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Function `std.string.abbrev`

Construct an associative array consisting of all abbreviations that uniquely map to the strings in values.


						
				string[string] abbrev
				(
				

				  string[] values
				

				) pure @safe;

This is useful in cases where the user is expected to type in one of a known set of strings, and the program will helpfully auto-complete the string once sufficient characters have been entered that uniquely identify it.

Example

import std.string;

static string[] list = [ "food", "foxy" ];
auto abbrevs = abbrev(list);
assert(abbrevs == ["fox": "foxy", "food": "food",
                   "foxy": "foxy", "foo": "food"]);

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis, and David L. 'SpottedTiger' Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.