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Write out an array as a list with commas and an 'and'

Actually, you can customize the separators to your needs.

   1  
   2  def text_list(listtext,sep1=", ", sep2=", and ")
   3    n=listtext.size
   4    if n>1 : (listtext.first(n-1)).join(sep1) + sep2 +listtext.last 
   5    else listtext.first end
   6  end
   7  
   8  text_list(["cat", "dog", "bird"]) => "cat, dog, and bird"
to ruby formatting array text by Kevin on Aug 23, 2005 1 Comments
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