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xstrings

Go package xstrings is a collection of string functions, which are widely used in other languages but absent in Go package strings.

All functions are well tested and carefully tuned for performance.

Propose a new function

Please review contributing guideline and create new issue to state why it should be included.

Install

Use go get to install this library.

go get github.com/huandu/xstrings

API document

See GoDoc for full document.

Function list

Go functions have a unique naming style. One, who has experience in other language but new in Go, may have difficulties to find out right string function to use.

Here is a list of functions in strings and xstrings with enough extra information about how to map these functions to their friends in other languages. Hope this list could be helpful for fresh gophers.

Package `xstrings` functions

Keep this table sorted by Function in ascending order.

Function	Friends	#
Center	`str.center` in Python; `String#center` in Ruby	#30
Count	`String#count` in Ruby	#16
Delete	`String#delete` in Ruby	#17
ExpandTabs	`str.expandtabs` in Python	#27
FirstRuneToLower	`lcfirst` in PHP or Perl	#15
FirstRuneToUpper	`String#capitalize` in Ruby; `ucfirst` in PHP or Perl	#15
Insert	`String#insert` in Ruby	#18
LastPartition	`str.rpartition` in Python; `String#rpartition` in Ruby	#19
LeftJustify	`str.ljust` in Python; `String#ljust` in Ruby	#28
Len	`mb_strlen` in PHP	#23
Partition	`str.partition` in Python; `String#partition` in Ruby	#10
Reverse	`String#reverse` in Ruby; `strrev` in PHP; `reverse` in Perl	#7
RightJustify	`str.rjust` in Python; `String#rjust` in Ruby	#29
RuneWidth	-	#27
Scrub	`String#scrub` in Ruby	#20
Shuffle	`str_shuffle` in PHP	#13
ShuffleSource	`str_shuffle` in PHP	#13
Slice	`mb_substr` in PHP	#9
Squeeze	`String#squeeze` in Ruby	#11
Successor	`String#succ` or `String#next` in Ruby	#22
SwapCase	`str.swapcase` in Python; `String#swapcase` in Ruby	#12
ToCamelCase	`String#camelize` in RoR	#1
ToKebab	-	#41
ToPascalCase	-	#1
ToSnakeCase	`String#underscore` in RoR	#1
Translate	`str.translate` in Python; `String#tr` in Ruby; `strtr` in PHP; `tr///` in Perl	#21
Width	`mb_strwidth` in PHP	#26
WordCount	`str_word_count` in PHP	#14
WordSplit	-	#14

Package `strings` functions