const class sys::Str
sys::Obj sys::Str
Str represents a sequence of Unicode characters.
- all
-
Return true if c returns true for all of the characters in this string. If this string is empty, return true.
Example:
"Bar".all |c| { c.isUpper } => false "BAR".all |c| { c.isUpper } => true
- any
-
Return true if c returns true for any of the characters in this string. If this string is empty, return false.
Example:
"Foo".any |c| { c.isUpper } => true "foo".any |c| { c.isUpper } => false
- capitalize
-
Str capitalize()
Return this string with the first character converted uppercase. The case conversion is for ASCII only. Also see
decapitalize
andlocaleCapitalize
.Example:
"foo".capitalize => "Foo"
- chars
-
Int[] chars()
Get the characters in this string as a list of integer code points. Also see
fromChars
. - compare
-
virtual override Int compare(Obj obj)
Compare based on Unicode character values. Case is not taken into account - also see
compareIgnoreCase
andlocaleCompare
.Examples:
"a".compare("b") => -1 "hi".compare("hi") => 0 "hi".compare("HI") => 1 "b".compare("a") => 1
- compareIgnoreCase
-
Compare two strings without regard to case and return -1, 0, or 1 if this string is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified string. Only ASCII character case is taken into account. See
localeCompare
for localized case insensitive comparisions.Examples:
"a".compareIgnoreCase("b") => -1 "hi".compareIgnoreCase("HI") => 0 "b".compareIgnoreCase("a") => 1
- contains
-
Return if this string contains the specified string. Convenience for index(s) != null
- containsChar
-
Return if this string contains the specified character.
- decapitalize
-
Str decapitalize()
Return this string with the first character converted lowercase. The case conversion is for ASCII only. Also see
capitalize
andlocaleDecapitalize
.Example:
"Foo".decapitalize => "foo"
- defVal
-
const static Str defVal
Default value is "".
- each
-
Call the specified function for every char in the string with index 0 and incrementing up to size-1.
Example:
"abc".each |Int c| { echo(c.toChar) }
- eachWhile
-
Obj? eachWhile(|Int,Int->Obj?| c)
Iterate each character in the string until the function returns non-null. If function returns non-null, then break the iteration and return the resulting object. Return null if the function returns null for every item.
- eachr
-
Reverse each - call the specified function for every char in the string starting with index size-1 and decrementing down to 0.
Example:
"abc".eachr |Int c| { echo(c.toChar) }
- endsWith
-
Return if this Str ends with the specified Str.
- equals
-
virtual override Bool equals(Obj? obj)
Return true if a Str with exact same char sequence.
- equalsIgnoreCase
-
Convenience for
compareIgnoreCase(s) == 0
. Only ASCII character case is taken into account. SeelocaleCompare
for localized case insensitive comparisions. - fromChars
-
static Str fromChars(Int[] chars)
Construct a string from a list of unicode code points. Also see
chars
. - fromDisplayName
-
Str fromDisplayName()
Translate a display name like "Foo Bar" to a programmatic name "fooBar". This method decapitalizes the first letter, then walks the string removing spaces. Also see
toDisplayName
.Examples:
"Foo".fromDisplayName -> "foo" "Foo Bar".fromDisplayName -> "fooBar" "Foo Bar Baz".fromDisplayName -> "fooBarBaz" "Foo 33 Bar".fromDisplayName -> "foo33Bar" "Foo XML".fromDisplayName -> "fooXML" "foo bar".fromDisplayName -> "fooBar"
- get
-
Get the character at the zero based index as a Unicode code point. Negative indexes may be used to access from the end of the string. This method is accessed via the [] operator. Throw IndexErr if the index is out of range.
- getRange
-
@Operator
Str getRange(Range range)Return a substring based on the specified range. Negative indexes may be used to access from the end of the string. This method is accessed via the [] operator. Throw IndexErr if range illegal.
Examples:
"abcd"[0..2] => "abc" "abcd"[3..3] => "d" "abcd"[-2..-1] => "cd" "abcd"[0..<2] => "ab" "abcd"[1..-2] => "bc" "abcd"[4..-1] => ""
- getSafe
-
Int getSafe(Int index, Int def := 0)
Get the character at the zero based index as a Unicode code point. Negative indexes may be used to access from the end of the string. Unlike
get
, this method does not throw IndexErr when the index is out or range, instead it returnsdef
. - hash
-
virtual override Int hash()
The hash for a Str is platform dependent.
- in
-
InStream in()
Create an input stream to read characters from this string. The input stream is designed only to read character data. Attempts to perform binary reads will throw UnsupportedErr.
- index
-
Int? index(Str s, Int offset := 0)
Return the first occurrence of the specified substring searching forward, starting at the specified offset index. A negative offset may be used to access from the end of string. Return null if no occurrences are found.
Examples:
"abcabc".index("b") => 1 "abcabc".index("b", 1) => 1 "abcabc".index("b", 3) => 4 "abcabc".index("b", -3) => 4 "abcabc".index("x") => null
- indexIgnoreCase
-
Int? indexIgnoreCase(Str s, Int offset := 0)
Find the index just like
index
, but ignoring case for ASCII chars only. - indexr
-
Int? indexr(Str s, Int offset := -1)
Reverse index - return the first occurrence of the specified substring searching backward, starting at the specified offset index. A negative offset may be used to access from the end of string. Return null if no occurrences are found.
Examples:
"abcabc".indexr("b") => 4 "abcabc".indexr("b", -3) => 1 "abcabc".indexr("b", 0) => null
- indexrIgnoreCase
-
Int? indexrIgnoreCase(Str s, Int offset := -1)
Find the index just like
indexr
, but ignoring case for ASCII chars only. - intern
-
Str intern()
Internalize this Str such that two strings which are equal via the
==
operator will have the same reference such that===
will be true. - isAlpha
-
Bool isAlpha()
Return if every char is an ASCII
letter
. - isAlphaNum
-
Bool isAlphaNum()
Return if every char is an ASCII
alpha-numeric
. - isAscii
-
Bool isAscii()
Return if every character in this Str is a US-ASCII character less than 128.
- isEmpty
-
Bool isEmpty()
Return if
size() == 0
. - isLower
-
Bool isLower()
Return if every character in this Str is ASCII lowercase:
a
-'z'. - isSpace
-
Bool isSpace()
Return if every character in this Str is whitespace: space \t \n \r \f
- isUpper
-
Bool isUpper()
Return if every character in this Str is ASCII uppercase:
A
-'Z'. - justl
-
If size is less than width, then add spaces to the right to create a left justified string. Also see
padr
.Examples:
"xyz".justl(2) => "xyz" "xyz".justl(4) => "xyz "
- justr
-
If size is less than width, then add spaces to the left to create a right justified string. Also see
padl
.Examples:
"xyz".justr(2) => "xyz" "xyz".justr(4) => " xyz"
- localeCapitalize
-
Str localeCapitalize()
Return this string with the first character converted to uppercase using the current locale. Also see
localeDecapitalize
andcapitalize
. - localeCompare
-
Compare two strings without regard to case according to the current locale. Return -1, 0, or 1 if this string is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified string.
Examples (assuming English locale):
"a".localeCompare("b") => -1 "hi".localeCompare("HI") => 0 "b".localeCompare("A") => 1
- localeDecapitalize
-
Str localeDecapitalize()
Return this string with the first character converted to lowercase using the current locale. Also see
localeCapitalize
anddecapitalize
. - localeLower
-
Str localeLower()
Return this string with all uppercase characters replaced to lowercase using the current locale. Also see
localeUpper
,lower
, andInt.localeLower
. - localeUpper
-
Str localeUpper()
Return this string with all lowercase characters replaced to uppercase using the current locale. Also see
localeLower
,upper
, andInt.localeUpper
. - lower
-
Str lower()
Return this string with all uppercase characters replaced to lowercase. The case conversion is for ASCII only. Also see
upper
,localeLower
,Int.lower
,Int.localeLower
.Example:
"Apple".lower => "apple"
- mult
-
Duplicate this string the given number of times. Any integer less than or equal to zero returns an empty string.
Examples:
"x" * 4 => "xxxx"
- numNewlines
-
Int numNewlines()
Count the number of newline combinations: "\n", "\r", or "\r\n".
- padl
-
Str padl(Int width, Int char := 32)
If size is less than width, then add the given char to the left to achieve the specified width. Also see
justr
.Examples:
"3".padl(3, '0') => "003" "123".padl(2, '0') => "123"
- padr
-
Str padr(Int width, Int char := 32)
If size is less than width, then add the given char to the left to achieve the specified width. Also see
justl
.Examples:
"xyz".padr(2, '.') => "xyz" "xyz".padr(5, '-') => "xyz--"
- plus
-
Concat the value of obj.toStr
- replace
-
Replace all occurrences of
from
withto
.Examples:
"hello".replace("hell", "t") => "to" "aababa".replace("ab", "-") => "a--a"
- reverse
-
Str reverse()
Reverse the contents of this string.
Example:
"stressed".reverse => "desserts"
- size
-
Int size()
Return number of characters in this string.
- spaces
-
Get a Str containing the specified number of spaces. Also see
justl
andjustr
to justify an existing string.Examples:
Str.spaces(1) => " " Str.spaces(2) => " "
- split
-
Str[] split(Int? separator := null, Bool trim := true)
Split a string into a list of substrings using the given separator character. If there are contiguous separators, then they are split into empty strings. If trim is true, then whitespace is trimmed from the beginning and end of the results.
If separator is null, then the string is split according to any sequence of whitespace characters (any character equal to or less than the 0x20 space character including
\r
,\n
, and\t
).If this is the empty string or there are no splits return a list of one item.
Examples:
// split on whitespace "".split => [""] "x".split => ["x"] "x y".split => ["x", "y"] " x y ".split => ["x", "y"] " x \n y \n z ".split => ["x", "y", "z"] // split on sep with trim "".split('|') => [""] "22".split(';') => ["22"] "22;33".split(';') => ["22","33"] "22, 33".split(',') => ["22","33"] " 22 ; 33 ".split(';') => ["22","33"] // split on sep with no trim "22#33".split('#', false) => ["22","33"] " x ; y".split(';', false) => [" x "," y"]
- splitLines
-
Str[] splitLines()
Split this string into individual lines where lines are terminated by \n, \r\n, or \r. The returned strings do not contain the newline character.
Examples:
"x\ny".splitLines => ["x", "y"] "".splitLines => [""] "x".splitLines => ["x"] "\r\n".splitLines => ["", ""] "x\n".splitLines => ["x", ""]
- startsWith
-
Return if this Str starts with the specified Str.
- toBool
-
Bool? toBool(Bool checked := true)
Convenience for
Bool.fromStr
using this string. - toBuf
-
Buf toBuf(Charset charset := Charset.utf8())
Get this string encoded into a buffer of bytes.
- toCode
-
Str toCode(Int? quote := 34, Bool escapeUnicode := false)
Return this string as its Fantom source code and serialization representation surrounded by the specified quote character (which defaults to
"
). If quote is null then the return is unquoted. This method will backslash escape the following characters:\n \r \f \t \\ $
. If the quote character is the double quote, single quote, or backtick then it is escaped too. Control chars less than 0x20 are escaped as\uXXXX
. IfescapeUnicode
is true then any char over 0x7F is escaped as\uXXXX
. - toDecimal
-
Decimal? toDecimal(Bool checked := true)
Convenience for
Decimal.fromStr
using this string. - toDisplayName
-
Str toDisplayName()
Translate a programmer name like "fooBar" to "Foo Bar". This method capitalizes the first letter, then walks the string looking for ASCII capital letters and inserting a space. Any underbars are replaced with a space. Also see
fromDisplayName
.Examples:
"foo".toDisplayName -> "Foo "fooBar".toDisplayName -> "Foo Bar" "fooBarBaz".toDisplayName -> "Foo Bar Baz" "foo33".toDisplayName -> "Foo 33" "fooXML".toDisplayName -> "Foo XML" "Foo".toDisplayName -> "Foo" "foo_bar".toDisplayName -> "Foo Bar"
- toFloat
-
Float? toFloat(Bool checked := true)
Convenience for
Float.fromStr
using this string. - toInt
-
Int? toInt(Int radix := 10, Bool checked := true)
Convenience for
Int.fromStr
using this string. - toLocale
-
Str toLocale()
Return this. This method is used to enable
toLocale
to be used with duck typing across most built-in types. - toRegex
-
Regex toRegex()
Convenience for
Regex.fromStr
using this string. - toStr
-
virtual override Str toStr()
Return this.
- toUri
-
Uri toUri()
Convenience for
Uri.fromStr
using this string. - toXml
-
Str toXml()
Return this string as valid XML text. The special control characters amp, lt, apos and quot are always escaped. The gt char is escaped only if it is the first char or if preceded by the
]
char. Also seeOutStream.writeXml
which is more efficient if streaming. - trim
-
Str trim()
Trim whitespace from the beginning and end of the string. For the purposes of this method, whitespace is defined as any character equal to or less than the 0x20 space character (including
\r
,\n
, and\t
).Examples:
"foo".trim => "foo" " foo".trim => "foo" " foo ".trim => "foo" " foo\n".trim => "foo" " ".trim => ""
- trimEnd
-
Str trimEnd()
Trim whitespace only from the end of the string. See
trim
for definition of whitespace.Examples:
"foo".trim => "foo" " foo ".trim => " foo"
- trimStart
-
Str trimStart()
Trim whitespace only from the beginning of the string. See
trim
for definition of whitespace.Examples:
"foo".trim => "foo" " foo ".trim => "foo "
- trimToNull
-
Str? trimToNull()
Trim whitespace from the beginning and end of the string. Should the resultant string be empty,
null
is returned.For the purposes of this method, whitespace is defined as any character equal to or less than the 0x20 space character (including
\r
,\n
, and\t
).Examples:
"foo".trimToNull => "foo" " foo ".trimToNull => "foo" "".trimToNull => null " ".trimToNull => null
- upper
-
Str upper()
Return this string with all lowercase characters replaced to uppercase. The case conversion is for ASCII only. Also see
lower
,localeUpper
,Int.upper
,Int.localeUpper
.Example:
"Foo Bar".upper => "FOO BAR"