== abbrev

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=== Description

Calculate the set of unique abbreviations for a list of strings.
This library is a port of the equivalent Ruby library.

=== Authors

Original Snow library: Peter Lane

Chicken port: [[/users/lilianna-smolska|Lilianna Smólska]]

=== Repository

[[https://git.linuxposting.xyz/afiw/chicken-abbrev]]

=== API

==== abbrev

<procedure>(abbrev strings #!optional prefix)</procedure>

Returns an association list mapping unique abbreviations to the matching string.
If prefix is present, only includes abbreviations that have that prefix.

=== Examples

<enscript highlight="scheme">
(import (chicken base) (abbrev))
(define abbrevs (abbrev '("scheme" "scala" "lisp")))
(alist-ref "sch" abbrevs string=?) ; => "scheme"
</enscript>

=== Changelog

* 0.1 - Initial port from original Snow library

=== License

SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-OWL-0.9.4
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Peter Lane
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 afiw <afiw@linuxposting.xyz>

See COPYING file for full license text.