reciter

Parses number sequences in the form:

p.parse('1-3;5;9-11')

when “p” is an instance of Reciter::Parse, returning, for this case, the following array:

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11]

reciter also unparses an array to a human-readable sentence, when:

p.unparse(1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11)

returns:

"1 to 3, 5, 9 to 11"

An alternative text can be provided for replacing “to”:

Reciter::Parser.config.text_for_to = 'a'
p.unparse(1, 2, 3)     # "1 a 3"

It’s possible unparsing to “mechanical” form:

p.unparse(:mechanic, 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11) # 1-3;5;9-11

How to install

Just run:

gem install reciter

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