String

Represents an immutable character string. New strings can be created via a substring or concatenation operation on an existing string.

@index(index Int) Char

Returns the character at index index. If the index refers to a location beyond the length of the string, then

@add(string String) String

Concatenates this string with 'string'.

@equal(string String) Bool

Returns true if this string is equal to 'string'.

@less(string String) Bool

Returns true if this string is lexically less than 'string'.

length?() Int

Returns the length of the string.

slice(begin Int, end Int) String

Returns a new string containing the elements starting at 'begin' and ending at the character before 'end'.

prefix(end Int) String

Returns a new string containing elements starting at the beginning of the string and ending at the character before 'end'.

suffix(begin Int) String

Return a new string containing elements starting at 'begin' and continuing to the end of this string.

starts_with(string String) Bool

Returns true if this string starts with the exact string specified by 'string'

ends_with(string String) Bool

Returns true if this string ends with the exact string specified by 'string'

uppercase?() String

Returns an uppercase version of this string.

lowercase?() String

Returns a lowercase version of this string.

str?() String

int?() Int

Converts the string into an integer. If the string is not a valid number, then zero is returned.

float?() Float

Converts the float into an integer. If the float is not a valid number, then zero is returned.

char?() Char

Converts the string to a character by returning the first character in the string.

hash?() Int

Returns the hash code for this string.

iter() StringIter

Returns an iterator over the characters in this string

@destroy()

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@init()

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