The String Standard Library

Contains all string manipulation and regex functions for Algo.

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string.toChars(x)

Splits a string into its individual characters, returned in a list.

Parameters:

Name	Description
x	The string to split into characters.

Usage:

let x = "hello";
print string.toChars(x); //["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]

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string.contains(base, sub)

Checks whether a substring is contained within a string.

Parameters:

Name	Description
base	The base string to check for substrings in.
sub	The substring to check for.

Usage:

if (string.contains("foo", "oo"))
{
    print "hello"; //this is printed
}

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string.split(str, delim)

Splits a given string using the provided delimiter, returning a list. The list is always at least one value long.

Parameters:

Name	Description
str	The string to split into a list.
delim	The delimiter to split by.

Usage:

let x = "This! is! a! string";
print string.split(x, "! "); //["This", "is", "a", "string"]

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string.replace(base, old, new)

Replace any occurences of a substring with another string (eg. replace "a" with "b" in "aaa" will result in "bbb").

Parameters:

Name	Description
base	The base string to replace in.
old	The substring to replace.
new	The new string to replace the old one with.

Usage:

let x = "hello world!";
x = string.replace(x, "hello", "eyo");
print x; //eyo world!

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string.reverse(x)

Reverses the given string, and returns it.

Parameters:

Name	Description
x	The string to reverse.

Usage:

print string.reverse("wahoo"); //oohaw