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/*
    This file is part of solidity.

    solidity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    solidity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with solidity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
/** @file StringUtils.h
 * @author Balajiganapathi S <balajiganapathi.s@gmail.com>
 * @date 2017
 *
 * String routines
 */

#pragma once

#include <string>
#include <vector>

namespace dev
{

// Calculates the Damerau–Levenshtein distance between _str1 and _str2 and returns true if that distance is not greater than _maxDistance
bool stringWithinDistance(std::string const& _str1, std::string const& _str2, size_t _maxDistance);
// Calculates the Damerau–Levenshtein distance between _str1 and _str2
size_t stringDistance(std::string const& _str1, std::string const& _str2);
// Return a string having elements of suggestions as quoted, alternative suggestions. e.g. "a", "b" or "c"
std::string quotedAlternativesList(std::vector<std::string> const& suggestions);

/// Joins collection of strings into one string with separators between, last separator can be different.
/// @param _list collection of strings to join
/// @param _separator defaults to ", "
/// @param _lastSeparator (optional) will be used to separate last two strings instead of _separator
/// @example join(vector<string>{"a", "b", "c"}, "; ", " or ") == "a; b or c"
template<class T>
std::string joinHumanReadable
(
    T const& _list,
    std::string const& _separator = ", ",
    std::string const& _lastSeparator = ""
)
{
    auto it = begin(_list);
    auto itEnd = end(_list);

    std::string result;

    // append first string
    if (it != itEnd)
    {
        result += *it;
        ++it;
    }

    for (;it != itEnd; ++it)
    {
        if ((next(it) == itEnd) && !_lastSeparator.empty())
            result += _lastSeparator; // last iteration
        else
            result += _separator;

        // append string
        result += *it;
    }

    return result;
}

}