sarnie

Converts a list of strings into a compact, readable representation with delimiters of choice

sarnie 'alba,albero,albergo,alberto'
# => alb(a|er(go|o|to))

sarnie 'aria:arianna' ':' '[' '+' ']'
# => aria[+nna]

What?

In British slang, sarnie is the abbreviation of sandwich. The name hints at the strings being sliced and interleaved with bread, the delimiters.

Useful when you need to pass long lists of URL params