Algorithm to get a Regex

Question

Something like this is on my mind: I put one or a few strings in, and the algorithm shows me a matching regex.

Is there an "easy" way to do this, or does something like this already exist?

Edit 1: Yes, I'm trying to find a way to generate regex.

Edit 2: Regulazy is not what I am looking for. The common use for the code I want is to find a correct RegEx; for example, article numbers:

• I put in 123456, the regex should be \d{6}
• I put in nb-123456, the regex should be \w{2}-\d{6}

Answer 1

If you have Emacs you can use regexp-opt. For example, evaluating:

(regexp-opt (list "my" "list" "of" "some" "strings" "to" "search"))

returns

"list\\|my\\|of\\|s\\(?:earch\\|ome\\|trings\\)\\|to"