Useful API Functions

This document lists most useful (and most often needed) functions. Be aware, that there are many more to be found in either the class references or via the builtin class browser.

String

Reference: String inherits from: CharacterArray and SequenceableCollection and Collection

Useful operations:

• copyFrom:start [ to:stop ]
• copyTo:stop
• indexOf:char [ startingAt:idx ]
• lastIndexOf:char [ startingAt:idx ]
• indexOfString:str [ startingAt:idx ]
• , str (comma = concatenation)

Collection

Reference: Collection

Filename

Reference: Filename

Stream

Reference: Stream

Number

Reference: Number and its subclasses Integer, Float, Fraction, Complex

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