stringLabels.mli

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(*                                 OCaml                                  *)
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(*             Xavier Leroy, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt           *)
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(*   Copyright 1996 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et     *)
(*     en Automatique.                                                    *)
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(*   All rights reserved.  This file is distributed under the terms of    *)
(*   the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1, with the          *)
(*   special exception on linking described in the file LICENSE.          *)
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(** String operations. *)

external length : string -> int = "%string_length"
(** Return the length (number of characters) of the given string. *)

external get : string -> int -> char = "%string_safe_get"
(** [String.get s n] returns the character at index [n] in string [s].
   You can also write [s.[n]] instead of [String.get s n].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [n] not a valid index in [s]. *)

external set : bytes -> int -> char -> unit = "%bytes_safe_set"
  [@@ocaml.deprecated "Use BytesLabels.set instead."]
(** [String.set s n c] modifies byte sequence [s] in place,
   replacing the byte at index [n] with [c].
   You can also write [s.[n] <- c] instead of [String.set s n c].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [n] is not a valid index in [s].

   @deprecated This is a deprecated alias of {!BytesLabels.set}. *)

external create : int -> bytes = "caml_create_bytes"
  [@@ocaml.deprecated "Use BytesLabels.create instead."]
(** [String.create n] returns a fresh byte sequence of length [n].
   The sequence is uninitialized and contains arbitrary bytes.

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [n < 0] or [n > ]{!Sys.max_string_length}.

   @deprecated This is a deprecated alias of {!BytesLabels.create}. *)

val make : int -> char -> string
(** [String.make n c] returns a fresh string of length [n],
   filled with the character [c].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [n < 0] or [n > ]{!Sys.max_string_length}. *)

val init : int -> f:(int -> char) -> string
(** [init n f] returns a string of length [n],
    with character [i] initialized to the result of [f i].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [n < 0] or [n > ]{!Sys.max_string_length}.
   @since 4.02.0 *)

val copy : string -> string  [@@ocaml.deprecated]
(** Return a copy of the given string. *)

val sub : string -> pos:int -> len:int -> string
(** [String.sub s start len] returns a fresh string of length [len],
   containing the substring of [s] that starts at position [start] and
   has length [len].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [start] and [len] do not
   designate a valid substring of [s]. *)

val fill : bytes -> pos:int -> len:int -> char -> unit
  [@@ocaml.deprecated "Use BytesLabels.fill instead."]
(** [String.fill s start len c] modifies byte sequence [s] in place,
   replacing [len] bytes by [c], starting at [start].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [start] and [len] do not
   designate a valid substring of [s].

   @deprecated This is a deprecated alias of {!BytesLabels.fill}. *)

val blit :
  src:string -> src_pos:int -> dst:bytes -> dst_pos:int -> len:int
  -> unit
(** [String.blit src srcoff dst dstoff len] copies [len] bytes
   from the string [src], starting at index [srcoff],
   to byte sequence [dst], starting at character number [dstoff].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [srcoff] and [len] do not
   designate a valid range of [src], or if [dstoff] and [len]
   do not designate a valid range of [dst]. *)

val concat : sep:string -> string list -> string
(** [String.concat sep sl] concatenates the list of strings [sl],
   inserting the separator string [sep] between each. *)

val iter : f:(char -> unit) -> string -> unit
(** [String.iter f s] applies function [f] in turn to all
   the characters of [s].  It is equivalent to
   [f s.[0]; f s.[1]; ...; f s.[String.length s - 1]; ()]. *)

val iteri : f:(int -> char -> unit) -> string -> unit
(** Same as {!String.iter}, but the
   function is applied to the index of the element as first argument
   (counting from 0), and the character itself as second argument.
   @since 4.00.0 *)

val map : f:(char -> char) -> string -> string
(** [String.map f s] applies function [f] in turn to all
   the characters of [s] and stores the results in a new string that
   is returned.
   @since 4.00.0 *)

val mapi : f:(int -> char -> char) -> string -> string
(** [String.mapi f s] calls [f] with each character of [s] and its
    index (in increasing index order) and stores the results in a new
    string that is returned.
    @since 4.02.0 *)

val trim : string -> string
(** Return a copy of the argument, without leading and trailing
   whitespace.  The characters regarded as whitespace are: [' '],
   ['\012'], ['\n'], ['\r'], and ['\t'].  If there is no leading nor
   trailing whitespace character in the argument, return the original
   string itself, not a copy.
   @since 4.00.0 *)

val escaped : string -> string
(** Return a copy of the argument, with special characters
   represented by escape sequences, following the lexical
   conventions of OCaml.  If there is no special
   character in the argument, return the original string itself,
   not a copy. Its inverse function is Scanf.unescaped. *)

val index : string -> char -> int
(** [String.index s c] returns the index of the first
   occurrence of character [c] in string [s].

   Raise [Not_found] if [c] does not occur in [s]. *)

val index_opt: string -> char -> int option
(** [String.index_opt s c] returns the index of the first
    occurrence of character [c] in string [s], or
    [None] if [c] does not occur in [s].
    @since 4.05 *)

val rindex : string -> char -> int
(** [String.rindex s c] returns the index of the last
   occurrence of character [c] in string [s].

   Raise [Not_found] if [c] does not occur in [s]. *)

val rindex_opt: string -> char -> int option
(** [String.rindex_opt s c] returns the index of the last occurrence
    of character [c] in string [s], or [None] if [c] does not occur in
    [s].
    @since 4.05 *)

val index_from : string -> int -> char -> int
(** [String.index_from s i c] returns the index of the
   first occurrence of character [c] in string [s] after position [i].
   [String.index s c] is equivalent to [String.index_from s 0 c].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [i] is not a valid position in [s].
   Raise [Not_found] if [c] does not occur in [s] after position [i]. *)

val index_from_opt: string -> int -> char -> int option
(** [String.index_from_opt s i c] returns the index of the
    first occurrence of character [c] in string [s] after position [i]
    or [None] if [c] does not occur in [s] after position [i].

    [String.index_opt s c] is equivalent to [String.index_from_opt s 0 c].
    Raise [Invalid_argument] if [i] is not a valid position in [s].

    @since 4.05
*)

val rindex_from : string -> int -> char -> int
(** [String.rindex_from s i c] returns the index of the
   last occurrence of character [c] in string [s] before position [i+1].
   [String.rindex s c] is equivalent to
   [String.rindex_from s (String.length s - 1) c].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [i+1] is not a valid position in [s].
   Raise [Not_found] if [c] does not occur in [s] before position [i+1]. *)

val rindex_from_opt: string -> int -> char -> int option
(** [String.rindex_from_opt s i c] returns the index of the
   last occurrence of character [c] in string [s] before position [i+1]
   or [None] if [c] does not occur in [s] before position [i+1].

   [String.rindex_opt s c] is equivalent to
   [String.rindex_from_opt s (String.length s - 1) c].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [i+1] is not a valid position in [s].

    @since 4.05
*)

val contains : string -> char -> bool
(** [String.contains s c] tests if character [c]
   appears in the string [s]. *)

val contains_from : string -> int -> char -> bool
(** [String.contains_from s start c] tests if character [c]
   appears in [s] after position [start].
   [String.contains s c] is equivalent to
   [String.contains_from s 0 c].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [start] is not a valid position in [s]. *)

val rcontains_from : string -> int -> char -> bool
(** [String.rcontains_from s stop c] tests if character [c]
   appears in [s] before position [stop+1].

   Raise [Invalid_argument] if [stop < 0] or [stop+1] is not a valid
   position in [s]. *)

val uppercase : string -> string
  [@@ocaml.deprecated "Use String.uppercase_ascii instead."]
(** Return a copy of the argument, with all lowercase letters
   translated to uppercase, including accented letters of the ISO
   Latin-1 (8859-1) character set.
   @deprecated Functions operating on Latin-1 character set are deprecated. *)

val lowercase : string -> string
  [@@ocaml.deprecated "Use String.lowercase_ascii instead."]
(** Return a copy of the argument, with all uppercase letters
   translated to lowercase, including accented letters of the ISO
   Latin-1 (8859-1) character set.
   @deprecated Functions operating on Latin-1 character set are deprecated. *)

val capitalize : string -> string
  [@@ocaml.deprecated "Use String.capitalize_ascii instead."]
(** Return a copy of the argument, with the first character set to uppercase,
   using the ISO Latin-1 (8859-1) character set..
   @deprecated Functions operating on Latin-1 character set are deprecated. *)

val uncapitalize : string -> string
  [@@ocaml.deprecated "Use String.uncapitalize_ascii instead."]
(** Return a copy of the argument, with the first character set to lowercase,
   using the ISO Latin-1 (8859-1) character set..
   @deprecated Functions operating on Latin-1 character set are deprecated. *)

val uppercase_ascii : string -> string
(** Return a copy of the argument, with all lowercase letters
   translated to uppercase, using the US-ASCII character set.
   @since 4.05.0 *)

val lowercase_ascii : string -> string
(** Return a copy of the argument, with all uppercase letters
   translated to lowercase, using the US-ASCII character set.
   @since 4.05.0 *)

val capitalize_ascii : string -> string
(** Return a copy of the argument, with the first character set to uppercase,
   using the US-ASCII character set.
   @since 4.05.0 *)

val uncapitalize_ascii : string -> string
(** Return a copy of the argument, with the first character set to lowercase,
   using the US-ASCII character set.
   @since 4.05.0 *)

type t = string
(** An alias for the type of strings. *)

val compare: t -> t -> int
(** The comparison function for strings, with the same specification as
    {!Pervasives.compare}.  Along with the type [t], this function [compare]
    allows the module [String] to be passed as argument to the functors
    {!Set.Make} and {!Map.Make}. *)

val equal: t -> t -> bool
(** The equal function for strings.
    @since 4.05.0 *)

val split_on_char: sep:char -> string -> string list
(** [String.split_on_char sep s] returns the list of all (possibly empty)
    substrings of [s] that are delimited by the [sep] character.

    The function's output is specified by the following invariants:

    - The list is not empty.
    - Concatenating its elements using [sep] as a separator returns a
      string equal to the input ([String.concat (String.make 1 sep)
      (String.split_on_char sep s) = s]).
    - No string in the result contains the [sep] character.

    @since 4.05.0
*)

(**/**)

(* The following is for system use only. Do not call directly. *)

external unsafe_get : string -> int -> char = "%string_unsafe_get"
external unsafe_set : bytes -> int -> char -> unit = "%bytes_unsafe_set"
  [@@ocaml.deprecated]
external unsafe_blit :
  src:string -> src_pos:int -> dst:bytes -> dst_pos:int -> len:int ->
    unit = "caml_blit_string" [@@noalloc]
external unsafe_fill :
  bytes -> pos:int -> len:int -> char -> unit = "caml_fill_bytes" [@@noalloc]
  [@@ocaml.deprecated]