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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
namespace Clifton.Tools.Strings
{
/// <summary>
/// Helpers for string manipulation.
/// </summary>
public static class StringHelpers
{
/// <summary>
/// Left of the first occurance of c
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src">The source string.</param>
/// <param name="c">Return everything to the left of this character.</param>
/// <returns>String to the left of c, or the entire string.</returns>
public static string LeftOf(string src, char c)
{
string ret=src;
int idx=src.IndexOf(c);
if (idx != -1)
{
ret=src.Substring(0, idx);
}
return ret;
}
/// <summary>
/// Left of the n'th occurance of c.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src">The source string.</param>
/// <param name="c">Return everything to the left n'th occurance of this character.</param>
/// <param name="n">The occurance.</param>
/// <returns>String to the left of c, or the entire string if not found or n is 0.</returns>
public static string LeftOf(string src, char c, int n)
{
string ret=src;
int idx=-1;
while (n > 0)
{
idx=src.IndexOf(c, idx+1);
if (idx==-1)
{
break;
}
--n;
}
if (idx != -1)
{
ret=src.Substring(0, idx);
}
return ret;
}
/// <summary>
/// Right of the first occurance of c
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src">The source string.</param>
/// <param name="c">The search char.</param>
/// <returns>Returns everything to the right of c, or an empty string if c is not found.</returns>
public static string RightOf(string src, char c)
{
string ret=String.Empty;
int idx=src.IndexOf(c);
if (idx != -1)
{
ret=src.Substring(idx+1);
}
return ret;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns all the text to the right of the specified string.
/// Returns an empty string if the substring is not found.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src"></param>
/// <param name="substr"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string RightOf(string src, string substr)
{
string ret = String.Empty;
int idx = src.IndexOf(substr);
if (idx != -1)
{
ret = src.Substring(idx + substr.Length);
}
return ret;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the last character in the string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static char LastChar(string src)
{
return src[src.Length - 1];
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns all but the last character of the source.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string RemoveLastChar(string src)
{
return src.Substring(0, src.Length - 1);
}
/// <summary>
/// Right of the n'th occurance of c
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src">The source string.</param>
/// <param name="c">The search char.</param>
/// <param name="n">The occurance.</param>
/// <returns>Returns everything to the right of c, or an empty string if c is not found.</returns>
public static string RightOf(string src, char c, int n)
{
string ret=String.Empty;
int idx=-1;
while (n > 0)
{
idx=src.IndexOf(c, idx+1);
if (idx==-1)
{
break;
}
--n;
}
if (idx != -1)
{
ret=src.Substring(idx+1);
}
return ret;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns everything to the left of the righmost char c.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src">The source string.</param>
/// <param name="c">The search char.</param>
/// <returns>Everything to the left of the rightmost char c, or the entire string.</returns>
public static string LeftOfRightmostOf(string src, char c)
{
string ret=src;
int idx=src.LastIndexOf(c);
if (idx != -1)
{
ret=src.Substring(0, idx);
}
return ret;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns everything to the right of the rightmost char c.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src">The source string.</param>
/// <param name="c">The seach char.</param>
/// <returns>Returns everything to the right of the rightmost search char, or an empty string.</returns>
public static string RightOfRightmostOf(string src, char c)
{
string ret=String.Empty;
int idx=src.LastIndexOf(c);
if (idx != -1)
{
ret=src.Substring(idx+1);
}
return ret;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns everything between the start and end chars, exclusive.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src">The source string.</param>
/// <param name="start">The first char to find.</param>
/// <param name="end">The end char to find.</param>
/// <returns>The string between the start and stop chars, or an empty string if not found.</returns>
public static string Between(string src, char start, char end)
{
string ret=String.Empty;
int idxStart=src.IndexOf(start);
if (idxStart != -1)
{
++idxStart;
int idxEnd=src.IndexOf(end, idxStart);
if (idxEnd != -1)
{
ret=src.Substring(idxStart, idxEnd-idxStart);
}
}
return ret;
}
public static string Between(string src, string start, string end)
{
string ret = String.Empty;
int idxStart = src.IndexOf(start);
if (idxStart != -1)
{
idxStart += start.Length;
int idxEnd = src.IndexOf(end, idxStart);
if (idxEnd != -1)
{
ret = src.Substring(idxStart, idxEnd - idxStart);
}
}
return ret;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the number of occurances of "find".
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src">The source string.</param>
/// <param name="find">The search char.</param>
/// <returns>The # of times the char occurs in the search string.</returns>
public static int Count(string src, char find)
{
int ret=0;
foreach(char s in src)
{
if (s==find)
{
++ret;
}
}
return ret;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the rightmost char in src.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src">The source string.</param>
/// <returns>The rightmost char, or '\0' if the source has zero length.</returns>
public static char Rightmost(string src)
{
char c='\0';
if (src.Length>0)
{
c=src[src.Length-1];
}
return c;
}
public static bool BeginsWith(string src, char c)
{
bool ret=false;
if (src.Length > 0)
{
ret=src[0]==c;
}
return ret;
}
public static bool EndsWith(string src, char c)
{
bool ret=false;
if (src.Length > 0)
{
ret=src[src.Length-1]==c;
}
return ret;
}
public static string EmptyStringAsNull(string src)
{
string ret = src;
if (ret == String.Empty)
{
ret = null;
}
return ret;
}
public static string NullAsEmptyString(string src)
{
string ret = src;
if (ret == null)
{
ret = String.Empty;
}
return ret;
}
public static bool IsNullOrEmpty(string src)
{
return ((src == null) || (src == String.Empty));
}
// Read about MD5 here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5
public static string Hash(string src)
{
HashAlgorithm hashProvider = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(src);
byte[] encoded=hashProvider.ComputeHash(bytes);
return Convert.ToBase64String(encoded);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a camelcase string, where the first character is lowercase.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string CamelCase(string src)
{
return src[0].ToString().ToLower() + src.Substring(1);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a Pascalcase string, where the first character is uppercase.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string PascalCase(string src)
{
return src[0].ToString().ToUpper() + src.Substring(1);
}
public static string SeparateCamelCase(string src)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append(Char.ToUpper(src[0]));
for (int i = 1; i < src.Length; i++)
{
char c = src[i];
if (Char.IsUpper(c))
{
sb.Append(' ');
}
sb.Append(c);
}
return sb.ToString();
}
public static string[] Split(string source, char delimeter, char quoteChar)
{
List<string> retArray = new List<string>();
int start = 0, end = 0;
bool insideField = false;
for (end = 0; end < source.Length; end++)
{
if (source[end] == quoteChar)
{
insideField = !insideField;
}
else if (!insideField && source[end] == delimeter)
{
retArray.Add(source.Substring(start, end - start));
start = end + 1;
}
}
retArray.Add(source.Substring(start));
return retArray.ToArray();
}
public static string Quote(this string s)
{
return "\"" + s + "\"";
}
}
}
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