Class CL_String

ClanLib string class. More...

Derived from: none
Derived by: none
Group: Core (System)

#include <ClanLib/core.h>

Operations:

load	Loads a string from a resource.
left	Returns the first n characters of the string
right	Returns the last n characters in the string
from_int	Converts from an integer to string.
from_float	Converts from an float to string.
from_double	Converts from an double to string.
from_bool	Returns "true" or "false" based on a boolean.
to_bool	Converts a string to a boolean.
to_int	Converts string to an integer.
to_float	Converts string to a floating point number.
to_double	Converts string to a double precision floating point number.
to_lower	Returns the string with all characters converted to lowercase.
to_upper	Returns the string with all characters converted to uppercase.
tokenize	Breaks up the string into tokens.
compare_nocase	Does a case insensitive compare of string to other string.
get_path	Returns the path part of a pathname (path+filename). If no path part is found, "." is returned.
get_filename	Returns the filename part of a pathname (path+filename). If no path part is found, the entire string is returned.
get_extension	Returns the extension path of a filename (text after the last dot). If no extension part is found, an empty string is returned.
trim_spaces	Returns a string trimmed for space characters in both ends of string.
trim_whitespace	Returns a string trimmed for whitespace characters in both ends of string.
convert_c_escapes	Return a string with C style escapes ({'\','n'}, {'\', 't'} etc.) replaced with the real escapes ('\n', '\t').

Detailed description:

!group=Core/System! !header=core.h!

This is a general purpose string class with formatting capabilities.

Example: str::string s = CL_String::format("You rock my %1, %2 (%3)", "world", name, 47);