From: Robert Retzbach <rretzbach@...>
Date: 2005-12-13T05:36:29+09:00
Subject: Re: matches -> regexp ?

ako... schrieb:

>Hello,
>
>this is not exactly a ruby problem, i hope people will not consider
>this spamming.
>
>does anyone know of any reference or an algorithm to build a regular
>expression (a finite automaton, in general) that would match a given
>set of strings? i of course mean a regexp that would match just the
>given strings, and not any other. so solutions like /^.*$/ are not
>acceptable ;-)
>
>thanks
>konstantin
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nice challenge, reminds me a bit of the 4th rubyquiz :>