module RegexpExamples # Given an array of arrays of strings, # returns all possible perutations, # for strings created by joining one # element from each array # # For example: # permutations_of_strings [ ['a'], ['b'], ['c', 'd', 'e'] ] #=> ['abc', 'abd', 'abe'] # permutations_of_strings [ ['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd'] ] #=> [ 'ac', 'ad', 'bc', 'bd' ] def self.permutations_of_strings(arrays_of_strings) first = arrays_of_strings.shift return first if arrays_of_strings.empty? first.product( permutations_of_strings(arrays_of_strings) ).map do |result| join_preserving_capture_groups(result) end end def self.join_preserving_capture_groups(result) result.flatten! subgroups = result .map(&:all_subgroups) .flatten # Only save the LAST group from repeated capture groups, e.g. /([ab]){2}/ subgroups.delete_if do |subgroup| subgroups.count { |other_subgroup| other_subgroup.group_id == subgroup.group_id } > 1 end GroupResult.new(result.join, nil, subgroups) end def self.map_results(repeaters) repeaters .map {|repeater| repeater.result} .instance_eval do |partial_results| RegexpExamples.permutations_of_strings(partial_results) end end end