SenegalString
Strings are arrays of immutable bytes, generally used to store text. Strings can be either single or multiline and are denoted by the single or double quotes surrounding them.
Static Methods
fromByte(byte)
Returns a new string with byte where byte is between 0 and 255.
String.fromByte(244)
Fields
type
Returns the type of this object as a string.
"foo".type // "String"
Methods
at(index)
Returns the character at index. Although this may not have much of an impact when working with senegal < 2.0, its important to note that index is a byte offset, not code point offset.
"foo".at(0) // "f"
contains(other)
Returns true if this contains other, otherwise false.
"foo".contains("f") // true
endsWith(other)
Returns true if this ends with other, otherwise false.
"foo".endsWith("o") // true
indexOf(search, start)
Returns the index of the first match of search within this starting at the index start.
"foo".indexOf("o", 0) // 1
isAlpha()
Returns true is the string contains only alphabetical characters.
"foo".isAlpha() // true
isAlphaNum()
Returns true is the string contains only alphanumerical characters.
"foo123".isAlphaNum() // true
isEmpty()
Returns true if this is empty, otherwise false.
"".isEmpty() // true
isHex()
Returns true is the string contains only hex characters.
"123A".isHex() // true
isNotEmpty()
Returns true if this is not empty, otherwise false.
"foo".isNotEmpty() // true
isNum()
Returns true is the string contains only numeric characters.
"123".isNum() // true
length()
Returns the length of this.
"foo".length() // 3
replace(from, to)
"boo".replace("b", "f") // foo
split(delim)
Returns a list of tokens after splitting the this against delim.
"foo bar".split(" ") // ["foo", "bar"]
startsWith(other)
Returns true if this starts with other, otherwise false.
"foo".startsWith("f") // true
substr(start, end)
Returns the substring of this from start (inclusive) to end (exclusive).
"foo".substr(0, 2) // fo
toLower()
Converts all characters in this to lowercase.
"FoO".toLower() // foo
toNum()
Returns this as a number type. It is a runtime error if this contains non-numerical characters.
"10".toNum() // 10
toUpper()
Converts all characters in this to uppercase.
"fOo".toUpper() // FOO