NAME

       textutil::string - Procedures to manipulate texts and strings.

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.2

       package require textutil::string  ?0.7?

       ::textutil::string::chop string

       ::textutil::string::tail string

       ::textutil::string::cap string

       ::textutil::string::uncap string

       ::textutil::string::longestCommonPrefixList list

       ::textutil::string::longestCommonPrefix ?string...?

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DESCRIPTION

       The package textutil::string provides miscellaneous string manipulation commands.

       The complete set of procedures is described below.

       ::textutil::string::chop string
              A convenience command. Removes the last character of string and returns the shortened string.

       ::textutil::string::tail string
              A convenience command. Removes the first character of string and returns the shortened string.

       ::textutil::string::cap string
              Capitalizes the first character of string and returns the modified string.

       ::textutil::string::uncap string
              The  complementary  operation  to ::textutil::string::cap. Forces the first character of string to
              lower case and returns the modified string.

       ::textutil::string::longestCommonPrefixList list

       ::textutil::string::longestCommonPrefix ?string...?
              Computes the longest common prefix for either the strings given to the  command,  or  the  strings
              specified in the single list, and returns it as the result of the command.

              If  no  strings  were specified the result is the empty string.  If only one string was specified,
              the string itself is returned, as it is its own longest common prefix.

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK

       This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and  other  problems.   Please
       report      such      in      the     category     textutil     of     the     Tcllib     SF     Trackers
       [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].  Please also report any ideas for enhancements you  may
       have for either package and/or documentation.

SEE ALSO

       regexp(3tcl), split(3tcl), string(3tcl)

KEYWORDS

       capitalize, chop, common prefix, formatting, prefix, string, uncapitalize

CATEGORY

       Text processing