Provided by: libstring-util-perl_1.34-2_all 
NAME
String::Util -- String processing utility functions
DESCRIPTION
String::Util provides a collection of small, handy functions for processing strings in various ways.
INSTALLATION
cpanm String::Util
USAGE
No functions are exported by default, they must be specified:
use String::Util qw(trim eqq contains)
alternately you can use ":all" to export all of the functions
use String::Util qw(:all)
FUNCTIONS
collapse($string)
"collapse()" collapses all whitespace in the string down to single spaces. Also removes all leading and
trailing whitespace. Undefined input results in undefined output.
$var = collapse(" Hello world! "); # "Hello world!"
hascontent($scalar), nocontent($scalar)
"hascontent()" returns true if the given argument is defined and contains something besides whitespace.
An undefined value returns false. An empty string returns false. A value containing nothing but
whitespace (spaces, tabs, carriage returns, newlines, backspace) returns false. A string containing any
other characters (including zero) returns true.
"nocontent()" returns the negation of "hascontent()".
$var = hascontent(""); # False
$var = hascontent(" "); # False
$var = hascontent("a"); # True
$var = nocontent(""); # True
$var = nocontent("a"); # False
trim($string), ltrim($string), rtrim($string)
Returns the string with all leading and trailing whitespace removed.
$var = trim(" my string "); # "my string"
"ltrim()" trims leading whitespace only.
"rtrim()" trims trailing whitespace only.
nospace($string)
Removes all whitespace characters from the given string. This includes spaces between words.
$var = nospace(" Hello World! "); # "HelloWorld!"
htmlesc($string)
Formats a string for literal output in HTML. An undefined value is returned as an empty string.
htmlesc() is very similar to CGI.pm's escapeHTML. However, there are a few differences. htmlesc()
changes an undefined value to an empty string, whereas escapeHTML() returns undefs as undefs.
jsquote($string)
Escapes and quotes a string for use in JavaScript. Escapes single quotes and surrounds the string in
single quotes. Returns the modified string.
unquote($string)
If the given string starts and ends with quotes, removes them. Recognizes single quotes and double
quotes. The value must begin and end with same type of quotes or nothing is done to the value. Undef
input results in undef output. Some examples and what they return:
unquote(q|'Hendrix'|); # Hendrix
unquote(q|"Hendrix"|); # Hendrix
unquote(q|Hendrix|); # Hendrix
unquote(q|"Hendrix'|); # "Hendrix'
unquote(q|O'Sullivan|); # O'Sullivan
option: braces
If the braces option is true, surrounding braces such as [] and {} are also removed. Some examples:
unquote(q|[Janis]|, braces=>1); # Janis
unquote(q|{Janis}|, braces=>1); # Janis
unquote(q|(Janis)|, braces=>1); # Janis
repeat($string, $count)
Returns the given string repeated the given number of times. The following command outputs "Fred" three
times:
print repeat('Fred', 3), "\n";
Note that "repeat()" was created a long time based on a misunderstanding of how the perl operator 'x'
works. The following command using "x" would perform exactly the same as the above command.
print 'Fred' x 3, "\n";
Use whichever you prefer.
eqq($scalar1, $scalar2)
Returns true if the two given values are equal. Also returns true if both are "undef". If only one is
"undef", or if they are both defined but different, returns false. Here are some examples and what they
return.
$var = eqq('x', 'x'); # True
$var = eqq('x', undef); # False
$var = eqq(undef, undef); # True
neqq($scalar1, $scalar2)
The opposite of "neqq", returns true if the two values are *not* the same. Here are some examples and
what they return.
$var = neqq('x', 'x'); # False
$var = neqq('x', undef); # True
$var = neqq(undef, undef); # False
ords($string)
Returns the given string represented as the ascii value of each character.
$var = ords('Hendrix'); # {72}{101}{110}{100}{114}{105}{120}
options
• convert_spaces=>[true|false]
If convert_spaces is true (which is the default) then spaces are converted to their matching ord
values. So, for example, this code:
$var = ords('a b', convert_spaces=>1); # {97}{32}{98}
This code returns the same thing:
$var = ords('a b'); # {97}{32}{98}
If convert_spaces is false, then spaces are just returned as spaces. So this code:
ords('a b', convert_spaces=>0); # {97} {98}
• alpha_nums
If the alpha_nums option is false, then characters 0-9, a-z, and A-Z are not converted. For example,
this code:
$var = ords('a=b', alpha_nums=>0); # a{61}b
deords($string)
Takes the output from "ords()" and returns the string that original created that output.
$var = deords('{72}{101}{110}{100}{114}{105}{120}'); # 'Hendrix'
contains($string, $substring)
Checks if the string contains substring
$var = contains("Hello world", "Hello"); # true
$var = contains("Hello world", "llo wor"); # true
$var = contains("Hello world", "QQQ"); # false
# Also works with grep
@arr = grep { contains("cat") } @input;
startswith($string, $substring)
Checks if the string starts with the characters in substring
$var = startwith("Hello world", "Hello"); # true
$var = startwith("Hello world", "H"); # true
$var = startwith("Hello world", "Q"); # false
# Also works with grep
@arr = grep { startswith("X") } @input;
endswith($string, $substring)
Checks if the string ends with the characters in substring
$var = endswith("Hello world", "world"); # true
$var = endswith("Hello world", "d"); # true
$var = endswith("Hello world", "QQQ"); # false
# Also works with grep
@arr = grep { endswith("z") } @input;
crunchlines($string)
Compacts contiguous newlines into single newlines. Whitespace between newlines is ignored, so that two
newlines separated by whitespace is compacted down to a single newline.
$var = crunchlines("x\n\n\nx"); # "x\nx";
sanitize($string, $separator = "_")
Sanitize all non alpha-numeric characters in a string to underscores. This is useful to take a URL, or
filename, or text description and know you can use it safely in a URL or a filename.
Note: This will remove any trailing or leading '_' on the string
$var = sanitize("http://www.google.com/") # http_www_google_com
$var = sanitize("foo_bar()"; # foo_bar
$var = sanitize("/path/to/file.txt"); # path_to_file_txt
$var = sanitize("Big yellow bird!", "."); # Big.yellow.bird
file_get_contents($string, $boolean)
Read an entire file from disk into a string. Returns undef if the file cannot be read for any reason. Can
also return the file as an array of lines.
$str = file_get_contents("/tmp/file.txt"); # Return a string
@lines = file_get_contents("/tmp/file.txt", 1); # Return an array
Note: If you opt to return an array, carriage returns and line feeds are removed from the end of each
line.
Note: File is read in UTF-8 mode, unless $FGC_MODE is set to an appropriate encoding.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2012-2016 by Miko O'Sullivan. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. This software comes with NO
WARRANTY of any kind.
AUTHORS
Miko O'Sullivan <miko@idocs.com>
Scott Baker <scott@perturb.org>