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src/gleam/string_builder.gleam
/// StringBuilder is a type used for efficiently building strings.
///
/// When we append one string to another the strings must be copied to a
/// new location in memory so that they can sit together. This behaviour
/// enables efficient reading of the string but copying can be expensive,
/// especially if we want to join many strings together.
///
/// StringBuilder is different in that it can be joined together in constant time
/// using minimal memory, and then can be efficiently converted to a string
/// using the `to_string` function.
///
pub external type StringBuilder
/// Prepends a String onto the start of some StringBuilder.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub external fn prepend(to: StringBuilder, prefix: String) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "iodata_prepend"
/// Appends a String onto the end of some StringBuilder.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub external fn append(to: StringBuilder, suffix: String) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "iodata_append"
/// Prepends some StringBuilder onto the start of another.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub external fn prepend_builder(
to: StringBuilder,
prefix: StringBuilder,
) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "iodata_prepend"
/// Appends some StringBuilder onto the end of another.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub external fn append_builder(
to: StringBuilder,
suffix: StringBuilder,
) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "iodata_append"
/// Converts a list of strings into a builder.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub external fn from_strings(List(String)) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "identity"
/// Joins a list of builders into a single builder.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub external fn concat(List(StringBuilder)) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "identity"
/// Converts a string into a builder.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub external fn from_string(String) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "identity"
/// Turns an `StringBuilder` into a `String`
///
/// This function is implemented natively by the virtual machine and is highly
/// optimised.
///
pub external fn to_string(StringBuilder) -> String =
"erlang" "iolist_to_binary"
/// Returns the size of the StringBuilder in bytes.
///
pub external fn byte_size(StringBuilder) -> Int =
"erlang" "iolist_size"
/// Creates a builder containing the textual representation of a given float.
///
pub external fn from_float(Float) -> StringBuilder =
"io_lib_format" "fwrite_g"
/// Converts a builder to a new builder where the contents have been
/// lowercased.
///
pub external fn lowercase(StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"string" "lowercase"
/// Converts a builder to a new builder where the contents have been
/// uppercased.
///
pub external fn uppercase(StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"string" "uppercase"
/// Converts a builder to a new builder with the contents reversed.
///
pub external fn reverse(StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"string" "reverse"
type Direction {
All
}
external fn erl_split(StringBuilder, String, Direction) -> List(StringBuilder) =
"string" "split"
/// Splits a builder on a given pattern into a list of builders.
///
pub fn split(iodata: StringBuilder, on pattern: String) -> List(StringBuilder) {
erl_split(iodata, pattern, All)
}
external fn erl_replace(
StringBuilder,
String,
String,
Direction,
) -> StringBuilder =
"string" "replace"
/// Replaces all instances of a pattern with a given string substitute.
///
pub fn replace(
in iodata: StringBuilder,
each pattern: String,
with substitute: String,
) -> StringBuilder {
erl_replace(iodata, pattern, substitute, All)
}
/// Compares two builders to determine if they have the same textual content.
///
/// Comparing two iodata using the `==` operator may return False even if they
/// have the same content as they may have been build in different ways, so
/// using this function is often preferred.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// > from_strings(["a", "b"]) == new("ab")
/// False
///
/// > is_equal(from_strings(["a", "b"]), new("ab"))
/// True
///
///
pub external fn is_equal(StringBuilder, StringBuilder) -> Bool =
"string" "equal"
/// Inspects a builder to determine if it is equivalent to an empty string.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// > new("ok") |> is_empty
/// False
///
/// > new("") |> is_empty
/// True
///
/// > from_strings([]) |> is_empty
/// True
///
///
pub external fn is_empty(StringBuilder) -> Bool =
"string" "is_empty"