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//using System;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Security;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
namespace Godot
{
public static class StringExtensions
{
private static int GetSliceCount(this string instance, string splitter)
{
if (instance.Empty() || splitter.Empty())
return 0;
int pos = 0;
int slices = 1;
while ((pos = instance.Find(splitter, pos)) >= 0)
{
slices++;
pos += splitter.Length;
}
return slices;
}
private static string GetSlicec(this string instance, char splitter, int slice)
{
if (!instance.Empty() && slice >= 0)
{
int i = 0;
int prev = 0;
int count = 0;
while (true)
{
if (instance[i] == 0 || instance[i] == splitter)
{
if (slice == count)
{
return instance.Substring(prev, i - prev);
}
else
{
count++;
prev = i + 1;
}
}
i++;
}
}
return string.Empty;
}
// <summary>
// If the string is a path to a file, return the path to the file without the extension.
// </summary>
public static string Basename(this string instance)
{
int index = instance.LastIndexOf('.');
if (index > 0)
return instance.Substring(0, index);
return instance;
}
// <summary>
// Return true if the strings begins with the given string.
// </summary>
public static bool BeginsWith(this string instance, string text)
{
return instance.StartsWith(text);
}
// <summary>
// Return the bigrams (pairs of consecutive letters) of this string.
// </summary>
public static string[] Bigrams(this string instance)
{
string[] b = new string[instance.Length - 1];
for (int i = 0; i < b.Length; i++)
{
b[i] = instance.Substring(i, 2);
}
return b;
}
// <summary>
// Return a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the C language standard.
// </summary>
public static string CEscape(this string instance)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(string.Copy(instance));
sb.Replace("\\", "\\\\");
sb.Replace("\a", "\\a");
sb.Replace("\b", "\\b");
sb.Replace("\f", "\\f");
sb.Replace("\n", "\\n");
sb.Replace("\r", "\\r");
sb.Replace("\t", "\\t");
sb.Replace("\v", "\\v");
sb.Replace("\'", "\\'");
sb.Replace("\"", "\\\"");
sb.Replace("?", "\\?");
return sb.ToString();
}
// <summary>
// Return a copy of the string with escaped characters replaced by their meanings according to the C language standard.
// </summary>
public static string CUnescape(this string instance)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(string.Copy(instance));
sb.Replace("\\a", "\a");
sb.Replace("\\b", "\b");
sb.Replace("\\f", "\f");
sb.Replace("\\n", "\n");
sb.Replace("\\r", "\r");
sb.Replace("\\t", "\t");
sb.Replace("\\v", "\v");
sb.Replace("\\'", "\'");
sb.Replace("\\\"", "\"");
sb.Replace("\\?", "?");
sb.Replace("\\\\", "\\");
return sb.ToString();
}
// <summary>
// Change the case of some letters. Replace underscores with spaces, convert all letters to lowercase then capitalize first and every letter following the space character. For [code]capitalize camelCase mixed_with_underscores[/code] it will return [code]Capitalize Camelcase Mixed With Underscores[/code].
// </summary>
public static string Capitalize(this string instance)
{
string aux = instance.Replace("_", " ").ToLower();
string cap = string.Empty;
for (int i = 0; i < aux.GetSliceCount(" "); i++)
{
string slice = aux.GetSlicec(' ', i);
if (slice.Length > 0)
{
slice = char.ToUpper(slice[0]) + slice.Substring(1);
if (i > 0)
cap += " ";
cap += slice;
}
}
return cap;
}
// <summary>
// Perform a case-sensitive comparison to another string, return -1 if less, 0 if equal and +1 if greater.
// </summary>
public static int CasecmpTo(this string instance, string to)
{
if (instance.Empty())
return to.Empty() ? 0 : -1;
if (to.Empty())
return 1;
int instance_idx = 0;
int to_idx = 0;
while (true)
{
if (to[to_idx] == 0 && instance[instance_idx] == 0)
return 0; // We're equal
else if (instance[instance_idx] == 0)
return -1; // If this is empty, and the other one is not, then we're less... I think?
else if (to[to_idx] == 0)
return 1; // Otherwise the other one is smaller...
else if (instance[instance_idx] < to[to_idx]) // More than
return -1;
else if (instance[instance_idx] > to[to_idx]) // Less than
return 1;
instance_idx++;
to_idx++;
}
}
// <summary>
// Return true if the string is empty.
// </summary>
public static bool Empty(this string instance)
{
return string.IsNullOrEmpty(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Return true if the strings ends with the given string.
// </summary>
public static bool EndsWith(this string instance, string text)
{
return instance.EndsWith(text);
}
// <summary>
// Erase [code]chars[/code] characters from the string starting from [code]pos[/code].
// </summary>
public static void Erase(this StringBuilder instance, int pos, int chars)
{
instance.Remove(pos, chars);
}
// <summary>
// If the string is a path to a file, return the extension.
// </summary>
public static string Extension(this string instance)
{
int pos = instance.FindLast(".");
if (pos < 0)
return instance;
return instance.Substring(pos + 1, instance.Length);
}
// <summary>
// Find the first occurrence of a substring, return the starting position of the substring or -1 if not found. Optionally, the initial search index can be passed.
// </summary>
public static int Find(this string instance, string what, int from = 0)
{
return instance.IndexOf(what, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
}
// <summary>
// Find the last occurrence of a substring, return the starting position of the substring or -1 if not found. Optionally, the initial search index can be passed.
// </summary>
public static int FindLast(this string instance, string what)
{
return instance.LastIndexOf(what, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
}
// <summary>
// Find the first occurrence of a substring but search as case-insensitive, return the starting position of the substring or -1 if not found. Optionally, the initial search index can be passed.
// </summary>
public static int FindN(this string instance, string what, int from = 0)
{
return instance.IndexOf(what, StringComparison.Ordinal);
}
// <summary>
// If the string is a path to a file, return the base directory.
// </summary>
public static string GetBaseDir(this string instance)
{
int basepos = instance.Find("://");
string rs = string.Empty;
string @base = string.Empty;
if (basepos != -1)
{
int end = basepos + 3;
rs = instance.Substring(end, instance.Length);
@base = instance.Substring(0, end);
}
else
{
if (instance.BeginsWith("/"))
{
rs = instance.Substring(1, instance.Length);
@base = "/";
}
else
{
rs = instance;
}
}
int sep = Mathf.Max(rs.FindLast("/"), rs.FindLast("\\"));
if (sep == -1)
return @base;
return @base + rs.Substr(0, sep);
}
// <summary>
// If the string is a path to a file, return the file and ignore the base directory.
// </summary>
public static string GetFile(this string instance)
{
int sep = Mathf.Max(instance.FindLast("/"), instance.FindLast("\\"));
if (sep == -1)
return instance;
return instance.Substring(sep + 1, instance.Length);
}
// <summary>
// Hash the string and return a 32 bits integer.
// </summary>
public static int Hash(this string instance)
{
int index = 0;
int hashv = 5381;
int c;
while ((c = (int)instance[index++]) != 0)
hashv = ((hashv << 5) + hashv) + c; // hash * 33 + c
return hashv;
}
// <summary>
// Convert a string containing an hexadecimal number into an int.
// </summary>
public static int HexToInt(this string instance)
{
int sign = 1;
if (instance[0] == '-')
{
sign = -1;
instance = instance.Substring(1);
}
if (!instance.StartsWith("0x"))
return 0;
return sign * int.Parse(instance.Substring(2), NumberStyles.HexNumber);
}
// <summary>
// Insert a substring at a given position.
// </summary>
public static string Insert(this string instance, int pos, string what)
{
return instance.Insert(pos, what);
}
// <summary>
// If the string is a path to a file or directory, return true if the path is absolute.
// </summary>
public static bool IsAbsPath(this string instance)
{
return System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted(instance);
}
// <summary>
// If the string is a path to a file or directory, return true if the path is relative.
// </summary>
public static bool IsRelPath(this string instance)
{
return !System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Check whether this string is a subsequence of the given string.
// </summary>
public static bool IsSubsequenceOf(this string instance, string text, bool case_insensitive)
{
int len = instance.Length;
if (len == 0)
return true; // Technically an empty string is subsequence of any string
if (len > text.Length)
return false;
int src = 0;
int tgt = 0;
while (instance[src] != 0 && text[tgt] != 0)
{
bool match = false;
if (case_insensitive)
{
char srcc = char.ToLower(instance[src]);
char tgtc = char.ToLower(text[tgt]);
match = srcc == tgtc;
}
else
{
match = instance[src] == text[tgt];
}
if (match)
{
src++;
if (instance[src] == 0)
return true;
}
tgt++;
}
return false;
}
// <summary>
// Check whether this string is a subsequence of the given string, considering case.
// </summary>
public static bool IsSubsequenceOf(this string instance, string text)
{
return instance.IsSubsequenceOf(text, false);
}
// <summary>
// Check whether this string is a subsequence of the given string, without considering case.
// </summary>
public static bool IsSubsequenceOfI(this string instance, string text)
{
return instance.IsSubsequenceOf(text, true);
}
// <summary>
// Check whether the string contains a valid float.
// </summary>
public static bool IsValidFloat(this string instance)
{
float f;
return float.TryParse(instance, out f);
}
// <summary>
// Check whether the string contains a valid color in HTML notation.
// </summary>
public static bool IsValidHtmlColor(this string instance)
{
return Color.HtmlIsValid(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Check whether the string is a valid identifier. As is common in programming languages, a valid identifier may contain only letters, digits and underscores (_) and the first character may not be a digit.
// </summary>
public static bool IsValidIdentifier(this string instance)
{
int len = instance.Length;
if (len == 0)
return false;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (i == 0)
{
if (instance[0] >= '0' && instance[0] <= '9')
return false; // Don't start with number plz
}
bool valid_char = (instance[i] >= '0' && instance[i] <= '9') || (instance[i] >= 'a' && instance[i] <= 'z') || (instance[i] >= 'A' && instance[i] <= 'Z') || instance[i] == '_';
if (!valid_char)
return false;
}
return true;
}
// <summary>
// Check whether the string contains a valid integer.
// </summary>
public static bool IsValidInteger(this string instance)
{
int f;
return int.TryParse(instance, out f);
}
// <summary>
// Check whether the string contains a valid IP address.
// </summary>
public static bool IsValidIpAddress(this string instance)
{
string[] ip = instance.Split(".");
if (ip.Length != 4)
return false;
for (int i = 0; i < ip.Length; i++)
{
string n = ip[i];
if (!n.IsValidInteger())
return false;
int val = n.ToInt();
if (val < 0 || val > 255)
return false;
}
return true;
}
// <summary>
// Return a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the JSON standard.
// </summary>
public static string JsonEscape(this string instance)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(string.Copy(instance));
sb.Replace("\\", "\\\\");
sb.Replace("\b", "\\b");
sb.Replace("\f", "\\f");
sb.Replace("\n", "\\n");
sb.Replace("\r", "\\r");
sb.Replace("\t", "\\t");
sb.Replace("\v", "\\v");
sb.Replace("\"", "\\\"");
return sb.ToString();
}
// <summary>
// Return an amount of characters from the left of the string.
// </summary>
public static string Left(this string instance, int pos)
{
if (pos <= 0)
return string.Empty;
if (pos >= instance.Length)
return instance;
return instance.Substring(0, pos);
}
/// <summary>
/// Return the length of the string in characters.
/// </summary>
public static int Length(this string instance)
{
return instance.Length;
}
// <summary>
// Do a simple expression match, where '*' matches zero or more arbitrary characters and '?' matches any single character except '.'.
// </summary>
public static bool ExprMatch(this string instance, string expr, bool caseSensitive)
{
if (expr.Length == 0 || instance.Length == 0)
return false;
switch (expr[0])
{
case '\0':
return instance[0] == 0;
case '*':
return ExprMatch(expr + 1, instance, caseSensitive) || (instance[0] != 0 && ExprMatch(expr, instance + 1, caseSensitive));
case '?':
return instance[0] != 0 && instance[0] != '.' && ExprMatch(expr + 1, instance + 1, caseSensitive);
default:
return (caseSensitive ? instance[0] == expr[0] : char.ToUpper(instance[0]) == char.ToUpper(expr[0])) &&
ExprMatch(expr + 1, instance + 1, caseSensitive);
}
}
// <summary>
// Do a simple case sensitive expression match, using ? and * wildcards (see [method expr_match]).
// </summary>
public static bool Match(this string instance, string expr)
{
return instance.ExprMatch(expr, true);
}
// <summary>
// Do a simple case insensitive expression match, using ? and * wildcards (see [method expr_match]).
// </summary>
public static bool Matchn(this string instance, string expr)
{
return instance.ExprMatch(expr, false);
}
// <summary>
// Return the MD5 hash of the string as an array of bytes.
// </summary>
public static byte[] Md5Buffer(this string instance)
{
return NativeCalls.godot_icall_String_md5_buffer(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Return the MD5 hash of the string as a string.
// </summary>
public static string Md5Text(this string instance)
{
return NativeCalls.godot_icall_String_md5_text(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Perform a case-insensitive comparison to another string, return -1 if less, 0 if equal and +1 if greater.
// </summary>
public static int NocasecmpTo(this string instance, string to)
{
if (instance.Empty())
return to.Empty() ? 0 : -1;
if (to.Empty())
return 1;
int instance_idx = 0;
int to_idx = 0;
while (true)
{
if (to[to_idx] == 0 && instance[instance_idx] == 0)
return 0; // We're equal
else if (instance[instance_idx] == 0)
return -1; // If this is empty, and the other one is not, then we're less... I think?
else if (to[to_idx] == 0)
return 1; // Otherwise the other one is smaller..
else if (char.ToUpper(instance[instance_idx]) < char.ToUpper(to[to_idx])) // More than
return -1;
else if (char.ToUpper(instance[instance_idx]) > char.ToUpper(to[to_idx])) // Less than
return 1;
instance_idx++;
to_idx++;
}
}
// <summary>
// Return the character code at position [code]at[/code].
// </summary>
public static int OrdAt(this string instance, int at)
{
return instance[at];
}
// <summary>
// Format a number to have an exact number of [code]digits[/code] after the decimal point.
// </summary>
public static string PadDecimals(this string instance, int digits)
{
int c = instance.Find(".");
if (c == -1)
{
if (digits <= 0)
return instance;
instance += ".";
c = instance.Length - 1;
}
else
{
if (digits <= 0)
return instance.Substring(0, c);
}
if (instance.Length - (c + 1) > digits)
{
instance = instance.Substring(0, c + digits + 1);
}
else
{
while (instance.Length - (c + 1) < digits)
{
instance += "0";
}
}
return instance;
}
// <summary>
// Format a number to have an exact number of [code]digits[/code] before the decimal point.
// </summary>
public static string PadZeros(this string instance, int digits)
{
string s = instance;
int end = s.Find(".");
if (end == -1)
end = s.Length;
if (end == 0)
return s;
int begin = 0;
while (begin < end && (s[begin] < '0' || s[begin] > '9'))
{
begin++;
}
if (begin >= end)
return s;
while (end - begin < digits)
{
s = s.Insert(begin, "0");
end++;
}
return s;
}
// <summary>
// Decode a percent-encoded string. See [method percent_encode].
// </summary>
public static string PercentDecode(this string instance)
{
return Uri.UnescapeDataString(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Percent-encode a string. This is meant to encode parameters in a URL when sending a HTTP GET request and bodies of form-urlencoded POST request.
// </summary>
public static string PercentEncode(this string instance)
{
return Uri.EscapeDataString(instance);
}
// <summary>
// If the string is a path, this concatenates [code]file[/code] at the end of the string as a subpath. E.g. [code]"this/is".plus_file("path") == "this/is/path"[/code].
// </summary>
public static string PlusFile(this string instance, string file)
{
if (instance.Length > 0 && instance[instance.Length - 1] == '/')
return instance + file;
else
return instance + "/" + file;
}
// <summary>
// Replace occurrences of a substring for different ones inside the string.
// </summary>
public static string Replace(this string instance, string what, string forwhat)
{
return instance.Replace(what, forwhat);
}
// <summary>
// Replace occurrences of a substring for different ones inside the string, but search case-insensitive.
// </summary>
public static string Replacen(this string instance, string what, string forwhat)
{
return Regex.Replace(instance, what, forwhat, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
}
// <summary>
// Perform a search for a substring, but start from the end of the string instead of the beginning.
// </summary>
public static int Rfind(this string instance, string what, int from = -1)
{
return NativeCalls.godot_icall_String_rfind(instance, what, from);
}
// <summary>
// Perform a search for a substring, but start from the end of the string instead of the beginning. Also search case-insensitive.
// </summary>
public static int Rfindn(this string instance, string what, int from = -1)
{
return NativeCalls.godot_icall_String_rfindn(instance, what, from);
}
// <summary>
// Return the right side of the string from a given position.
// </summary>
public static string Right(this string instance, int pos)
{
if (pos >= instance.Length)
return instance;
if (pos < 0)
return string.Empty;
return instance.Substring(pos, (instance.Length - pos));
}
public static byte[] Sha256Buffer(this string instance)
{
return NativeCalls.godot_icall_String_sha256_buffer(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Return the SHA-256 hash of the string as a string.
// </summary>
public static string Sha256Text(this string instance)
{
return NativeCalls.godot_icall_String_sha256_text(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Return the similarity index of the text compared to this string. 1 means totally similar and 0 means totally dissimilar.
// </summary>
public static float Similarity(this string instance, string text)
{
if (instance == text)
{
// Equal strings are totally similar
return 1.0f;
}
if (instance.Length < 2 || text.Length < 2)
{
// No way to calculate similarity without a single bigram
return 0.0f;
}
string[] srcBigrams = instance.Bigrams();
string[] tgtBigrams = text.Bigrams();
int src_size = srcBigrams.Length;
int tgt_size = tgtBigrams.Length;
float sum = src_size + tgt_size;
float inter = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < src_size; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < tgt_size; j++)
{
if (srcBigrams[i] == tgtBigrams[j])
{
inter++;
break;
}
}
}
return (2.0f * inter) / sum;
}
// <summary>
// Split the string by a divisor string, return an array of the substrings. Example "One,Two,Three" will return ["One","Two","Three"] if split by ",".
// </summary>
public static string[] Split(this string instance, string divisor, bool allow_empty = true)
{
return instance.Split(new string[] { divisor }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
}
// <summary>
// Split the string in floats by using a divisor string, return an array of the substrings. Example "1,2.5,3" will return [1,2.5,3] if split by ",".
// </summary>
public static float[] SplitFloats(this string instance, string divisor, bool allow_empty = true)
{
List<float> ret = new List<float>();
int from = 0;
int len = instance.Length;
while (true)
{
int end = instance.Find(divisor, from);
if (end < 0)
end = len;
if (allow_empty || (end > from))
ret.Add(float.Parse(instance.Substring(from)));
if (end == len)
break;
from = end + divisor.Length;
}
return ret.ToArray();
}
private static readonly char[] non_printable = {
(char)00, (char)01, (char)02, (char)03, (char)04, (char)05,
(char)06, (char)07, (char)08, (char)09, (char)10, (char)11,
(char)12, (char)13, (char)14, (char)15, (char)16, (char)17,
(char)18, (char)19, (char)20, (char)21, (char)22, (char)23,
(char)24, (char)25, (char)26, (char)27, (char)28, (char)29,
(char)30, (char)31, (char)32
};
// <summary>
// Return a copy of the string stripped of any non-printable character at the beginning and the end. The optional arguments are used to toggle stripping on the left and right edges respectively.
// </summary>
public static string StripEdges(this string instance, bool left = true, bool right = true)
{
if (left)
{
if (right)
return instance.Trim(non_printable);
else
return instance.TrimStart(non_printable);
}
else
{
return instance.TrimEnd(non_printable);
}
}
// <summary>
// Return part of the string from the position [code]from[/code], with length [code]len[/code].
// </summary>
public static string Substr(this string instance, int from, int len)
{
return instance.Substring(from, len);
}
// <summary>
// Convert the String (which is a character array) to PoolByteArray (which is an array of bytes). The conversion is speeded up in comparison to to_utf8() with the assumption that all the characters the String contains are only ASCII characters.
// </summary>
public static byte[] ToAscii(this string instance)
{
return Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Convert a string, containing a decimal number, into a [code]float[/code].
// </summary>
public static float ToFloat(this string instance)
{
return float.Parse(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Convert a string, containing an integer number, into an [code]int[/code].
// </summary>
public static int ToInt(this string instance)
{
return int.Parse(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Return the string converted to lowercase.
// </summary>
public static string ToLower(this string instance)
{
return instance.ToLower();
}
// <summary>
// Return the string converted to uppercase.
// </summary>
public static string ToUpper(this string instance)
{
return instance.ToUpper();
}
// <summary>
// Convert the String (which is an array of characters) to PoolByteArray (which is an array of bytes). The conversion is a bit slower than to_ascii(), but supports all UTF-8 characters. Therefore, you should prefer this function over to_ascii().
// </summary>
public static byte[] ToUtf8(this string instance)
{
return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Return a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the XML standard.
// </summary>
public static string XmlEscape(this string instance)
{
return SecurityElement.Escape(instance);
}
// <summary>
// Return a copy of the string with escaped characters replaced by their meanings according to the XML standard.
// </summary>
public static string XmlUnescape(this string instance)
{
return SecurityElement.FromString(instance).Text;
}
}
}
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