/* Copyright (C) 2003-2015 LiveCode Ltd. This file is part of LiveCode. LiveCode is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3 as published by the Free Software Foundation. LiveCode is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with LiveCode. If not see . */ /** This library consists of the operations on chars included in the standard library of LiveCode Builder. */ module com.livecode.char use com.livecode.foreign public foreign handler MCCharFetchCharOf(in Index as LCIndex, in Target as String, out Value as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharStoreCharOf(in Value as String, in Index as LCIndex, inout Target as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharFetchCharRangeOf(in Start as LCIndex, in Finish as LCIndex, in Target as String, out Value as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharStoreCharRangeOf(in Value as String, in Start as LCIndex, in Finish as LCIndex, inout Target as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharEvalNumberOfCharsIn(in Target as String, out Count as LCIndex) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharEvalIsAmongTheCharsOf(in Needle as String, in Target as String, out Value as CBool) returns nothing binds to "" /* No implementation public foreign handler MCCharStoreBeforeCharOf(in Value as String, in Index as LCIndex, inout Target as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharStoreAfterCharOf(in Value as String, in Index as LCIndex, inout Target as String) returns nothing binds to "" */ public foreign handler MCCharEvalOffsetOfChars(in IsLast as CBool, in Needle as String, in Target as String, out Offset as LCUIndex) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharEvalOffsetOfCharsBefore(in IsLast as CBool, in Needle as String, in Before as LCIndex, in Target as String, out Offset as LCUIndex) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharEvalOffsetOfCharsAfter(in IsFirst as CBool, in Needle as String, in After as LCIndex, in Target as String, out Offset as LCUIndex) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharEvalContains(in Source as String, in Needle as String, out Result as CBool) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharEvalBeginsWith(in Source as String, in Prefix as String, out Result as CBool) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharEvalEndsWith(in Source as String, in Suffix as String, out Result as CBool) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharEvalNewlineCharacter(out Value as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharRepeatForEachChar(inout Iterator as optional Pointer, out Iterand as String, in Container as String) returns CBool binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharFetchFirstCharOf(in Target as String, out Value as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharStoreFirstCharOf(in Value as String, inout Target as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharFetchLastCharOf(in Target as String, out Value as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharStoreLastCharOf(in Value as String, inout Target as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharExecDeleteCharOf(in Index as LCIndex, inout Target as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharExecDeleteCharRangeOf(in Start as LCIndex, in Finish as LCIndex, inout Target as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharExecDeleteLastCharOf(inout Target as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCCharExecDeleteFirstCharOf(inout Target as String) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCStringEvalCodeOfChar(in pChar as String, out pCode as LCUInt) returns nothing binds to "" public foreign handler MCStringEvalCharWithCode(in pCode as LCUInt, out pChar as String) returns nothing binds to "" -- /** Summary: Counts the number of chars in . Target: An expression which evaluates to a string. Returns: The number of chars in . Example: variable tVar as Number variable tSource as String put "hello" into tString put the number of chars in tString into tVar variable tString as String put the empty string into tString repeat tVar times put "a" after tString end repeat // tString contains "aaaaa" Description: >*Note:* The number of chars returns the number of codeunits of the target string. It does not perform any grapheme boundary analysis. Tags: Strings */ syntax CountCharsOf is prefix operator with function chunk precedence "the" "number" "of" "chars" "in" begin MCCharEvalNumberOfCharsIn(Target, output) end syntax -- /** Summary: Designates the char at index in . Index: An expression which evaluates to a valid integer index of . Target: An expression which evaluates to a string. Example: put the empty string into char 5 of tString // Locates char 5 and removes it from tString Example: get char 5 of tString // Evaluates char 5 Description: Either locates the char at the given index for use as the target container of another operation, or evaluates the char at the given index as the source of another operation. >*Note:* It is an error if is out of range. Tags: Strings */ syntax SingletonCharOf is prefix operator with subscript chunk precedence "char" "of" begin MCCharFetchCharOf(Index, Target, output) MCCharStoreCharOf(input, Index, Target) end syntax /** Summary: Designates the chars between indices and in . Start: An expression which evaluates to a valid integer index of . Finish: An expression which evaluates to a valid integer index of . Target: An expression which evaluates to a string. Example: put tChars into char 5 to 10 of tString // Locates chars 5 to 10 of tString and replace them with tChars Example: get char 5 to 10 of tString // Evaluates chars 5 to 10 Description: Either locates the chars between the given indices for use as the target container of another operation, or evaluates the chars at the given indices as the source of another operation. >*Note:* It is an error if either or are out of range. Tags: Strings */ syntax RangeCharOf is prefix operator with subscript chunk precedence "char" "to" "of" begin MCCharFetchCharRangeOf(Start, Finish, Target, output) MCCharStoreCharRangeOf(input, Start, Finish, Target) end syntax /** Summary: Designates the first char in . Target: An expression which evaluates to a string. Example: variable tVar as String put "char" into tVar variable tFirst as String put the first char of tVar into tFirst -- tFirst contains "c" Description: Either locates the first char for use as the target container of another operation, or evaluates the first char as the source of another operation. >*Note:* It is an error if is empty. Tags: Strings */ syntax FirstCharOf is prefix operator with subscript chunk precedence "the" "first" "char" "of" begin MCCharFetchFirstCharOf(Target, output) MCCharStoreFirstCharOf(input, Target) end syntax /** Summary: Designates the last char in . Target: An expression which evaluates to a string. Example: variable tVar as String put "char" into tVar variable tLast as String put the last char of tVar into tLast -- tLast contains "r" Description: Either locates the last char for use as the target container of another operation, or evaluates the last char as the source of another operation. >*Note:* It is an error if is empty. Tags: Strings */ syntax LastCharOf is prefix operator with subscript chunk precedence "the" "last" "char" "of" begin MCCharFetchLastCharOf(Target, output) MCCharStoreLastCharOf(input, Target) end syntax -- /** Summary: Deletes the char at index in . Index: An expression which evaluates to a valid integer index of . Target: A string container. Example: variable tVar as String put "thorough" into tVar delete char 3 of tVar -- tVar contains "through" Description: Replaces the char at the given index with the empty string. >*Note:* It is an error if is out of range. Tags: Strings */ syntax DeleteSingletonCharOf is statement "delete" "char" "of" begin MCCharExecDeleteCharOf(Index, Target) end syntax /** Summary: Deletes the chars between indices and in . Start: An expression which evaluates to a valid integer index of . Finish: An expression which evaluates to a valid integer index of . Target: A string container. Example: variable tVar as String put "surround" into tVar delete char 2 to 4 of tVar -- tVar contains "sound" Description: Replaces the chars between the given indices with the empty string. >*Note:* It is an error if either or are out of range. Tags: Strings */ syntax DeleteRangeCharOf is statement "delete" "char" "to" "of" begin MCCharExecDeleteCharRangeOf(Start, Finish, Target) end syntax /** Summary: Deletes the first char in . Target: A string container. Example: variable tVar as String put "seven" into tVar delete the first char of tVar -- tVar contains "even" Description: Replaces the first char in with the empty string. >*Note:* It is an error if is the empty string. Tags: Strings */ syntax DeleteFirstCharOf is statement "delete" "the" "first" "char" "of" begin MCCharExecDeleteFirstCharOf(Target) end syntax /** Summary: Deletes the last char in . Target: A string container. Example: variable tVar as String put "deadliness" into tVar delete the last char of tVar -- tVar contains "deadlines" Description: Replaces the last char in with the empty string. >*Note:* It is an error if is the empty string. Tags: Strings */ syntax DeleteLastCharOf is statement "delete" "the" "last" "char" "of" begin MCCharExecDeleteLastCharOf(Target) end syntax -- /** Summary: Determines whether is in . Needle: An expression which evaluates to a char. Target: An expression which evaluates to a string. Returns: True if is among the chars of , and false otherwise. Description: >*Note:* It is an error if evaluates to a string consisting of more than one char. Tags: Strings */ syntax CharIsInString is neutral binary operator with comparison precedence "is" "in" begin MCCharEvalIsAmongTheCharsOf(Needle, Source, output) end syntax -- /** Summary: Finds the first or last occurrence of within Needle: An expression which evaluates to a string. Target: An expression which evaluates to a string. Returns: Returns the offset of in . Example: variable tVar as Number put the first offset of "art" in "cartoon" into tVar -- tVar contains 2 Example: variable tVar as Number variable tFilePath as String put "/Users/user/Documents/file.txt" into tFilePath put the last offset of "/" in tFilePath into tVar variable tFileName as String put char 1 to tVar of tFilePath into tFileName -- tVar contains "file.txt" Description: The first (respectively last) offset of in is number of chars between the first char of and the first (respectively last) occurrence of . If neither first or last is specified, then the first offset is found. If does not occur in , then the output is 0. Tags: Strings */ syntax CharOffset is prefix operator with function chunk precedence "the" ( "first" | "last" | ) "offset" "of" "in" begin MCCharEvalOffsetOfChars(IsLast, Needle, Target, output) end syntax syntax CharIndex is prefix operator with function chunk precedence "the" ( "first" | "last" | ) "index" "of" "in" begin MCCharEvalOffsetOfChars(IsLast, Needle, Target, output) end syntax /** Summary: Finds the first or last occurrence of after a specified index in Needle: An expression which evaluates to a string. Target: An expression which evaluates to a string. After: An expression which evaluates to a valid integer index of Target. Returns: Returns the offset of after in . Example: variable tVar as Number put the offset of "nse" after 4 in "nonsense" into tVar -- tVar contains 2 Description: The first (respectively last) offset of in is number of chars between the first char of the substring of beginning at char + 1, and the first (respectively last) occurrence of in the substring. If neither first or last is specified, then the first offset is found. If does not occur in the given substring of , then the output is 0. Tags: Strings */ syntax CharOffsetAfter is prefix operator with function chunk precedence "the" ( "first" | "last" | ) "offset" "of" "after" "in" begin MCCharEvalOffsetOfCharsAfter(IsLast, Needle, After, Target, output) end syntax syntax CharIndexAfter is prefix operator with function chunk precedence "the" ( "first" | "last" | ) "index" "of" "after" "in" begin MCCharEvalOffsetOfCharsAfter(IsLast, Needle, After, Target, output) end syntax /** Summary: Finds the first or last occurrence of before a specified index in . Needle: An expression which evaluates to a string. Target: An expression which evaluates to a string. Before: An expression which evaluates to a valid integer index of Target. Returns: Returns the offset of before in . Example: variable tVar as Number variable tLastDot as Number variable tAddress as String variable tTLD as String put "http://www.livecode.com/index.html" into tAddress put the last offset of "." in tAddress into tLastDot put the offset of "." before tLastDot in tAddress into tVar put char tVar + 1 to tVar + 3 of tAddress into tTLD -- tTLD contains "com" Description: The first (respectively last) offset of in is number of chars between the first char of , and the first (respectively last) occurrence of in the substring of ending at char - 1. If neither first or last is specified, then the last offset is found. If does not occur in the given substring of , then the output is 0. Tags: Strings */ syntax CharOffsetBefore is prefix operator with function chunk precedence "the" ( "first" | "last" | ) "offset" "of" "before" "in" begin MCCharEvalOffsetOfCharsBefore(IsFirst, Needle, Before, Target, output) end syntax syntax CharIndexBefore is prefix operator with function chunk precedence "the" ( "first" | "last" | ) "index" "of" "before" "in" begin MCCharEvalOffsetOfCharsBefore(IsFirst, Needle, Before, Target, output) end syntax /** Summary: Determines whether contains . Needle: An expression which evaluates to a string. Source: An expression which evaluates to a string. Returns: Returns true if contains . Description: contains if and only if the chars of occur as a subsequence of the chars of . >*Note:* Since "" is a substring of every string, every string contains the empty string. Tags: Strings */ syntax ContainsChars is neutral binary operator with comparison precedence "contains" begin MCCharEvalContains(Source, Needle, output) end syntax -- /** Summary: Determines whether begins with Prefix: An expression which evaluates to a string. Source: An expression which evaluates to a string. Returns: Returns true if begins with . Example: variable tVar as String variable tResult as String put "abcde" into tVar if tVar begins with "abc" then put "success" into tResult end if Description: begins with if and only if the chars of occur as an initial subsequence of the chars of . >*Note:* Since "" is an initial substring of every string, every string begins with the empty string. Tags: Strings */ syntax StringBeginsWithString is neutral binary operator with comparison precedence "begins" "with" begin MCCharEvalBeginsWith(Source, Prefix, output) end syntax /** Summary: Determines whether ends with Suffix: An expression which evaluates to a string. Source: An expression which evaluates to a string. Returns: Returns true if ends with . Example: variable tVar as String variable tResult as String put "abcde" into tVar if tVar ends with "cde" then put "success" into tResult end if Description: ends with if and only if the chars of occur as a final subsequence of the chars of . >*Note:* Since "" is a final substring of every string, every string ends with the empty string. Tags: Strings */ syntax StringEndsWithString is neutral binary operator with comparison precedence "ends" "with" begin MCCharEvalEndsWith(Source, Suffix, output) end syntax -- /** Summary: The new line character Example: variable tList as List push "line 1" onto tList push "line 2" onto tList push "line 3" onto tList variable tLines as String combine tList with newline into tLines -- tLines has 3 lines Description: Use the constant to add new lines to a string variable. Tags: Strings */ syntax NewLineCharacter is expression "newline" begin MCCharEvalNewlineCharacter(output) end syntax /** Summary: Repeat over the chars of a string Iterand: A string container. Example: variable tChar as String variable tSpaceCount as Number repeat for each char tChar in \ "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" if tChar is " " then add 1 to tSpaceCount end if end repeat expect that tSpaceCount is 8 Description: Use repeat for each to perform an operation on each char of a string. On each iteration, the will contain the next char of the string being iterated over. Tags: Strings, Control structures */ syntax RepeatForEachChar is iterator "char" begin MCCharRepeatForEachChar(iterator, Iterand, container) end syntax -- public foreign handler MCStringExecReverseCharsOf(inout Target as String) \ returns nothing binds to "" /** Summary: Reverse a string Target: A string Example: variable tString put "abcdef" into tString reverse tString expect that tString is "fedcba" Description: Reverses the order of characters in the . Tags: Strings */ syntax ReverseCharsOf is statement "reverse" begin MCStringExecReverseCharsOf(Target) end syntax ---------------------------------------------------------------- /** Summary: Get the numeric value of a single char Target: A string containing one character Description: Returns the Unicode codepoint index of a single character. Tags: Strings */ syntax CodeOfChar is prefix operator with function chunk precedence "the" "code" "of" begin MCStringEvalCodeOfChar(Target, output) end syntax /** Summary: Create a 1-char string from a number Value: A Unicode codepoint index Description: Returns a string containing one Unicode character created using the given value. Tags: Strings */ syntax CharWithCode is prefix operator with function chunk precedence "the" "char" "with" "code" begin MCStringEvalCharWithCode(Index, output) end syntax end module