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The TQCString class provides an abstraction of the classic C zero-terminated char array (char *). More...
All the functions in this class are reentrant when TQt is built with thread support.
#include <ntqcstring.h>
Inherits TQByteArray.
TQCString inherits TQByteArray, which is defined as TQMemArray<char>. Since TQCString is a TQMemArray, it uses explicit sharing with a reference count.
TQCString tries to behave like a more convenient const char *. The price of doing this is that some algorithms will perform badly. For example, append() is O(length()) since it scans for a null terminator. Although you might use TQCString for text that is never exposed to the user, for most purposes, and especially for user-visible text, you should use TQString. TQString provides implicit sharing, Unicode and other internationalization support, and is well optimized.
Note that for the TQCString methods that take a const char * parameter the const char * must either be 0 (null) or not-null and '\0' (NUL byte) terminated; otherwise the results are undefined.
A TQCString that has not been assigned to anything is null, i.e. both the length and the data pointer is 0. A TQCString that references the empty string ("", a single '\0' char) is empty. Both null and empty TQCStrings are legal parameters to the methods. Assigning const char * 0 to TQCString produces a null TQCString.
The length() function returns the length of the string; resize() resizes the string and truncate() truncates the string. A string can be filled with a character using fill(). Strings can be left or right padded with characters using leftJustify() and rightJustify(). Characters, strings and regular expressions can be searched for using find() and findRev(), and counted using contains().
Strings and characters can be inserted with insert() and appended with append(). A string can be prepended with prepend(). Characters can be removed from the string with remove() and replaced with replace().
Portions of a string can be extracted using left(), right() and mid(). Whitespace can be removed using stripWhiteSpace() and simplifyWhiteSpace(). Strings can be converted to uppercase or lowercase with upper() and lower() respectively.
Strings that contain numbers can be converted to numbers with toShort(), toInt(), toLong(), toULong(), toFloat() and toDouble(). Numbers can be converted to strings with setNum().
Many operators are overloaded to work with TQCStrings. TQCString also supports some more obscure functions, e.g. sprintf(), setStr() and setExpand().
Note on Character Comparisons
In TQCString the notion of uppercase and lowercase and of which character is greater than or less than another character is locale dependent. This affects functions which support a case insensitive option or which compare or lowercase or uppercase their arguments. Case insensitive operations and comparisons will be accurate if both strings contain only ASCII characters. (If $LC_CTYPE is set, most Unix systems do "the right thing".) Functions that this affects include contains(), find(), findRev(), operator<(), operator<=(), operator>(), operator>=(), lower() and upper().
This issue does not apply to TQStrings since they represent characters using Unicode.
Performance note: The TQCString methods for TQRegExp searching are implemented by converting the TQCString to a TQString and performing the search on that. This implies a deep copy of the TQCString data. If you are going to perform many TQRegExp searches on a large TQCString, you will get better performance by converting the TQCString to a TQString yourself, and then searching in the TQString.
See also Collection Classes, Implicitly and Explicitly Shared Classes, Text Related Classes, and Non-GUI Classes.
Constructs a null string.
See also isNull().
If size > 0, then the first and last characters in the string are initialized to '\0'. All other characters are uninitialized.
See also resize() and isNull().
Constructs a shallow copy s.
See also assign().
If str is 0 a null string is created.
See also isNull().
Example:
TQCString str( "helloworld", 6 ); // assigns "hello" to str
If str contains a 0 byte within the first maxsize bytes, the resulting TQCString will be terminated by this 0. If str is 0 a null string is created.
See also isNull().
Appends string str to the string and returns a reference to the string. Equivalent to operator+=().
The match is case sensitive if cs is TRUE, or case insensitive if cs if FALSE.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Returns the number of times str occurs in the string.
The match is case sensitive if cs is TRUE, or case insensitive if cs if FALSE.
This function counts overlapping substrings, for example, "banana" contains two occurrences of "ana".
See also findRev() and Note on character comparisons.
Counts the number of overlapping occurrences of rx in the string.
Example:
TQString s = "banana and panama"; TQRegExp r = TQRegExp( "a[nm]a", TRUE, FALSE ); s.contains( r ); // 4 matches
See also find() and findRev().
Warning: If you want to apply this function repeatedly to the same string it is more efficient to convert the string to a TQString and apply the function to that.
Returns a deep copy of this string.
See also detach().
If len is negative, then the current string length is used.
Returns FALSE is len is nonnegative and there is not enough memory to resize the string; otherwise returns TRUE.
The search is case sensitive if cs is TRUE, or case insensitive if cs is FALSE.
Returns the position of c, or -1 if c could not be found.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Example: network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp.
Finds the first occurrence of the string str, starting at position index.
The search is case sensitive if cs is TRUE, or case insensitive if cs is FALSE.
Returns the position of str, or -1 if str could not be found.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Finds the first occurrence of the regular expression rx, starting at position index.
Returns the position of the next match, or -1 if rx was not found.
Warning: If you want to apply this function repeatedly to the same string it is more efficient to convert the string to a TQString and apply the function to that.
The search is case sensitive if cs is TRUE, or case insensitive if cs is FALSE.
Returns the position of c, or -1 if c could not be found.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Finds the first occurrence of the string str, starting at position index and searching backwards.
The search is case sensitive if cs is TRUE, or case insensitive if cs is FALSE.
Returns the position of str, or -1 if str could not be found.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Finds the first occurrence of the regular expression rx, starting at position index and searching backwards.
Returns the position of the next match (backwards), or -1 if rx was not found.
Warning: If you want to apply this function repeatedly to the same string it is more efficient to convert the string to a TQString and apply the function to that.
If index is beyond the end of the string, the string is padded with spaces (ASCII 32) to length index and then c is appended.
Example:
TQCString s = "Yes"; s.insert( 3, '!'); // s == "Yes!"
See also remove() and replace().
Inserts string s into the string at position index.
If index is beyond the end of the string, the string is padded with spaces (ASCII 32) to length index and then s is appended.
TQCString s = "I like fish"; s.insert( 2, "don't "); // s == "I don't like fish" s = "x"; // index 01234 s.insert( 3, "yz" ); // s == "x yz"
Returns TRUE if the string is empty, i.e. if length() == 0; otherwise returns FALSE. An empty string is not always a null string.
See example in isNull().
See also isNull(), length(), and size().
Returns TRUE if the string is null, i.e. if data() == 0; otherwise returns FALSE. A null string is also an empty string.
Example:
TQCString a; // a.data() == 0, a.size() == 0, a.length() == 0 TQCString b == ""; // b.data() == "", b.size() == 1, b.length() == 0 a.isNull(); // TRUE because a.data() == 0 a.isEmpty(); // TRUE because a.length() == 0 b.isNull(); // FALSE because b.data() == "" b.isEmpty(); // TRUE because b.length() == 0
See also isEmpty(), length(), and size().
The whole string is returned if len exceeds the length of the string.
Example:
TQCString s = "Pineapple"; TQCString t = s.left( 4 ); // t == "Pine"
Example: network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp.
If the length of the string exceeds width and truncate is FALSE (the default), then the returned string is a copy of the string. If the length of the string exceeds width and truncate is TRUE, then the returned string is a left(width).
Example:
TQCString s("apple"); TQCString t = s.leftJustify(8, '.'); // t == "apple..."
See also rightJustify().
Returns the length of the string, excluding the '\0'-terminator. Equivalent to calling strlen(data()).
Null strings and empty strings have zero length.
See also size(), isNull(), and isEmpty().
Example: network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp.
Example:
TQCString s("Credit"); TQCString t = s.lower(); // t == "credit"
See also upper() and Note on character comparisons.
Returns a null string if the string is empty or if index is out of range. Returns the whole string from index if index+len exceeds the length of the string.
Example:
TQCString s = "Two pineapples"; TQCString t = s.mid( 4, 3 ); // t == "pin"
Example: network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp.
Returns the string data.
Appends character c to the string and returns a reference to the string.
Assigns a shallow copy of s to this string and returns a reference to this string.
Assigns a deep copy of str to this string and returns a reference to this string.
If str is 0 a null string is created.
See also isNull().
Prepend s to the string. Equivalent to insert(0, s).
See also insert().
If index is out of range, nothing happens. If index is valid, but index + len is larger than the length of the string, the string is truncated at position index.
TQCString s = "Montreal"; s.remove( 1, 4 ); // s == "Meal"
See also insert() and replace().
Example: network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp.
If index is out of range, nothing is removed and str is appended at the end of the string. If index is valid, but index + len is larger than the length of the string, str replaces the rest of the string from position index.
TQCString s = "Say yes!"; s.replace( 4, 3, "NO" ); // s == "Say NO!"
See also insert() and remove().
Replaces every occurrence of rx in the string with str. Returns a reference to the string.
Example:
TQString s = "banana"; s.replace( TQRegExp("a.*a"), "" ); // becomes "b" s = "banana"; s.replace( TQRegExp("^[bn]a"), "X" ); // becomes "Xnana" s = "banana"; s.replace( TQRegExp("^[bn]a"), "" ); // becomes "nana"
Warning: If you want to apply this function repeatedly to the same string it is more efficient to convert the string to a TQString and apply the function to that.
Replaces every occurrence of the character c in the string with after. Returns a reference to the string.
Example:
TQCString s = "a,b,c"; s.replace( ',', " or " ); // s == "a or b or c"
Replaces every occurrence of the string before in the string with the string after. Returns a reference to the string.
Example:
TQCString s = "Greek is Greek"; s.replace( "Greek", "English" ); // s == "English is English"
Replaces every occurrence of c1 with the char c2. Returns a reference to the string.
A '\0'-terminator is set at position len - 1 unless len == 0.
Example:
TQCString s = "resize this string"; s.resize( 7 ); // s == "resize"
See also truncate().
Example: network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp.
The whole string is returned if len exceeds the length of the string.
Example:
TQCString s = "Pineapple"; TQCString t = s.right( 5 ); // t == "apple"
Example: network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp.
If the length of the string exceeds width and truncate is FALSE (the default), then the returned string is a copy of the string. If the length of the string exceeds width and truncate is TRUE, then the returned string is a left(width).
Example:
TQCString s("pie"); TQCString t = s.rightJustify(8, '.'); // t == ".....pie"
See also leftJustify().
Returns FALSE if index was out of range and the string could not be expanded; otherwise returns TRUE.
The format of the string representation is specified by the format character f, and the precision (number of digits after the decimal point) is specified with prec.
The valid formats for f are 'e', 'E', 'f', 'g' and 'G'. The formats are the same as for sprintf(); they are explained in TQString::arg().
Sets the string to the string representation of the number n and returns a reference to the string.
Sets the string to the string representation of the number n and returns a reference to the string.
Sets the string to the string representation of the number n and returns a reference to the string.
Sets the string to the string representation of the number n and returns a reference to the string.
Sets the string to the string representation of the number n and returns a reference to the string.
Sets the string to the string representation of the number n and returns a reference to the string.
White space means the decimal ASCII codes 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 32.
TQCString s = " lots\t of\nwhite space "; TQCString t = s.simplifyWhiteSpace(); // t == "lots of white space"
See also stripWhiteSpace().
If the string is shorter than 256 characters, this sprintf() calls resize(256) to decrease the chance of memory corruption. The string is resized back to its actual length before sprintf() returns.
Example:
TQCString s; s.sprintf( "%d - %s", 1, "first" ); // result < 256 chars TQCString big( 25000 ); // very long string big.sprintf( "%d - %s", 2, longString ); // result < 25000 chars
Warning: All vsprintf() implementations will write past the end of the target string (*this) if the format specification and arguments happen to be longer than the target string, and some will also fail if the target string is longer than some arbitrary implementation limit.
Giving user-supplied arguments to sprintf() is risky: Sooner or later someone will paste a huge line into your application.
White space means the decimal ASCII codes 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 32.
Example:
TQCString s = " space "; TQCString t = s.stripWhiteSpace(); // t == "space"
See also simplifyWhiteSpace().
If ok is not 0: *ok is set to FALSE if the string is not a number, or if it has trailing garbage; otherwise *ok is set to TRUE.
If ok is not 0: *ok is set to FALSE if the string is not a number, or if it has trailing garbage; otherwise *ok is set to TRUE.
If ok is not 0: *ok is set to FALSE if the string is not a number, or if it has trailing garbage; otherwise *ok is set to TRUE.
If ok is not 0: *ok is set to FALSE if the string is not a number, or if it has trailing garbage; otherwise *ok is set to TRUE.
If ok is not 0: *ok is set to FALSE if the string is not a number, is out of range, or if it has trailing garbage; otherwise *ok is set to TRUE.
If ok is not 0: *ok is set to FALSE if the string is not a number, or if it has trailing garbage; otherwise *ok is set to TRUE.
If ok is not 0: *ok is set to FALSE if the string is not a number, or if it has trailing garbage; otherwise *ok is set to TRUE.
If ok is not 0: *ok is set to FALSE if the string is not a number, is out of range, or if it has trailing garbage; otherwise *ok is set to TRUE.
Truncates the string at position pos.
Equivalent to calling resize(pos+1).
Example:
TQCString s = "truncate this string"; s.truncate( 5 ); // s == "trunc"
See also resize().
Example:
TQCString s( "Debit" ); TQCString t = s.upper(); // t == "DEBIT"
See also lower() and Note on character comparisons.
Returns TRUE if s1 and s2 are different; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) != 0.
Returns TRUE if s1 and s2 are different; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) != 0.
Returns TRUE if s1 and s2 are different; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) != 0.
Returns a string which consists of the concatenation of s1 and s2.
Returns a string which consists of the concatenation of s1 and s2.
Returns a string which consists of the concatenation of s1 and s2.
Returns a string which consists of the concatenation of s and c.
Returns a string which consists of the concatenation of c and s.
Returns TRUE if s1 is less than s2; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) < 0.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Returns TRUE if s1 is less than s2; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) < 0.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Writes string str to the stream s.
See also Format of the TQDataStream operators.
Returns TRUE if s1 is less than or equal to s2; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) <= 0.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Returns TRUE if s1 is less than or equal to s2; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) <= 0.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Returns TRUE if s1 and s2 are equal; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) == 0.
Returns TRUE if s1 and s2 are equal; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) == 0.
Returns TRUE if s1 and s2 are equal; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) == 0.
Returns TRUE if s1 is greater than s2; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) > 0.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Returns TRUE if s1 is greater than s2; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) > 0.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Returns TRUE if s1 is greater than or equal to s2; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) >= 0.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Returns TRUE if s1 is greater than or equal to s2; otherwise returns FALSE.
Equivalent to qstrcmp(s1, s2) >= 0.
See also Note on character comparisons.
Reads a string into str from the stream s.
See also Format of the TQDataStream operators.
This function is normally part of the C library. TQt implements memmove() for platforms that do not provide it.
memmove() copies len bytes from src into dst. The data is copied correctly even if src and dst overlap.
A safe strcmp() function.
Compares str1 and str2. Returns a negative value if str1 is less than str2, 0 if str1 is equal to str2 or a positive value if str1 is greater than str2.
Special case I: Returns 0 if str1 and str2 are both 0.
Special case II: Returns a random nonzero value if str1 is 0 or str2 is 0 (but not both).
See also tqstrncmp(), tqstricmp(), tqstrnicmp(), and Note on character comparisons.
A safe strcpy() function.
Copies all characters up to and including the '\0' from src into dst and returns a pointer to dst.
Returns a duplicate string.
Allocates space for a copy of src, copies it, and returns a pointer to the copy. If src is 0, it immediately returns 0.
The returned string must be deleted using delete[].
A safe stricmp() function.
Compares str1 and str2 ignoring the case.
Returns a negative value if str1 is less than str2, 0 if str1 is equal to str2 or a positive value if str1 is greater than str2.
Special case I: Returns 0 if str1 and str2 are both 0.
Special case II: Returns a random nonzero value if str1 is 0 or str2 is 0 (but not both).
See also qstrcmp(), tqstrncmp(), tqstrnicmp(), and Note on character comparisons.
A safe strlen function.
Returns the number of characters that precede the terminating '\0'. or 0 if str is 0.
A safe strncmp() function.
Compares at most len bytes of str1 and str2.
Returns a negative value if str1 is less than str2, 0 if str1 is equal to str2 or a positive value if str1 is greater than str2.
Special case I: Returns 0 if str1 and str2 are both 0.
Special case II: Returns a random nonzero value if str1 is 0 or str2 is 0 (but not both).
See also qstrcmp(), tqstricmp(), tqstrnicmp(), and Note on character comparisons.
A safe strncpy() function.
Copies at most len bytes from src (stopping at len or the terminating '\0' whichever comes first) into dst and returns a pointer to dst. Guarantees that dst is '\0'-terminated. If src or dst is 0, returns 0 immediately.
See also qstrcpy().
A safe strnicmp() function.
Compares at most len bytes of str1 and str2 ignoring the case.
Returns a negative value if str1 is less than str2, 0 if str1 is equal to str2 or a positive value if str1 is greater than str2.
Special case I: Returns 0 if str1 and str2 are both 0.
Special case II: Returns a random nonzero value if str1 is 0 or str2 is 0 (but not both).
See also qstrcmp(), tqstrncmp(), tqstricmp(), and Note on character comparisons.
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