String Functions

This section contains utilities relating to string manipulation. More...

Modules
	String Object
	A String buffer implementation. This implementation allows for dynamically creating string and appending to them in a reasonably efficient matter.

Macros
#define	ruUtf8Nfc   1
	Normalizer Mode for NFC normalization for ruUtf8CaseNormalize. More...
#define	ruUtf8Nfd   2
	Normalizer Mode for NFD normalization for ruUtf8CaseNormalize. More...
#define	ruUtf8NoCase   0
	Casemode constant to leave case for ruUtf8CaseNormalize intact. More...
#define	ruUtf8Lower   1
	Casemode constant to lower case text for ruUtf8CaseNormalize. More...
#define	ruUtf8Upper   2
	Casemode constant to lower case text for ruUtf8CaseNormalize. More...

Enumerations
enum	ruTrimSide { ruTrimBoth = (uint32_t)0 , ruTrimStart = 1 , ruTrimEnd = 2 }

Functions
RUAPI char *	ruUtf8CaseNormalize (const char *instr, int32_t normMode, int32_t caseMode)
	Returns the given string normalized and/or case switched as requested. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruStrFromNfd (trans_chars instr)
	Returns the given decomposed string in precomposed form. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruStrToNfd (trans_chars instr)
	Returns the given string in decomposed form. More...
RUAPI void	ruStrByteReplace (char *string, char search, char replace)
	Replaces any occurrence of search in string with replace. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruStrReplace (trans_chars instr, trans_chars search, trans_chars replace)
	Replaces any occurrence of search in instr with replace. More...
RUAPI int32_t	ruStrCmp (trans_chars str1, trans_chars str2)
	Returns what libc strcmp would return but in a manner that gracefully handles NULL imputs. More...
RUAPI bool	ruStrEquals (trans_chars str1, trans_chars str2)
	Returns true when libc strcmp would return 0 but in a manner that gracefully handles NULL imputs. More...
RUAPI bool	ruStrNEquals (trans_chars str1, rusize s1len, trans_chars str2)
	Returns true when str2 is equal to the first len number of bytes in str1 or both str1 and str2 are NULL or if len is NULL. More...
RUAPI int32_t	ruStrCaseCmp (trans_chars str1, trans_chars str2)
	Returns what libc strcasecmp would return but in a manner that gracefully handles NULL imputs. More...
RUAPI bool	ruStrCaseEquals (trans_chars str1, trans_chars str2)
	Returns true when libc strcasecmp would return 0 but in a manner that gracefully handles NULL imputs. More...
RUAPI bool	ruStrStartsWith (trans_chars str, trans_chars prefix, int32_t *code)
	Whether given string starts with given prefix. More...
RUAPI bool	ruStrCaseStartsWith (trans_chars str, trans_chars prefix, int32_t *code)
	Whether given string starts with given prefix ignoring case. More...
RUAPI bool	ruStrEndsWith (trans_chars str, trans_chars suffix, int32_t *code)
	Whether given string ends with given suffix. More...
RUAPI bool	ruStrCaseEndsWith (trans_chars str, trans_chars suffix, int32_t *code)
	Whether given string ends with given suffix ignoring case. More...
RUAPI trans_chars	ruStrCaseStrLen (trans_chars haystack, trans_chars needle, rusize len)
	Searches the first instance of lowercase needle in lowercase haystack up to len bytes. Lowercasing is only ASCII compatible. More...
RUAPI trans_chars	ruStrStrLen (trans_chars haystack, trans_chars needle, rusize len)
	Searches the first instance of needle in haystack up to len bytes. More...
RUAPI trans_chars	ruStrStr (trans_chars haystack, trans_chars needle)
	Searches the first instance of needle in haystack. More...
RUAPI trans_chars	ruLastSubStrLen (trans_chars haystack, trans_chars needle, rusize len)
	Searches the last instance of needle in haystack up to len bytes. More...
RUAPI trans_chars	ruLastSubStr (trans_chars haystack, trans_chars needle)
	Searches the last instance of needle in haystack. More...
RUAPI ruList	ruStrNSplit (trans_chars instr, rusize inlen, trans_chars delim, int32_t maxCnt)
	Split given instr up to inlen bytes with delim into a ruList. More...
RUAPI ruList	ruStrSplit (trans_chars instr, trans_chars delim, int32_t maxCnt)
	split given instr with delim into a ruList. More...
RUAPI char	ruAsciiCharToLower (char in)
	Returns lowercase representation of given ASCII character. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruAsciiToLower (trans_chars instr)
	Returns a lowercase copy of given ASCII string. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruAsciiNToLower (trans_chars instr, rusize len)
	Returns a lowercase copy of len bytes of given ASCII string. More...
RUAPI char	ruAsciiCharToUpper (char in)
	Returns uppercase representation of given ASCII character. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruAsciiToUpper (trans_chars instr)
	Returns a uppercase copy of given ASCII string. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruAsciiNToUpper (trans_chars instr, rusize len)
	Returns a uppercase copy of len bytes of given ASCII string. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruUtf8ToLower (trans_chars instr)
	Returns a lowercase copy of given UTF8 string. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruUtf8ToUpper (trans_chars instr)
	Returns a uppercase copy of given UTF8 string. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruStrFromNUtf16 (trans_uni unistr, int32_t bytelen)
	Converts given UTF16 wide character sequence to UTF8. More...
RUAPI alloc_chars	ruStrFromUtf16 (trans_uni unistr)
	Converts given UTF16 wide character sequence to UTF8. More...
RUAPI alloc_uni	ruStrNToUtf16 (trans_chars str, int32_t bytelen)
	Converts given UTF8 string to UTF16 as it is used on Windows. More...
RUAPI alloc_uni	ruStrToUtf16 (trans_chars str)
	Converts given UTF8 string to UTF16 as it is used on Windows. More...
RUAPI char *	ruStrDup (const char *str)
	Returns a copy of given string. More...
RUAPI rusize	ruStrLen (trans_chars str)
	behaves like strlen but returns 0 if NULL is passed in More...
RUAPI char *	ruStrNDup (const char *str, rusize len)
	Returns a copy of len bytes of given string. More...
RUAPI char *	ruDupvPrintf (const char *format, va_list arglist)
	Returns an allocated string from given vprintf call. More...
RUAPI char *	ruDupPrintf (const char *format,...)
	Returns an allocated string from given printf call. More...
RUAPI int32_t	ruStrParseInt64 (trans_chars str, perm_chars *endptr, uint32_t base, int64_t *num)
RUAPI int64_t	ruStrToInt64 (trans_chars str)
	Like ruStrParseInt64 but ignores overflow and trailing garbage. More...
RUAPI int32_t	ruStrParseLong (trans_chars str, perm_chars *endptr, uint32_t base, long *num)
RUAPI long	ruStrToLong (trans_chars str)
	Like ruStrParseLong but ignores overflow and trailing garbage. More...
RUAPI int32_t	ruStrParseInt (trans_chars str, perm_chars *endptr, uint32_t base, int32_t *num)
RUAPI int32_t	ruStrToInt (trans_chars str)
	Like ruStrParseInt but ignores overflow and trailing garbage. More...
RUAPI bool	ruStrHasChar (trans_chars haystack, char needle)
RUAPI perm_chars	ruStrStrip (perm_chars instr, trans_chars unwanted, alloc_chars *newstr)
	Removes unwanted characters from instr. More...
RUAPI perm_chars	ruStrTrim (perm_chars instr, trans_chars unwanted, enum ruTrimSide ends, alloc_chars *newstr)
	Checks given string for leading / trailing unwanted characters and returns trimmed copy if needed. More...
RUAPI trans_chars	ruStrTrimBounds (trans_chars inStart, rusize inLen, rusize *outLen)
	Returns the white space trimmed bounds of given string without modifying it. More...
RUAPI bool	ruStrFindKeyVal (trans_chars inStart, rusize inLen, trans_chars delim, trans_chars *keyStart, rusize *keyLen, trans_chars *valStart, rusize *valLen)
	Parses whitespace trimmed key / value regions based on delim out of given input string. More...
RUAPI bool	ruStrEmpty (trans_chars str)
	Checks whether given string has any content other than whitespace. More...

Detailed Description

This section contains utilities relating to string manipulation.

Macro Definition Documentation

ruUtf8Lower

#define ruUtf8Lower   1

Casemode constant to lower case text for ruUtf8CaseNormalize.

ruUtf8Nfc

#define ruUtf8Nfc   1

Normalizer Mode for NFC normalization for ruUtf8CaseNormalize.

ruUtf8Nfd

#define ruUtf8Nfd   2

Normalizer Mode for NFD normalization for ruUtf8CaseNormalize.

ruUtf8NoCase

#define ruUtf8NoCase   0

Casemode constant to leave case for ruUtf8CaseNormalize intact.

ruUtf8Upper

#define ruUtf8Upper   2

Casemode constant to lower case text for ruUtf8CaseNormalize.

Enumeration Type Documentation

ruTrimSide

enum ruTrimSide

Constants used by ruStrTrim to indicate the trimming sides.

Enumerator
ruTrimBoth	Trim character off the beginning and the end of the given string.
ruTrimStart	Trim character off the beginning of the given string.
ruTrimEnd	Trim character off the end of the given string.

Function Documentation

ruAsciiCharToLower()

RUAPI char ruAsciiCharToLower

(

char

in

)

Returns lowercase representation of given ASCII character.

Parameters

in	Character to lowercase.

Returns

The lowercase version of given character or the same if not uppercase ASCII.

ruAsciiCharToUpper()

RUAPI char ruAsciiCharToUpper

(

char

in

)

Returns uppercase representation of given ASCII character.

Parameters

in	Character to lowercase.

Returns

The uppercase version of given character or the same if not lowercase ASCII.

ruAsciiNToLower()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruAsciiNToLower	(	trans_chars	instr,
		rusize	len
	)

Returns a lowercase copy of len bytes of given ASCII string.

Parameters

instr	String to lowercase.
len	The number of bytes to consider

Returns

Lowercase representation of given string. Free with ruFree.

ruAsciiNToUpper()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruAsciiNToUpper	(	trans_chars	instr,
		rusize	len
	)

Returns a uppercase copy of len bytes of given ASCII string.

Parameters

instr	String to uppercase.
len	The number of bytes to consider

Returns

Uppercase representation of given string. Free with ruFree.

ruAsciiToLower()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruAsciiToLower

(

trans_chars

instr

)

Returns a lowercase copy of given ASCII string.

Parameters

instr

String to lowercase.

Returns

Lowercase representation of given string. Free with ruFree.

ruAsciiToUpper()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruAsciiToUpper

(

trans_chars

instr

)

Returns a uppercase copy of given ASCII string.

Parameters

instr

String to uppercase.

Returns

Uppercase representation of given string. Free with ruFree.

ruDupPrintf()

RUAPI char* ruDupPrintf	(	const char *	format,
			...
	)

Returns an allocated string from given printf call.

Parameters

format	Printf style format string
...	Remaining arguments for the format string.

Returns

Allocated string copy of formatted string. Free with ruFree.

ruDupvPrintf()

RUAPI char* ruDupvPrintf	(	const char *	format,
		va_list	arglist
	)

Returns an allocated string from given vprintf call.

Parameters

format	Printf style format string
arglist	a va_start initialized argument list

Returns

Allocated string copy of formatted string. Free with ruFree.

ruLastSubStr()

RUAPI trans_chars ruLastSubStr	(	trans_chars	haystack,
		trans_chars	needle
	)

Searches the last instance of needle in haystack.

Parameters

haystack	String to search needle in.
needle	String to find in haystack.

Returns

Start of the last found instance of haystack or NULL if not found.

ruLastSubStrLen()

RUAPI trans_chars ruLastSubStrLen	(	trans_chars	haystack,
		trans_chars	needle,
		rusize	len
	)

Searches the last instance of needle in haystack up to len bytes.

Parameters

haystack	String to search needle in.
needle	String to find in haystack.
len	Maximum number of bytes in haystack to consider.

Returns

Start of the last found instance of haystack or NULL if not found.

ruStrByteReplace()

RUAPI void ruStrByteReplace	(	char *	string,
		char	search,
		char	replace
	)

Replaces any occurrence of search in string with replace.

This function works byte level not character level. NOTE: Calling this function with strings on the stack will segfault.

Parameters

string	String to process
search	Character to replace
replace	Character to replace search with

ruStrCaseCmp()

RUAPI int32_t ruStrCaseCmp	(	trans_chars	str1,
		trans_chars	str2
	)

Returns what libc strcasecmp would return but in a manner that gracefully handles NULL imputs.

Parameters

str1	The first string to check.
str2	The second string to compare to the first.

Returns

-1, 1 or 0 in case of them being equal or both NULL.

ruStrCaseEndsWith()

RUAPI bool ruStrCaseEndsWith	(	trans_chars	str,
		trans_chars	suffix,
		int32_t *	code
	)

Whether given string ends with given suffix ignoring case.

Parameters

str	String to check.
suffix	Suffix to test for.
code	(Optional) Stores RUE_OK on success or regify error code.

Returns

Whether string ends with the suffix.

ruStrCaseEquals()

RUAPI bool ruStrCaseEquals	(	trans_chars	str1,
		trans_chars	str2
	)

Returns true when libc strcasecmp would return 0 but in a manner that gracefully handles NULL imputs.

Parameters

str1	The first string to check.
str2	The second string to compare to the first.

Returns

true if both strings are the same or NULL

ruStrCaseStartsWith()

RUAPI bool ruStrCaseStartsWith	(	trans_chars	str,
		trans_chars	prefix,
		int32_t *	code
	)

Whether given string starts with given prefix ignoring case.

Parameters

str	String to check.
prefix	Prefix to test for.
code	(Optional) Stores RUE_OK on success or regify error code.

Returns

Whether string starts with the prefix.

ruStrCaseStrLen()

RUAPI trans_chars ruStrCaseStrLen	(	trans_chars	haystack,
		trans_chars	needle,
		rusize	len
	)

Searches the first instance of lowercase needle in lowercase haystack up to len bytes. Lowercasing is only ASCII compatible.

Parameters

haystack	String to search needle in.
needle	String to find in haystack.
len	Maximum number of bytes in haystack to consider.

Returns

Start of the first found instance of haystack or NULL if not found.

ruStrCmp()

RUAPI int32_t ruStrCmp	(	trans_chars	str1,
		trans_chars	str2
	)

Returns what libc strcmp would return but in a manner that gracefully handles NULL imputs.

Parameters

str1	The first string to check.
str2	The second string to compare to the first.

Returns

-1, 1 or 0 in case of them being equal or both NULL.

ruStrDup()

RUAPI char* ruStrDup

(

const char *

str

)

Returns a copy of given string.

Parameters

str	String to copy

Returns

Copy of given string or NULL if NULL was given. Free with ruFree.

ruStrEmpty()

RUAPI bool ruStrEmpty

(

trans_chars

str

)

Checks whether given string has any content other than whitespace.

Parameters

str	String to inspect

Returns

true if NULL empty or only white space

ruStrEndsWith()

RUAPI bool ruStrEndsWith	(	trans_chars	str,
		trans_chars	suffix,
		int32_t *	code
	)

Whether given string ends with given suffix.

Parameters

str	String to check.
suffix	Suffix to test for.
code	(Optional) Stores RUE_OK on success or regify error code.

Returns

Whether string ends with the suffix.

ruStrEquals()

RUAPI bool ruStrEquals	(	trans_chars	str1,
		trans_chars	str2
	)

Returns true when libc strcmp would return 0 but in a manner that gracefully handles NULL imputs.

Parameters

str1	The first string to check.
str2	The second string to compare to the first.

Returns

true if both strings are the same or NULL

ruStrFindKeyVal()

RUAPI bool ruStrFindKeyVal	(	trans_chars	inStart,
		rusize	inLen,
		trans_chars	delim,
		trans_chars *	keyStart,
		rusize *	keyLen,
		trans_chars *	valStart,
		rusize *	valLen
	)

Parses whitespace trimmed key / value regions based on delim out of given input string.

Parameters

inStart	Start of the string to parse
inLen	Number of bytes to evaluate or RU_SIZE_AUTO.
delim	Delimiter sequence to split key / value on
keyStart	Optional, where the start of the key region will be stored
keyLen	Optional, where the length of the key region will be stored
valStart	Optional, where the start of the value region will be stored
valLen	Optional, where the length of the value region will be stored

Returns

true if delimiter was found. When false only the key parameters will be set.

ruStrFromNfd()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruStrFromNfd

(

trans_chars

instr

)

Returns the given decomposed string in precomposed form.

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_equivalence#Normal_forms

Parameters

instr

Decomposed UTF8 string.

Returns

Standard precomposed UTF8 string.

ruStrFromNUtf16()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruStrFromNUtf16	(	trans_uni	unistr,
		int32_t	bytelen
	)

Converts given UTF16 wide character sequence to UTF8.

Parameters

unistr	UTF16 string to convert.
bytelen	Length of unistr without terminating bytes or -1 to detect length

Returns

UTF8 representation of unistr. Caller must free.

ruStrFromUtf16()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruStrFromUtf16

(

trans_uni

unistr

)

Converts given UTF16 wide character sequence to UTF8.

Parameters

unistr

UTF16 string to convert.

Returns

UTF8 representation of unistr. Caller must free.

ruStrHasChar()

RUAPI bool ruStrHasChar	(	trans_chars	haystack,
		char	needle
	)

Returns true if given haystack contains needle character

Parameters

haystack	string to search for needle
needle	character to search in haystack

Returns

whether it is found

ruStrLen()

RUAPI rusize ruStrLen

(

trans_chars

str

)

behaves like strlen but returns 0 if NULL is passed in

Parameters

str	string to get length of

Returns

length of given string or 0 if string was NULL.

ruStrNDup()

RUAPI char* ruStrNDup	(	const char *	str,
		rusize	len
	)

Returns a copy of len bytes of given string.

Parameters

str	String to copy
len	Number of bytes to consider.

Returns

Copy of given string or NULL if NULL was given. Free with ruFree.

ruStrNEquals()

RUAPI bool ruStrNEquals	(	trans_chars	str1,
		rusize	s1len,
		trans_chars	str2
	)

Returns true when str2 is equal to the first len number of bytes in str1 or both str1 and str2 are NULL or if len is NULL.

Parameters

str1	The first string to check.
s1len	Number of bytes in str1 to consider
str2	The second string to compare to the first.

Returns

true if both strings are the same or NULL

ruStrNSplit()

RUAPI ruList ruStrNSplit	(	trans_chars	instr,
		rusize	inlen,
		trans_chars	delim,
		int32_t	maxCnt
	)

Split given instr up to inlen bytes with delim into a ruList.

Parameters

instr	String to split.
inlen	Optional length delimiter. Use RU_SIZE_AUTO to omit.
delim	Delimiter to split string on.
maxCnt	Maximum number of pieces to return or 0 for no limit. The remainder will be unsplit in the last piece.

Returns

The list of pieces to be free by caller with ruListFree or NULL in case of a parameter error.

ruStrNToUtf16()

RUAPI alloc_uni ruStrNToUtf16	(	trans_chars	str,
		int32_t	bytelen
	)

Converts given UTF8 string to UTF16 as it is used on Windows.

Parameters

str	UTF8 string to convert
bytelen	Length of str without terminating byte or -1 to detect length.

Returns

UTF16 wide character string. Caller must free.

ruStrParseInt()

RUAPI int32_t ruStrParseInt	(	trans_chars	str,
		perm_chars *	endptr,
		uint32_t	base,
		int32_t *	num
	)

Parses the number out of the given string in given base assuming and ignoring comma thousand separators. The decimal point is a period.

Parameters

str	String to parse. Leading white space will be skipped.
endptr	(Optional) Points to the first character that did not parse properly
base	a number between 2 and 36 or 0 for detecting hex with prefix 0x, octal with prefix 0 and else assuming decimal.
num	Where the number result will be stored or 0 on error.

Returns

RUE_OK on success RUE_OVERFLOW when the number did not fit the type or RUE_PARAMETER_NOT_SET and RUE_INVALID_PARAMETER for not given or invalid input.

ruStrParseInt64()

RUAPI int32_t ruStrParseInt64	(	trans_chars	str,
		perm_chars *	endptr,
		uint32_t	base,
		int64_t *	num
	)

Parses the number out of the given string in given base assuming and ignoring comma thousand separators. The decimal point is a period.

Parameters

str	String to parse. Leading white space will be skipped.
endptr	(Optional) Points to the first character that did not parse properly
base	a number between 2 and 36 or 0 for detecting hex with prefix 0x, octal with prefix 0 and else assuming decimal.
num	Where the number result will be stored or 0 on error.

Returns

RUE_OK on success RUE_OVERFLOW when the number did not fit the type or RUE_PARAMETER_NOT_SET and RUE_INVALID_PARAMETER for not given or invalid input.

ruStrParseLong()

RUAPI int32_t ruStrParseLong	(	trans_chars	str,
		perm_chars *	endptr,
		uint32_t	base,
		long *	num
	)

Parses the number out of the given string in given base assuming and ignoring comma thousand separators. The decimal point is a period.

Parameters

str	String to parse. Leading white space will be skipped.
endptr	(Optional) Points to the first character that did not parse properly
base	a number between 2 and 36 or 0 for detecting hex with prefix 0x, octal with prefix 0 and else assuming decimal.
num	Where the number result will be stored or 0 on error.

Returns

RUE_OK on success RUE_OVERFLOW when the number did not fit the type or RUE_PARAMETER_NOT_SET and RUE_INVALID_PARAMETER for not given or invalid input.

ruStrReplace()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruStrReplace	(	trans_chars	instr,
		trans_chars	search,
		trans_chars	replace
	)

Replaces any occurrence of search in instr with replace.

Parameters

instr	String to process
search	String to replace
replace	String to replace search with

Returns

A new string with the replacements made, caller must free.

ruStrSplit()

RUAPI ruList ruStrSplit	(	trans_chars	instr,
		trans_chars	delim,
		int32_t	maxCnt
	)

split given instr with delim into a ruList.

Parameters

instr	String to split.
delim	Delimiter to split string on.
maxCnt	Maximum number of pieces to return or 0 for no limit. The remainder will be unsplit in the last piece.

Returns

The list of pieces to be free by caller with ruListFree or NULL in case of a parameter error.

ruStrStartsWith()

RUAPI bool ruStrStartsWith	(	trans_chars	str,
		trans_chars	prefix,
		int32_t *	code
	)

Whether given string starts with given prefix.

Parameters

str	String to check.
prefix	Prefix to test for.
code	(Optional) Stores RUE_OK on success or regify error code.

Returns

Whether string starts with the prefix.

ruStrStr()

RUAPI trans_chars ruStrStr	(	trans_chars	haystack,
		trans_chars	needle
	)

Searches the first instance of needle in haystack.

Parameters

haystack	String to search needle in.
needle	String to find in haystack.

Returns

Start of the first found instance of haystack or NULL if not found.

ruStrStrip()

RUAPI perm_chars ruStrStrip	(	perm_chars	instr,
		trans_chars	unwanted,
		alloc_chars *	newstr
	)

Removes unwanted characters from instr.

Parameters

instr	Input string to remove unwanted characters from.
unwanted	Characters to remove or NULL for white space.
newstr	Where a potential new copy of the given string will be stored. Caller must free.

Returns

instr if unmodified or *newstr if unwanted characters where found.

ruStrStrLen()

RUAPI trans_chars ruStrStrLen	(	trans_chars	haystack,
		trans_chars	needle,
		rusize	len
	)

Searches the first instance of needle in haystack up to len bytes.

Parameters

haystack	String to search needle in.
needle	String to find in haystack.
len	Maximum number of bytes in haystack to consider.

Returns

Start of the first found instance of haystack or NULL if not found.

ruStrToInt()

RUAPI int32_t ruStrToInt

(

trans_chars

str

)

Like ruStrParseInt but ignores overflow and trailing garbage.

Parameters

str	String to contain numerals to parse

Returns

the number

ruStrToInt64()

RUAPI int64_t ruStrToInt64

(

trans_chars

str

)

Like ruStrParseInt64 but ignores overflow and trailing garbage.

Parameters

str	String to contain numerals to parse

Returns

whatever strtoll returns

ruStrToLong()

RUAPI long ruStrToLong

(

trans_chars

str

)

Like ruStrParseLong but ignores overflow and trailing garbage.

Parameters

str	String to contain numerals to parse

Returns

the number

ruStrToNfd()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruStrToNfd

(

trans_chars

instr

)

Returns the given string in decomposed form.

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_equivalence#Normal_forms

Parameters

instr

Standard precomposed UTF8 string

Returns

Decomposed UTF8 string.

ruStrToUtf16()

RUAPI alloc_uni ruStrToUtf16

(

trans_chars

str

)

Converts given UTF8 string to UTF16 as it is used on Windows.

Parameters

str	UTF8 string to convert

Returns

UTF16 wide character string. Caller must free.

ruStrTrim()

RUAPI perm_chars ruStrTrim	(	perm_chars	instr,
		trans_chars	unwanted,
		enum ruTrimSide	ends,
		alloc_chars *	newstr
	)

Checks given string for leading / trailing unwanted characters and returns trimmed copy if needed.

Parameters

instr	String to check for trimming
unwanted	String containing all unwanted character bytes or NULL to trim whitespace.
ends	Indicates which sides to trim
newstr	Optional. Where the new string will be stored if it was created. If no trimming took place this will be NULL. This string should be freed by the caller.

Returns

instr if instr was NULL or did not need trimming, instr + trimmed start character if only the beginning needed trimming else the trimmed new string also set in newstr. newstr is to be freed by the caller.

Example:

alloc_chars newstr = NULL;
perm_chars trimstr = ruStrTrim(mystring, NULL, ruTrimBoth, &newstr);
// do whatever with trimstr
ruFree(newstr);

ruStrTrimBounds()

RUAPI trans_chars ruStrTrimBounds	(	trans_chars	inStart,
		rusize	inLen,
		rusize *	outLen
	)

Returns the white space trimmed bounds of given string without modifying it.

Parameters

inStart	Start address of string to examine
inLen	Number of bytes to examine or RU_SIZE_AUTO
outLen	Optional, where the length of the returned start address will be stored.

Returns

Start address of first non whitespace character or NULL

ruUtf8CaseNormalize()

RUAPI char* ruUtf8CaseNormalize	(	const char *	instr,
		int32_t	normMode,
		int32_t	caseMode
	)

Returns the given string normalized and/or case switched as requested.

Parameters

instr	The string to convert.
normMode	Normalization mode of ruUtf8Nfc, ruUtf8Nfd or 0 for untouched.
caseMode	Case toggling mode of ruUtf8Lower, ruUtf8Upper or ruUtf8NoCase for untouched.

Returns

A copy of the given string with the requested tranformations made or NULL incase of error. In that case call ruLastError for details.

ruUtf8ToLower()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruUtf8ToLower

(

trans_chars

instr

)

Returns a lowercase copy of given UTF8 string.

Parameters

instr

String to lowercase.

Returns

Lowercase representation of given string. Free with ruFree.

ruUtf8ToUpper()

RUAPI alloc_chars ruUtf8ToUpper

(

trans_chars

instr

)

Returns a uppercase copy of given UTF8 string.

Parameters

instr

String to uppercase.

Returns

Uppercase representation of given string. Free with ruFree.