# frozen_string_literal: true
# Copyright (c) 2001,2003 Akinori MUSHA <knu@iDaemons.org>
# All rights reserved. You can redistribute and/or modify it under
# the same terms as Ruby.
# $Idaemons: /home/cvs/rb/abbrev.rb,v 1.2 2001/05/30 09:37:45 knu Exp $
# $RoughId: abbrev.rb,v 1.4 2003/10/14 19:45:42 knu Exp $
# $Id: abbrev.rb 57585 2017-02-09 16:12:00Z kazu $
# Calculates the set of unambiguous abbreviations for a given set of strings.
# pp Abbrev.abbrev(['ruby'])
# #=> {"ruby"=>"ruby", "rub"=>"ruby", "ru"=>"ruby", "r"=>"ruby"}
# pp Abbrev.abbrev(%w{ ruby rules })
# It also provides an array core extension, Array#abbrev.
# pp %w{ summer winter }.abbrev
# { "summer" => "summer",
# 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
# 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
# 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"}
def abbrev(words, pattern = nil)
pattern = /\A#{Regexp.quote(pattern)}/ # regard as a prefix
word.size.downto(1) { |len|
next if pattern && pattern !~ abbrev
next if pattern && pattern !~ word
# Calculates the set of unambiguous abbreviations for the strings in +self+.
# #=> {"car"=>"car", "ca"=>"car", "cone"=>"cone", "con"=>"cone", "co"=>"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
# %w{ fast boat day }.abbrev(/^.a/)
# #=> {"fast"=>"fast", "fas"=>"fast", "fa"=>"fast", "day"=>"day", "da"=>"day"}
# Abbrev.abbrev(%w{car box cone}, "ca")
# #=> {"car"=>"car", "ca"=>"car"}
def abbrev(pattern = nil)
Abbrev::abbrev(self, pattern)