1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
2 /* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
3 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
4 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
5 // found in the LICENSE file.
7 // This file defines utility functions for working with strings.
9 #ifndef BASE_STRING_UTIL_H_
10 #define BASE_STRING_UTIL_H_
12 #include <stdarg.h> // va_list
18 #include "base/basictypes.h"
19 #include "base/string16.h"
20 #include "base/string_piece.h" // For implicit conversions.
22 // Safe standard library wrappers for all platforms.
26 // C standard-library functions like "strncasecmp" and "snprintf" that aren't
27 // cross-platform are provided as "base::strncasecmp", and their prototypes
28 // are listed below. These functions are then implemented as inline calls
29 // to the platform-specific equivalents in the platform-specific headers.
31 // Compare the two strings s1 and s2 without regard to case using
32 // the current locale; returns 0 if they are equal, 1 if s1 > s2, and -1 if
33 // s2 > s1 according to a lexicographic comparison.
34 int strcasecmp(const char* s1
, const char* s2
);
36 // Compare up to count characters of s1 and s2 without regard to case using
37 // the current locale; returns 0 if they are equal, 1 if s1 > s2, and -1 if
38 // s2 > s1 according to a lexicographic comparison.
39 int strncasecmp(const char* s1
, const char* s2
, size_t count
);
41 // Wrapper for vsnprintf that always null-terminates and always returns the
42 // number of characters that would be in an untruncated formatted
43 // string, even when truncation occurs.
44 int vsnprintf(char* buffer
, size_t size
, const char* format
, va_list arguments
);
46 // vswprintf always null-terminates, but when truncation occurs, it will either
47 // return -1 or the number of characters that would be in an untruncated
48 // formatted string. The actual return value depends on the underlying
49 // C library's vswprintf implementation.
50 int vswprintf(wchar_t* buffer
, size_t size
, const wchar_t* format
,
53 // Some of these implementations need to be inlined.
55 inline int snprintf(char* buffer
, size_t size
, const char* format
, ...) {
57 va_start(arguments
, format
);
58 int result
= vsnprintf(buffer
, size
, format
, arguments
);
63 inline int swprintf(wchar_t* buffer
, size_t size
, const wchar_t* format
, ...) {
65 va_start(arguments
, format
);
66 int result
= vswprintf(buffer
, size
, format
, arguments
);
71 // BSD-style safe and consistent string copy functions.
72 // Copies |src| to |dst|, where |dst_size| is the total allocated size of |dst|.
73 // Copies at most |dst_size|-1 characters, and always NULL terminates |dst|, as
74 // long as |dst_size| is not 0. Returns the length of |src| in characters.
75 // If the return value is >= dst_size, then the output was truncated.
76 // NOTE: All sizes are in number of characters, NOT in bytes.
77 size_t strlcpy(char* dst
, const char* src
, size_t dst_size
);
78 size_t wcslcpy(wchar_t* dst
, const wchar_t* src
, size_t dst_size
);
80 // Scan a wprintf format string to determine whether it's portable across a
81 // variety of systems. This function only checks that the conversion
82 // specifiers used by the format string are supported and have the same meaning
83 // on a variety of systems. It doesn't check for other errors that might occur
84 // within a format string.
86 // Nonportable conversion specifiers for wprintf are:
87 // - 's' and 'c' without an 'l' length modifier. %s and %c operate on char
88 // data on all systems except Windows, which treat them as wchar_t data.
89 // Use %ls and %lc for wchar_t data instead.
90 // - 'S' and 'C', which operate on wchar_t data on all systems except Windows,
91 // which treat them as char data. Use %ls and %lc for wchar_t data
93 // - 'F', which is not identified by Windows wprintf documentation.
94 // - 'D', 'O', and 'U', which are deprecated and not available on all systems.
95 // Use %ld, %lo, and %lu instead.
97 // Note that there is no portable conversion specifier for char data when
98 // working with wprintf.
100 // This function is intended to be called from base::vswprintf.
101 bool IsWprintfFormatPortable(const wchar_t* format
);
106 # include "base/string_util_win.h"
108 # include "base/string_util_posix.h"
111 // Trims any whitespace from either end of the input string. Returns where
112 // whitespace was found.
113 // The non-wide version has two functions:
114 // * TrimWhitespaceASCII()
115 // This function is for ASCII strings and only looks for ASCII whitespace;
116 // * TrimWhitespaceUTF8()
117 // This function is for UTF-8 strings and looks for Unicode whitespace.
118 // Please choose the best one according to your usage.
119 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both input and output.
122 TRIM_LEADING
= 1 << 0,
123 TRIM_TRAILING
= 1 << 1,
124 TRIM_ALL
= TRIM_LEADING
| TRIM_TRAILING
126 TrimPositions
TrimWhitespace(const std::wstring
& input
, TrimPositions positions
,
127 std::wstring
* output
);
128 TrimPositions
TrimWhitespaceASCII(const std::string
& input
,
129 TrimPositions positions
, std::string
* output
);
131 // Deprecated. This function is only for backward compatibility and calls
132 // TrimWhitespaceASCII().
133 TrimPositions
TrimWhitespace(const std::string
& input
, TrimPositions positions
,
134 std::string
* output
);
136 // Searches for CR or LF characters. Removes all contiguous whitespace
137 // strings that contain them. This is useful when trying to deal with text
138 // copied from terminals.
139 // Returns |text, with the following three transformations:
140 // (1) Leading and trailing whitespace is trimmed.
141 // (2) If |trim_sequences_with_line_breaks| is true, any other whitespace
142 // sequences containing a CR or LF are trimmed.
143 // (3) All other whitespace sequences are converted to single spaces.
144 std::wstring
CollapseWhitespace(const std::wstring
& text
,
145 bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks
);
147 // These convert between ASCII (7-bit) and Wide/UTF16 strings.
148 std::string
WideToASCII(const std::wstring
& wide
);
149 std::wstring
ASCIIToWide(const std::string
& ascii
);
150 std::string
UTF16ToASCII(const string16
& utf16
);
151 string16
ASCIIToUTF16(const std::string
& ascii
);
153 // These convert between UTF-8, -16, and -32 strings. They are potentially slow,
154 // so avoid unnecessary conversions. The low-level versions return a boolean
155 // indicating whether the conversion was 100% valid. In this case, it will still
156 // do the best it can and put the result in the output buffer. The versions that
157 // return strings ignore this error and just return the best conversion
159 bool WideToUTF8(const wchar_t* src
, size_t src_len
, std::string
* output
);
160 std::string
WideToUTF8(const std::wstring
& wide
);
161 bool UTF8ToWide(const char* src
, size_t src_len
, std::wstring
* output
);
162 std::wstring
UTF8ToWide(const ::StringPiece
& utf8
);
164 bool IsStringASCII(const std::wstring
& str
);
165 bool IsStringASCII(const std::string
& str
);
166 bool IsStringASCII(const string16
& str
);
168 // Specialized string-conversion functions.
169 std::string
IntToString(int value
);
170 std::wstring
IntToWString(int value
);
171 std::string
UintToString(unsigned int value
);
172 std::wstring
UintToWString(unsigned int value
);
173 std::string
Int64ToString(int64_t value
);
174 std::wstring
Int64ToWString(int64_t value
);
175 std::string
Uint64ToString(uint64_t value
);
176 std::wstring
Uint64ToWString(uint64_t value
);
177 // The DoubleToString methods convert the double to a string format that
178 // ignores the locale. If you want to use locale specific formatting, use ICU.
179 std::string
DoubleToString(double value
);
180 std::wstring
DoubleToWString(double value
);
182 // Perform a best-effort conversion of the input string to a numeric type,
183 // setting |*output| to the result of the conversion. Returns true for
184 // "perfect" conversions; returns false in the following cases:
185 // - Overflow/underflow. |*output| will be set to the maximum value supported
187 // - Trailing characters in the string after parsing the number. |*output|
188 // will be set to the value of the number that was parsed.
189 // - No characters parseable as a number at the beginning of the string.
190 // |*output| will be set to 0.
191 // - Empty string. |*output| will be set to 0.
192 bool StringToInt(const std::string
& input
, int* output
);
193 bool StringToInt(const string16
& input
, int* output
);
194 bool StringToInt64(const std::string
& input
, int64_t* output
);
195 bool StringToInt64(const string16
& input
, int64_t* output
);
197 // Convenience forms of the above, when the caller is uninterested in the
198 // boolean return value. These return only the |*output| value from the
199 // above conversions: a best-effort conversion when possible, otherwise, 0.
200 int StringToInt(const std::string
& value
);
201 int StringToInt(const string16
& value
);
202 int64_t StringToInt64(const std::string
& value
);
203 int64_t StringToInt64(const string16
& value
);
205 // Return a C++ string given printf-like input.
206 std::string
StringPrintf(const char* format
, ...);
207 std::wstring
StringPrintf(const wchar_t* format
, ...);
209 // Store result into a supplied string and return it
210 const std::string
& SStringPrintf(std::string
* dst
, const char* format
, ...);
211 const std::wstring
& SStringPrintf(std::wstring
* dst
, const wchar_t* format
,
214 // Append result to a supplied string
215 void StringAppendF(std::string
* dst
, const char* format
, ...);
216 void StringAppendF(std::wstring
* dst
, const wchar_t* format
, ...);
218 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
220 // Splits |str| into a vector of strings delimited by |s|. Append the results
221 // into |r| as they appear. If several instances of |s| are contiguous, or if
222 // |str| begins with or ends with |s|, then an empty string is inserted.
224 // Every substring is trimmed of any leading or trailing white space.
225 void SplitString(const std::wstring
& str
, wchar_t s
,
226 std::vector
<std::wstring
>* r
);
227 void SplitString(const std::string
& str
, char s
, std::vector
<std::string
>* r
);
229 #endif // BASE_STRING_UTIL_H_