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1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 //
5 // This file defines utility functions for working with strings.
7 #ifndef BASE_STRING_UTIL_H_
8 #define BASE_STRING_UTIL_H_
10 #include <ctype.h>
11 #include <stdarg.h> // va_list
13 #include <string>
14 #include <vector>
16 #include "base/base_export.h"
17 #include "base/basictypes.h"
18 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
19 #include "base/string16.h"
20 #include "base/string_piece.h" // For implicit conversions.
22 // Safe standard library wrappers for all platforms.
24 namespace base {
26 // C standard-library functions like "strncasecmp" and "snprintf" that aren't
27 // cross-platform are provided as "base::strncasecmp", and their prototypes
28 // are listed below. These functions are then implemented as inline calls
29 // to the platform-specific equivalents in the platform-specific headers.
31 // Compares the two strings s1 and s2 without regard to case using
32 // the current locale; returns 0 if they are equal, 1 if s1 > s2, and -1 if
33 // s2 > s1 according to a lexicographic comparison.
34 int strcasecmp(const char* s1, const char* s2);
36 // Compares up to count characters of s1 and s2 without regard to case using
37 // the current locale; returns 0 if they are equal, 1 if s1 > s2, and -1 if
38 // s2 > s1 according to a lexicographic comparison.
39 int strncasecmp(const char* s1, const char* s2, size_t count);
41 // Same as strncmp but for char16 strings.
42 int strncmp16(const char16* s1, const char16* s2, size_t count);
44 // Wrapper for vsnprintf that always null-terminates and always returns the
45 // number of characters that would be in an untruncated formatted
46 // string, even when truncation occurs.
47 int vsnprintf(char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, va_list arguments)
48 PRINTF_FORMAT(3, 0);
50 // vswprintf always null-terminates, but when truncation occurs, it will either
51 // return -1 or the number of characters that would be in an untruncated
52 // formatted string. The actual return value depends on the underlying
53 // C library's vswprintf implementation.
54 int vswprintf(wchar_t* buffer, size_t size,
55 const wchar_t* format, va_list arguments)
56 WPRINTF_FORMAT(3, 0);
58 // Some of these implementations need to be inlined.
60 // We separate the declaration from the implementation of this inline
61 // function just so the PRINTF_FORMAT works.
62 inline int snprintf(char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, ...)
63 PRINTF_FORMAT(3, 4);
64 inline int snprintf(char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, ...) {
65 va_list arguments;
66 va_start(arguments, format);
67 int result = vsnprintf(buffer, size, format, arguments);
68 va_end(arguments);
69 return result;
72 // We separate the declaration from the implementation of this inline
73 // function just so the WPRINTF_FORMAT works.
74 inline int swprintf(wchar_t* buffer, size_t size, const wchar_t* format, ...)
75 WPRINTF_FORMAT(3, 4);
76 inline int swprintf(wchar_t* buffer, size_t size, const wchar_t* format, ...) {
77 va_list arguments;
78 va_start(arguments, format);
79 int result = vswprintf(buffer, size, format, arguments);
80 va_end(arguments);
81 return result;
84 // BSD-style safe and consistent string copy functions.
85 // Copies |src| to |dst|, where |dst_size| is the total allocated size of |dst|.
86 // Copies at most |dst_size|-1 characters, and always NULL terminates |dst|, as
87 // long as |dst_size| is not 0. Returns the length of |src| in characters.
88 // If the return value is >= dst_size, then the output was truncated.
89 // NOTE: All sizes are in number of characters, NOT in bytes.
90 BASE_EXPORT size_t strlcpy(char* dst, const char* src, size_t dst_size);
91 BASE_EXPORT size_t wcslcpy(wchar_t* dst, const wchar_t* src, size_t dst_size);
93 // Scan a wprintf format string to determine whether it's portable across a
94 // variety of systems. This function only checks that the conversion
95 // specifiers used by the format string are supported and have the same meaning
96 // on a variety of systems. It doesn't check for other errors that might occur
97 // within a format string.
99 // Nonportable conversion specifiers for wprintf are:
100 // - 's' and 'c' without an 'l' length modifier. %s and %c operate on char
101 // data on all systems except Windows, which treat them as wchar_t data.
102 // Use %ls and %lc for wchar_t data instead.
103 // - 'S' and 'C', which operate on wchar_t data on all systems except Windows,
104 // which treat them as char data. Use %ls and %lc for wchar_t data
105 // instead.
106 // - 'F', which is not identified by Windows wprintf documentation.
107 // - 'D', 'O', and 'U', which are deprecated and not available on all systems.
108 // Use %ld, %lo, and %lu instead.
110 // Note that there is no portable conversion specifier for char data when
111 // working with wprintf.
113 // This function is intended to be called from base::vswprintf.
114 BASE_EXPORT bool IsWprintfFormatPortable(const wchar_t* format);
116 // ASCII-specific tolower. The standard library's tolower is locale sensitive,
117 // so we don't want to use it here.
118 template <class Char> inline Char ToLowerASCII(Char c) {
119 return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ? (c + ('a' - 'A')) : c;
122 // ASCII-specific toupper. The standard library's toupper is locale sensitive,
123 // so we don't want to use it here.
124 template <class Char> inline Char ToUpperASCII(Char c) {
125 return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') ? (c + ('A' - 'a')) : c;
128 // Function objects to aid in comparing/searching strings.
130 template<typename Char> struct CaseInsensitiveCompare {
131 public:
132 bool operator()(Char x, Char y) const {
133 // TODO(darin): Do we really want to do locale sensitive comparisons here?
134 // See http://crbug.com/24917
135 return tolower(x) == tolower(y);
139 template<typename Char> struct CaseInsensitiveCompareASCII {
140 public:
141 bool operator()(Char x, Char y) const {
142 return ToLowerASCII(x) == ToLowerASCII(y);
146 } // namespace base
148 #if defined(OS_WIN)
149 #include "base/string_util_win.h"
150 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
151 #include "base/string_util_posix.h"
152 #else
153 #error Define string operations appropriately for your platform
154 #endif
156 // These threadsafe functions return references to globally unique empty
157 // strings.
159 // DO NOT USE THESE AS A GENERAL-PURPOSE SUBSTITUTE FOR DEFAULT CONSTRUCTORS.
160 // There is only one case where you should use these: functions which need to
161 // return a string by reference (e.g. as a class member accessor), and don't
162 // have an empty string to use (e.g. in an error case). These should not be
163 // used as initializers, function arguments, or return values for functions
164 // which return by value or outparam.
165 BASE_EXPORT const std::string& EmptyString();
166 BASE_EXPORT const std::wstring& EmptyWString();
167 BASE_EXPORT const string16& EmptyString16();
169 BASE_EXPORT extern const wchar_t kWhitespaceWide[];
170 BASE_EXPORT extern const char16 kWhitespaceUTF16[];
171 BASE_EXPORT extern const char kWhitespaceASCII[];
173 BASE_EXPORT extern const char kUtf8ByteOrderMark[];
175 // Removes characters in |remove_chars| from anywhere in |input|. Returns true
176 // if any characters were removed. |remove_chars| must be null-terminated.
177 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output|.
178 BASE_EXPORT bool RemoveChars(const string16& input,
179 const char16 remove_chars[],
180 string16* output);
181 BASE_EXPORT bool RemoveChars(const std::string& input,
182 const char remove_chars[],
183 std::string* output);
185 // Replaces characters in |replace_chars| from anywhere in |input| with
186 // |replace_with|. Each character in |replace_chars| will be replaced with
187 // the |replace_with| string. Returns true if any characters were replaced.
188 // |replace_chars| must be null-terminated.
189 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output|.
190 BASE_EXPORT bool ReplaceChars(const string16& input,
191 const char16 replace_chars[],
192 const string16& replace_with,
193 string16* output);
194 BASE_EXPORT bool ReplaceChars(const std::string& input,
195 const char replace_chars[],
196 const std::string& replace_with,
197 std::string* output);
199 // Removes characters in |trim_chars| from the beginning and end of |input|.
200 // |trim_chars| must be null-terminated.
201 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output|.
202 BASE_EXPORT bool TrimString(const std::wstring& input,
203 const wchar_t trim_chars[],
204 std::wstring* output);
205 BASE_EXPORT bool TrimString(const string16& input,
206 const char16 trim_chars[],
207 string16* output);
208 BASE_EXPORT bool TrimString(const std::string& input,
209 const char trim_chars[],
210 std::string* output);
212 // Truncates a string to the nearest UTF-8 character that will leave
213 // the string less than or equal to the specified byte size.
214 BASE_EXPORT void TruncateUTF8ToByteSize(const std::string& input,
215 const size_t byte_size,
216 std::string* output);
218 // Trims any whitespace from either end of the input string. Returns where
219 // whitespace was found.
220 // The non-wide version has two functions:
221 // * TrimWhitespaceASCII()
222 // This function is for ASCII strings and only looks for ASCII whitespace;
223 // Please choose the best one according to your usage.
224 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both input and output.
225 enum TrimPositions {
226 TRIM_NONE = 0,
227 TRIM_LEADING = 1 << 0,
228 TRIM_TRAILING = 1 << 1,
229 TRIM_ALL = TRIM_LEADING | TRIM_TRAILING,
231 BASE_EXPORT TrimPositions TrimWhitespace(const string16& input,
232 TrimPositions positions,
233 string16* output);
234 BASE_EXPORT TrimPositions TrimWhitespaceASCII(const std::string& input,
235 TrimPositions positions,
236 std::string* output);
238 // Deprecated. This function is only for backward compatibility and calls
239 // TrimWhitespaceASCII().
240 BASE_EXPORT TrimPositions TrimWhitespace(const std::string& input,
241 TrimPositions positions,
242 std::string* output);
244 // Searches for CR or LF characters. Removes all contiguous whitespace
245 // strings that contain them. This is useful when trying to deal with text
246 // copied from terminals.
247 // Returns |text|, with the following three transformations:
248 // (1) Leading and trailing whitespace is trimmed.
249 // (2) If |trim_sequences_with_line_breaks| is true, any other whitespace
250 // sequences containing a CR or LF are trimmed.
251 // (3) All other whitespace sequences are converted to single spaces.
252 BASE_EXPORT std::wstring CollapseWhitespace(
253 const std::wstring& text,
254 bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks);
255 BASE_EXPORT string16 CollapseWhitespace(
256 const string16& text,
257 bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks);
258 BASE_EXPORT std::string CollapseWhitespaceASCII(
259 const std::string& text,
260 bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks);
262 // Returns true if the passed string is empty or contains only white-space
263 // characters.
264 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyWhitespaceASCII(const std::string& str);
265 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyWhitespace(const string16& str);
267 // Returns true if |input| is empty or contains only characters found in
268 // |characters|.
269 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyChars(const std::wstring& input,
270 const std::wstring& characters);
271 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyChars(const string16& input,
272 const string16& characters);
273 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyChars(const std::string& input,
274 const std::string& characters);
276 // Converts to 7-bit ASCII by truncating. The result must be known to be ASCII
277 // beforehand.
278 BASE_EXPORT std::string WideToASCII(const std::wstring& wide);
279 BASE_EXPORT std::string UTF16ToASCII(const string16& utf16);
281 // Converts the given wide string to the corresponding Latin1. This will fail
282 // (return false) if any characters are more than 255.
283 BASE_EXPORT bool WideToLatin1(const std::wstring& wide, std::string* latin1);
285 // Returns true if the specified string matches the criteria. How can a wide
286 // string be 8-bit or UTF8? It contains only characters that are < 256 (in the
287 // first case) or characters that use only 8-bits and whose 8-bit
288 // representation looks like a UTF-8 string (the second case).
290 // Note that IsStringUTF8 checks not only if the input is structurally
291 // valid but also if it doesn't contain any non-character codepoint
292 // (e.g. U+FFFE). It's done on purpose because all the existing callers want
293 // to have the maximum 'discriminating' power from other encodings. If
294 // there's a use case for just checking the structural validity, we have to
295 // add a new function for that.
296 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringUTF8(const std::string& str);
297 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const std::wstring& str);
298 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const base::StringPiece& str);
299 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const string16& str);
301 // Converts the elements of the given string. This version uses a pointer to
302 // clearly differentiate it from the non-pointer variant.
303 template <class str> inline void StringToLowerASCII(str* s) {
304 for (typename str::iterator i = s->begin(); i != s->end(); ++i)
305 *i = base::ToLowerASCII(*i);
308 template <class str> inline str StringToLowerASCII(const str& s) {
309 // for std::string and std::wstring
310 str output(s);
311 StringToLowerASCII(&output);
312 return output;
315 // Converts the elements of the given string. This version uses a pointer to
316 // clearly differentiate it from the non-pointer variant.
317 template <class str> inline void StringToUpperASCII(str* s) {
318 for (typename str::iterator i = s->begin(); i != s->end(); ++i)
319 *i = base::ToUpperASCII(*i);
322 template <class str> inline str StringToUpperASCII(const str& s) {
323 // for std::string and std::wstring
324 str output(s);
325 StringToUpperASCII(&output);
326 return output;
329 // Compare the lower-case form of the given string against the given ASCII
330 // string. This is useful for doing checking if an input string matches some
331 // token, and it is optimized to avoid intermediate string copies. This API is
332 // borrowed from the equivalent APIs in Mozilla.
333 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const std::string& a, const char* b);
334 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const std::wstring& a, const char* b);
335 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const string16& a, const char* b);
337 // Same thing, but with string iterators instead.
338 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(std::string::const_iterator a_begin,
339 std::string::const_iterator a_end,
340 const char* b);
341 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(std::wstring::const_iterator a_begin,
342 std::wstring::const_iterator a_end,
343 const char* b);
344 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(string16::const_iterator a_begin,
345 string16::const_iterator a_end,
346 const char* b);
347 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const char* a_begin,
348 const char* a_end,
349 const char* b);
350 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const wchar_t* a_begin,
351 const wchar_t* a_end,
352 const char* b);
353 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const char16* a_begin,
354 const char16* a_end,
355 const char* b);
357 // Performs a case-sensitive string compare. The behavior is undefined if both
358 // strings are not ASCII.
359 BASE_EXPORT bool EqualsASCII(const string16& a, const base::StringPiece& b);
361 // Returns true if str starts with search, or false otherwise.
362 BASE_EXPORT bool StartsWithASCII(const std::string& str,
363 const std::string& search,
364 bool case_sensitive);
365 BASE_EXPORT bool StartsWith(const std::wstring& str,
366 const std::wstring& search,
367 bool case_sensitive);
368 BASE_EXPORT bool StartsWith(const string16& str,
369 const string16& search,
370 bool case_sensitive);
372 // Returns true if str ends with search, or false otherwise.
373 BASE_EXPORT bool EndsWith(const std::string& str,
374 const std::string& search,
375 bool case_sensitive);
376 BASE_EXPORT bool EndsWith(const std::wstring& str,
377 const std::wstring& search,
378 bool case_sensitive);
379 BASE_EXPORT bool EndsWith(const string16& str,
380 const string16& search,
381 bool case_sensitive);
384 // Determines the type of ASCII character, independent of locale (the C
385 // library versions will change based on locale).
386 template <typename Char>
387 inline bool IsAsciiWhitespace(Char c) {
388 return c == ' ' || c == '\r' || c == '\n' || c == '\t';
390 template <typename Char>
391 inline bool IsAsciiAlpha(Char c) {
392 return ((c >= 'A') && (c <= 'Z')) || ((c >= 'a') && (c <= 'z'));
394 template <typename Char>
395 inline bool IsAsciiDigit(Char c) {
396 return c >= '0' && c <= '9';
399 template <typename Char>
400 inline bool IsHexDigit(Char c) {
401 return (c >= '0' && c <= '9') ||
402 (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') ||
403 (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f');
406 template <typename Char>
407 inline Char HexDigitToInt(Char c) {
408 DCHECK(IsHexDigit(c));
409 if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
410 return c - '0';
411 if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F')
412 return c - 'A' + 10;
413 if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
414 return c - 'a' + 10;
415 return 0;
418 // Returns true if it's a whitespace character.
419 inline bool IsWhitespace(wchar_t c) {
420 return wcschr(kWhitespaceWide, c) != NULL;
423 // Return a byte string in human-readable format with a unit suffix. Not
424 // appropriate for use in any UI; use of FormatBytes and friends in ui/base is
425 // highly recommended instead. TODO(avi): Figure out how to get callers to use
426 // FormatBytes instead; remove this.
427 BASE_EXPORT string16 FormatBytesUnlocalized(int64 bytes);
429 // Starting at |start_offset| (usually 0), replace the first instance of
430 // |find_this| with |replace_with|.
431 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(
432 string16* str,
433 string16::size_type start_offset,
434 const string16& find_this,
435 const string16& replace_with);
436 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(
437 std::string* str,
438 std::string::size_type start_offset,
439 const std::string& find_this,
440 const std::string& replace_with);
442 // Starting at |start_offset| (usually 0), look through |str| and replace all
443 // instances of |find_this| with |replace_with|.
445 // This does entire substrings; use std::replace in <algorithm> for single
446 // characters, for example:
447 // std::replace(str.begin(), str.end(), 'a', 'b');
448 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(
449 string16* str,
450 string16::size_type start_offset,
451 const string16& find_this,
452 const string16& replace_with);
453 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(
454 std::string* str,
455 std::string::size_type start_offset,
456 const std::string& find_this,
457 const std::string& replace_with);
459 // Reserves enough memory in |str| to accommodate |length_with_null| characters,
460 // sets the size of |str| to |length_with_null - 1| characters, and returns a
461 // pointer to the underlying contiguous array of characters. This is typically
462 // used when calling a function that writes results into a character array, but
463 // the caller wants the data to be managed by a string-like object. It is
464 // convenient in that is can be used inline in the call, and fast in that it
465 // avoids copying the results of the call from a char* into a string.
467 // |length_with_null| must be at least 2, since otherwise the underlying string
468 // would have size 0, and trying to access &((*str)[0]) in that case can result
469 // in a number of problems.
471 // Internally, this takes linear time because the resize() call 0-fills the
472 // underlying array for potentially all
473 // (|length_with_null - 1| * sizeof(string_type::value_type)) bytes. Ideally we
474 // could avoid this aspect of the resize() call, as we expect the caller to
475 // immediately write over this memory, but there is no other way to set the size
476 // of the string, and not doing that will mean people who access |str| rather
477 // than str.c_str() will get back a string of whatever size |str| had on entry
478 // to this function (probably 0).
479 template <class string_type>
480 inline typename string_type::value_type* WriteInto(string_type* str,
481 size_t length_with_null) {
482 DCHECK_GT(length_with_null, 1u);
483 str->reserve(length_with_null);
484 str->resize(length_with_null - 1);
485 return &((*str)[0]);
488 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
490 // Splits a string into its fields delimited by any of the characters in
491 // |delimiters|. Each field is added to the |tokens| vector. Returns the
492 // number of tokens found.
493 BASE_EXPORT size_t Tokenize(const std::wstring& str,
494 const std::wstring& delimiters,
495 std::vector<std::wstring>* tokens);
496 BASE_EXPORT size_t Tokenize(const string16& str,
497 const string16& delimiters,
498 std::vector<string16>* tokens);
499 BASE_EXPORT size_t Tokenize(const std::string& str,
500 const std::string& delimiters,
501 std::vector<std::string>* tokens);
502 BASE_EXPORT size_t Tokenize(const base::StringPiece& str,
503 const base::StringPiece& delimiters,
504 std::vector<base::StringPiece>* tokens);
506 // Does the opposite of SplitString().
507 BASE_EXPORT string16 JoinString(const std::vector<string16>& parts, char16 s);
508 BASE_EXPORT std::string JoinString(
509 const std::vector<std::string>& parts, char s);
511 // Join |parts| using |separator|.
512 BASE_EXPORT std::string JoinString(
513 const std::vector<std::string>& parts,
514 const std::string& separator);
515 BASE_EXPORT string16 JoinString(
516 const std::vector<string16>& parts,
517 const string16& separator);
519 // Replace $1-$2-$3..$9 in the format string with |a|-|b|-|c|..|i| respectively.
520 // Additionally, any number of consecutive '$' characters is replaced by that
521 // number less one. Eg $$->$, $$$->$$, etc. The offsets parameter here can be
522 // NULL. This only allows you to use up to nine replacements.
523 BASE_EXPORT string16 ReplaceStringPlaceholders(
524 const string16& format_string,
525 const std::vector<string16>& subst,
526 std::vector<size_t>* offsets);
528 BASE_EXPORT std::string ReplaceStringPlaceholders(
529 const base::StringPiece& format_string,
530 const std::vector<std::string>& subst,
531 std::vector<size_t>* offsets);
533 // Single-string shortcut for ReplaceStringHolders. |offset| may be NULL.
534 BASE_EXPORT string16 ReplaceStringPlaceholders(const string16& format_string,
535 const string16& a,
536 size_t* offset);
538 // Returns true if the string passed in matches the pattern. The pattern
539 // string can contain wildcards like * and ?
540 // The backslash character (\) is an escape character for * and ?
541 // We limit the patterns to having a max of 16 * or ? characters.
542 // ? matches 0 or 1 character, while * matches 0 or more characters.
543 BASE_EXPORT bool MatchPattern(const base::StringPiece& string,
544 const base::StringPiece& pattern);
545 BASE_EXPORT bool MatchPattern(const string16& string, const string16& pattern);
547 // Hack to convert any char-like type to its unsigned counterpart.
548 // For example, it will convert char, signed char and unsigned char to unsigned
549 // char.
550 template<typename T>
551 struct ToUnsigned {
552 typedef T Unsigned;
555 template<>
556 struct ToUnsigned<char> {
557 typedef unsigned char Unsigned;
559 template<>
560 struct ToUnsigned<signed char> {
561 typedef unsigned char Unsigned;
563 template<>
564 struct ToUnsigned<wchar_t> {
565 #if defined(WCHAR_T_IS_UTF16)
566 typedef unsigned short Unsigned;
567 #elif defined(WCHAR_T_IS_UTF32)
568 typedef uint32 Unsigned;
569 #endif
571 template<>
572 struct ToUnsigned<short> {
573 typedef unsigned short Unsigned;
576 #endif // BASE_STRING_UTIL_H_