string_manipulation.h

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#ifndef STRING_MANIPULATION_CLASS
#define STRING_MANIPULATION_CLASS
 
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*  Name   : string_manipulation                                               *
*  Author : Chris Koeritz                                                     *
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#include <basis/astring.h>
 
namespace textual {
 
 
class string_manipulation
{
public:
 
 
  static basis::astring make_random_name(int min = 1, int max = 64);
 
 
  static basis::astring long_line(char line_item = '/', int repeat = 76);
 
  static basis::astring indentation(int spaces);
 
 
  static void carriage_returns_to_spaces(basis::astring &to_strip);
 
 
  static void split_lines(const basis::astring &input, basis::astring &output,
          int min_column = 0, int max_column = 79);
 
 
  // numerical manipulation functions:
 
  static basis::abyte char_to_hex(char to_convert);
 
  static char hex_to_char(basis::abyte to_convert);
  
  static basis::byte_array string_to_hex(const basis::astring &character_form);
 
  static basis::astring hex_to_string(const basis::byte_array &byte_form);
 
};
 
} //namespace.
 
#endif