Converts a list of strings into a compact, readable representation with delimiters of choice
bocadillo 'alba,albero,albergo,alberto'
# => alb(a|er(go|o|to))
bocadillo 'aria:arianna' ':' '[' '+' ']'
# => aria[+nna]
In Spanish, bocadillo means sandwich. The name hints at the strings being sliced and interleaved with bread, the delimiters. Bocadillo is the Ruby port of the PHP package Tramezzino.
Useful when you need to pass long lists of URL params
Add it to your Ruby project as a Ruby Gem:
gem install bocadilloThen have it your way:
require 'bocadillo'
encoded = Bocadillo.encode(['alba', 'albero', 'albergo', 'alberto'])
# => encoded == 'alb(a|er(go|o|to))'The bocadillo gem also installs a bocadillo command:
$ bocadillo 'alba,albero,albino'
alb(a|ero|ino)Copyright (c) 2017, Claudio Procida