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Characters and Strings

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TODO: rectify ord and chr with REPL formatting; should results format as in the REPL?

Character Functions​

ord​

Converts a digit character to its numeric value. For non-digit characters, it returns the ASCII value minus 48.

ord {1}    == 1
ord {A}    == 17
ord {a}    == 49

chr​

Converts a number to its corresponding ASCII character by adding 48.

chr 48    == {0}
chr 65    == {A}
chr 97    == {a}

isDigit​

Checks if a character is a digit (0-9).

isDigit {0}    == 1
isDigit {9}    == 1
isDigit {a}    == 0

isHexDigit​

Checks if a character is a hexadecimal digit (0-9, a-f, A-F).

isHexDigit {0}    == 1
isHexDigit {F}    == 1
isHexDigit {g}    == 0

isUpper​

Checks if a character is uppercase.

isUpper {A}    == 1
isUpper {a}    == 0
isUpper {0}    == 0

isLower​

Checks if a character is lowercase.

isLower {a}    == 1
isLower {A}    == 0
isLower {0}    == 0

isAlpha​

Checks if a character is alphabetic (a-z, A-Z).

isAlpha {a}    == 1
isAlpha {Z}    == 1
isAlpha {0}    == 0

isPrint​

Checks if a character is printable (space through tilde).

isPrint { }     == 1
isPrint {~}     == 1
isPrint {a}     == 1
isPrint 0       == 0

isAlphaNum​

Checks if a character is alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9).

isAlphaNum {a}    == 1
isAlphaNum {Z}    == 1
isAlphaNum {0}    == 1
isAlphaNum {!}    == 0

toLower​

Converts a character to lowercase.

toLower {A}    == {a}
toLower {a}    == {a}
toLower {0}    == 48

toUpper​

Converts a character to uppercase.

toUpper {a}    == {A}
toUpper {A}    == {A}
toUpper {0}    == 48

Special Characters​

newlineChar​

The ASCII code for newline (10).

newlineChar == 10

tabChar​

The ASCII code for tab (9).

tabChar == 9

spaceChar​

The ASCII code for space (32).

spaceChar == 32

Number to String Conversion​

listDigits​

Converts a number to a list of digit characters.

listDigits 0     == [48 0]
listDigits 123   == [49 [50 [51 0]]]

digits​

Converts a number to a row of digit characters.

digits 0     == [48]
digits 123   == [49 50 51]

String Functions​

strLen​

Returns the length of a string.

strLen {}        == 0
strLen {abc}     == 3
strLen {hello}   == 5

strWeld​

Concatenates two strings.

strWeld {hello} { world}    == {hello world}
strWeld {} {abc}            == {abc}
strWeld {abc} {}            == {abc}

strCat​

Concatenates a row of strings.

strCat [{a} {b} {c}]    == {abc}
strCat [{} {abc} {}]    == {abc}

strToList​

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TODO: REPL formatting?

Converts a string to a list of character codes.

strToList {abc}    == [97 [98 [99 0]]]
strToList {}       == 0

strFromList​

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TODO: REPL formatting?

Converts a list of character codes to a string.

strFromList [97 [98 [99 0]]]    == {abc}
strFromList 0                   == {}

explode​

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TODO: REPL formatting?

Converts a string to a row of character codes.

explode {abc}    == [97 98 99]
explode {}       == []

implode​

Converts a row of character codes to a string.

implode [97 98 99]    == {abc}
implode []            == {}

strToUpper​

Converts a string to uppercase.

strToUpper {Hello}     == {HELLO}
strToUpper {ABC123}    == {ABC123}

strToLower​

Converts a string to lowercase.

strToLower {Hello}     == {hello}
strToLower {ABC123}    == {abc123}

strCapitalize​

Capitalizes the first character of a string.

strCapitalize {hello}    == {Hello}
strCapitalize {HELLO}    == {HELLO}
strCapitalize {}         == {}

strIsCapitalized​

Checks if the first character of a string is uppercase.

strIsCapitalized {Hello}    == 1
strIsCapitalized {hello}    == 0
strIsCapitalized {}         == 0

strMap​

Applies a function to every character in a string.

strMap toUpper {Hello}      == {HELLO}
strMap (add 1) {ABC}        == {BCD}
strMap (const {x}) {abc}    == {xxx}

String Parsing Functions​

isDecimalLit​

Checks if a string is a valid decimal literal.

isDecimalLit {123}      == 1
isDecimalLit {12_34}    == 1
isDecimalLit {12.34}    == 0
isDecimalLit {abc}      == 0

loadDecimal​

Parses a decimal literal string into a number.

loadDecimal {123}      == 123
loadDecimal {12_34}    == 1234
loadDecimal {0}        == 0

isHexLit​

Checks if a string is a valid hexadecimal literal (starting with "0x").

isHexLit {0xff}       == 1
isHexLit {0xAB_CD}    == 1
isHexLit {ff}         == 0
isHexLit {0xGG}       == 0

loadHexLit​

Parses a hexadecimal literal string into a number.

loadHexLit {0xff}     == 255
loadHexLit {0xA_B}    == 171
loadHexLit {0x0}      == 0

loadKeyWord​

Parses a string as either a decimal literal, hexadecimal literal, or returns the string itself.

loadKeyWord {123}     == 123
loadKeyWord {0xff}    == 255
loadKeyWord {abc}     == {abc}