Abbrev
module 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