CkString Perl Reference Documentation

CkString

Current Version: 9.5.0.97

The Chilkat string class.

Object Creation

$obj = chilkat::CkString->new();

Properties

NumArabic
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumArabic();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of Arabic characters contained in this string.

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NumAscii
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumAscii();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of us-ascii characters contained in this string.

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NumCentralEuro
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumCentralEuro();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of Central European and Eastern European characters found in this string. These are characters specific to Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian (Latin script), Romanian and Albanian.

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NumChinese
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumChinese();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of Chinese characters contained in this string.

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NumCyrillic
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumCyrillic();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of Cyrillic characters contained in this string. The Cyrillic alphabet also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is actually a family of alphabets, subsets of which are used by certain East and South Slavic languages "” Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian and Ukrainian"”as well as many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe.

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NumGreek
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumGreek();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of Greek characters contained in this string.

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NumHebrew
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumHebrew();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of Hebrew characters contained in this string.

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NumJapanese
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumJapanese();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of Japanese characters contained in this string.

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NumKorean
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumKorean();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of Korean characters contained in this string.

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NumLatin
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumLatin();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of Latin characters contained in this string. Latin characters include all major Western European languages, such as German, Spanish, French, Italian, Nordic languages, etc.

Note: This is the number of chars that are Latin characters that do not fall in the us-ascii range. In other words, the 8bit Latin chars.

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NumThai
# $intVal is an integer
$intVal = $ckString->get_NumThai();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.25

The number of Thai characters contained in this string.

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Methods

append
# $str is a string
$ckString->append($str);

The str is appended to end of this instance.

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appendAnsi
# $str is a string
$ckString->appendAnsi($str);

Appends an ANSI string to the end of this instance. str should always be a null terminated ANSI string regardless of the Utf8 property setting.

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appendChar
# $c is a char
$ckString->appendChar($c);

Appends a single ANSI character to the end of this instance.

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appendCurrentDateRfc822
$ckString->appendCurrentDateRfc822();

Appends the current date/time to the end of this instance. The date/time is formatted according to the RFC822 standard, which is the typical format used in the "Date" header field of email. For example: "Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:41:41 -0500"

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appendEnc
# $str is a string
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$ckString->appendEnc($str, $charsetEncoding);

Appends a string of any character encoding to the end of this instance. Examples of charsetEncoding are: Shift_JIS, windows-1255, iso-8859-2, gb2312, etc. The str should point to a null-terminated string that uses the charset specified by charsetEncoding.

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appendHexData
# $byteData is binary data
# $numBytes is an integer
$ckString->appendHexData($byteData, $numBytes);

Converts the binary data to a hexidecimal string representation and appends to the end of this instance. The hex data is appended in 2-byte chunks with 16 bytes per line. For example:

6861 6C6C 6861 6C6C 6861 6C6C 6861 6C6C
6861 6C6C 6861 6C6C 6861 6C6C 6861 6C6C
6861 6C6C 6861 6C6C 6861 6C6C 6861 6C6C

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appendInt
# $n is an integer
$ckString->appendInt($n);

Appends the decimal string representation of an integer to the end of this instance.

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appendN
# $str is a string
# $numBytes is an integer
$ckString->appendN($str, $numBytes);

Appends N bytes of character data to the end of this instance. If the Utf8 property is set to 1, then str should point to characters in the utf-8 encoding, otherwise it should point to characters using the ANSI encoding. Note: numBytes is not necessarily the number of characters. It is the length, in bytes, of the string to be appended. This method exists to allow for non-null terminated strings to be appended.

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appendNU
# $wideStr is a utf-16 string
# $numChars is an integer
$ckString->appendNU($wideStr, $numChars);

Append N Unicode characters to the end of this instance. The wideStr points to the 2-byte per char Unicode string. The numChars is the number of Unicode characters to be appended (not the number of bytes).

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appendRandom
# $numBytes is an integer
# $encoding is a string
$ckString->appendRandom($numBytes, $encoding);

Appends numBytes random bytes to the end of this instance. Because arbitrary byte values in the range 0 to 255 do not necessarily represent valid characters, the bytes must be encoded to a string friendly representation such as hex, base64, etc. The encoding specifies the encoding to be used. Possible values are "hex", "base64", "quoted-printable", "asc", or "url".

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appendStr
# $strObj is a CkString
$ckString->appendStr($strObj);

Appends the contents of strObj to the end of this instance.

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appendU
# $unicode is a utf-16 string
$ckString->appendU($unicode);

Append a Unicode string to the CkString object.

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appendUtf8
# $str is a string
$ckString->appendUtf8($str);

Appends a utf-8 string to the existing contents of this instance. str should always be a null terminated utf-8 string regardless of the Utf8 property setting.

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base64Decode
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$ckString->base64Decode($charsetEncoding);

In-place base64 decodes the string and inteprets the results according to the character encoding specified.

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base64DecodeW
# $charsetEncoding is a utf-16 string
$ckString->base64DecodeW($charsetEncoding);

The utf-16 version of base64Decode.

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base64Encode
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$ckString->base64Encode($charsetEncoding);

In-place base64 encodes the string. Internally, the string is first converted to the character encoding specified and then base-64 encoded. Typical charsetEncoding values are "utf-8", "ANSI", "iso-8859-1", etc.

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base64EncodeW
# $charsetEncoding is a utf-16 string
$ckString->base64EncodeW($charsetEncoding);

The utf-16 version of base64Encode.

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beginsWith
# $substr is a string
$retBool = $ckString->beginsWith($substr);

Return 1 if this string begins with substr (case sensitive), otherwise returns 0.

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beginsWithStr
# $strObj is a CkString
$retBool = $ckString->beginsWithStr($strObj);

Returns 1 if the string begins with the contents of strObj. Otherwise returns 0. This method is case sensitive.

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beginsWithW
# $str is a utf-16 string
$retBool = $ckString->beginsWithW($str);

The utf-16 version of beginsWith.

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charAt
# $idx is an integer
$retChar = $ckString->charAt($idx);

Returns the ANSI character at a specified index.The first character is at index 0.

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charAtU
# $idx is an integer
$utf16_char = $ckString->charAtU($idx);

Return the Nth character as a Unicode character.

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chopAtFirstChar
# $ch is a char
$ckString->chopAtFirstChar($ch);

Finds the first occurrence of ch and discards the characters at and following ch.

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chopAtStr
# $subStrObj is a CkString
$ckString->chopAtStr($subStrObj);

Finds the first occurrence of a substring and chops it at that point. The result is that the substring and all subsequent characters are removed from the string.

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clear
$ckString->clear();

Clears the string. The string contains 0 characters after calling this method.

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clone
# returns a CkString
$ret_ckString = $ckString->clone();

Creates a copy of the string. As with any newly created Chilkat object instance returned by a Chilkat method, the returned CkString object must be deleted by the calling application.

Returns null on failure

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compareStr
# $str is a CkString
$retInt = $ckString->compareStr($str);

Compare two strings. A return value = 0 means they are equal. Return value = 1 indicates that calling object is lexicographically less than argument. Return value = -1 indicates that calling object is lexicographically greater than argument.

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containsSubstring
# $substr is a string
$retBool = $ckString->containsSubstring($substr);

Returns 1 if the string contains the specified substring, otherwise returns 0. The string comparison is case-sensitive.

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containsSubstringNoCase
# $substr is a string
$retBool = $ckString->containsSubstringNoCase($substr);

Same as containsSubstring except the matching is case insensitive.

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containsSubstringNoCaseW
# $substr is a utf-16 string
$retBool = $ckString->containsSubstringNoCaseW($substr);

The utf-16 version of containsSubstringNoCase.

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containsSubstringW
# $substr is a utf-16 string
$retBool = $ckString->containsSubstringW($substr);

The utf-16 version of containsSubstring.

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countCharOccurances
# $ch is a char
$retInt = $ckString->countCharOccurances($ch);

Returns the number of occurrences of the specified ANSI char.

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decodeXMLSpecial
$ckString->decodeXMLSpecial();

Decodes XML special characters. For example, < is converted to '<'

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doubleValue
$retDouble = $ckString->doubleValue();

Converts the string to a double and returns the value.

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eliminateChar
# $ansiChar is a char
# $startIndex is an integer
$ckString->eliminateChar($ansiChar, $startIndex);

Eliminate all occurrences of a particular ANSI character.

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encodeXMLSpecial
$ckString->encodeXMLSpecial();

Encodes XML special characters. For example, '<' is converted to <

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endsWith
# $substr is a string
$retBool = $ckString->endsWith($substr);

Returns 1 if the string ends with substr (case-sensitive). Otherwise returns 0.

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endsWithStr
# $substrObj is a CkString
$retBool = $ckString->endsWithStr($substrObj);

Returns 1 if the string ends with the specified substring, otherwise returns 0.

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endsWithW
# $s is a utf-16 string
$retBool = $ckString->endsWithW($s);

The utf-16 version of endsWith.

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entityDecode
$ckString->entityDecode();

Decodes any HTML entities found within the string, replacing them with the characters represented.

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entityEncode
$ckString->entityEncode();

HTML encodes any characters that are special to HTML or cannot be represented by 7-bit us-ascii.

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equals
# $str is a string
$retBool = $ckString->equals($str);

Returns 1 if the strings are equal, otherwise returns 0. (case-sensitive)

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equalsIgnoreCase
# $str is a string
$retBool = $ckString->equalsIgnoreCase($str);

Returns 1 if the strings are equal, otherwise returns 0. (case-insensitive)

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equalsIgnoreCaseStr
# $strObj is a CkString
$retBool = $ckString->equalsIgnoreCaseStr($strObj);

Returns 1 if the strings are equal, otherwise returns 0 (case-insensitive)

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equalsIgnoreCaseW
# $s is a utf-16 string
$retBool = $ckString->equalsIgnoreCaseW($s);

The utf-16 version of equalsIgnoreCase.

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equalsStr
# $strObj is a CkString
$retBool = $ckString->equalsStr($strObj);

Returns 1 if the strings are equal, otherwise returns 0. (case-sensitive)

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equalsW
# $s is a utf-16 string
$retBool = $ckString->equalsW($s);

The utf-16 version of the "equals" method.

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getChar
# returns a CkString
# $idx is an integer
$ret_ckString = $ckString->getChar($idx);

Returns a new CkString object containing the Nth character. (Note, it does not contain the Nth byte, but the Nth character.) For languages such as Chinese, Japanese, etc. individual characters are represented by multiple or varying number of bytes.

Returns null on failure

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getNumChars
$retInt = $ckString->getNumChars();

Returns the number of characters in the string.

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getSizeAnsi
$retInt = $ckString->getSizeAnsi();

Returns the size, in bytes, of the ANSI encoding of the string.

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getSizeUnicode
$retInt = $ckString->getSizeUnicode();

Returns the size, in bytes, of the Unicode encoding of the string.

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getSizeUtf8
$retInt = $ckString->getSizeUtf8();

Returns the size, in bytes, of the utf-8 encoding of the string.

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getUnicode
$utf16_text = $ckString->getUnicode();

Return a pointer to memory containing the string in Unicode.

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hexDecode
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$ckString->hexDecode($charsetEncoding);

Hex decodes a string and inteprets the bytes according to the character encoding specified.

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hexDecodeW
# $charsetEncoding is a utf-16 string
$ckString->hexDecodeW($charsetEncoding);

The utf-16 version of hexDecode.

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hexEncode
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$ckString->hexEncode($charsetEncoding);

Converts the string to the character encoding specified and replaces the string contents with the hex encoding of the character data.

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hexEncodeW
# $charsetEncoding is a utf-16 string
$ckString->hexEncodeW($charsetEncoding);

The utf-16 version of hexEncode.

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indexOf
# $substr is a string
$retInt = $ckString->indexOf($substr);

Returns the index of the first occurrence of a substring. Returns -1 if not found.

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indexOfStr
# $substrObj is a CkString
$retInt = $ckString->indexOfStr($substrObj);

Returns the index of the first occurrence of a substring. Returns -1 if not found.

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indexOfW
# $s is a utf-16 string
$retInt = $ckString->indexOfW($s);

The utf-16 version of "indexOf".

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intValue
$retInt = $ckString->intValue();

Converts the string to an integer and returns the integer value.

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isEmpty
$retBool = $ckString->isEmpty();

Returns 1 if the string object is empty, otherwise returns 0.

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lastChar
$retChar = $ckString->lastChar();

Returns the last ANSI character in the string.

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loadFile
# $path is a string
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$status = $ckString->loadFile($path, $charsetEncoding);

Load the contents of a text file into the CkString object. The string is cleared before loading. The character encoding of the text file is specified by charsetEncoding. This method allows for text files in any charset to be loaded: utf-8, Unicode, Shift_JIS, iso-8859-1, etc.

Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.

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loadFileW
# $path is a utf-16 string
# $charsetEncoding is a utf-16 string
$status = $ckString->loadFileW($path, $charsetEncoding);

The utf-16 version of loadFile.

Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.

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matches
# $strPattern is a string
$retBool = $ckString->matches($strPattern);

Returns 1 if the string matches the strPattern, which may contain one or more asterisk wildcard characters. Returns 0 if the string does not match. This method is case-sensitive.

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matchesNoCase
# $strPattern is a string
$retBool = $ckString->matchesNoCase($strPattern);

Returns 1 if the string matches the strPattern, which may contain one or more asterisk wildcard characters. Returns 0 if the string does not match. This method is case-insensitive.

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matchesNoCaseW
# $s is a utf-16 string
$retBool = $ckString->matchesNoCaseW($s);

The utf-16 version of matchesNoCase.

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matchesStr
# $strPatternObj is a CkString
$retBool = $ckString->matchesStr($strPatternObj);

Returns 1 if the string matches a pattern, otherwise returns 0. The pattern may contain any number of wildcard '*' characters which represent 0 or more occurrences of any character. This method is case-sensitive.

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matchesW
# $s is a utf-16 string
$retBool = $ckString->matchesW($s);

The utf-16 version of the "matches" method.

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minimizeMemory
$ckString->minimizeMemory();

Minimizes the amount of memory consumed by this object. For example, consider the following: A CkString object is loaded with the contents of a text file. The "replaceAllOccurances" method is called, replacing longer substrings with shorter replacements. The actual string length will become shorter than the internal buffer space that is allocated. The minimizeMemory method will, if necessary, allocate a new internal buffer that is exactly the size needed to hold the current contents of the string, copy the string to the new internal buffer, and deallocate the old buffer.

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obfuscate
$ckString->obfuscate();

Obfuscates the string. (The unobfuscate method can be called to reverse the obfuscation to restore the original string.)

The Chilkat string obfuscation algorithm works by taking the utf-8 bytes of the string, base64 encoding it, and then scrambling the letters of the base64 encoded string. It is deterministic in that the same string will always obfuscate to the same result. It is not a secure way of encrypting a string. It is only meant to be a simple means of transforming a string into something unintelligible.

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prepend
# $str is a string
$ckString->prepend($str);

Prepends str to this instance.

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prependW
# $s is a utf-16 string
$ckString->prependW($s);

The utf-16 version of the "prepend" method.

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punyDecode
$ckString->punyDecode();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.52

In-place decodes the string from punycode.

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punyEncode
$ckString->punyEncode();
Introduced in version 9.5.0.52

In-place encodes the string to punycode.

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qpDecode
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$ckString->qpDecode($charsetEncoding);

Quoted-printable decodes the string and interprets the resulting character data according to the specified character encoding. The result is that the quoted-printable string is in-place decoded.

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qpDecodeW
# $charset is a utf-16 string
$ckString->qpDecodeW($charset);

The utf-16 version of the qpDecode method.

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qpEncode
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$ckString->qpEncode($charsetEncoding);

Quoted-printable encodes the string. The string is first converted to the charset specified, and those bytes are QP-encoded. The contents of the string are replaced with the QP-encoded result.

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qpEncodeW
# $charset is a utf-16 string
$ckString->qpEncodeW($charset);

The utf-16 version of the qpEncode method.

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removeAll
# $substr is a CkString
$retInt = $ckString->removeAll($substr);

Removes all occurrences of substr.

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removeCharOccurances
# $ch is a char
$ckString->removeCharOccurances($ch);

Removes all occurrences of a specific ANSI character from the string.

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removeChunk
# $charStartPos is an integer
# $numChars is an integer
$ckString->removeChunk($charStartPos, $numChars);

Removes a chunk of characters specified by starting index and length.

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removeDelimited
# $beginDelim is a string
# $endDelim is a string
# $caseSensitive is a boolean
$ckString->removeDelimited($beginDelim, $endDelim, $caseSensitive);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.52

Remove all occurrences of strings delimited by beginDelim and endDelim. Also removes the delimiters.

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removeFirst
# $substr is a CkString
$retBool = $ckString->removeFirst($substr);

Removes the first occurrence of a substring.

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replaceAll
# $findStrObj is a CkString
# $replaceStrObj is a CkString
$retInt = $ckString->replaceAll($findStrObj, $replaceStrObj);

Replaces all occurrences of a substring with another. The replacement string is allowed to be empty or different in length.

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replaceAllOccurances
# $findStr is a string
# $replaceStr is a string
$retInt = $ckString->replaceAllOccurances($findStr, $replaceStr);

Replaces all occurrences of a substring with another substring. The replacement string is allowed to be empty or different in length.

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replaceAllOccurancesW
# $pattern is a utf-16 string
# $replacement is a utf-16 string
$retInt = $ckString->replaceAllOccurancesW($pattern, $replacement);

The utf-16 version of the replaceAllOccurances method.

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replaceChar
# $findCh is a char
# $replaceCh is a char
$ckString->replaceChar($findCh, $replaceCh);

Replaces all occurrences of a specified ANSI character with another.

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replaceFirst
# $findStrObj is a CkString
# $replaceStrObj is a CkString
$retBool = $ckString->replaceFirst($findStrObj, $replaceStrObj);

Replaces the first occurrence of a substring with another. The replacement string is allowed to be empty or different in length.

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replaceFirstOccurance
# $findStr is a string
# $replaceStr is a string
$retBool = $ckString->replaceFirstOccurance($findStr, $replaceStr);

Replaces the first occurrence of a substring with another. The replacement string is allowed to be empty or different in length. (Chilkat is aware of the misspelling of the word "occurrence", but unfortunately it is too late to change..)

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replaceFirstOccuranceW
# $pattern is a utf-16 string
# $replacement is a utf-16 string
$retBool = $ckString->replaceFirstOccuranceW($pattern, $replacement);

The utf-16 version of replaceFirstOccurrance. (Chilkat is aware of the misspelling of the word "occurrence", but unfortunately it is too late to change..)

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saveToFile
# $path is a string
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$status = $ckString->saveToFile($path, $charsetEncoding);

Saves the string to a file using the character encoding specified by charsetEncoding. If a file of the same name exists, it is overwritten. For charsets such as "utf-8", "utf-16", or others that have a possible BOM/preamble, the preamble is output by default. To exclude the BOM/preamble, prepend "no-bom-" to the charset name. For example "no-bom-utf-8".

Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.

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saveToFileW
# $path is a utf-16 string
# $charset is a utf-16 string
$status = $ckString->saveToFileW($path, $charset);

The utf-16 version of the saveToFile method.

Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.

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setStr
# $s is a CkString
$ckString->setStr($s);

Replaces the contents of the string with another.

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setString
# $str is a string
$ckString->setString($str);

Clears the contents of this instance and appends str.

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setStringAnsi
# $s is a string
$ckString->setStringAnsi($s);

Set the CkString object from an ANSI string.

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setStringU
# $unicode is a utf-16 string
$ckString->setStringU($unicode);

Set the CkString object from a Unicode string.

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setStringUtf8
# $s is a string
$ckString->setStringUtf8($s);

Set the string object from a utf-8 string.

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shorten
# $n is an integer
$ckString->shorten($n);

Discards the last N characters.

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split
# returns a CkStringArray
# $delimiterChar is a char
# $exceptDoubleQuoted is a boolean
# $exceptEscaped is a boolean
# $keepEmpty is a boolean
$ret_stringArray = $ckString->split($delimiterChar, $exceptDoubleQuoted, $exceptEscaped, $keepEmpty);

Splits a string into a collection of strings using a delimiter character. If exceptEscaped is 1, then delimiter chars escaped with a backslash are ignored. If exceptDoubleQuoted is 1, then delimiter chars inside quotes are ignored. If keepEmpty is 0, then empty strings are excluded from being added to the returned CkStringArray object.

Returns null on failure

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split2
# returns a CkStringArray
# $delimiterChars is a string
# $exceptDoubleQuoted is a boolean
# $exceptEscaped is a boolean
# $keepEmpty is a boolean
$ret_stringArray = $ckString->split2($delimiterChars, $exceptDoubleQuoted, $exceptEscaped, $keepEmpty);

Same as "split", except a set of characters can be used for delimiters.

Returns null on failure

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split2W
# returns a CkStringArray
# $splitCharSet is a utf-16 string
# $exceptDoubleQuoted is a boolean
# $exceptEscaped is a boolean
# $keepEmpty is a boolean
$ret_stringArray = $ckString->split2W($splitCharSet, $exceptDoubleQuoted, $exceptEscaped, $keepEmpty);

The utf-16 version of the split2 method.

Returns null on failure

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splitAtWS
# returns a CkStringArray
$ret_stringArray = $ckString->splitAtWS();

Equivalent to split2(" \t\r\n",true,true,false)

Returns null on failure

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substring
# returns a CkString
# $startCharIndex is an integer
# $numChars is an integer
$ret_ckString = $ckString->substring($startCharIndex, $numChars);

Returns a substring specified by starting character position and number of characters. (The 1st char is at index 0.)

Returns null on failure

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toCRLF
$ckString->toCRLF();

Converts all line endings to CRLF.

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tokenize
# returns a CkStringArray
# $punctuation is a string
$ret_stringArray = $ckString->tokenize($punctuation);

Tokenizes a string. The string is split at whitespace characters, and any single punctuation character is returned as a separate token. For example, this string:
CkStringArray *CkString::tokenize(char *punctuation) const

is tokenized to

CkStringArray
*
CkString
:
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tokenize
(
*
punctuation
)
const

Returns null on failure

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tokenizeW
# returns a CkStringArray
# $punctuation is a utf-16 string
$ret_stringArray = $ckString->tokenizeW($punctuation);

The utf-16 version of the "tokenize" method.

Returns null on failure

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toLF
$ckString->toLF();

Converts all line endings to bare-LF (Unix/Linux style line endings).

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toLowerCase
$ckString->toLowerCase();

Converts the string to lowercase.

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toUpperCase
$ckString->toUpperCase();

Converts the string to uppercase.

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trim
$ckString->trim();

Trim SPACE and Tab characters from both ends of the string.

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trim2
$ckString->trim2();

Trim SPACE, Tab, CR, and LF characters from both ends of the string.

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trimInsideSpaces
$ckString->trimInsideSpaces();

Replaces all tabs, CR's, and LF's, with SPACE chars, and removes extra SPACE's so there are no occurrences of more than one SPACE char in a row.

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unobfuscate
$ckString->unobfuscate();

Unobfuscates the string.

The Chilkat string obfuscation algorithm works by taking the utf-8 bytes of the string, base64 encoding it, and then scrambling the letters of the base64 encoded string. It is deterministic in that the same string will always obfuscate to the same result. It is not a secure way of encrypting a string. It is only meant to be a simple means of transforming a string into something unintelligible.

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urlDecode
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$ckString->urlDecode($charsetEncoding);

URL decodes the string and interprets the resulting byte data in the specified charset encoding.

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urlDecodeW
# $charsetEncoding is a utf-16 string
$ckString->urlDecodeW($charsetEncoding);

The utf-16 version of the urlDecode method.

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urlEncode
# $charsetEncoding is a string
$ckString->urlEncode($charsetEncoding);

URL encodes the string. The string is first converted to the specified charset encoding, and those bytes are URL-encoded. The contents of the string are replaced with the URL-encoded result.

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urlEncodeW
# $charsetEncoding is a utf-16 string
$ckString->urlEncodeW($charsetEncoding);

The utf-16 version of the urlEncode method.

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