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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml29
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml78
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml50
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml77
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml396
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml4
7 files changed, 230 insertions, 408 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
index 95af2b77a5..576959b1c8 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
<p><c><anno>Acc0</anno></c> is returned if the table is empty.
This function is similar to
<seealso marker="lists#foldl/3"><c>lists:foldl/3</c></seealso>.
- The table elements are traversed is unspecified order, except for
+ The table elements are traversed in an unspecified order, except for
<c>ordered_set</c> tables, where they are traversed first to last.</p>
<p>If <c><anno>Function</anno></c> inserts objects into the table,
or another
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
<p><c><anno>Acc0</anno></c> is returned if the table is empty.
This function is similar to
<seealso marker="lists#foldr/3"><c>lists:foldr/3</c></seealso>.
- The table elements are traversed is unspecified order, except for
+ The table elements are traversed in an unspecified order, except for
<c>ordered_set</c> tables, where they are traversed last to first.</p>
<p>If <c><anno>Function</anno></c> inserts objects into the table,
or another
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
index 80c4acffdb..1b69e84d31 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,30 @@
<p>For more information about raw filenames, see the
<seealso marker="kernel:file"><c>file</c></seealso> module.</p>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ Functionality in this module generally assumes valid input and
+ does not necessarily fail on input that does not use a valid
+ encoding. You can validate the encoding of a filename using
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:filename#validate/1">filename:validate/1</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ File operations used to accept filenames containing
+ null characters (integer value zero). This caused
+ the name to be truncated at the first null character.
+ Filenames containing null characters inside the filename
+ are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive
+ file operations fail.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ <warning><p>
+ Currently null characters at the end of the filename
+ will be accepted by primitive file operations. Such
+ filenames are however still documented as invalid. The
+ implementation will also change in the future and
+ reject such filenames.
+ </p></warning>
</description>
<datatypes>
@@ -193,6 +217,11 @@
<p>Other characters represent themselves. Only filenames that
have exactly the same character in the same position match.
Matching is case-sensitive, for example, "a" does not match "A".</p>
+ <p>Directory separators must always be written as <c>/</c>, even on
+ Windows.</p>
+ <p>A character preceded by <c>\</c> loses its special meaning. Note
+ that <c>\</c> must be written as <c>\\</c> in a string literal.
+ For example, "\\?*" will match any filename starting with <c>?</c>.</p>
<p>Notice that multiple "*" characters are allowed
(as in Unix wildcards, but opposed to Windows/DOS wildcards).</p>
<p><em>Examples:</em></p>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
index 14fd5ef787..b6028fc066 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@
filename by removing redundant directory separators, use
<seealso marker="#join/1"><c>join/1</c></seealso>.</p>
- <p>The module supports raw filenames in the way that if a binary is
+ <p>
+ The module supports
+ <seealso marker="unicode_usage#notes-about-raw-filenames">raw
+ filenames</seealso> in the way that if a binary is
present, or the filename cannot be interpreted according to the return
value of <seealso marker="kernel:file#native_name_encoding/0">
<c>file:native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>, a raw filename is also
@@ -56,6 +59,30 @@
(the join operation is performed of course). For more information
about raw filenames, see the
<seealso marker="kernel:file"><c>file</c></seealso> module.</p>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ Functionality in this module generally assumes valid input and
+ does not necessarily fail on input that does not use a valid
+ encoding. You can validate the encoding of a filename using
+ <seealso marker="#validate/1">filename:validate/1</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ File operations used to accept filenames containing
+ null characters (integer value zero). This caused
+ the name to be truncated at the first null character.
+ Filenames containing null characters inside the filename
+ are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive
+ file operations fail.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ <warning><p>
+ Currently null characters at the end of the filename
+ will be accepted by primitive file operations. Such
+ filenames are however still documented as invalid. The
+ implementation will also change in the future and
+ reject such filenames.
+ </p></warning>
</description>
<datatypes>
<datatype>
@@ -555,6 +582,55 @@ unsafe</pre>
["a:/","msdev","include"]</pre>
</desc>
</func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="validate" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Validate encoding of filename</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Validates filename encoding. Returns <c>true</c> if
+ <c><anno>FileName</anno></c> has a valid encoding;
+ otherwise, returns <c>false</c>.
+ </p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag>Ordinary Filename</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Type: <c><anno>FileName</anno> = </c><seealso marker="kernel:file#type-name"><c>file:name()</c></seealso>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Validates encoding against the
+ <seealso marker="kernel:file#native_name_encoding/0">native file
+ name encoding</seealso>, and the
+ capabilities of the operating system used.
+ Regardless of configuration and OS, null
+ characters (integer value zero) will be
+ rejected by the validation (even when only
+ present at the end of the filename).
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><seealso marker="unicode_usage#notes-about-raw-filenames">Raw
+ Filename</seealso></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Type: <c><anno>FileName</anno> = binary()</c>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The encoding will not be interpreted, but
+ null bytes (integer value zero) will be
+ rejected by the validation (even when only
+ present at the end of the filename).
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>
+ For information on filename encoding see the documentation
+ of unicode filenames in
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB
+ Users Guide ➜ Using Unicode in Erlang ➜ Unicode Filenames</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
</funcs>
</erlref>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
index 604d758db3..d396f1de8f 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,56 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p>
+<section><title>STDLIB 3.4.2</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p> Fix a bug in the Erlang shell where recursively
+ defined records with typed fields could cause a loop.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14488 Aux Id: PR-1489 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Make edlin handle grapheme clusters instead of codepoints
+ to improve the handling multi-codepoints characters.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14542</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>There could be false warnings for
+ <c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c> being used outside of a
+ <c>try</c> block when using multiple <c>catch</c>
+ clauses.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14600 Aux Id: ERL-478 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p> The Erlang code linter no longer checks that the
+ functions mentioned in <c>nowarn_deprecated_function</c>
+ options are declared in the module. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14378</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ General Unicode improvements.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14462</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>STDLIB 3.4.1</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml
index a68fb7d55f..89fb858823 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml
@@ -35,12 +35,19 @@
<module>rand</module>
<modulesummary>Pseudo random number generation.</modulesummary>
<description>
- <p>This module provides a random number generator. The module contains
- a number of algorithms. The uniform distribution algorithms use the
- <url href="http://xorshift.di.unimi.it">scrambled Xorshift algorithms by
- Sebastiano Vigna</url>. The normal distribution algorithm uses the
- <url href="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v05/i08">Ziggurat Method by Marsaglia
- and Tsang</url>.</p>
+ <p>
+ This module provides a pseudo random number generator.
+ The module contains a number of algorithms.
+ The uniform distribution algorithms use the
+ <url href="http://xorshift.di.unimi.it">
+ xoroshiro116+ and xorshift1024* algorithms by Sebastiano Vigna.
+ </url>
+ The normal distribution algorithm uses the
+ <url href="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v05/i08">
+ Ziggurat Method by Marsaglia and Tsang
+ </url>
+ on top of the uniform distribution algorithm.
+ </p>
<p>For some algorithms, jump functions are provided for generating
non-overlapping sequences for parallel computations.
The jump functions perform calculations
@@ -393,9 +400,34 @@ tests. We suggest to use a sign test to extract a random Boolean value.</pre>
<name name="uniform" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return a random float.</fsummary>
<desc><marker id="uniform-0"/>
- <p>Returns a random float uniformly distributed in the value
+ <p>
+ Returns a random float uniformly distributed in the value
range <c>0.0 =&lt; <anno>X</anno> &lt; 1.0</c> and
- updates the state in the process dictionary.</p>
+ updates the state in the process dictionary.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The generated numbers are on the form N * 2.0^(-53),
+ that is; equally spaced in the interval.
+ </p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>
+ This function may return exactly <c>0.0</c> which can be
+ fatal for certain applications. If that is undesired
+ you can use <c>(1.0 - rand:uniform())</c> to get the
+ interval <c>0.0 &lt; <anno>X</anno> =&lt; 1.0</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If neither endpoint is desired you can test and re-try
+ like this:
+ </p>
+ <pre>
+my_uniform() ->
+ case rand:uniform() of
+ 0.0 -> my_uniform();
+ X -> X
+ end
+end.</pre>
+ </warning>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -414,9 +446,34 @@ tests. We suggest to use a sign test to extract a random Boolean value.</pre>
<name name="uniform_s" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return a random float.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns, for a specified state, random float
+ <p>
+ Returns, for a specified state, random float
uniformly distributed in the value range <c>0.0 =&lt;
- <anno>X</anno> &lt; 1.0</c> and a new state.</p>
+ <anno>X</anno> &lt; 1.0</c> and a new state.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The generated numbers are on the form N * 2.0^(-53),
+ that is; equally spaced in the interval.
+ </p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>
+ This function may return exactly <c>0.0</c> which can be
+ fatal for certain applications. If that is undesired
+ you can use <c>(1.0 - rand:uniform(State))</c> to get the
+ interval <c>0.0 &lt; <anno>X</anno> =&lt; 1.0</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If neither endpoint is desired you can test and re-try
+ like this:
+ </p>
+ <pre>
+my_uniform(State) ->
+ case rand:uniform(State) of
+ {0.0, NewState} -> my_uniform(NewState);
+ Result -> Result
+ end
+end.</pre>
+ </warning>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml
index 9d5edd9ecf..130fc74a28 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml
@@ -109,10 +109,8 @@
<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 <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 Erlang/OTP 21.
+ 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.
</p>
</description>
@@ -594,7 +592,7 @@ ÖÄÅ</pre>
or <c>both</c>, indicates from which direction characters
are to be removed.
</p>
- <p> Default <c><anno>Characters</anno></c> are the set of
+ <p> Default <c><anno>Characters</anno></c> is the set of
nonbreakable whitespace codepoints, defined as
Pattern_White_Space in
<url href="http://unicode.org/reports/tr31/">Unicode Standard Annex #31</url>.
@@ -631,393 +629,5 @@ 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> &lt;
- <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> &lt;
- <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>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
index 26dc46719e..ff1f864e22 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
@@ -719,8 +719,8 @@ Eshell V5.10.1 (abort with ^G)
</section>
<section>
- <title>Unicode Filenames</title>
<marker id="unicode_file_names"/>
+ <title>Unicode Filenames</title>
<p>Most modern operating systems support Unicode filenames in some way.
There are many different ways to do this and Erlang by default treats the
different approaches differently:</p>
@@ -855,8 +855,8 @@ Eshell V5.10.1 (abort with ^G)
</note>
<section>
- <title>Notes About Raw Filenames</title>
<marker id="notes-about-raw-filenames"/>
+ <title>Notes About Raw Filenames</title>
<p>Raw filenames were introduced together with Unicode filename support
in ERTS 5.8.2 (Erlang/OTP R14B01). The reason &quot;raw
filenames&quot; were introduced in the system was