NAME
        strings

DESCRIPTION
        A string is a data type in LPC.

        It consists of several ASCII characters (letters), numbers
        and special characters. ASCII characters may contain of
        values between -128 and 127 (e.g. 'A' (65) or '5' (53)), but
        0 is not allowed (because strings are 'null terminated',
        which means that marks the end of a string).

        Notations for strings:
        "abc" + "def" "ghi" + 5 + "jkl" + to_string( ({'m','n'}) )
        == "abcdefghi5jklmn"

        Special characters must be escaped with a leading '\':
          \n   (new line)
          \t   (tabulator)
          \b   (backspace)
          ...

        The single characters can be accessed like an array:
          string s;
          int i,j;

          s="test";

          s[0]       (ASCII Code (value) of the first character)     ='t'
          s[<1]      (last character)                                ='t'
          s[0..0]    (string composed of the first char)             ="t"
          s[1..<2]   (string from second to character before last)   ="es"
          s[2..]     (string from third to last character)           ="st"
          ...

        String manipulations:
          s[0]=s[0]-32    ("test" -> "Test")
          s[1..<2]="o"    ("test" -> "tot")
          ...

FUNCTIONS
        int strlen(string str)
        int member(string s, int elem)
        int strstr (string str, string str2, int pos)
        int to_int(string)
        mixed *to_array(string)
        string to_string(mixed)
        string upperstring(string str)
        string lowerstring(string str)
        string lower_case(string str)
        string capitalize(string str)
        string break_string(string str, int width, int space, int leave_lfs)
        string sprintf(string fmt, ...)
        int sscanf(string str, string fmt, mixed var1, mixed var2, ...)
        string *new_explode(string str, string del)
        string *explode(string str, string del);
        string implode(mixed *arr, string del)
        string *regexplode (string text, string pattern)
        string *regexp(string *list, string pattern)

SEE ALSO
        arrays, integers, mappings, operators, types

LAST CHANGED
        12. Mar 2004 Gloinson