bool isStrDbl(std::string const & str);
/// does the string contain a digit?
-bool hasDigit(docstring const & str);
+bool hasDigitASCII(docstring const & str);
+
+bool isHexChar(char_type);
bool isHex(docstring const & str);
/// Does not depend on the locale.
char_type uppercase(char_type c);
+/// Checks if the supplied character is lower-case
+bool isLowerCase(char_type ch);
+
+/// Checks if the supplied character is upper-case
+bool isUpperCase(char_type ch);
+
/// same as lowercase(), but ignores locale
std::string const ascii_lowercase(std::string const &);
docstring const ascii_lowercase(docstring const &);
/// Does not depend on the locale.
docstring const uppercase(docstring const & s);
+/// Returns the superscript of \p c or \p c if no superscript exists.
+/// Does not depend on the locale.
+char_type superscript(char_type c);
+
+/// Returns the subscript of \p c or \p c if no subscript exists.
+/// Does not depend on the locale.
+char_type subscript(char_type c);
+
/// Does str start with c?
bool prefixIs(docstring const & str, char_type c);
docstring const subst(docstring const & a,
docstring const & oldstr, docstring const & newstr);
+/// Count all occurences of char \a chr inside \a str
+int count_char(docstring const & str, docstring::value_type chr);
+
/** Trims characters off the end and beginning of a string.
\code
trim("ccabccc", "c") == "ab".
/// found, else -1. The last item in \p str must be "".
int findToken(char const * const str[], std::string const & search_token);
+/// A test string that is supposed to be translated into the gettext code
+std::string const languageTestString();
+
template <class Arg1>
docstring bformat(docstring const & fmt, Arg1);