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diff --git a/doc/unistr.texi b/doc/unistr.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c6261b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/unistr.texi @@ -0,0 +1,493 @@ +@node unistr.h +@chapter Elementary Unicode string functions @code{<unistr.h>} + +This include file declares elementary functions for Unicode strings. It is +essentially the equivalent of what @code{<string.h>} is for C strings. + +@menu +* Elementary string checks:: +* Elementary string conversions:: +* Elementary string functions:: +* Elementary string functions with memory allocation:: +* Elementary string functions on NUL terminated strings:: +@end menu + +@node Elementary string checks +@section Elementary string checks + +@cindex validity +@cindex verification +The following function is available to verify the integrity of a Unicode string. + +@deftypefun {const uint8_t *} u8_check (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {const uint16_t *} u16_check (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {const uint32_t *} u32_check (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +This function checks whether a Unicode string is well-formed. +It returns NULL if valid, or a pointer to the first invalid unit otherwise. +@end deftypefun + +@node Elementary string conversions +@section Elementary string conversions + +@cindex converting +The following functions perform conversions between the different forms of Unicode strings. + +@deftypefun {uint16_t *} u8_to_u16 (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, uint16_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) +Converts an UTF-8 string to an UTF-16 string. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint32_t *} u8_to_u32 (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, uint32_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) +Converts an UTF-8 string to an UTF-32 string. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u16_to_u8 (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, uint8_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) +Converts an UTF-16 string to an UTF-8 string. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint32_t *} u16_to_u32 (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, uint32_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) +Converts an UTF-16 string to an UTF-32 string. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u32_to_u8 (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, uint8_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) +Converts an UTF-32 string to an UTF-8 string. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint16_t *} u32_to_u16 (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, uint16_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) +Converts an UTF-32 string to an UTF-16 string. +@end deftypefun + +@node Elementary string functions +@section Elementary string functions + +@cindex iterating +The following functions inspect and return details about the first character +in a Unicode string. + +@deftypefun int u8_mblen (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u16_mblen (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u32_mblen (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +Returns the length (number of units) of the first character in @var{s}, which +is no longer than @var{n}. Returns 0 if it is the NUL character. Returns -1 +upon failure. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{mblen}, except that it operates on a +Unicode string and that @var{s} must not be NULL. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun int u8_mbtouc_unsafe (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u16_mbtouc_unsafe (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u32_mbtouc_unsafe (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +Returns the length (number of units) of the first character in @var{s}, +putting its @code{ucs4_t} representation in @code{*@var{puc}}. Upon failure, +@code{*@var{puc}} is set to @code{0xfffd}, and an appropriate number of units +is returned. + +The number of available units, @var{n}, must be > 0. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{mbtowc}, except that it operates on a +Unicode string, @var{puc} and @var{s} must not be NULL, @var{n} must be > 0, +and the NUL character is not treated specially. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun int u8_mbtouc (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u16_mbtouc (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u32_mbtouc (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +This function is like @code{u8_mbtouc_unsafe}, except that it will detect an +invalid UTF-8 character, even if the library is compiled without +@option{--enable-safety}. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun int u8_mbtoucr (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u16_mbtoucr (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u32_mbtoucr (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +Returns the length (number of units) of the first character in @var{s}, +putting its @code{ucs4_t} representation in @code{*@var{puc}}. Upon failure, +@code{*@var{puc}} is set to @code{0xfffd}, and -1 is returned for an invalid +sequence of units, -2 is returned for an incomplete sequence of units. + +The number of available units, @var{n}, must be > 0. + +This function is similar to @code{u8_mbtouc}, except that the return value +gives more details about the failure, similar to @posixfunc{mbrtowc}. +@end deftypefun + +The following function stores a Unicode character as a Unicode string in +memory. + +@deftypefun int u8_uctomb (uint8_t *@var{s}, ucs4_t @var{uc}, int @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u16_uctomb (uint16_t *@var{s}, ucs4_t @var{uc}, int @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u32_uctomb (uint32_t *@var{s}, ucs4_t @var{uc}, int @var{n}) +Puts the multibyte character represented by @var{uc} in @var{s}, returning its +length. Returns -1 upon failure, -2 if the number of available units, @var{n}, +is too small. The latter case cannot occur if @var{n} >= 6/2/1, respectively. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{wctomb}, except that it operates on a +Unicode strings, @var{s} must not be NULL, and the argument @var{n} must be +specified. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex copying +The following functions copy Unicode strings in memory. + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_cpy (uint8_t *@var{dest}, const uint8_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_cpy (uint16_t *@var{dest}, const uint16_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_cpy (uint32_t *@var{dest}, const uint32_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +Copies @var{n} units from @var{src} to @var{dest}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{memcpy}, except that it operates on +Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_move (uint8_t *@var{dest}, const uint8_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_move (uint16_t *@var{dest}, const uint16_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_move (uint32_t *@var{dest}, const uint32_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +Copies @var{n} units from @var{src} to @var{dest}, guaranteeing correct +behavior for overlapping memory areas. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{memmove}, except that it operates on +Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +The following function fills a Unicode string. + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_set (uint8_t *@var{s}, ucs4_t @var{uc}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_set (uint16_t *@var{s}, ucs4_t @var{uc}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_set (uint32_t *@var{s}, ucs4_t @var{uc}, size_t @var{n}) +Sets the first @var{n} characters of @var{s} to @var{uc}. @var{uc} should be +a character that occupies only 1 unit. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{memset}, except that it operates on +Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex comparing +The following function compares two Unicode strings of the same length. + +@deftypefun int u8_cmp (const uint8_t *@var{s1}, const uint8_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u16_cmp (const uint16_t *@var{s1}, const uint16_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u32_cmp (const uint32_t *@var{s1}, const uint32_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) +Compares @var{s1} and @var{s2}, each of length @var{n}, lexicographically. +Returns a negative value if @var{s1} compares smaller than @var{s2}, +a positive value if @var{s1} compares larger than @var{s2}, or 0 if +they compare equal. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{memcmp}, except that it operates on +Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +The following function compares two Unicode strings of possibly different +lengths. + +@deftypefun int u8_cmp2 (const uint8_t *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const uint8_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}) +@deftypefunx int u16_cmp2 (const uint16_t *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const uint16_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}) +@deftypefunx int u32_cmp2 (const uint32_t *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const uint32_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}) +Compares @var{s1} and @var{s2}, lexicographically. +Returns a negative value if @var{s1} compares smaller than @var{s2}, +a positive value if @var{s1} compares larger than @var{s2}, or 0 if +they compare equal. + +This function is similar to the gnulib function @func{memcmp2}, except that it +operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex searching, for a character +The following function searches for a given Unicode character. + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_chr (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, ucs4_t @var{uc}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_chr (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, ucs4_t @var{uc}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_chr (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, ucs4_t @var{uc}) +Searches the string at @var{s} for @var{uc}. Returns a pointer to the first +occurrence of @var{uc} in @var{s}, or NULL if @var{uc} does not occur in +@var{s}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{memchr}, except that it operates on +Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex counting +The following function counts the number of Unicode characters. + +@deftypefun size_t u8_mbsnlen (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx size_t u16_mbsnlen (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx size_t u32_mbsnlen (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +Counts and returns the number of Unicode characters in the @var{n} units +from @var{s}. + +This function is similar to the gnulib function @func{mbsnlen}, except that +it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@node Elementary string functions with memory allocation +@section Elementary string functions with memory allocation + +@cindex duplicating +The following function copies a Unicode string. + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_cpy_alloc (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_cpy_alloc (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_cpy_alloc (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) +Makes a freshly allocated copy of @var{s}, of length @var{n}. +@end deftypefun + +@node Elementary string functions on NUL terminated strings +@section Elementary string functions on NUL terminated strings + +The following functions inspect and return details about the first character +in a Unicode string. + +@deftypefun int u8_strmblen (const uint8_t *@var{s}) +@deftypefunx int u16_strmblen (const uint16_t *@var{s}) +@deftypefunx int u32_strmblen (const uint32_t *@var{s}) +Returns the length (number of units) of the first character in @var{s}. +Returns 0 if it is the NUL character. Returns -1 upon failure. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex iterating +@deftypefun int u8_strmbtouc (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint8_t *@var{s}) +@deftypefunx int u16_strmbtouc (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint16_t *@var{s}) +@deftypefunx int u32_strmbtouc (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint32_t *@var{s}) +Returns the length (number of units) of the first character in @var{s}, +putting its @code{ucs4_t} representation in @code{*@var{puc}}. Returns 0 +if it is the NUL character. Returns -1 upon failure. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {const uint8_t *} u8_next (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint8_t *@var{s}) +@deftypefunx {const uint16_t *} u16_next (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint16_t *@var{s}) +@deftypefunx {const uint32_t *} u32_next (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint32_t *@var{s}) +Forward iteration step. Advances the pointer past the next character, +or returns NULL if the end of the string has been reached. Puts the +character's @code{ucs4_t} representation in @code{*@var{puc}}. +@end deftypefun + +The following function inspects and returns details about the previous +character in a Unicode string. + +@deftypefun {const uint8_t *} u8_prev (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint8_t *@var{s}, const uint8_t *@var{start}) +@deftypefunx {const uint16_t *} u16_prev (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint16_t *@var{s}, const uint16_t *@var{start}) +@deftypefunx {const uint32_t *} u32_prev (ucs4_t *@var{puc}, const uint32_t *@var{s}, const uint32_t *@var{start}) +Backward iteration step. Advances the pointer to point to the previous +character, or returns NULL if the beginning of the string had been reached. +Puts the character's @code{ucs4_t} representation in @code{*@var{puc}}. +@end deftypefun + +The following functions determine the length of a Unicode string. + +@deftypefun size_t u8_strlen (const uint8_t *@var{s}) +@deftypefunx size_t u16_strlen (const uint16_t *@var{s}) +@deftypefunx size_t u32_strlen (const uint32_t *@var{s}) +Returns the number of units in @var{s}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strlen} and @posixfunc{wcslen}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun size_t u8_strnlen (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{maxlen}) +@deftypefunx size_t u16_strnlen (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{maxlen}) +@deftypefunx size_t u32_strnlen (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{maxlen}) +Returns the number of units in @var{s}, but at most @var{maxlen}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strnlen} and @posixfunc{wcsnlen}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex copying +The following functions copy portions of Unicode strings in memory. + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_strcpy (uint8_t *@var{dest}, const uint8_t *@var{src}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_strcpy (uint16_t *@var{dest}, const uint16_t *@var{src}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_strcpy (uint32_t *@var{dest}, const uint32_t *@var{src}) +Copies @var{src} to @var{dest}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strcpy} and @posixfunc{wcscpy}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_stpcpy (uint8_t *@var{dest}, const uint8_t *@var{src}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_stpcpy (uint16_t *@var{dest}, const uint16_t *@var{src}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_stpcpy (uint32_t *@var{dest}, const uint32_t *@var{src}) +Copies @var{src} to @var{dest}, returning the address of the terminating NUL +in @var{dest}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{stpcpy}, except that it operates on +Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_strncpy (uint8_t *@var{dest}, const uint8_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_strncpy (uint16_t *@var{dest}, const uint16_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_strncpy (uint32_t *@var{dest}, const uint32_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +Copies no more than @var{n} units of @var{src} to @var{dest}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strncpy} and @posixfunc{wcsncpy}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_stpncpy (uint8_t *@var{dest}, const uint8_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_stpncpy (uint16_t *@var{dest}, const uint16_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_stpncpy (uint32_t *@var{dest}, const uint32_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +Copies no more than @var{n} units of @var{src} to @var{dest}, returning the +address of the last unit written into @var{dest}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{stpncpy}, except that it operates on +Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_strcat (uint8_t *@var{dest}, const uint8_t *@var{src}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_strcat (uint16_t *@var{dest}, const uint16_t *@var{src}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_strcat (uint32_t *@var{dest}, const uint32_t *@var{src}) +Appends @var{src} onto @var{dest}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strcat} and @posixfunc{wcscat}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_strncat (uint8_t *@var{dest}, const uint8_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_strncat (uint16_t *@var{dest}, const uint16_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_strncat (uint32_t *@var{dest}, const uint32_t *@var{src}, size_t @var{n}) +Appends no more than @var{n} units of @var{src} onto @var{dest}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strncat} and @posixfunc{wcsncat}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex comparing +The following functions compare two Unicode strings. + +@deftypefun int u8_strcmp (const uint8_t *@var{s1}, const uint8_t *@var{s2}) +@deftypefunx int u16_strcmp (const uint16_t *@var{s1}, const uint16_t *@var{s2}) +@deftypefunx int u32_strcmp (const uint32_t *@var{s1}, const uint32_t *@var{s2}) +Compares @var{s1} and @var{s2}, lexicographically. +Returns a negative value if @var{s1} compares smaller than @var{s2}, +a positive value if @var{s1} compares larger than @var{s2}, or 0 if +they compare equal. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strcmp} and @posixfunc{wcscmp}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex comparing, with collation rules +@deftypefun int u8_strcoll (const uint8_t *@var{s1}, const uint8_t *@var{s2}) +@deftypefunx int u16_strcoll (const uint16_t *@var{s1}, const uint16_t *@var{s2}) +@deftypefunx int u32_strcoll (const uint32_t *@var{s1}, const uint32_t *@var{s2}) +Compares @var{s1} and @var{s2} using the collation rules of the current +locale. +Returns -1 if @var{s1} < @var{s2}, 0 if @var{s1} = @var{s2}, 1 if +@var{s1} > @var{s2}. Upon failure, sets @code{errno} and returns any value. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strcoll} and @posixfunc{wcscoll}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. + +Note that this function may consider different canonical normalizations +of the same string as having a large distance. It is therefore better to +use the function @code{u8_normcoll} instead of this one; see @ref{uninorm.h}. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun int u8_strncmp (const uint8_t *@var{s1}, const uint8_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u16_strncmp (const uint16_t *@var{s1}, const uint16_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) +@deftypefunx int u32_strncmp (const uint32_t *@var{s1}, const uint32_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) +Compares no more than @var{n} units of @var{s1} and @var{s2}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strncmp} and @posixfunc{wcsncmp}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex duplicating +The following function allocates a duplicate of a Unicode string. + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_strdup (const uint8_t *@var{s}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_strdup (const uint16_t *@var{s}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_strdup (const uint32_t *@var{s}) +Duplicates @var{s}, returning an identical malloc'd string. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strdup} and @posixfunc{wcsdup}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex searching, for a character +The following functions search for a given Unicode character. + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_strchr (const uint8_t *@var{str}, ucs4_t @var{uc}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_strchr (const uint16_t *@var{str}, ucs4_t @var{uc}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_strchr (const uint32_t *@var{str}, ucs4_t @var{uc}) +Finds the first occurrence of @var{uc} in @var{str}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strchr} and @posixfunc{wcschr}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_strrchr (const uint8_t *@var{str}, ucs4_t @var{uc}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_strrchr (const uint16_t *@var{str}, ucs4_t @var{uc}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_strrchr (const uint32_t *@var{str}, ucs4_t @var{uc}) +Finds the last occurrence of @var{uc} in @var{str}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strrchr} and @posixfunc{wcsrchr}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +The following functions search for the first occurrence of some Unicode +character in or outside a given set of Unicode characters. + +@deftypefun size_t u8_strcspn (const uint8_t *@var{str}, const uint8_t *@var{reject}) +@deftypefunx size_t u16_strcspn (const uint16_t *@var{str}, const uint16_t *@var{reject}) +@deftypefunx size_t u32_strcspn (const uint32_t *@var{str}, const uint32_t *@var{reject}) +Returns the length of the initial segment of @var{str} which consists entirely +of Unicode characters not in @var{reject}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strcspn} and @posixfunc{wcscspn}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun size_t u8_strspn (const uint8_t *@var{str}, const uint8_t *@var{accept}) +@deftypefunx size_t u16_strspn (const uint16_t *@var{str}, const uint16_t *@var{accept}) +@deftypefunx size_t u32_strspn (const uint32_t *@var{str}, const uint32_t *@var{accept}) +Returns the length of the initial segment of @var{str} which consists entirely +of Unicode characters in @var{accept}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strspn} and @posixfunc{wcsspn}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_strpbrk (const uint8_t *@var{str}, const uint8_t *@var{accept}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_strpbrk (const uint16_t *@var{str}, const uint16_t *@var{accept}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_strpbrk (const uint32_t *@var{str}, const uint32_t *@var{accept}) +Finds the first occurrence in @var{str} of any character in @var{accept}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strpbrk} and @posixfunc{wcspbrk}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@cindex searching, for a substring +The following functions search whether a given Unicode string is a substring +of another Unicode string. + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_strstr (const uint8_t *@var{haystack}, const uint8_t *@var{needle}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_strstr (const uint16_t *@var{haystack}, const uint16_t *@var{needle}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_strstr (const uint32_t *@var{haystack}, const uint32_t *@var{needle}) +Finds the first occurrence of @var{needle} in @var{haystack}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strstr} and @posixfunc{wcsstr}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun bool u8_startswith (const uint8_t *@var{str}, const uint8_t *@var{prefix}) +@deftypefunx bool u16_startswith (const uint16_t *@var{str}, const uint16_t *@var{prefix}) +@deftypefunx bool u32_startswith (const uint32_t *@var{str}, const uint32_t *@var{prefix}) +Tests whether @var{str} starts with @var{prefix}. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun bool u8_endswith (const uint8_t *@var{str}, const uint8_t *@var{suffix}) +@deftypefunx bool u16_endswith (const uint16_t *@var{str}, const uint16_t *@var{suffix}) +@deftypefunx bool u32_endswith (const uint32_t *@var{str}, const uint32_t *@var{suffix}) +Tests whether @var{str} ends with @var{suffix}. +@end deftypefun + +The following function does one step in tokenizing a Unicode string. + +@deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_strtok (uint8_t *@var{str}, const uint8_t *@var{delim}, uint8_t **@var{ptr}) +@deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_strtok (uint16_t *@var{str}, const uint16_t *@var{delim}, uint16_t **@var{ptr}) +@deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_strtok (uint32_t *@var{str}, const uint32_t *@var{delim}, uint32_t **@var{ptr}) +Divides @var{str} into tokens separated by characters in @var{delim}. + +This function is similar to @posixfunc{strtok_r} and @posixfunc{wcstok}, except +that it operates on Unicode strings. Its interface is actually more similar to +@code{wcstok} than to @code{strtok}. +@end deftypefun |