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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml index 130fc74a28..c7772d63a3 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml @@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ <p>This module has been reworked in Erlang/OTP 20 to handle <seealso marker="unicode#type-chardata"> <c>unicode:chardata()</c></seealso> and operate on grapheme - clusters. The <c>old functions</c> that only work on Latin-1 lists as input - are kept for backwards compatibility reasons but should not be used. + clusters. The <seealso marker="#oldapi"> <c>old + functions</c></seealso> that only work on Latin-1 lists as input + are still available but should not be used, they will be + deprecated in a future release. </p> </description> @@ -629,5 +631,393 @@ ÖÄÅ</pre> </func> </funcs> + + <section> + <marker id="oldapi"/> + <title>Obsolete API functions</title> + <p>Here follows the function of the old API. + These functions only work on a list of Latin-1 characters. + </p> + <note><p> + The functions are kept for backward compatibility, but are + not recommended. + They will be deprecated in Erlang/OTP 21. + </p> + <p>Any undocumented functions in <c>string</c> are not to be used.</p> + </note> + </section> + + <funcs> + <func> + <name name="centre" arity="2"/> + <name name="centre" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Center a string.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns a string, where <c><anno>String</anno></c> is centered in the + string and surrounded by blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>. + The resulting string has length <c><anno>Number</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#pad/3"><c>pad/3</c></seealso>. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="chars" arity="2"/> + <name name="chars" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Return a string consisting of numbers of characters.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns a string consisting of <c><anno>Number</anno></c> characters + <c><anno>Character</anno></c>. Optionally, the string can end with + string <c><anno>Tail</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="lists#duplicate/2"><c>lists:duplicate/2</c></seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="chr" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Return the index of the first occurrence of + a character in a string.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the index of the first occurrence of + <c><anno>Character</anno></c> in <c><anno>String</anno></c>. Returns + <c>0</c> if <c><anno>Character</anno></c> does not occur.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#find/2"><c>find/2</c></seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="concat" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Concatenate two strings.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Concatenates <c><anno>String1</anno></c> and + <c><anno>String2</anno></c> to form a new string + <c><anno>String3</anno></c>, which is returned.</p> + <p> + This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use <c>[<anno>String1</anno>, <anno>String2</anno>]</c> as + <c>Data</c> argument, and call + <seealso marker="unicode#characters_to_list/2"> + <c>unicode:characters_to_list/2</c></seealso> or + <seealso marker="unicode#characters_to_binary/2"> + <c>unicode:characters_to_binary/2</c></seealso> + to flatten the output. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="copies" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Copy a string.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns a string containing <c><anno>String</anno></c> repeated + <c><anno>Number</anno></c> times.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="lists#duplicate/2"><c>lists:duplicate/2</c></seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="cspan" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Span characters at start of a string.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the length of the maximum initial segment of + <c><anno>String</anno></c>, which consists entirely of characters + not from <c><anno>Chars</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#take/3"><c>take/3</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> string:cspan("\t abcdef", " \t"). +0</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="join" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Join a list of strings with separator.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns a string with the elements of <c><anno>StringList</anno></c> + separated by the string in <c><anno>Separator</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="lists#join/2"><c>lists:join/2</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> join(["one", "two", "three"], ", "). +"one, two, three"</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="left" arity="2"/> + <name name="left" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Adjust left end of a string.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns <c><anno>String</anno></c> with the length adjusted in + accordance with <c><anno>Number</anno></c>. The left margin is + fixed. If <c>length(<anno>String</anno>)</c> < + <c><anno>Number</anno></c>, then <c><anno>String</anno></c> is padded + with blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>s.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#pad/2"><c>pad/2</c></seealso> or + <seealso marker="#pad/3"><c>pad/3</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> string:left("Hello",10,$.). +"Hello....."</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="len" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Return the length of a string.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the number of characters in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#length/1"><c>length/1</c></seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="rchr" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Return the index of the last occurrence of + a character in a string.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the index of the last occurrence of + <c><anno>Character</anno></c> in <c><anno>String</anno></c>. Returns + <c>0</c> if <c><anno>Character</anno></c> does not occur.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#find/3"><c>find/3</c></seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="right" arity="2"/> + <name name="right" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Adjust right end of a string.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns <c><anno>String</anno></c> with the length adjusted in + accordance with <c><anno>Number</anno></c>. The right margin is + fixed. If the length of <c>(<anno>String</anno>)</c> < + <c><anno>Number</anno></c>, then <c><anno>String</anno></c> is padded + with blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>s.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#pad/3"><c>pad/3</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> string:right("Hello", 10, $.). +".....Hello"</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="rstr" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Find the index of a substring.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the position where the last occurrence of + <c><anno>SubString</anno></c> begins in <c><anno>String</anno></c>. + Returns <c>0</c> if <c><anno>SubString</anno></c> + does not exist in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#find/3"><c>find/3</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> string:rstr(" Hello Hello World World ", "Hello World"). +8</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="span" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Span characters at start of a string.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the length of the maximum initial segment of + <c><anno>String</anno></c>, which consists entirely of characters + from <c><anno>Chars</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#take/2"><c>take/2</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> string:span("\t abcdef", " \t"). +5</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="str" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Find the index of a substring.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the position where the first occurrence of + <c><anno>SubString</anno></c> begins in <c><anno>String</anno></c>. + Returns <c>0</c> if <c><anno>SubString</anno></c> + does not exist in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#find/2"><c>find/2</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> string:str(" Hello Hello World World ", "Hello World"). +8</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="strip" arity="1"/> + <name name="strip" arity="2"/> + <name name="strip" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Strip leading or trailing characters.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns a string, where leading or trailing, or both, blanks or a + number of <c><anno>Character</anno></c> have been removed. + <c><anno>Direction</anno></c>, which can be <c>left</c>, <c>right</c>, + or <c>both</c>, indicates from which direction blanks are to be + removed. <c>strip/1</c> is equivalent to + <c>strip(String, both)</c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#trim/3"><c>trim/3</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> string:strip("...Hello.....", both, $.). +"Hello"</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="sub_string" arity="2"/> + <name name="sub_string" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Extract a substring.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns a substring of <c><anno>String</anno></c>, starting at + position <c><anno>Start</anno></c> to the end of the string, or to + and including position <c><anno>Stop</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#slice/3"><c>slice/3</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +sub_string("Hello World", 4, 8). +"lo Wo"</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="substr" arity="2"/> + <name name="substr" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Return a substring of a string.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns a substring of <c><anno>String</anno></c>, starting at + position <c><anno>Start</anno></c>, and ending at the end of the + string or at length <c><anno>Length</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#slice/3"><c>slice/3</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> substr("Hello World", 4, 5). +"lo Wo"</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="sub_word" arity="2"/> + <name name="sub_word" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Extract subword.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the word in position <c><anno>Number</anno></c> of + <c><anno>String</anno></c>. Words are separated by blanks or + <c><anno>Character</anno></c>s.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#nth_lexeme/3"><c>nth_lexeme/3</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> string:sub_word(" Hello old boy !",3,$o). +"ld b"</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="to_lower" arity="1" clause_i="1"/> + <name name="to_lower" arity="1" clause_i="2"/> + <name name="to_upper" arity="1" clause_i="1"/> + <name name="to_upper" arity="1" clause_i="2"/> + <fsummary>Convert case of string (ISO/IEC 8859-1).</fsummary> + <type variable="String" name_i="1"/> + <type variable="Result" name_i="1"/> + <type variable="Char"/> + <type variable="CharResult"/> + <desc> + <p>The specified string or character is case-converted. Notice that + the supported character set is ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also called Latin 1); + all values outside this set are unchanged</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso> use + <seealso marker="#lowercase/1"><c>lowercase/1</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#uppercase/1"><c>uppercase/1</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#titlecase/1"><c>titlecase/1</c></seealso> or + <seealso marker="#casefold/1"><c>casefold/1</c></seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="tokens" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Split string into tokens.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns a list of tokens in <c><anno>String</anno></c>, separated + by the characters in <c><anno>SeparatorList</anno></c>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> tokens("abc defxxghix jkl", "x "). +["abc", "def", "ghi", "jkl"]</code> + <p>Notice that, as shown in this example, two or more + adjacent separator characters in <c><anno>String</anno></c> + are treated as one. That is, there are no empty + strings in the resulting list of tokens.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#lexemes/2"><c>lexemes/2</c></seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="words" arity="1"/> + <name name="words" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Count blank separated words.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the number of words in <c><anno>String</anno></c>, separated + by blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>.</p> + <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. + Use + <seealso marker="#lexemes/2"><c>lexemes/2</c></seealso>.</p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <code type="none"> +> words(" Hello old boy!", $o). +4</code> + </desc> + </func> + </funcs> + + <section> + <title>Notes</title> + <p>Some of the general string functions can seem to overlap each + other. The reason is that this string package is the + combination of two earlier packages and all functions of + both packages have been retained.</p> + </section> + </erlref> |