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</brief_description>
<description>
[StringName]s are immutable strings designed for general-purpose representation of unique names (also called "string interning"). [StringName] ensures that only one instance of a given name exists (so two [StringName]s with the same value are the same object). Comparing them is much faster than with regular [String]s, because only the pointers are compared, not the whole strings.
- You will usually just pass a [String] to methods expecting a [StringName] and it will be automatically converted, but you may occasionally want to construct a [StringName] ahead of time with [StringName] or the literal syntax [code]&amp;"example"[/code].
+ You will usually just pass a [String] to methods expecting a [StringName] and it will be automatically converted, but you may occasionally want to construct a [StringName] ahead of time with [StringName] or, in GDScript, the literal syntax [code]&amp;"example"[/code].
See also [NodePath], which is a similar concept specifically designed to store pre-parsed node paths.
+ Some string methods have corresponding variations. Variations suffixed with [code]n[/code] ([method countn], [method findn], [method replacen], etc.) are [b]case-insensitive[/b] (they make no distinction between uppercase and lowercase letters). Method variations prefixed with [code]r[/code] ([method rfind], [method rsplit], etc.) are reversed, and start from the end of the string, instead of the beginning.
+ [b]Note:[/b] In a boolean context, a [StringName] will evaluate to [code]false[/code] if it is empty ([code]StringName("")[/code]). Otherwise, a [StringName] will always evaluate to [code]true[/code].
</description>
<tutorials>
</tutorials>
@@ -28,15 +30,902 @@
<return type="StringName" />
<param index="0" name="from" type="String" />
<description>
- Creates a new [StringName] from the given [String]. [code]StringName("example")[/code] is equivalent to [code]&amp;"example"[/code].
+ Creates a new [StringName] from the given [String]. In GDScript, [code]StringName("example")[/code] is equivalent to [code]&amp;"example"[/code].
</description>
</constructor>
</constructors>
<methods>
+ <method name="begins_with" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <param index="0" name="text" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the string begins with the given [param text]. See also [method ends_with].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="bigrams" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedStringArray" />
+ <description>
+ Returns an array containing the bigrams (pairs of consecutive characters) of this string.
+ [codeblock]
+ print("Get up!".bigrams()) # Prints ["Ge", "et", "t ", " u", "up", "p!"]
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="bin_to_int" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Converts the string representing a binary number into an [int]. The string may optionally be prefixed with [code]"0b"[/code], and an additional [code]-[/code] prefix for negative numbers.
+ [codeblocks]
+ [gdscript]
+ print("101".bin_to_int()) # Prints 5
+ print("0b101".bin_to_int()) # Prints 5
+ print("-0b10".bin_to_int()) # Prints -2
+ [/gdscript]
+ [csharp]
+ GD.Print("101".BinToInt()); // Prints 5
+ GD.Print("0b101".BinToInt()); // Prints 5
+ GD.Print("-0b10".BinToInt()); // Prints -2
+ [/csharp]
+ [/codeblocks]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="c_escape" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the C language standard.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="c_unescape" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns a copy of the string with escaped characters replaced by their meanings. Supported escape sequences are [code]\'[/code], [code]\"[/code], [code]\\[/code], [code]\a[/code], [code]\b[/code], [code]\f[/code], [code]\n[/code], [code]\r[/code], [code]\t[/code], [code]\v[/code].
+ [b]Note:[/b] Unlike the GDScript parser, this method doesn't support the [code]\uXXXX[/code] escape sequence.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="capitalize" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Changes the appearance of the string: replaces underscores ([code]_[/code]) with spaces, adds spaces before uppercase letters in the middle of a word, converts all letters to lowercase, then converts the first one and each one following a space to uppercase.
+ [codeblocks]
+ [gdscript]
+ "move_local_x".capitalize() # Returns "Move Local X"
+ "sceneFile_path".capitalize() # Returns "Scene File Path"
+ [/gdscript]
+ [csharp]
+ "move_local_x".Capitalize(); // Returns "Move Local X"
+ "sceneFile_path".Capitalize(); // Returns "Scene File Path"
+ [/csharp]
+ [/codeblocks]
+ [b]Note:[/b] This method not the same as the default appearance of properties in the Inspector dock, as it does not capitalize acronyms ([code]"2D"[/code], [code]"FPS"[/code], [code]"PNG"[/code], etc.) as you may expect.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="casecmp_to" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="to" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Performs a case-sensitive comparison to another string. Returns [code]-1[/code] if less than, [code]1[/code] if greater than, or [code]0[/code] if equal. "Less than" and "greater than" are determined by the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode code points[/url] of each string, which roughly matches the alphabetical order.
+ With different string lengths, returns [code]1[/code] if this string is longer than the [param to] string, or [code]-1[/code] if shorter. Note that the length of empty strings is [i]always[/i] [code]0[/code].
+ To get a [bool] result from a string comparison, use the [code]==[/code] operator instead. See also [method nocasecmp_to] and [method naturalnocasecmp_to].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="contains" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the string contains [param what]. In GDScript, this corresponds to the [code]in[/code] operator.
+ [codeblocks]
+ [gdscript]
+ print("Node".contains("de")) # Prints true
+ print("team".contains("I")) # Prints false
+ print("I" in "team") # Prints false
+ [/gdscript]
+ [csharp]
+ GD.Print("Node".Contains("de")); // Prints true
+ GD.Print("team".Contains("I")); // Prints false
+ [/csharp]
+ [/codeblocks]
+ If you need to know where [param what] is within the string, use [method find].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="count" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
+ <param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="0" />
+ <param index="2" name="to" type="int" default="0" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the number of occurrences of the substring [param what] between [param from] and [param to] positions. If [param to] is 0, the search continues until the end of the string.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="countn" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
+ <param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="0" />
+ <param index="2" name="to" type="int" default="0" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the number of occurrences of the substring [param what] between [param from] and [param to] positions, [b]ignoring case[/b]. If [param to] is 0, the search continues until the end of the string.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="dedent" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns a copy of the string with indentation (leading tabs and spaces) removed. See also [method indent] to add indentation.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="ends_with" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <param index="0" name="text" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the string ends with the given [param text]. See also [method begins_with].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="find" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
+ <param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="0" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the index of the [b]first[/b] occurrence of [param what] in this string, or [code]-1[/code] if there are none. The search's start can be specified with [param from], continuing to the end of the string.
+ [codeblocks]
+ [gdscript]
+ print("Team".find("I")) # Prints -1
+
+ print("Potato".find("t")) # Prints 2
+ print("Potato".find("t", 3)) # Prints 4
+ print("Potato".find("t", 5)) # Prints -1
+ [/gdscript]
+ [csharp]
+ GD.Print("Team".Find("I")); // Prints -1
+
+ GD.Print("Potato".Find("t")); // Prints 2
+ GD.print("Potato".Find("t", 3)); // Prints 4
+ GD.print("Potato".Find("t", 5)); // Prints -1
+ [/csharp]
+ [/codeblocks]
+ [b]Note:[/b] If you just want to know whether the string contains [param what], use [method contains]. In GDScript, you may also use the [code]in[/code] operator.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="findn" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
+ <param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="0" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the index of the [b]first[/b] [b]case-insensitive[/b] occurrence of [param what] in this string, or [code]-1[/code] if there are none. The starting search index can be specified with [param from], continuing to the end of the string.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="format" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="values" type="Variant" />
+ <param index="1" name="placeholder" type="String" default="&quot;{_}&quot;" />
+ <description>
+ Formats the string by replacing all occurrences of [param placeholder] with the elements of [param values].
+ [param values] can be a [Dictionary] or an [Array]. Any underscores in [param placeholder] will be replaced with the corresponding keys in advance. Array elements use their index as keys.
+ [codeblock]
+ # Prints "Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett, and Godot Engine is named after it."
+ var use_array_values = "Waiting for {0} is a play by {1}, and {0} Engine is named after it."
+ print(use_array_values.format(["Godot", "Samuel Beckett"]))
+
+ # Prints "User 42 is Godot."
+ print("User {id} is {name}.".format({"id": 42, "name": "Godot"}))
+ [/codeblock]
+ Some additional handling is performed when [param values] is an [Array]. If [param placeholder] does not contain an underscore, the elements of the [param values] array will be used to replace one occurrence of the placeholder in order; If an element of [param values] is another 2-element array, it'll be interpreted as a key-value pair.
+ [codeblock]
+ # Prints "User 42 is Godot."
+ print("User {} is {}.".format([42, "Godot"], "{}"))
+ print("User {id} is {name}.".format([["id", 42], ["name", "Godot"]]))
+ [/codeblock]
+ See also the [url=$DOCS_URL/tutorials/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_format_string.html]GDScript format string[/url] tutorial.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="get_base_dir" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ If the string is a valid file path, returns the base directory name.
+ [codeblock]
+ var dir_path = "/path/to/file.txt".get_base_dir() # dir_path is "/path/to"
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="get_basename" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ If the string is a valid file path, returns the full file path, without the extension.
+ [codeblock]
+ var base = "/path/to/file.txt".get_basename() # base is "/path/to/file"
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="get_extension" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ If the string is a valid file name or path, returns the file extension without the leading period ([code].[/code]). Otherwise, returns an empty string.
+ [codeblock]
+ var a = "/path/to/file.txt".get_extension() # a is "txt"
+ var b = "cool.txt".get_extension() # b is "txt"
+ var c = "cool.font.tres".get_extension() # c is "tres"
+ var d = ".pack1".get_extension() # d is "pack1"
+
+ var e = "file.txt.".get_extension() # e is ""
+ var f = "file.txt..".get_extension() # f is ""
+ var g = "txt".get_extension() # g is ""
+ var h = "".get_extension() # h is ""
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="get_file" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ If the string is a valid file path, returns the file name, including the extension.
+ [codeblock]
+ var file = "/path/to/icon.png".get_file() # file is "icon.png"
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="get_slice" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" />
+ <param index="1" name="slice" type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Splits the string using a [param delimiter] and returns the substring at index [param slice]. Returns an empty string if the [param slice] does not exist.
+ This is faster than [method split], if you only need one substring.
+ [b]Example:[/b]
+ [codeblock]
+ print("i/am/example/hi".get_slice("/", 2)) # Prints "example"
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="get_slice_count" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the total number of slices when the string is split with the given [param delimiter] (see [method split]).
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="get_slicec" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="delimiter" type="int" />
+ <param index="1" name="slice" type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Splits the string using a Unicode character with code [param delimiter] and returns the substring at index [param slice]. Returns an empty string if the [param slice] does not exist.
+ This is faster than [method split], if you only need one substring.
+ </description>
+ </method>
<method name="hash" qualifiers="const">
<return type="int" />
<description>
- Returns the 32-bit hash value representing the [StringName]'s contents.
+ Returns the 32-bit hash value representing the string's contents.
+ [b]Note:[/b] Strings with equal hash values are [i]not[/i] guaranteed to be the same, as a result of hash collisions. On the countrary, strings with different hash values are guaranteed to be different.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="hex_to_int" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Converts the string representing a hexadecimal number into an [int]. The string may be optionally prefixed with [code]"0x"[/code], and an additional [code]-[/code] prefix for negative numbers.
+ [codeblocks]
+ [gdscript]
+ print("0xff".hex_to_int()) # Prints 255
+ print("ab".hex_to_int()) # Prints 171
+ [/gdscript]
+ [csharp]
+ GD.Print("0xff".HexToInt()); // Prints 255
+ GD.Print("ab".HexToInt()); // Prints 171
+ [/csharp]
+ [/codeblocks]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="indent" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="prefix" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Indents every line of the string with the given [param prefix]. Empty lines are not indented. See also [method dedent] to remove indentation.
+ For example, the string can be indented with two tabulations using [code]"\t\t"[/code], or four spaces using [code]" "[/code].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="insert" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="position" type="int" />
+ <param index="1" name="what" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Inserts [param what] at the given [param position] in the string.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_absolute_path" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the string is a path to a file or directory, and its starting point is explicitly defined. This method is the opposite of [method is_relative_path].
+ This includes all paths starting with [code]"res://"[/code], [code]"user://"[/code], [code]"C:\"[/code], [code]"/"[/code], etc.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_empty" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the string's length is [code]0[/code] ([code]""[/code]). See also [method length].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_relative_path" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the string is a path, and its starting point is dependent on context. The path could begin from the current directory, or the current [Node] (if the string is derived from a [NodePath]), and may sometimes be prefixed with [code]"./"[/code]. This method is the opposite of [method is_absolute_path].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_subsequence_of" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <param index="0" name="text" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if all characters of this string can be found in [param text] in their original order.
+ [codeblock]
+ var text = "Wow, incredible!"
+
+ print("inedible".is_subsequence_of(text)) # Prints true
+ print("Word!".is_subsequence_of(text)) # Prints true
+ print("Window".is_subsequence_of(text)) # Prints false
+ print("".is_subsequence_of(text)) # Prints true
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_subsequence_ofn" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <param index="0" name="text" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if all characters of this string can be found in [param text] in their original order, [b]ignoring case[/b].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_valid_filename" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if this string does not contain characters that are not allowed in file names ([code]:[/code] [code]/[/code] [code]\[/code] [code]?[/code] [code]*[/code] [code]"[/code] [code]|[/code] [code]%[/code] [code]&lt;[/code] [code]&gt;[/code]).
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_valid_float" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if this string represents a valid floating-point number. A valid float may contain only digits, one decimal point ([code].[/code]), and the exponent letter ([code]e[/code]). It may also be prefixed with a positive ([code]+[/code]) or negative ([code]-[/code]) sign. Any valid integer is also a valid float (see [method is_valid_int]). See also [method to_float].
+ [codeblock]
+ print("1.7".is_valid_float()) # Prints true
+ print("24".is_valid_float()) # Prints true
+ print("7e3".is_valid_float()) # Prints true
+ print("Hello".is_valid_float()) # Prints false
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_valid_hex_number" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <param index="0" name="with_prefix" type="bool" default="false" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is a valid hexadecimal number. A valid hexadecimal number only contains digits or letters [code]A[/code] to [code]F[/code] (either uppercase or lowercase), and may be prefixed with a positive ([code]+[/code]) or negative ([code]-[/code]) sign.
+ If [param with_prefix] is [code]true[/code], the hexadecimal number needs to prefixed by [code]"0x"[/code] to be considered valid.
+ [codeblock]
+ print("A08E".is_valid_hex_number()) # Prints true
+ print("-AbCdEf".is_valid_hex_number()) # Prints true
+ print("2.5".is_valid_hex_number()) # Prints false
+
+ print("0xDEADC0DE".is_valid_hex_number(true)) # Prints true
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_valid_html_color" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is a valid color in hexadecimal HTML notation. The string must be a hexadecimal value (see [method is_valid_hex_number]) of either 3, 4, 6 or 8 digits, and may be prefixed by a hash sign ([code]#[/code]). Other HTML notations for colors, such as names or [code]hsl()[/code], are not considered valid. See also [method Color.html].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_valid_identifier" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is a valid identifier. A valid identifier may contain only letters, digits and underscores ([code]_[/code]), and the first character may not be a digit.
+ [codeblock]
+ print("node_2d".is_valid_identifier()) # Prints true
+ print("TYPE_FLOAT".is_valid_identifier()) # Prints true
+ print("1st_method".is_valid_identifier()) # Prints false
+ print("MyMethod#2".is_valid_identifier()) # Prints false
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_valid_int" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if this string represents a valid integer. A valid integer only contains digits, and may be prefixed with a positive ([code]+[/code]) or negative ([code]-[/code]) sign. See also [method to_int].
+ [codeblock]
+ print("7".is_valid_int()) # Prints true
+ print("1.65".is_valid_int()) # Prints false
+ print("Hi".is_valid_int()) # Prints false
+ print("+3".is_valid_int()) # Prints true
+ print("-12".is_valid_int()) # Prints true
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="is_valid_ip_address" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if this string represents a well-formatted IPv4 or IPv6 address. This method considers [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses]reserved IP addresses[/url] such as [code]"0.0.0.0"[/code] and [code]"ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff"[/code] as valid.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="join" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="parts" type="PackedStringArray" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the concatenation of [param parts]' elements, with each element separated by the string calling this method. This method is the opposite of [method split].
+ [b]Example:[/b]
+ [codeblocks]
+ [gdscript]
+ var fruits = ["Apple", "Orange", "Pear", "Kiwi"]
+
+ print(", ".join(fruits)) # Prints "Apple, Orange, Pear, Kiwi"
+ print("---".join(fruits)) # Prints "Apple---Orange---Pear---Kiwi"
+ [/gdscript]
+ [csharp]
+ var fruits = new string[] {"Apple", "Orange", "Pear", "Kiwi"};
+
+ // In C#, this method is static.
+ GD.Print(string.Join(", ", fruits); // Prints "Apple, Orange, Pear, Kiwi"
+ GD.Print(string.Join("---", fruits)); // Prints "Apple---Orange---Pear---Kiwi"
+ [/csharp]
+ [/codeblocks]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="json_escape" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the JSON standard. Because it closely matches the C standard, it is possible to use [method c_unescape] to unescape the string, if necessary.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="left" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="length" type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the first [param length] characters from the beginning of the string. If [param length] is negative, strips the last [param length] characters from the string's end.
+ [codeblock]
+ print("Hello World!".left(3)) # Prints "Hel"
+ print("Hello World!".left(-4)) # Prints "Hello Wo"
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="length" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the number of characters in the string. Empty strings ([code]""[/code]) always return [code]0[/code]. See also [method is_empty].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="lpad" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="min_length" type="int" />
+ <param index="1" name="character" type="String" default="&quot; &quot;" />
+ <description>
+ Formats the string to be at least [param min_length] long by adding [param character]s to the left of the string, if necessary. See also [method rpad].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="lstrip" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="chars" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Removes a set of characters defined in [param chars] from the string's beginning. See also [method rstrip].
+ [b]Note:[/b] [param chars] is not a prefix. Use [method trim_prefix] to remove a single prefix, rather than a set of characters.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="match" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <param index="0" name="expr" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Does a simple expression match, where [code]*[/code] matches zero or more arbitrary characters and [code]?[/code] matches any single character except a period ([code].[/code]). An empty string or empty expression always evaluates to [code]false[/code].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="matchn" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="bool" />
+ <param index="0" name="expr" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Does a simple [b]case-insensitive[/b] expression match, where [code]*[/code] matches zero or more arbitrary characters and [code]?[/code] matches any single character except a period ([code].[/code]). An empty string or empty expression always evaluates to [code]false[/code].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="md5_buffer" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedByteArray" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5]MD5 hash[/url] of the string as a [PackedByteArray].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="md5_text" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5]MD5 hash[/url] of the string as another [String].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="naturalnocasecmp_to" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="to" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Performs a [b]case-insensitive[/b], [i]natural order[/i] comparison to another string. Returns [code]-1[/code] if less than, [code]1[/code] if greater than, or [code]0[/code] if equal. "Less than" or "greater than" are determined by the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode code points[/url] of each string, which roughly matches the alphabetical order. Internally, lowercase characters are converted to uppercase for the comparison.
+ When used for sorting, natural order comparison orders sequences of numbers by the combined value of each digit as is often expected, instead of the single digit's value. A sorted sequence of numbered strings will be [code]["1", "2", "3", ...][/code], not [code]["1", "10", "2", "3", ...][/code].
+ With different string lengths, returns [code]1[/code] if this string is longer than the [param to] string, or [code]-1[/code] if shorter. Note that the length of empty strings is [i]always[/i] [code]0[/code].
+ To get a [bool] result from a string comparison, use the [code]==[/code] operator instead. See also [method nocasecmp_to] and [method casecmp_to].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="nocasecmp_to" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="to" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Performs a [b]case-insensitive[/b] comparison to another string. Returns [code]-1[/code] if less than, [code]1[/code] if greater than, or [code]0[/code] if equal. "Less than" or "greater than" are determined by the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode code points[/url] of each string, which roughly matches the alphabetical order. Internally, lowercase characters are converted to uppercase for the comparison.
+ With different string lengths, returns [code]1[/code] if this string is longer than the [param to] string, or [code]-1[/code] if shorter. Note that the length of empty strings is [i]always[/i] [code]0[/code].
+ To get a [bool] result from a string comparison, use the [code]==[/code] operator instead. See also [method casecmp_to] and [method naturalnocasecmp_to].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="pad_decimals" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="digits" type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Formats the string representing a number to have an exact number of [param digits] [i]after[/i] the decimal point.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="pad_zeros" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="digits" type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Formats the string representing a number to have an exact number of [param digits] [i]before[/i] the decimal point.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="path_join" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="file" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Concatenates [param file] at the end of the string as a subpath, adding [code]/[/code] if necessary.
+ [b]Example:[/b] [code]"this/is".path_join("path") == "this/is/path"[/code].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="repeat" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="count" type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Repeats this string a number of times. [param count] needs to be greater than [code]0[/code]. Otherwise, returns an empty string.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="replace" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
+ <param index="1" name="forwhat" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Replaces all occurrences of [param what] inside the string with the given [param forwhat].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="replacen" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
+ <param index="1" name="forwhat" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Replaces all [b]case-insensitive[/b] occurrences of [param what] inside the string with the given [param forwhat].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="rfind" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
+ <param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="-1" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the index of the [b]last[/b] occurrence of [param what] in this string, or [code]-1[/code] if there are none. The search's start can be specified with [param from], continuing to the beginning of the string. This method is the reverse of [method find].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="rfindn" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
+ <param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="-1" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the index of the [b]last[/b] [b]case-insensitive[/b] occurrence of [param what] in this string, or [code]-1[/code] if there are none. The starting search index can be specified with [param from], continuing to the beginning of the string. This method is the reverse of [method findn].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="right" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="length" type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the last [param length] characters from the end of the string. If [param length] is negative, strips the first [param length] characters from the string's beginning.
+ [codeblock]
+ print("Hello World!".right(3)) # Prints "ld!"
+ print("Hello World!".right(-4)) # Prints "o World!"
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="rpad" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="min_length" type="int" />
+ <param index="1" name="character" type="String" default="&quot; &quot;" />
+ <description>
+ Formats the string to be at least [param min_length] long, by adding [param character]s to the right of the string, if necessary. See also [method lpad].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="rsplit" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedStringArray" />
+ <param index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" default="&quot;&quot;" />
+ <param index="1" name="allow_empty" type="bool" default="true" />
+ <param index="2" name="maxsplit" type="int" default="0" />
+ <description>
+ Splits the string using a [param delimiter] and returns an array of the substrings, starting from the end of the string. The splits in the returned array appear in the same order as the original string. If [param delimiter] is an empty string, each substring will be a single character.
+ If [param allow_empty] is [code]false[/code], empty strings between adjacent delimiters are excluded from the array.
+ If [param maxsplit] is greater than [code]0[/code], the number of splits may not exceed [param maxsplit]. By default, the entire string is split, which is mostly identical to [method split].
+ [b]Example:[/b]
+ [codeblocks]
+ [gdscript]
+ var some_string = "One,Two,Three,Four"
+ var some_array = some_string.rsplit(",", true, 1)
+
+ print(some_array.size()) # Prints 2
+ print(some_array[0]) # Prints "One,Two,Three"
+ print(some_array[1]) # Prints "Four"
+ [/gdscript]
+ [csharp]
+ // In C#, there is no String.RSplit() method.
+ [/csharp]
+ [/codeblocks]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="rstrip" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="chars" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Removes a set of characters defined in [param chars] from the string's end. See also [method lstrip].
+ [b]Note:[/b] [param chars] is not a suffix. Use [method trim_suffix] to remove a single suffix, rather than a set of characters.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="sha1_buffer" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedByteArray" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-1]SHA-1[/url] hash of the string as a [PackedByteArray].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="sha1_text" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-1]SHA-1[/url] hash of the string as another [String].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="sha256_buffer" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedByteArray" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2]SHA-256[/url] hash of the string as a [PackedByteArray].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="sha256_text" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2]SHA-256[/url] hash of the string as another [String].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="similarity" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="float" />
+ <param index="0" name="text" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the similarity index ([url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8rensen%E2%80%93Dice_coefficient]Sorensen-Dice coefficient[/url]) of this string compared to another. A result of [code]1.0[/code] means totally similar, while [code]0.0[/code] means totally dissimilar.
+ [codeblock]
+ print("ABC123".similarity("ABC123")) # Prints 1.0
+ print("ABC123".similarity("XYZ456")) # Prints 0.0
+ print("ABC123".similarity("123ABC")) # Prints 0.8
+ print("ABC123".similarity("abc123")) # Prints 0.4
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="simplify_path" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ If the string is a valid file path, converts the string into a canonical path. This is the shortest possible path, without [code]"./"[/code], and all the unnecessary [code]".."[/code] and [code]"/"[/code].
+ [codeblock]
+ var simple_path = "./path/to///../file".simplify_path()
+ print(simple_path) # Prints "path/file"
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="split" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedStringArray" />
+ <param index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" default="&quot;&quot;" />
+ <param index="1" name="allow_empty" type="bool" default="true" />
+ <param index="2" name="maxsplit" type="int" default="0" />
+ <description>
+ Splits the string using a [param delimiter] and returns an array of the substrings. If [param delimiter] is an empty string, each substring will be a single character. This method is the opposite of [method join].
+ If [param allow_empty] is [code]false[/code], empty strings between adjacent delimiters are excluded from the array.
+ If [param maxsplit] is greater than [code]0[/code], the number of splits may not exceed [param maxsplit]. By default, the entire string is split.
+ [b]Example:[/b]
+ [codeblocks]
+ [gdscript]
+ var some_array = "One,Two,Three,Four".split(",", true, 2)
+
+ print(some_array.size()) # Prints 3
+ print(some_array[0]) # Prints "One"
+ print(some_array[1]) # Prints "Two"
+ print(some_array[2]) # Prints "Three,Four"
+ [/gdscript]
+ [csharp]
+ // C#'s `Split()` does not support the `maxsplit` parameter.
+ var someArray = "One,Two,Three".Split(",");
+
+ GD.Print(someArray[0]); // Prints "One"
+ GD.Print(someArray[1]); // Prints "Two"
+ GD.Print(someArray[2]); // Prints "Three"
+ [/csharp]
+ [/codeblocks]
+ [b]Note:[/b] If you only need one substring from the array, consider using [method get_slice] which is faster. If you need to split strings with more complex rules, use the [RegEx] class instead.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="split_floats" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedFloat64Array" />
+ <param index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" />
+ <param index="1" name="allow_empty" type="bool" default="true" />
+ <description>
+ Splits the string into floats by using a [param delimiter] and returns a [PackedFloat64Array].
+ If [param allow_empty] is [code]false[/code], empty or invalid [float] conversions between adjacent delimiters are excluded.
+ [codeblock]
+ var a = "1,2,4.5".split_floats(",") # a is [1.0, 2.0, 4.5]
+ var c = "1| ||4.5".split_floats("|") # c is [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 4.5]
+ var b = "1| ||4.5".split_floats("|", false) # b is [1.0, 4.5]
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="strip_edges" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="left" type="bool" default="true" />
+ <param index="1" name="right" type="bool" default="true" />
+ <description>
+ Strips all non-printable characters from the beginning and the end of the string. These include spaces, tabulations ([code]\t[/code]), and newlines ([code]\n[/code] [code]\r[/code]).
+ If [param left] is [code]false[/code], ignores the string's beginning. Likewise, if [param right] is [code]false[/code], ignores the string's end.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="strip_escapes" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Strips all escape characters from the string. These include all non-printable control characters of the first page of the ASCII table (values from 0 to 31), such as tabulation ([code]\t[/code]) and newline ([code]\n[/code], [code]\r[/code]) characters, but [i]not[/i] spaces.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="substr" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="from" type="int" />
+ <param index="1" name="len" type="int" default="-1" />
+ <description>
+ Returns part of the string from the position [param from] with length [param len]. If [param len] is [code]-1[/code] (as by default), returns the rest of the string starting from the given position.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_ascii_buffer" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedByteArray" />
+ <description>
+ Converts the string to an [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII]ASCII[/url]/Latin-1 encoded [PackedByteArray]. This method is slightly faster than [method to_utf8_buffer], but replaces all unsupported characters with spaces.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_camel_case" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the string converted to [code]camelCase[/code].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_float" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="float" />
+ <description>
+ Converts the string representing a decimal number into a [float]. This method stops on the first non-number character, except the first decimal point ([code].[/code]) and the exponent letter ([code]e[/code]). See also [method is_valid_float].
+ [codeblock]
+ var a = "12.35".to_float() # a is 12.35
+ var b = "1.2.3".to_float() # b is 1.2
+ var c = "12xy3".to_float() # c is 12.0
+ var d = "1e3".to_float() # d is 1000.0
+ var e = "Hello!".to_int() # e is 0.0
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_int" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Converts the string representing an integer number into an [int]. This method removes any non-number character and stops at the first decimal point ([code].[/code]). See also [method is_valid_int].
+ [codeblock]
+ var a = "123".to_int() # a is 123
+ var b = "x1y2z3".to_int() # b is 123
+ var c = "-1.2.3".to_int() # c is -1
+ var d = "Hello!".to_int() # d is 0
+ [/codeblock]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_lower" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the string converted to lowercase.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_pascal_case" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the string converted to [code]PascalCase[/code].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_snake_case" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the string converted to [code]snake_case[/code].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_upper" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the string converted to uppercase.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_utf16_buffer" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedByteArray" />
+ <description>
+ Converts the string to a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16]UTF-16[/url] encoded [PackedByteArray].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_utf32_buffer" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedByteArray" />
+ <description>
+ Converts the string to a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-32]UTF-32[/url] encoded [PackedByteArray].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="to_utf8_buffer" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="PackedByteArray" />
+ <description>
+ Converts the string to a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8]UTF-8[/url] encoded [PackedByteArray]. This method is slightly slower than [method to_ascii_buffer], but supports all UTF-8 characters. For most cases, prefer using this method.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="trim_prefix" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="prefix" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Removes the given [param prefix] from the start of the string, or returns the string unchanged.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="trim_suffix" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="suffix" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Removes the given [param suffix] from the end of the string, or returns the string unchanged.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="unicode_at" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="int" />
+ <param index="0" name="at" type="int" />
+ <description>
+ Returns the character code at position [param at].
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="uri_decode" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Decodes the string from its URL-encoded format. This method is meant to properly decode the parameters in a URL when receiving an HTTP request.
+ [codeblocks]
+ [gdscript]
+ var url = "$DOCS_URL/?highlight=Godot%20Engine%3%docs"
+ print(url.uri_decode()) # Prints "$DOCS_URL/?highlight=Godot Engine:docs"
+ [/gdscript]
+ [csharp]
+ var url = "$DOCS_URL/?highlight=Godot%20Engine%3%docs"
+ GD.Print(url.URIDecode()) // Prints "$DOCS_URL/?highlight=Godot Engine:docs"
+ [/csharp]
+ [/codeblocks]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="uri_encode" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Encodes the string to URL-friendly format. This method is meant to properly encode the parameters in a URL when sending an HTTP request.
+ [codeblocks]
+ [gdscript]
+ var prefix = "$DOCS_URL/?highlight="
+ var url = prefix + "Godot Engine:docs".uri_encode()
+
+ print(url) # Prints "$DOCS_URL/?highlight=Godot%20Engine%3%docs"
+ [/gdscript]
+ [csharp]
+ var prefix = "$DOCS_URL/?highlight=";
+ var url = prefix + "Godot Engine:docs".URIEncode();
+
+ GD.Print(url); // Prints "$DOCS_URL/?highlight=Godot%20Engine%3%docs"
+ [/csharp]
+ [/codeblocks]
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="validate_node_name" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Removes all characters that are not allowed in [member Node.name] from the string ([code].[/code] [code]:[/code] [code]@[/code] [code]/[/code] [code]"[/code] [code]%[/code]).
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="xml_escape" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="escape_quotes" type="bool" default="false" />
+ <description>
+ Returns a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the XML standard. If [param escape_quotes] is [code]true[/code], the single quote ([code]'[/code]) and double quote ([code]"[/code]) characters are also escaped.
+ </description>
+ </method>
+ <method name="xml_unescape" qualifiers="const">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <description>
+ Returns a copy of the string with escaped characters replaced by their meanings according to the XML standard.
</description>
</method>
</methods>
@@ -45,48 +934,74 @@
<return type="bool" />
<param index="0" name="right" type="String" />
<description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if this [StringName] is not equivalent to the given [String].
</description>
</operator>
<operator name="operator !=">
<return type="bool" />
<param index="0" name="right" type="StringName" />
<description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the [StringName] and [param right] do not refer to the same name. Comparisons between [StringName]s are much faster than regular [String] comparisons.
+ </description>
+ </operator>
+ <operator name="operator %">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="right" type="Variant" />
+ <description>
+ </description>
+ </operator>
+ <operator name="operator +">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="right" type="String" />
+ <description>
+ </description>
+ </operator>
+ <operator name="operator +">
+ <return type="String" />
+ <param index="0" name="right" type="StringName" />
+ <description>
</description>
</operator>
<operator name="operator &lt;">
<return type="bool" />
<param index="0" name="right" type="StringName" />
<description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the left [String] comes before [param right] in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode order[/url], which roughly matches the alphabetical order. Useful for sorting.
</description>
</operator>
<operator name="operator &lt;=">
<return type="bool" />
<param index="0" name="right" type="StringName" />
<description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the left [String] comes before [param right] in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode order[/url], which roughly matches the alphabetical order, or if both are equal.
</description>
</operator>
<operator name="operator ==">
<return type="bool" />
<param index="0" name="right" type="String" />
<description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if this [StringName] is equivalent to the given [String].
</description>
</operator>
<operator name="operator ==">
<return type="bool" />
<param index="0" name="right" type="StringName" />
<description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the [StringName] and [param right] refer to the same name. Comparisons between [StringName]s are much faster than regular [String] comparisons.
</description>
</operator>
<operator name="operator &gt;">
<return type="bool" />
<param index="0" name="right" type="StringName" />
<description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the left [StringName] comes after [param right] in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode order[/url], which roughly matches the alphabetical order. Useful for sorting.
</description>
</operator>
<operator name="operator &gt;=">
<return type="bool" />
<param index="0" name="right" type="StringName" />
<description>
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the left [StringName] comes after [param right] in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode order[/url], which roughly matches the alphabetical order, or if both are equal.
</description>
</operator>
</operators>