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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.
///
/// On Erlang this type is compatible with Erlang's iolists. On JavaScript this
/// type is compatible with normal strings.
///
pub external type StringBuilder
/// Create an empty `StringBuilder`. Useful as the start of a pipe chaning many
/// builders together.
///
pub fn new() -> StringBuilder {
do_from_strings([])
}
/// Prepends a `String` onto the start of some `StringBuilder`.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub fn prepend(
to builder: StringBuilder,
prefix prefix: String,
) -> StringBuilder {
append_builder(from_string(prefix), builder)
}
/// Appends a `String` onto the end of some `StringBuilder`.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub fn append(to builder: StringBuilder, suffix second: String) -> StringBuilder {
append_builder(builder, from_string(second))
}
/// Prepends some `StringBuilder` onto the start of another.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub fn prepend_builder(
to builder: StringBuilder,
prefix prefix: StringBuilder,
) -> StringBuilder {
do_append(prefix, builder)
}
/// Appends some `StringBuilder` onto the end of another.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub fn append_builder(
to builder: StringBuilder,
suffix suffix: StringBuilder,
) -> StringBuilder {
do_append(builder, suffix)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_append(StringBuilder, StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "iodata_append"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_append(StringBuilder, StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "add"
}
/// Converts a list of strings into a builder.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub fn from_strings(strings: List(String)) -> StringBuilder {
do_from_strings(strings)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_from_strings(List(String)) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "identity"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_from_strings(List(String)) -> StringBuilder =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "join"
}
/// Joins a list of builders into a single builder.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub fn concat(builders: List(StringBuilder)) -> StringBuilder {
do_concat(builders)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_concat(List(StringBuilder)) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "identity"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_concat(List(StringBuilder)) -> StringBuilder =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "join"
}
/// Converts a string into a builder.
///
/// Runs in constant time.
///
pub fn from_string(string: String) -> StringBuilder {
do_from_string(string)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_from_string(String) -> StringBuilder =
"gleam_stdlib" "identity"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_from_string(String) -> StringBuilder =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "identity"
}
/// Turns an `StringBuilder` into a `String`
///
/// This function is implemented natively by the virtual machine and is highly
/// optimised.
///
pub fn to_string(builder: StringBuilder) -> String {
do_to_string(builder)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_to_string(StringBuilder) -> String =
"unicode" "characters_to_binary"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_to_string(StringBuilder) -> String =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "identity"
}
/// Returns the size of the `StringBuilder` in bytes.
///
pub fn byte_size(builder: StringBuilder) -> Int {
do_byte_size(builder)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_byte_size(StringBuilder) -> Int =
"erlang" "iolist_size"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_byte_size(StringBuilder) -> Int =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "length"
}
/// Creates a builder containing the textual representation of a given float.
///
pub fn from_float(f: Float) -> StringBuilder {
do_from_float(f)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_from_float(Float) -> StringBuilder =
"io_lib_format" "fwrite_g"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_from_float(Float) -> StringBuilder =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "float_to_string"
}
/// Converts a builder to a new builder where the contents have been
/// lowercased.
///
pub fn lowercase(builder: StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder {
do_lowercase(builder)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_lowercase(StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"string" "lowercase"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_lowercase(StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "lowercase"
}
/// Converts a builder to a new builder where the contents have been
/// uppercased.
///
pub fn uppercase(builder: StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder {
do_uppercase(builder)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_uppercase(StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"string" "uppercase"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_uppercase(StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "uppercase"
}
/// Converts a builder to a new builder with the contents reversed.
///
pub fn reverse(builder: StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder {
do_reverse(builder)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_reverse(StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"string" "reverse"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_reverse(StringBuilder) -> StringBuilder =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "string_reverse"
}
/// Splits a builder on a given pattern into a list of builders.
///
pub fn split(iodata: StringBuilder, on pattern: String) -> List(StringBuilder) {
do_split(iodata, pattern)
}
if erlang {
type Direction {
All
}
external fn erl_split(StringBuilder, String, Direction) -> List(StringBuilder) =
"string" "split"
fn do_split(iodata: StringBuilder, pattern: String) -> List(StringBuilder) {
erl_split(iodata, pattern, All)
}
}
if javascript {
external fn do_split(
builder: StringBuilder,
pattern: String,
) -> List(StringBuilder) =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "split"
}
/// Replaces all instances of a pattern with a given string substitute.
///
pub fn replace(
in builder: StringBuilder,
each pattern: String,
with substitute: String,
) -> StringBuilder {
do_replace(builder, pattern, substitute)
}
if erlang {
fn do_replace(
iodata: StringBuilder,
pattern: String,
substitute: String,
) -> StringBuilder {
erl_replace(iodata, pattern, substitute, All)
}
external fn erl_replace(
StringBuilder,
String,
String,
Direction,
) -> StringBuilder =
"string" "replace"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_replace(StringBuilder, String, String) -> StringBuilder =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "string_replace"
}
/// 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
///
/// ```gleam
/// > from_strings(["a", "b"]) == from_string("ab")
/// False
///
/// > is_equal(from_strings(["a", "b"]), from_string("ab"))
/// True
/// ```
///
///
pub fn is_equal(a: StringBuilder, b: StringBuilder) -> Bool {
do_is_equal(a, b)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_is_equal(StringBuilder, StringBuilder) -> Bool =
"string" "equal"
}
if javascript {
external fn do_is_equal(StringBuilder, StringBuilder) -> Bool =
"../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "equal"
}
/// Inspects a builder to determine if it is equivalent to an empty string.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// ```gleam
/// > from_string("ok") |> is_empty
/// False
///
/// > from_string("") |> is_empty
/// True
///
/// > from_strings([]) |> is_empty
/// True
/// ```
///
///
pub fn is_empty(builder: StringBuilder) -> Bool {
do_is_empty(builder)
}
if erlang {
external fn do_is_empty(StringBuilder) -> Bool =
"string" "is_empty"
}
if javascript {
fn do_is_empty(builder: StringBuilder) -> Bool {
from_string("") == builder
}
}