Useful API Functions

String

Reference: String Class Documentation
CharacterArray (superclass)
Collection (superclass)

Copying

Notice: except when written otherwise, all indices are 1-based. Valid indices range from 1 to the string's size.

copyFrom:to:

aString copyFrom:startIndex to:endIndex
aString.copyFrom_to(startIndex, endIndex) [JS]

Example:

 'hello world' copyFrom:1 to:5. 
 => 'hello'

copyFrom:count:

aString copyFrom:startIndex count:numChars
aString.copyFrom_count(startIndex, numChars) [JS]

Example:

 'hello world' copyFrom:7 count:3. 
 => 'wor'

copyFrom:

aString copyFrom:startIndex'
aString.copyFrom(startIndex) [JS]

Example:

 'hello world' copyFrom:6. 
 => ' world'

copyTo:

aString copyTo:endIndex
aString.copyTo(endIndex) [JS]

Example:

 'hello world' copyTo:6. 
 => 'hello '

copyBetween:and:caseSensitive:

aString copyBetween:leftString and:rightString caseSensitive:boolean
aString. copyBetween_and_caseSensitive(leftString, rightString, boolean) [JS]

Example:

 'hello small world' copyBetween:'hello' and:'world' caseSensitive:true. 
 => ' small '
 'hello small World' copyBetween:'hello' and:'world' caseSensitive:true. 
 => 
 'hello small World' copyBetween:'hello' and:'world' caseSensitive:false. 
 => ' small '

Concatenation

, (comma)

string1 , string2
string1 + string2 [JS]

Example:

 'hello', ' ' , 'world'
 => 'hello world'

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