strings

String manipulation functions from the Go standard library.

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Note that, unlike in Go, many of these functions are also available as methods on string objects. See the related documentation here. That said, using these functions is handy within pipe expressions.

Functions

compare

Function signature

compare(s1, s2 string) int

Compares two strings lexicographically. Returns -1 if s1 < s2, 0 if s1 == s2, and 1 if s1 > s2.

Example

>>> strings.compare("abc", "abc")
0
>>> strings.compare("abc", "abd")
-1

contains

Function signature

contains(s, substr string) bool

Returns true if the string s contains substr.

Example

>>> strings.contains("abc", "b")
true
>>> strings.contains("abc", "d")
false
>>> "abc" | strings.contains("b")
true

count

Function signature

count(s, substr string) int

Returns the number of non-overlapping instances of substr in s.

Example

>>> strings.count("abc", "b")
1
>>> strings.count("ababab", "ab")
3

fields

Function signature

fields(s string) []string

Splits the string s around each instance of one or more consecutive white space characters, returning a slice of substrings or any empty slice if s contains only white space.

Example

>>> strings.fields("a b c")
["a", "b", "c"]
>>> strings.fields("")
[]

has_prefix

Function signature

has_prefix(s, prefix string) bool

Returns true if the string s begins with prefix.

Example

>>> strings.has_prefix("abc", "a")
true

has_suffix

Function signature

has_suffix(s, suffix string) bool

Returns true if the string s ends with suffix.

Example

>>> strings.has_suffix("abc", "c")
true

index

Function signature

index(s, substr string) int

Returns the index of the first instance of substr in s, or -1 if substr is not present in s.

Example

>>> strings.index("abc", "b")
1
>>> strings.index("abc", "d")
-1

join

Function signature

join(a []string, sep string) string

Concatenates the elements of a to create a single string. The separator string sep is placed between elements in the resulting string.

Example

>>> strings.join(["a", "b", "c"], ", ")
"a, b, c"

last_index

Function signature

last_index(s, substr string) int

Returns the index of the last instance of substr in s, or -1 if substr is not present in s.

Example

>>> strings.last_index("abc", "b")
1
>>> strings.last_index("abc", "d")
-1

repeat

Function signature

repeat(s string, count int) string

Repeat returns a new string consisting of count copies of the string s.

Example

>>> strings.repeat("na", 5) + " batman"
"nanananana batman"

replace_all

Function signature

replace_all(s, old, new string) string

Returns a copy of the string s with all non-overlapping instances of old replaced by new.

Example

>>> strings.replace_all("oink oink oink", "oink", "moo")
"moo moo moo"

split

Function signature

split(s, sep string) []string

Splits the string s around each instance of sep, returning a slice of substrings or any empty slice if s does not contain sep.

Example

>>> strings.split("a,b,c", ",")
["a", "b", "c"]

to_lower

Function signature

to_lower(s string) string

Returns a copy of the string s with all Unicode letters mapped to their lower case.

Example

>>> strings.to_lower("HELLO")
"hello"

to_upper

Function signature

to_upper(s string) string

Returns a copy of the string s with all Unicode letters mapped to their upper case.

Example

>>> strings.to_upper("hello")
"HELLO"

trim_prefix

Function signature

trim_prefix(s, prefix string) string

Returns s without the provided leading prefix string. If s doesn't start with prefix, s is returned unchanged.

Example

>>> strings.trim_prefix("foo", "f")
"oo"
>>> strings.trim_prefix("foo", "b")
"foo"

trim_space

Function signature

trim_space(s string) string

Returns a slice of the string s, with all leading and trailing white space removed, as defined by Unicode.

Example

>>> strings.trim_space("  hello  ")
"hello"

trim_suffix

Function signature

trim_suffix(s, suffix string) string

Returns s without the provided trailing suffix string. If s doesn't end with suffix, s is returned unchanged.

Example

>>> strings.trim_suffix("foo", "o")
"f"

trim

Function signature

trim(s, cutset string) string

Returns a slice of the string s, with all leading and trailing Unicode code points contained in cutset removed.

Example

>>> strings.trim("¡¡¡Hello, Gophers!!!", "!¡")
"Hello, Gophers"

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