot;=&gt;&quot;ruby&quot;, &quot;ru&quot;=&gt;&quot;ruby&quot;, &quot;r&quot;=&gt;&quot;ruby&quot;}</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">&quot;ruby&quot;</span>  <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span>  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;ruby&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;rub&quot;</span>   <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span>  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;ruby&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;rules&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span>  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;rules&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;rule&quot;</span>  <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span>  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;rules&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;rul&quot;</span>   <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span>  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;rules&quot;</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">&quot;summer&quot;</span>  <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;summer&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;summe&quot;</span>   <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;summer&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;summ&quot;</span>    <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;summer&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;sum&quot;</span>     <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;summer&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;su&quot;</span>      <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;summer&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;s&quot;</span>       <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;summer&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;winter&quot;</span>  <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;winter&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;winte&quot;</span>   <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;winter&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;wint&quot;</span>    <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;winter&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;win&quot;</span>     <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;winter&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;wi&quot;</span>      <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;winter&quot;</span>,
  <span class="ruby-string">&quot;w&quot;</span>       <span class="ruby-operator">=&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-string">&quot;winter&quot;</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">&#39;abbrev&#39;</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">#=&gt; {&quot;ca&quot;=&gt;&quot;car&quot;, &quot;con&quot;=&gt;&quot;cone&quot;, &quot;co&quot;=&gt;&quot;cone&quot;, &quot;car&quot;=&gt;&quot;car&quot;, &quot;cone&quot;=&gt;&quot;cone&quot;}</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">#=&gt; {&quot;box&quot;=&gt;&quot;box&quot;, &quot;bo&quot;=&gt;&quot;box&quot;, &quot;b&quot;=&gt;&quot;box&quot;, &quot;crab&quot; =&gt; &quot;crab&quot;}</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">&#39;ca&#39;</span>)
<span class="ruby-comment">#=&gt; {&quot;car&quot;=&gt;&quot;car&quot;, &quot;ca&quot;=&gt;&quot;car&quot;}</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">&amp;&amp;</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">&amp;&amp;</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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          <span class="method-name">abbrev</span><span
            class="method-args">(words, pattern = nil)</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">&#39;abbrev&#39;</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">#=&gt; {&quot;ca&quot;=&gt;&quot;car&quot;, &quot;con&quot;=&gt;&quot;cone&quot;, &quot;co&quot;=&gt;&quot;cone&quot;, &quot;car&quot;=&gt;&quot;car&quot;, &quot;cone&quot;=&gt;&quot;cone&quot;}</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">#=&gt; {&quot;box&quot;=&gt;&quot;box&quot;, &quot;bo&quot;=&gt;&quot;box&quot;, &quot;b&quot;=&gt;&quot;box&quot;, &quot;crab&quot; =&gt; &quot;crab&quot;}</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">&#39;ca&#39;</span>)
<span class="ruby-comment">#=&gt; {&quot;car&quot;=&gt;&quot;car&quot;, &quot;ca&quot;=&gt;&quot;car&quot;}</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">&amp;&amp;</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">&amp;&amp;</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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