string.md

Module 0x1::string

The string module defines the String type which represents UTF8 encoded strings.

• Struct String
• Constants
• Function utf8
• Function from_ascii
• Function to_ascii
• Function try_utf8
• Function bytes
• Function into_bytes
• Function is_empty
• Function length
• Function append
• Function append_utf8
• Function insert
• Function sub_string
• Function index_of
• Function internal_check_utf8

use 0x1::ascii;
use 0x1::option;
use 0x1::vector;

Struct String

A String holds a sequence of bytes which is guaranteed to be in utf8 format.

#[data_struct]
struct String has copy, drop, store

Constants

Index out of range.

const EINVALID_INDEX: u64 = 2;

An invalid UTF8 encoding.

const EINVALID_UTF8: u64 = 1;

Function utf8

Creates a new string from a sequence of bytes. Aborts if the bytes do not represent valid utf8.

public fun utf8(bytes: vector<u8>): string::String

Function from_ascii

Convert an ASCII string to a UTF8 string

public fun from_ascii(s: ascii::String): string::String

Function to_ascii

Convert an UTF8 string to an ASCII string. Aborts if s is not valid ASCII

public fun to_ascii(s: string::String): ascii::String

Function try_utf8

Tries to create a new string from a sequence of bytes.

public fun try_utf8(bytes: vector<u8>): option::Option<string::String>

Function bytes

Returns a reference to the underlying byte vector.

public fun bytes(s: &string::String): &vector<u8>

Function into_bytes

Unpack the string to get its backing bytes

public fun into_bytes(string: string::String): vector<u8>

Function is_empty

Checks whether this string is empty.

public fun is_empty(s: &string::String): bool

Function length

Returns the length of this string, in bytes.

public fun length(s: &string::String): u64

Function append

Appends a string.

public fun append(s: &mut string::String, r: string::String)

Function append_utf8

Appends bytes which must be in valid utf8 format.

public fun append_utf8(s: &mut string::String, bytes: vector<u8>)

Function insert

Insert the other string at the byte index in given string. The index must be at a valid utf8 char boundary.

public fun insert(s: &mut string::String, at: u64, o: string::String)

Function sub_string

Returns a sub-string using the given byte indices, where i is the first byte position and j is the start of the first byte not included (or the length of the string). The indices must be at valid utf8 char boundaries, guaranteeing that the result is valid utf8.

public fun sub_string(s: &string::String, i: u64, j: u64): string::String

Function index_of

Computes the index of the first occurrence of a string. Returns length(s) if no occurrence found.

public fun index_of(s: &string::String, r: &string::String): u64

Function internal_check_utf8

public fun internal_check_utf8(v: &vector<u8>): bool