NAME
String::Utils - Provide some optimized string functions
SYNOPSIS
use String::Utils;
say before("foobar","bar"); # foo
say between("foobarbaz","foo","baz"); # bar
say between-included("foobarbaz","oo","baz"); # oobarbaz
say around("foobarbaz", "ob", "rb"); # foaz
say after("foobar","foo"); # bar
say chomp-needle("foobarbaz", "baz"); # foobar
say root <abcd abce abde>; # ab
say leaf <zip.txt zop.txt ff.txt>; # .txt
say is-sha1 "foo bar baz"; # False
say stem "foo.tar.gz"; # foo
say stem "foo.tar.gz", 1; # foo.tar
say ngram "foobar", 3; # foo oob oba bar
say non-word "foobar"; # False
say non-word "foo/bar"; # True
say letters("//foo:bar"); # foobar
say has-marks("foo👩🏽💻bar"); # False
say has-marks("fóöbar"); # True
dd leading-whitespace(" \t foo"); # " \t "
dd trailing-whitespace("bar \t "); # " \t "
say is-whitespace("\t \n"); # True
say is-whitespace("\ta\n"); # False
say is-whitespace(""); # True
say is-uppercase("FOOBAR"); # True
say is-uppercase("FooBar"); # False
say is-uppercase(""); # True
say is-lowercase("foobar"); # True
say is-lowercase("FooBar"); # False
say is-lowercase(""); # True
say consists-of("aaabbcc", "abc"); # True
say consists-of("aaadbcc", "abc"); # False
say consists-of("", "abc"); # True
say all-same("aaaaaa"); # "a"
say all-same("aaaaba"); # Nil
say all-same(""); # Nil
use String::Utils <before after>; # only import "before" and "after"
DESCRIPTION
String::Utils provides some simple string functions that are not (yet) provided by the core Raku Programming Language.
These functions are implemented without using regexes for speed.
SELECTIVE IMPORTING
use String::Utils <before after>; # only import "before" and "after"
By default all utility functions are exported. But you can limit this to the functions you actually need by specifying the names in the use statement.
To prevent name collisions and/or import any subroutine with a more memorable name, one can use the "original-name:known-as" syntax. A semi-colon in a specified string indicates the name by which the subroutine is known in this distribution, followed by the name with which it will be known in the lexical context in which the use command is executed.
use String::Utils <root:common-start>; # import "root" as "common-start"
say common-start <abcd abce abde>; # ab
SUBROUTINES
after
say after("foobar","foo"); # bar
say "foobar".&after("foo"); # bar
say after("foobar","goo"); # Nil
Return the string after a given string, or Nil if the given string could not be found. The equivalent of the stringification of / <?after foo> .* /.
around
say around("foobarbaz","ob","rb"); # foaz
say "foobarbaz".&around("ob","rb"); # foaz
say around("foobarbaz","goo","baz"); # foobarbaz
Return the string around two given strings, or the string itself if either of the bounding strings could not be found. The equivalent of .subst: / <?after ob> .*? <?before rb> /.
before
say before("foobar","bar"); # foo
say "foobar".&before("bar"); # foo
say before("foobar","baz"); # Nil
Return the string before a given string, or Nil if the given string could not be found. The equivalent of the stringification of / .*? <?before bar> /.
between
say between("foobarbaz","foo","baz"); # bar
say "foobarbaz".&between("foo","baz"); # bar
say between("foobarbaz","goo","baz"); # Nil
Return the string between two given strings, or Nil if either of the bounding strings could not be found. The equivalent of the stringification of / <?after foo> .*? <?before baz> /.
between-included
say between-included("foobarbaz","oo","baz"); # oobarbaz
say "foobarbaz".&between-included("oo","baz"); # oobarbaz
say between-included("foobarbaz","goo","baz"); # Nil
Return the string between two given strings including the given strings, or Nil if either of the bounding strings could not be found. The equivalent of the stringification of / o .*? baz /.
chomp-needle
say chomp-needle("foobarbaz","baz"); # foobar
say "foobarbaz".&chomp-needle("baz"); # foobar
say chomp-needle("foobarbaz","bar"); # foobarbaz
Return the string without the given target string at the end, or the string itself if the target string is not at the end. The equivalent of .subst(/ baz $/).
root
say root <abcd abce abde>; # ab
Return the common beginning of the given strings, or the empty string if no common string could be found. See also leaf.
leaf
say leaf <zip.txt zop.txt ff.txt>; # .txt
Return the common end of the given strings, or the empty string if no common string could be found. See also root.
is-sha1
say is-sha1 "abcd abce abde"; # False
say is-sha1 "356A192B7913B04C54574D18C28D46E6395428AB"; # True
Return a Bool indicating whether the given string is a SHA1 string (40 chars and only containing 0123456789ABCDEF).
stem
say stem "foo.tar.gz"; # foo
say stem "foo.tar.gz", 1; # foo.tar
say stem "foo.tar.gz", *; # foo
Return the stem of a string with all of its extensions removed. Optionally accepts a second argument indicating the number of extensions to be removed. This may be * (aka Whatever) to indicate to remove all extensions.
ngram
say ngram "foobar", 3; # foo oob oba bar
say ngram "foobar", 4, :partial; # foob ooba obar bar ar r
Return a sequence of substrings of the given size, while only moving up one position at a time in the original string. Optionally takes a :partial flag to also produce incomplete substrings at the end of the sequence.
non-word
say non-word "foobar"; # False
say non-word "foo/bar"; # True
Returns a Bool indicating whether the string contained any non-word characters.
letters
say letters("//foo:bar"); # foobar
Returns all of the alphanumeric characters in the given string as a string.
has-marks
say has-marks("foo👩🏽💻bar"); # False
say has-marks("fóöbar"); # True
Returns a Bool indicating whether the given string contains any alphanumeric characters with marks (accents).
leading-whitespace
dd leading-whitespace("foo"); # ""
dd leading-whitespace(" \t foo"); # " \t "
dd leading-whitespace(" \t "); # " \t "
Returns a Str containing any leading whitespace of the given string.
trailing-whitespace
dd trailing-whitespace("bar"); # ""
dd trailing-whitespace("bar \t "); # " \t "
dd trailing-whitespace(" \t "); # " \t "
Returns a Str containing any trailing whitespace of the given string.
is-whitespace
say is-whitespace("\t \n"); # True
say is-whitespace("\ta\n"); # False
say is-whitespace(""); # True
Returns a Bool indicating whether the string consists of just whitespace characters, or is empty.
is-uppercase
say is-uppercase("FOOBAR"); # True
say is-uppercase("FooBar"); # False
say is-uppercase(""); # True
Returns a Bool indicating whether the string consists of just uppercase characters, or is empty.
is-lowercase
say is-lowercase("foobar"); # True
say is-lowercase("FooBar"); # False
say is-lowercase(""); # True
Returns a Bool indicating whether the string consists of just lowercase characters, or is empty.
consists-of
say consists-of("aaabbcc", "abc"); # True
say consists-of("aaadbcc", "abc"); # False
say consists-of("", "abc"); # True
Returns a Bool indicating whether the string given as the first positional argument only consists of characters given as the second positional argument, or is empty.
all-same
say all-same("aaaaaa"); # "a"
say all-same("aaaaba"); # Nil
say all-same(""); # Nil
If the given string consists of a single character, returns that character. Else returns Nil.
AUTHOR
Elizabeth Mattijsen liz@raku.rocks
Source can be located at: https://github.com/lizmat/String-Utils . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
If you like this module, or what I’m doing more generally, committing to a small sponsorship would mean a great deal to me!
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2022, 2023 Elizabeth Mattijsen
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.