4 * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
5 * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
7 * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
8 * \author Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
10 * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
12 * A collection of string helper functions that works with string.
13 * Some of these would certainly benefit from a rewrite/optimization.
27 int compare_no_case(std::string const & s, std::string const & s2);
30 int compare_ascii_no_case(std::string const & s, std::string const & s2);
33 int compare_no_case(std::string const & s, std::string const & s2, unsigned int len);
37 int compare(char const * a, char const * b)
39 #ifndef CXX_GLOBAL_CSTD
40 return std::strcmp(a, b);
48 int compare(char const * a, char const * b, unsigned int len)
50 #ifndef CXX_GLOBAL_CSTD
51 return std::strncmp(a, b, len);
53 return strncmp(a, b, len);
58 bool isStrInt(std::string const & str);
60 /// does the std::string represent an unsigned integer value ?
61 bool isStrUnsignedInt(std::string const & str);
64 int strToInt(std::string const & str);
66 /// convert string to an unsigned integer
67 unsigned int strToUnsignedInt(std::string const & str);
70 bool isStrDbl(std::string const & str);
73 double strToDbl(std::string const & str);
76 char lowercase(char c);
79 char uppercase(char c);
81 /// same as lowercase(), but ignores locale
82 std::string const ascii_lowercase(std::string const &);
85 std::string const lowercase(std::string const &);
88 std::string const uppercase(std::string const &);
90 /// Does the std::string start with this prefix?
91 bool prefixIs(std::string const &, std::string const &);
93 /// Does the string end with this char?
94 bool suffixIs(std::string const &, char);
96 /// Does the std::string end with this suffix?
97 bool suffixIs(std::string const &, std::string const &);
100 bool contains(std::string const & a, std::string const & b);
103 bool contains(std::string const & a, char b);
105 /// This should probably we rewritten to be more general.
106 class contains_functor {
108 typedef std::string first_argument_type;
109 typedef std::string second_argument_type;
110 typedef bool result_type;
112 bool operator()(std::string const & haystack, std::string const & needle) const {
113 return contains(haystack, needle);
119 bool containsOnly(std::string const &, std::string const &);
121 /** Extracts a token from this string at the nth delim.
122 Doesn't modify the original string. Similar to strtok.
125 token("a;bc;d", ';', 1) == "bc";
126 token("a;bc;d", ';', 2) == "d";
129 std::string const token(std::string const & a, char delim, int n);
132 /** Search a token in this string using the delim.
133 Doesn't modify the original string. Returns -1 in case of
137 tokenPos("a;bc;d", ';', "bc") == 1;
138 tokenPos("a;bc;d", ';', "d") == 2;
141 int tokenPos(std::string const & a, char delim, std::string const & tok);
144 /// Substitute all \a oldchar with \a newchar
145 std::string const subst(std::string const & a, char oldchar, char newchar);
147 /// substitutes all instances of \a oldstr with \a newstr
148 std::string const subst(std::string const & a,
149 std::string const & oldstr, std::string const & newstr);
151 /** Trims characters off the end and beginning of a string.
153 trim("ccabccc", "c") == "ab".
156 std::string const trim(std::string const & a, char const * p = " ");
158 /** Trims characters off the end of a string.
160 rtrim("abccc", "c") == "ab".
163 std::string const rtrim(std::string const & a, char const * p = " ");
165 /** Trims characters off the beginning of a string.
167 ltrim("ababcdef", "ab") = "cdef"
170 std::string const ltrim(std::string const & a, char const * p = " ");
172 /** Splits the string by the first delim.
173 Splits the string by the first appearance of delim.
174 The leading string up to delim is returned in piece (not including
175 delim), while the original string is cut from after the delimiter.
178 s1= ""; s2= "a;bc".split(s1, ';') -> s1 == "a"; s2 == "bc";
181 std::string const split(std::string const & a, std::string & piece, char delim);
183 /// Same as split but does not return a piece
184 std::string const split(std::string const & a, char delim);
186 /// Same as split but uses the last delim.
187 std::string const rsplit(std::string const & a, std::string & piece, char delim);
189 /// Escapes non ASCII chars
190 std::string const escape(std::string const & lab);
192 /// gives a vector of stringparts which have the delimiter delim
193 std::vector<std::string> const getVectorFromString(std::string const & str,
194 std::string const & delim = std::string(","));
196 // the same vice versa
197 std::string const getStringFromVector(std::vector<std::string> const & vec,
198 std::string const & delim = std::string(","));
200 // wrapper around boost::format using one argument %1$s
201 std::string bformat(std::string const & fmt, std::string const & arg1);
202 // arguments %1$s and %2$s
203 std::string bformat(std::string const & fmt, std::string const & arg1, std::string const & arg2);
204 // arguments %1$d and %2$d
205 std::string bformat(std::string const & fmt, int arg1, int arg2);
206 // arguments %1$s and %2$s and %3$s
207 std::string bformat(std::string const & fmt, std::string const & arg1, std::string const & arg2,
208 std::string const & arg3);
209 // arguments %1$s and %2$s and %3$s and %4$s
210 std::string bformat(std::string const & fmt, std::string const & arg1, std::string const & arg2,
211 std::string const & arg3, std::string const & arg4);
213 } // namespace support