string_manipulation.h

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#ifndef STRING_MANIPULATION_CLASS
#define STRING_MANIPULATION_CLASS

/*****************************************************************************\
*                                                                             *
*  Name   : string_manipulation                                               *
*  Author : Chris Koeritz                                                     *
*  Author : Brit Minor                                                        *
*  Author : Aaron Buchanan                                                    *
*                                                                             *
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* redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public  *
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of   *
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*     http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html                                    *
* Please send any updates to: fred@gruntose.com                               *
\*****************************************************************************/

#include "textual_dll.h"


class TEXTUAL_CLASS_STYLE string_manipulation
{
public:
  static istring make_random_name(int min = 1, int max = 64);

  static bool quote_string(const istring &to_modify, istring &quoted_string);

  static istring long_line(char line_item = '/', int repeat = 76);

  static istring indentation(int spaces);

  static istring &escape_chars(istring &input_string);

  static istring &unescape_chars(istring &input_string);

  static bool substring(const istring &look_in, const istring &after, 
                        const istring &before, istring &found);

  static void carriage_returns_to_spaces(istring &to_strip);

  static void split_lines(const istring &input, istring &output,
          int min_column = 0, int max_column = 79);



  // numerical manipulation functions:

  static byte char_to_hex(char to_convert);

  static char hex_to_char(byte to_convert);
  
  static byte_array string_to_hex(const istring &character_form);

  static istring hex_to_string(const byte_array &byte_form);



private:
  static const istring_object &splitter_finding_set();
};

#endif

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