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1 /* GLIB - Library of useful routines for C programming
2 * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
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27 #ifndef __G_STRFUNCS_H__
28 #define __G_STRFUNCS_H__
30 #include <stdarg.h>
31 #include <glib/gtypes.h>
33 G_BEGIN_DECLS
35 /* Functions like the ones in <ctype.h> that are not affected by locale. */
36 typedef enum {
37 G_ASCII_ALNUM = 1 << 0,
38 G_ASCII_ALPHA = 1 << 1,
39 G_ASCII_CNTRL = 1 << 2,
40 G_ASCII_DIGIT = 1 << 3,
41 G_ASCII_GRAPH = 1 << 4,
42 G_ASCII_LOWER = 1 << 5,
43 G_ASCII_PRINT = 1 << 6,
44 G_ASCII_PUNCT = 1 << 7,
45 G_ASCII_SPACE = 1 << 8,
46 G_ASCII_UPPER = 1 << 9,
47 G_ASCII_XDIGIT = 1 << 10
48 } GAsciiType;
50 GLIB_VAR const guint16 * const g_ascii_table;
52 #define g_ascii_isalnum(c) \
53 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_ALNUM) != 0)
55 #define g_ascii_isalpha(c) \
56 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_ALPHA) != 0)
58 #define g_ascii_iscntrl(c) \
59 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_CNTRL) != 0)
61 #define g_ascii_isdigit(c) \
62 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_DIGIT) != 0)
64 #define g_ascii_isgraph(c) \
65 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_GRAPH) != 0)
67 #define g_ascii_islower(c) \
68 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_LOWER) != 0)
70 #define g_ascii_isprint(c) \
71 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_PRINT) != 0)
73 #define g_ascii_ispunct(c) \
74 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_PUNCT) != 0)
76 #define g_ascii_isspace(c) \
77 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_SPACE) != 0)
79 #define g_ascii_isupper(c) \
80 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_UPPER) != 0)
82 #define g_ascii_isxdigit(c) \
83 ((g_ascii_table[(guchar) (c)] & G_ASCII_XDIGIT) != 0)
85 gchar g_ascii_tolower (gchar c) G_GNUC_CONST;
86 gchar g_ascii_toupper (gchar c) G_GNUC_CONST;
88 gint g_ascii_digit_value (gchar c) G_GNUC_CONST;
89 gint g_ascii_xdigit_value (gchar c) G_GNUC_CONST;
91 /* String utility functions that modify a string argument or
92 * return a constant string that must not be freed.
94 #define G_STR_DELIMITERS "_-|> <."
95 gchar* g_strdelimit (gchar *string,
96 const gchar *delimiters,
97 gchar new_delimiter);
98 gchar* g_strcanon (gchar *string,
99 const gchar *valid_chars,
100 gchar substitutor);
101 G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_strerror (gint errnum) G_GNUC_CONST;
102 G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_strsignal (gint signum) G_GNUC_CONST;
103 gchar* g_strreverse (gchar *string);
104 gsize g_strlcpy (gchar *dest,
105 const gchar *src,
106 gsize dest_size);
107 gsize g_strlcat (gchar *dest,
108 const gchar *src,
109 gsize dest_size);
110 gchar * g_strstr_len (const gchar *haystack,
111 gssize haystack_len,
112 const gchar *needle);
113 gchar * g_strrstr (const gchar *haystack,
114 const gchar *needle);
115 gchar * g_strrstr_len (const gchar *haystack,
116 gssize haystack_len,
117 const gchar *needle);
119 gboolean g_str_has_suffix (const gchar *str,
120 const gchar *suffix);
121 gboolean g_str_has_prefix (const gchar *str,
122 const gchar *prefix);
124 /* String to/from double conversion functions */
126 gdouble g_strtod (const gchar *nptr,
127 gchar **endptr);
128 gdouble g_ascii_strtod (const gchar *nptr,
129 gchar **endptr);
130 guint64 g_ascii_strtoull (const gchar *nptr,
131 gchar **endptr,
132 guint base);
133 gint64 g_ascii_strtoll (const gchar *nptr,
134 gchar **endptr,
135 guint base);
136 /* 29 bytes should enough for all possible values that
137 * g_ascii_dtostr can produce.
138 * Then add 10 for good measure */
139 #define G_ASCII_DTOSTR_BUF_SIZE (29 + 10)
140 gchar * g_ascii_dtostr (gchar *buffer,
141 gint buf_len,
142 gdouble d);
143 gchar * g_ascii_formatd (gchar *buffer,
144 gint buf_len,
145 const gchar *format,
146 gdouble d);
148 /* removes leading spaces */
149 gchar* g_strchug (gchar *string);
150 /* removes trailing spaces */
151 gchar* g_strchomp (gchar *string);
152 /* removes leading & trailing spaces */
153 #define g_strstrip( string ) g_strchomp (g_strchug (string))
155 gint g_ascii_strcasecmp (const gchar *s1,
156 const gchar *s2);
157 gint g_ascii_strncasecmp (const gchar *s1,
158 const gchar *s2,
159 gsize n);
160 gchar* g_ascii_strdown (const gchar *str,
161 gssize len) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
162 gchar* g_ascii_strup (const gchar *str,
163 gssize len) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
165 #ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
167 /* The following four functions are deprecated and will be removed in
168 * the next major release. They use the locale-specific tolower and
169 * toupper, which is almost never the right thing.
172 gint g_strcasecmp (const gchar *s1,
173 const gchar *s2);
174 gint g_strncasecmp (const gchar *s1,
175 const gchar *s2,
176 guint n);
177 gchar* g_strdown (gchar *string);
178 gchar* g_strup (gchar *string);
180 #endif /* G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED */
182 /* String utility functions that return a newly allocated string which
183 * ought to be freed with g_free from the caller at some point.
185 gchar* g_strdup (const gchar *str) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
186 gchar* g_strdup_printf (const gchar *format,
187 ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
188 gchar* g_strdup_vprintf (const gchar *format,
189 va_list args) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
190 gchar* g_strndup (const gchar *str,
191 gsize n) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
192 gchar* g_strnfill (gsize length,
193 gchar fill_char) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
194 gchar* g_strconcat (const gchar *string1,
195 ...) G_GNUC_MALLOC G_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED;
196 gchar* g_strjoin (const gchar *separator,
197 ...) G_GNUC_MALLOC G_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED;
199 /* Make a copy of a string interpreting C string -style escape
200 * sequences. Inverse of g_strescape. The recognized sequences are \b
201 * \f \n \r \t \\ \" and the octal format.
203 gchar* g_strcompress (const gchar *source) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
205 /* Copy a string escaping nonprintable characters like in C strings.
206 * Inverse of g_strcompress. The exceptions parameter, if non-NULL, points
207 * to a string containing characters that are not to be escaped.
209 * Deprecated API: gchar* g_strescape (const gchar *source);
210 * Luckily this function wasn't used much, using NULL as second parameter
211 * provides mostly identical semantics.
213 gchar* g_strescape (const gchar *source,
214 const gchar *exceptions) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
216 gpointer g_memdup (gconstpointer mem,
217 guint byte_size) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
219 /* NULL terminated string arrays.
220 * g_strsplit(), g_strsplit_set() split up string into max_tokens tokens
221 * at delim and return a newly allocated string array.
222 * g_strjoinv() concatenates all of str_array's strings, sliding in an
223 * optional separator, the returned string is newly allocated.
224 * g_strfreev() frees the array itself and all of its strings.
225 * g_strdupv() copies a NULL-terminated array of strings
226 * g_strv_length() returns the length of a NULL-terminated array of strings
228 gchar** g_strsplit (const gchar *string,
229 const gchar *delimiter,
230 gint max_tokens) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
231 gchar ** g_strsplit_set (const gchar *string,
232 const gchar *delimiters,
233 gint max_tokens) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
234 gchar* g_strjoinv (const gchar *separator,
235 gchar **str_array) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
236 void g_strfreev (gchar **str_array);
237 gchar** g_strdupv (gchar **str_array) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
238 guint g_strv_length (gchar **str_array);
240 gchar* g_stpcpy (gchar *dest,
241 const char *src);
243 G_CONST_RETURN gchar *g_strip_context (const gchar *msgid,
244 const gchar *msgval);
246 G_END_DECLS
248 #endif /* __G_STRFUNCS_H__ */