Safe string manipulation functions

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Safe string manipulation functions




This script provides safe string manipulation functions that do not require PCRE to be enabled at compile time, making your scripts more portable.



startswith("<string>", "<substring>")
returns true if <string> begins with <substring>

startswith("hypothermia", "hypo") // true
startswith("hypothermia", "hyper") // false





endswith("<string>", "<substring>")
returns true if <string> ends with <substring>

endswith("hypothermia", "thermia") // true
endswith("hypothermia", "glycemia") // false

capitalize("<string>")
returns <string> with its first letter being capitalized

capitalize("the quick brown fox") // The quick brown fox

titlecase("<string>")
returns <string> with the first letter of every word capitalized

titlecase("the quick brown fox") // The Quick Brown Fox

camelcase("<string>")
returns <string> concatenated in a camelCase fashion

camelcase("the quick brown fox") // theQuickBrownFox

zfill("<string>"{, <width>{, "<padding>"}})
returns <string> padded to the left up to <width> with <padding>

zfill(69, 6, "0"); // 000069
zfill(1337, 6, "0"); // 001337

format_number(<number>{, "<separator>"})
formats a number with <separator>

format_number(50) // 50
format_number(50000) // 50,000
format_number(5000000) // 5,000,000

strip("<string>")
returns <string> without spaces at the beginning or end

strip("  the quick brown fox") // "the quick brown fox"
strip("the quick brown fox  ") // "the quick brown fox"
strip(" the quick brown fox ") // "the quick brown fox"

reverse("<string>")
returns <string> reversed

reverse("Hello world!") // !dlrow olleH

repeat("<string>", <multiplier&gt
repeats <string> <multiplier> times

repeat("Foo", 4) // FooFooFooFoo

shuffle("<string>")
returns <string> shuffled

shuffle("abcdefg") // dgabefc (example, unpredictable)

• Submitter
  meko
• Submitted
  05/29/17
• Category
  Quest, Shops, Functions & Algorithms