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This module provides support to handle the Unicode UTF-8 encoding.

There are no specialized insert, delete, add and contains procedures for seq[Rune] in this module because the generic variants of these procedures in the system module already work with it.

The current version is compatible with Unicode v12.0.0.

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Types

Rune = distinct RuneImpl

Type that can hold a single Unicode code point.

A Rune may be composed with other Runes to a character on the screen.

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Procs

proc runeLen(s: string): int {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", raises: [], tags: [].}
Returns the number of runes of the string s.

Examples:

let a = "añyóng"
doAssert a.runeLen == 6
## note: a.len == 8
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proc runeLenAt(s: string; i: Natural): int {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns the number of bytes the rune starting at s[i] takes.

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Examples:

let a = "añyóng"
doAssert a.runeLenAt(0) == 1
doAssert a.runeLenAt(1) == 2
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proc runeAt(s: string; i: Natural): Rune {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns the rune in s at byte index i.

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Examples:

let a = "añyóng"
doAssert a.runeAt(1) == "ñ".runeAt(0)
doAssert a.runeAt(2) == "ñ".runeAt(1)
doAssert a.runeAt(3) == "y".runeAt(0)
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proc validateUtf8(s: string): int {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns the position of the invalid byte in s if the string s does not hold valid UTF-8 data. Otherwise -1 is returned.

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proc toUTF8(c: Rune): string {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", raises: [], tags: [].}

Converts a rune into its UTF-8 representation.

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Examples:

let a = "añyóng"
doAssert a.runeAt(1).toUTF8 == "ñ"
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proc add(s: var string; c: Rune) {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}
Adds a rune c to a string s.

Examples:

var s = "abc"
let c = "ä".runeAt(0)
s.add(c)
doAssert s == "abcä"
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proc `$`(rune: Rune): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

An alias for toUTF8.

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proc `$`(runes: seq[Rune]): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Converts a sequence of Runes to a string.

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Examples:

let
  someString = "öÑ"
  someRunes = toRunes(someString)
doAssert $someRunes == someString
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proc runeOffset(s: string; pos: Natural; start: Natural = 0): int {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns the byte position of rune at position pos in s with an optional start byte position. Returns the special value -1 if it runs out of the string.

Beware: This can lead to unoptimized code and slow execution! Most problems can be solved more efficiently by using an iterator or conversion to a seq of Rune.

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Examples:

let a = "añyóng"
doAssert a.runeOffset(1) == 1
doAssert a.runeOffset(3) == 4
doAssert a.runeOffset(4) == 6
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proc runeReverseOffset(s: string; rev: Positive): (int, int) {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns a tuple with the byte offset of the rune at position rev in s, counting from the end (starting with 1) and the total number of runes in the string.

Returns a negative value for offset if there are to few runes in the string to satisfy the request.

Beware: This can lead to unoptimized code and slow execution! Most problems can be solved more efficiently by using an iterator or conversion to a seq of Rune.

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proc runeAtPos(s: string; pos: int): Rune {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns the rune at position pos.

Beware: This can lead to unoptimized code and slow execution! Most problems can be solved more efficiently by using an iterator or conversion to a seq of Rune.

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proc runeStrAtPos(s: string; pos: Natural): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns the rune at position pos as UTF8 String.

Beware: This can lead to unoptimized code and slow execution! Most problems can be solved more efficiently by using an iterator or conversion to a seq of Rune.

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proc runeSubStr(s: string; pos: int; len: int = int.high): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns the UTF-8 substring starting at code point pos with len code points.

If pos or len is negative they count from the end of the string. If len is not given it means the longest possible string.

Examples:

let s = "Hänsel  ««: 10,00€"
doAssert(runeSubStr(s, 0, 2) == "Hä")
doAssert(runeSubStr(s, 10, 1) == ":")
doAssert(runeSubStr(s, -6) == "10,00€")
doAssert(runeSubStr(s, 10) == ": 10,00€")
doAssert(runeSubStr(s, 12, 5) == "10,00")
doAssert(runeSubStr(s, -6, 3) == "10,")
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proc `<=%`(a, b: Rune): bool {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}
Checks if code point of a is smaller or equal to code point of b.

Examples:

let
  a = "ú".runeAt(0)
  b = "ü".runeAt(0)
doAssert a <=% b
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proc `<%`(a, b: Rune): bool {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}
Checks if code point of a is smaller than code point of b.

Examples:

let
  a = "ú".runeAt(0)
  b = "ü".runeAt(0)
doAssert a <% b
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proc `==`(a, b: Rune): bool {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}
Checks if two runes are equal.   Source Edit 
proc toLower(c: Rune): Rune {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", procvar, raises: [], tags: [].}

Converts c into lower case. This works for any rune.

If possible, prefer toLower over toUpper.

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proc toUpper(c: Rune): Rune {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", procvar, raises: [], tags: [].}

Converts c into upper case. This works for any rune.

If possible, prefer toLower over toUpper.

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proc toTitle(c: Rune): Rune {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", procvar, raises: [], tags: [].}

Converts c to title case.

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proc isLower(c: Rune): bool {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", procvar, raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns true if c is a lower case rune.

If possible, prefer isLower over isUpper.

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proc isUpper(c: Rune): bool {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", procvar, raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns true if c is a upper case rune.

If possible, prefer isLower over isUpper.

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proc isAlpha(c: Rune): bool {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", procvar, raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns true if c is an alpha rune (i.e., a letter).

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proc isTitle(c: Rune): bool {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", procvar, raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns true if c is a Unicode titlecase code point.

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proc isWhiteSpace(c: Rune): bool {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", procvar, raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns true if c is a Unicode whitespace code point.

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proc isCombining(c: Rune): bool {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", procvar, raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns true if c is a Unicode combining code unit.

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proc isAlpha(s: string): bool {...}{.noSideEffect, procvar, gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1Str",
                            raises: [], tags: [].}
Returns true if s contains all alphabetic runes.

Examples:

let a = "añyóng"
doAssert a.isAlpha
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proc isSpace(s: string): bool {...}{.noSideEffect, procvar, gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1Str",
                            raises: [], tags: [].}
Returns true if s contains all whitespace runes.

Examples:

let a = "\t\n \v\c\f"
doAssert a.isSpace
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proc toUpper(s: string): string {...}{.noSideEffect, procvar, gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1Str",
                              raises: [], tags: [].}
Converts s into upper-case runes.

Examples:

doAssert toUpper("abγ") == "ABΓ"
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proc toLower(s: string): string {...}{.noSideEffect, procvar, gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1Str",
                              raises: [], tags: [].}
Converts s into lower-case runes.

Examples:

doAssert toLower("ABΓ") == "abγ"
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proc swapCase(s: string): string {...}{.noSideEffect, procvar, gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1",
                               raises: [], tags: [].}

Swaps the case of runes in s.

Returns a new string such that the cases of all runes are swapped if possible.

Examples:

doAssert swapCase("Αlpha Βeta Γamma") == "αLPHA βETA γAMMA"
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proc capitalize(s: string): string {...}{.noSideEffect, procvar, gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1",
                                 raises: [], tags: [].}
Converts the first character of s into an upper-case rune.

Examples:

doAssert capitalize("βeta") == "Βeta"
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proc translate(s: string; replacements: proc (key: string): string): string {...}{.gcsafe,
    extern: "nuc$1", raises: [], tags: [].}

Translates words in a string using the replacements proc to substitute words inside s with their replacements.

replacements is any proc that takes a word and returns a new word to fill it's place.

Examples:

proc wordToNumber(s: string): string =
  case s
  of "one":
    "1"
  of "two":
    "2"
  else:
    s

let a = "one two three four"
doAssert a.translate(wordToNumber) == "1 2 three four"
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proc title(s: string): string {...}{.noSideEffect, procvar, gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1",
                            raises: [], tags: [].}

Converts s to a unicode title.

Returns a new string such that the first character in each word inside s is capitalized.

Examples:

doAssert title("αlpha βeta γamma") == "Αlpha Βeta Γamma"
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proc toRunes(s: string): seq[Rune] {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Obtains a sequence containing the Runes in s.

See also:

  • $ proc for a reverse operation

Examples:

let a = toRunes("aáä")
doAssert a == @["a".runeAt(0), "á".runeAt(0), "ä".runeAt(0)]
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proc cmpRunesIgnoreCase(a, b: string): int {...}{.gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1", procvar,
                                        raises: [], tags: [].}
Compares two UTF-8 strings and ignores the case. Returns:

0 if a == b
< 0 if a < b
> 0 if a > b

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proc reversed(s: string): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns the reverse of s, interpreting it as runes.

Unicode combining characters are correctly interpreted as well.

Examples:

assert reversed("Reverse this!") == "!siht esreveR"
assert reversed("先秦兩漢") == "漢兩秦先"
assert reversed("as⃝df̅") == "f̅ds⃝a"
assert reversed("a⃞b⃞c⃞") == "c⃞b⃞a⃞"
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proc graphemeLen(s: string; i: Natural): Natural {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}
The number of bytes belonging to byte index s[i], including following combining code unit.

Examples:

let a = "añyóng"
doAssert a.graphemeLen(1) == 2
doAssert a.graphemeLen(2) == 1
doAssert a.graphemeLen(4) == 2
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proc lastRune(s: string; last: int): (Rune, int) {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}
Length of the last rune in s[0..last]. Returns the rune and its length in bytes.   Source Edit 
proc size(r: Rune): int {...}{.noSideEffect, raises: [], tags: [].}
Returns the number of bytes the rune r takes.

Examples:

let a = toRunes "aá"
doAssert size(a[0]) == 1
doAssert size(a[1]) == 2
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proc splitWhitespace(s: string): seq[string] {...}{.noSideEffect, gcsafe,
    extern: "ncuSplitWhitespace", raises: [], tags: [].}
The same as the splitWhitespace iterator, but is a proc that returns a sequence of substrings.   Source Edit 
proc split(s: string; seps: openArray[Rune] = unicodeSpaces; maxsplit: int = -1): seq[
    string] {...}{.noSideEffect, gcsafe, extern: "nucSplitRunes", raises: [], tags: [].}
The same as the split iterator, but is a proc that returns a sequence of substrings.   Source Edit 
proc split(s: string; sep: Rune; maxsplit: int = -1): seq[string] {...}{.noSideEffect, gcsafe,
    extern: "nucSplitRune", raises: [], tags: [].}
The same as the split iterator, but is a proc that returns a sequence of substrings.   Source Edit 
proc strip(s: string; leading = true; trailing = true;
          runes: openArray[Rune] = unicodeSpaces): string {...}{.noSideEffect, gcsafe,
    extern: "nucStrip", raises: [], tags: [].}

Strips leading or trailing runes from s and returns the resulting string.

If leading is true (default), leading runes are stripped. If trailing is true (default), trailing runes are stripped. If both are false, the string is returned unchanged.

Examples:

let a = "\táñyóng   "
doAssert a.strip == "áñyóng"
doAssert a.strip(leading = false) == "\táñyóng"
doAssert a.strip(trailing = false) == "áñyóng   "
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proc repeat(c: Rune; count: Natural): string {...}{.noSideEffect, gcsafe,
    extern: "nucRepeatRune", raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns a string of count Runes c.

The returned string will have a rune-length of count.

Examples:

let a = "ñ".runeAt(0)
doAssert a.repeat(5) == "ñññññ"
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proc align(s: string; count: Natural; padding = ' '.Rune): string {...}{.noSideEffect, gcsafe,
    extern: "nucAlignString", raises: [], tags: [].}

Aligns a unicode string s with padding, so that it has a rune-length of count.

padding characters (by default spaces) are added before s resulting in right alignment. If s.runelen >= count, no spaces are added and s is returned unchanged. If you need to left align a string use the alignLeft proc.

Examples:

assert align("abc", 4) == " abc"
assert align("a", 0) == "a"
assert align("1232", 6) == "  1232"
assert align("1232", 6, '#'.Rune) == "##1232"
assert align("Åge", 5) == "  Åge"
assert align("×", 4, '_'.Rune) == "___×"
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proc alignLeft(s: string; count: Natural; padding = ' '.Rune): string {...}{.noSideEffect,
    raises: [], tags: [].}

Left-aligns a unicode string s with padding, so that it has a rune-length of count.

padding characters (by default spaces) are added after s resulting in left alignment. If s.runelen >= count, no spaces are added and s is returned unchanged. If you need to right align a string use the align proc.

Examples:

assert alignLeft("abc", 4) == "abc "
assert alignLeft("a", 0) == "a"
assert alignLeft("1232", 6) == "1232  "
assert alignLeft("1232", 6, '#'.Rune) == "1232##"
assert alignLeft("Åge", 5) == "Åge  "
assert alignLeft("×", 4, '_'.Rune) == "×___"
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proc isLower(s: string; skipNonAlpha: bool): bool {...}{.deprecated: "Deprecated since version 0.20 since its semantics are unclear",
    raises: [], tags: [].}
Deprecated: Deprecated since version 0.20 since its semantics are unclear

Deprecated since version 0.20 since its semantics are unclear

Checks whether s is lower case.

If skipNonAlpha is true, returns true if all alphabetical runes in s are lower case. Returns false if none of the runes in s are alphabetical.

If skipNonAlpha is false, returns true only if all runes in s are alphabetical and lower case.

For either value of skipNonAlpha, returns false if s is an empty string.

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proc isUpper(s: string; skipNonAlpha: bool): bool {...}{.deprecated: "Deprecated since version 0.20 since its semantics are unclear",
    raises: [], tags: [].}
Deprecated: Deprecated since version 0.20 since its semantics are unclear

Deprecated since version 0.20 since its semantics are unclear

Checks whether s is upper case.

If skipNonAlpha is true, returns true if all alphabetical runes in s are upper case. Returns false if none of the runes in s are alphabetical.

If skipNonAlpha is false, returns true only if all runes in s are alphabetical and upper case.

For either value of skipNonAlpha, returns false if s is an empty string.

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proc isTitle(s: string): bool {...}{.noSideEffect, procvar, gcsafe, extern: "nuc$1Str", deprecated: "Deprecated since version 0.20 since its semantics are unclear",
                            raises: [], tags: [].}
Deprecated: Deprecated since version 0.20 since its semantics are unclear

Deprecated since version 0.20 since its semantics are unclear

Checks whether or not s is a unicode title.

Returns true if the first character in each word inside s are upper case and there is at least one character in s.

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Iterators

iterator runes(s: string): Rune {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}
Iterates over any rune of the string s returning runes.   Source Edit 
iterator utf8(s: string): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Iterates over any rune of the string s returning utf8 values.

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iterator split(s: string; seps: openArray[Rune] = unicodeSpaces; maxsplit: int = -1): string {...}{.
    raises: [], tags: [].}

Splits the unicode string s into substrings using a group of separators.

Substrings are separated by a substring containing only seps.

for word in split("this\lis an\texample"):
  writeLine(stdout, word)

...generates this output:

"this"
"is"
"an"
"example"

And the following code:

for word in split("this:is;an$example", {';', ':', '$'}):
  writeLine(stdout, word)

...produces the same output as the first example. The code:

let date = "2012-11-20T22:08:08.398990"
let separators = {' ', '-', ':', 'T'}
for number in split(date, separators):
  writeLine(stdout, number)

...results in:

"2012"
"11"
"20"
"22"
"08"
"08.398990"
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iterator splitWhitespace(s: string): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}
Splits a unicode string at whitespace runes.   Source Edit 
iterator split(s: string; sep: Rune; maxsplit: int = -1): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Splits the unicode string s into substrings using a single separator.

Substrings are separated by the rune sep. The code:

for word in split(";;this;is;an;;example;;;", ';'):
  writeLine(stdout, word)

Results in:

""
""
"this"
"is"
"an"
""
"example"
""
""
""
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Templates

template fastRuneAt(s: string; i: int; result: untyped; doInc = true)

Returns the rune s[i] in result.

If doInc == true (default), i is incremented by the number of bytes that have been processed.

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template fastToUTF8Copy(c: Rune; s: var string; pos: int; doInc = true)

Copies UTF-8 representation of c into the preallocated string s starting at position pos.

If doInc == true (default), pos is incremented by the number of bytes that have been processed.

To be the most efficient, make sure s is preallocated with an additional amount equal to the byte length of c.

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