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abbrev(pattern = nil) click to toggle source

Calculates the set of unambiguous abbreviations for the strings in self. If passed a pattern or a string, only the strings matching the pattern or starting with the string are considered.

%w{ car cone }.abbrev   #=> { "ca" => "car", "car" => "car",
                              "co" => "cone", "con" => cone",
                              "cone" => "cone" }
 
               # File abbrev.rb, line 89
def abbrev(pattern = nil)
  Abbrev::abbrev(self, pattern)
end

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