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String library

Provides standard string functions.

Import

The following statement may be used to import the string library:

import string;

Functions

Name	Description
substring	Return a substring
find	Find the index of a substring
contains	Check the existence of a substring
length	Return the length
to_int	Convert to an integer type
to_double	Convert to a double type
char_at	Return the character at an index
char_to_string	Convert a character, stored in an integer, to a string
int_to_string	Convert an integer to a string
double_to_string	Convert a double to a string
char_to_int	Convert a character to an integer
to_lower_case	Convert a string to lower case
to_upper_case	Convert a string to upper case

Examples

substring

const string SUBSTRING_TEST_STRING = "This is a test string.";
string testSubstring;
call substring : SUBSTRING_TEST_STRING, 0, 4 -> testSubstring;

find

const string FIND_TEST_STRING = "This is a test string.";
int findResult = -1;
call find : FIND_TEST_STRING, "a" -> findResult;

contains

const string CONTAINS_TEST_STRING = "This is a test string.";
int containsResult;
call contains : CONTAINS_TEST_STRING, "This" -> containsResult;

length

const string LENGTH_TEST_STRING = "This is a test string.";
int testStringLength = -1;
call length : LENGTH_TEST_STRING -> testStringLength;

to_int

string firstChar = "?";
int charInt = -1;
call char_to_int : firstChar -> charInt;

to_double

string sToD = "2.718";
tempDouble = -1.0;
call to_double : sToD -> tempDouble;

char_at

const string CHAR_AT_TEST_STRING = "This is a test string.";
string firstChar = "?";
call char_at : CHAR_AT_TEST_STRING, 0 -> firstChar;

char_to_string

int byte;
string char;
call char_to_string : byte -> char;

int_to_string

int iToS = 234;
string tempString = "?";
call int_to_string : iToS -> tempString;

double_to_string

double dToS = 3.14;
tempString = "?";
call double_to_string : dToS -> tempString;

char_to_int

string firstChar = "?";
int charInt = -1;
call char_to_int : firstChar -> charInt;

to_lower_case

string toLower = "ABCdefGHI";
call to_lower_case : toLower -> toLower;

to_upper_case

string toUpper = "abcDEFghi";
call to_upper_case : toUpper -> toUpper;