NAME
        implode_nicely - implode an array of words to an English list
 
SYNOPSIS
        string implode_nicely(string *words, string del)
 
DESCRIPTION
        This function implodes a list of words to a semantically correct
        list in English. That is, ({"green","red","blue"}) will be imploded
        to "green, red, and blue" if 'del' is "and" or no 'del' is given
        at all.
 
EXAMPLES
        > eval implode_nicely( ({ "red", "green", "blue" }), "or")
        Result: "red, green or blue"
        > eval implode_nicely( ({ "north", "south", "west" }))
        Result: "north, south and west"
        > eval implode_nicely( ({ "foo", "bar" }))
        Result: "foo and bar"
        > eval implode_nicely( ({ "foo" }))
        Result: "foo"
 
SEE ALSO
        efun/implode, efun/explode

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