1 | #Region "Microsoft.VisualBasic::f4244d7a0f569380f8807f3c10c1d96d, Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core\Extensions\Trinity\Expression.vb" |
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3 | ' Author: |
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5 | ' asuka (amethyst.asuka@gcmodeller.org) |
6 | ' xie (genetics@smrucc.org) |
7 | ' xieguigang (xie.guigang@live.com) |
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31 | |
32 | ' Summaries: |
33 | |
34 | ' Module Expression |
35 | ' |
36 | ' Function: Concatenate |
37 | ' |
38 | ' |
39 | ' /********************************************************************************/ |
40 | |
41 | #End Region |
42 | |
43 | Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices |
44 | Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.Language |
45 | |
46 | Namespace Data.Trinity |
47 | |
48 | ''' <summary> |
49 | ''' Natural expression builder for AI output |
50 | ''' </summary> |
51 | Public Module Expression |
52 | |
53 | <Extension> |
54 | Public Function Concatenate(list As IEnumerable(Of String), Optional comma$ = ",", Optional andalso$ = "and", Optional etc$ = "etc", Optional joinSpace As Boolean = True) As String |
55 | Dim space$ = If(joinSpace, " ", "") |
56 | |
57 | With list.ToArray |
58 | If .Length = 1 Then |
59 | Return .ByRef(0) |
60 | ElseIf .Length < 8 Then |
61 | Return .Take(.Length - 1).JoinBy(comma & space) & $"{space}{[andalso]}{space}" & .Last |
62 | Else |
63 | Return .Take(7).JoinBy(comma & space) & $"{space}{[andalso]}{space}" & .ByRef(7) & $"{comma}{space}{etc}" |
64 | End If |
65 | End With |
66 | End Function |
67 | End Module |
68 | End Namespace |