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This is an example of documentation generated by ZigDoc, an alternative to Zig's built-in Auto Doc feature. See also examples in other modes/formats. The project being documented here (as the example) is the Zig standard library. Public Namespace

ascii

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The 7-bit ASCII character encoding standard.

This is not to be confused with the 8-bit extended ASCII character encoding.

Even though this module concerns itself with 7-bit ASCII, functions use u8 as the type instead of u7 for convenience and compatibility. Characters outside of the 7-bit range are gracefully handled (e.g. by returning false).

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#Character_set

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pub fn isAlphanumeric(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character is alphanumeric: A-Z, a-z, or 0-9.

pub fn isAlphabetic(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character is alphabetic: A-Z or a-z.

pub fn isControl(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character is a control character.

See also: control_code

pub fn isDigit(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character is a digit.

pub fn isLower(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character is a lowercase letter.

pub fn isPrint(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character is printable and has some graphical representation, including the space character.

pub fn isGraphical(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character has some graphical representation,

pub fn isPunctuation(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character is a punctuation character.

pub fn isWhitespace(c: u8) bool

Returns whether this character is included in whitespace.

pub fn isUpper(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character is an uppercase letter.

pub fn isHex(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character is a hexadecimal digit: A-F, a-f, or 0-9.

pub fn isAscii(c: u8) bool

Returns whether the character is a 7-bit ASCII character.

pub fn toUpper(c: u8) u8

Uppercases the character and returns it as-is if already uppercase or not a letter.

pub fn toLower(c: u8) u8

Lowercases the character and returns it as-is if already lowercase or not a letter.

pub fn lowerString(output: []u8, ascii_string: []const u8) []u8

Writes a lower case copy of ascii_string to output. Asserts output.len >= ascii_string.len.

pub fn allocLowerString(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, ascii_string: []const u8) ![]u8

Allocates a lower case copy of ascii_string. Caller owns returned string and must free with allocator.

pub fn upperString(output: []u8, ascii_string: []const u8) []u8

Writes an upper case copy of ascii_string to output. Asserts output.len >= ascii_string.len.

pub fn allocUpperString(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, ascii_string: []const u8) ![]u8

Allocates an upper case copy of ascii_string. Caller owns returned string and must free with allocator.

pub fn eqlIgnoreCase(a: []const u8, b: []const u8) bool

Compares strings a and b case-insensitively and returns whether they are equal.

pub fn startsWithIgnoreCase(haystack: []const u8, needle: []const u8) bool
pub fn endsWithIgnoreCase(haystack: []const u8, needle: []const u8) bool
pub fn findIgnoreCase(haystack: []const u8, needle: []const u8) ?usize

Finds needle in haystack, ignoring case, starting at index 0.

pub fn findIgnoreCasePos(haystack: []const u8, start_index: usize, needle: []const u8) ?usize

Finds needle in haystack, ignoring case, starting at start_index. Uses Boyer-Moore-Horspool algorithm on large inputs; findIgnoreCasePosLinear on small inputs.

pub fn findIgnoreCasePosLinear(haystack: []const u8, start_index: usize, needle: []const u8) ?usize

Consider using findIgnoreCasePos instead of this, which will automatically use a more sophisticated algorithm on larger inputs.

fn boyerMooreHorspoolPreprocessIgnoreCase(pattern: []const u8, table: *[256]usize) void
pub fn orderIgnoreCase(lhs: []const u8, rhs: []const u8) std.math.Order

Returns the lexicographical order of two slices. O(n).

pub fn orderIgnoreCaseZ(lhs: [*: 0]const u8, rhs: [*: 0]const u8) std.math.Order

Returns the lexicographical order of two many-item pointers with NUL-termination. O(n).

pub fn boundedOrderIgnoreCaseZ(lhs: [*: 0]const u8, rhs: [*: 0]const u8, bound: usize) std.math.Order

Returns the lexicographical order of two many-item pointers with NUL-termination until some specified bound. O(n).

pub fn lessThanIgnoreCase(lhs: []const u8, rhs: []const u8) bool

Returns whether the lexicographical order of lhs is lower than rhs.

pub fn hexEscape(bytes: []const u8, case: std.fmt.Case) HexEscape

Replaces non-ASCII bytes with hex escapes.

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//! The 7-bit [ASCII](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII) character encoding standard.
//!
//! This is not to be confused with the 8-bit [extended ASCII](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_ASCII) character encoding.
//!
//! Even though this module concerns itself with 7-bit ASCII,
//! functions use `u8` as the type instead of `u7` for convenience and compatibility.
//! Characters outside of the 7-bit range are gracefully handled (e.g. by returning `false`).
//!
//! See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#Character_set

const std = @import("std");

pub const lowercase = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
pub const uppercase = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
pub const letters = lowercase ++ uppercase;

/// The C0 control codes of the ASCII encoding.
///
/// See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C0_and_C1_control_codes and `isControl`
pub const control_code = struct {
    /// Null.
    pub const nul = 0x00;
    /// Start of Heading.
    pub const soh = 0x01;
    /// Start of Text.
    pub const stx = 0x02;
    /// End of Text.
    pub const etx = 0x03;
    /// End of Transmission.
    pub const eot = 0x04;
    /// Enquiry.
    pub const enq = 0x05;
    /// Acknowledge.
    pub const ack = 0x06;
    /// Bell, Alert.
    pub const bel = 0x07;
    /// Backspace.
    pub const bs = 0x08;
    /// Horizontal Tab, Tab ('\t').
    pub const ht = 0x09;
    /// Line Feed, Newline ('\n').
    pub const lf = 0x0A;
    /// Vertical Tab.
    pub const vt = 0x0B;
    /// Form Feed.
    pub const ff = 0x0C;
    /// Carriage Return ('\r').
    pub const cr = 0x0D;
    /// Shift Out.
    pub const so = 0x0E;
    /// Shift In.
    pub const si = 0x0F;
    /// Data Link Escape.
    pub const dle = 0x10;
    /// Device Control One (XON).
    pub const dc1 = 0x11;
    /// Device Control Two.
    pub const dc2 = 0x12;
    /// Device Control Three (XOFF).
    pub const dc3 = 0x13;
    /// Device Control Four.
    pub const dc4 = 0x14;
    /// Negative Acknowledge.
    pub const nak = 0x15;
    /// Synchronous Idle.
    pub const syn = 0x16;
    /// End of Transmission Block
    pub const etb = 0x17;
    /// Cancel.
    pub const can = 0x18;
    /// End of Medium.
    pub const em = 0x19;
    /// Substitute.
    pub const sub = 0x1A;
    /// Escape.
    pub const esc = 0x1B;
    /// File Separator.
    pub const fs = 0x1C;
    /// Group Separator.
    pub const gs = 0x1D;
    /// Record Separator.
    pub const rs = 0x1E;
    /// Unit Separator.
    pub const us = 0x1F;

    /// Delete.
    pub const del = 0x7F;

    /// An alias to `dc1`.
    pub const xon = dc1;
    /// An alias to `dc3`.
    pub const xoff = dc3;
};

/// Returns whether the character is alphanumeric: A-Z, a-z, or 0-9.
pub fn isAlphanumeric(c: u8) bool {
    return switch (c) {
        '0'...'9', 'A'...'Z', 'a'...'z' => true,
        else => false,
    };
}

/// Returns whether the character is alphabetic: A-Z or a-z.
pub fn isAlphabetic(c: u8) bool {
    return switch (c) {
        'A'...'Z', 'a'...'z' => true,
        else => false,
    };
}

/// Returns whether the character is a control character.
///
/// See also: `control_code`
pub fn isControl(c: u8) bool {
    return c <= control_code.us or c == control_code.del;
}

/// Returns whether the character is a digit.
pub fn isDigit(c: u8) bool {
    return switch (c) {
        '0'...'9' => true,
        else => false,
    };
}

/// Returns whether the character is a lowercase letter.
pub fn isLower(c: u8) bool {
    return switch (c) {
        'a'...'z' => true,
        else => false,
    };
}

/// Returns whether the character is printable and has some graphical representation,
/// including the space character.
pub fn isPrint(c: u8) bool {
    return isAscii(c) and !isControl(c);
}

/// Returns whether the character has some graphical representation,
pub fn isGraphical(c: u8) bool {
    return isPrint(c) and c != ' ';
}

/// Returns whether the character is a punctuation character.
pub fn isPunctuation(c: u8) bool {
    return isGraphical(c) and !isAlphanumeric(c);
}

/// Returns whether this character is included in `whitespace`.
pub fn isWhitespace(c: u8) bool {
    return switch (c) {
        ' ', '\t'...'\r' => true,
        else => false,
    };
}

/// Whitespace for general use.
/// This may be used with e.g. `std.mem.trim` to trim whitespace.
///
/// See also: `isWhitespace`
pub const whitespace = [_]u8{ ' ', '\t', '\n', '\r', control_code.vt, control_code.ff };

test whitespace {
    for (whitespace) |char| try std.testing.expect(isWhitespace(char));

    var i: u8 = 0;
    while (isAscii(i)) : (i += 1) {
        if (isWhitespace(i)) try std.testing.expect(std.mem.findScalar(u8, &whitespace, i) != null);
    }
}

/// Returns whether the character is an uppercase letter.
pub fn isUpper(c: u8) bool {
    return switch (c) {
        'A'...'Z' => true,
        else => false,
    };
}

/// Returns whether the character is a hexadecimal digit: A-F, a-f, or 0-9.
pub fn isHex(c: u8) bool {
    return switch (c) {
        '0'...'9', 'A'...'F', 'a'...'f' => true,
        else => false,
    };
}

/// Returns whether the character is a 7-bit ASCII character.
pub fn isAscii(c: u8) bool {
    return c < 128;
}

/// Uppercases the character and returns it as-is if already uppercase or not a letter.
pub fn toUpper(c: u8) u8 {
    const mask = @as(u8, @intFromBool(isLower(c))) << 5;
    return c ^ mask;
}

/// Lowercases the character and returns it as-is if already lowercase or not a letter.
pub fn toLower(c: u8) u8 {
    const mask = @as(u8, @intFromBool(isUpper(c))) << 5;
    return c | mask;
}

test "ASCII character classes" {
    const testing = std.testing;

    try testing.expect(!isControl('a'));
    try testing.expect(!isControl('z'));
    try testing.expect(!isControl(' '));
    try testing.expect(isControl(control_code.nul));
    try testing.expect(isControl(control_code.ff));
    try testing.expect(isControl(control_code.us));
    try testing.expect(isControl(control_code.del));
    try testing.expect(!isControl(0x80));
    try testing.expect(!isControl(0xff));

    try testing.expect('C' == toUpper('c'));
    try testing.expect(':' == toUpper(':'));
    try testing.expect('\xab' == toUpper('\xab'));
    try testing.expect(!isUpper('z'));
    try testing.expect(!isUpper(0x80));
    try testing.expect(!isUpper(0xff));

    try testing.expect('c' == toLower('C'));
    try testing.expect(':' == toLower(':'));
    try testing.expect('\xab' == toLower('\xab'));
    try testing.expect(!isLower('Z'));
    try testing.expect(!isLower(0x80));
    try testing.expect(!isLower(0xff));

    try testing.expect(isAlphanumeric('Z'));
    try testing.expect(isAlphanumeric('z'));
    try testing.expect(isAlphanumeric('5'));
    try testing.expect(isAlphanumeric('a'));
    try testing.expect(!isAlphanumeric('!'));
    try testing.expect(!isAlphanumeric(0x80));
    try testing.expect(!isAlphanumeric(0xff));

    try testing.expect(!isAlphabetic('5'));
    try testing.expect(isAlphabetic('c'));
    try testing.expect(!isAlphabetic('@'));
    try testing.expect(isAlphabetic('Z'));
    try testing.expect(!isAlphabetic(0x80));
    try testing.expect(!isAlphabetic(0xff));

    try testing.expect(isWhitespace(' '));
    try testing.expect(isWhitespace('\t'));
    try testing.expect(isWhitespace('\r'));
    try testing.expect(isWhitespace('\n'));
    try testing.expect(isWhitespace(control_code.ff));
    try testing.expect(!isWhitespace('.'));
    try testing.expect(!isWhitespace(control_code.us));
    try testing.expect(!isWhitespace(0x80));
    try testing.expect(!isWhitespace(0xff));

    try testing.expect(!isHex('g'));
    try testing.expect(isHex('b'));
    try testing.expect(isHex('F'));
    try testing.expect(isHex('9'));
    try testing.expect(!isHex(0x80));
    try testing.expect(!isHex(0xff));

    try testing.expect(!isDigit('~'));
    try testing.expect(isDigit('0'));
    try testing.expect(isDigit('9'));
    try testing.expect(!isDigit(0x80));
    try testing.expect(!isDigit(0xff));

    try testing.expect(isPrint(' '));
    try testing.expect(isPrint('@'));
    try testing.expect(isPrint('~'));
    try testing.expect(!isPrint(control_code.esc));
    try testing.expect(!isPrint(0x80));
    try testing.expect(!isPrint(0xff));

    try testing.expect(isGraphical('@'));
    try testing.expect(isGraphical('!'));
    try testing.expect(!isGraphical(' '));

    try testing.expect(isPunctuation('@'));
    try testing.expect(isPunctuation('!'));
    try testing.expect(isPunctuation(';'));
    try testing.expect(isPunctuation(','));
    try testing.expect(!isPunctuation('A'));
    try testing.expect(!isPunctuation('8'));
}

/// Writes a lower case copy of `ascii_string` to `output`.
/// Asserts `output.len >= ascii_string.len`.
pub fn lowerString(output: []u8, ascii_string: []const u8) []u8 {
    std.debug.assert(output.len >= ascii_string.len);
    for (ascii_string, 0..) |c, i| {
        output[i] = toLower(c);
    }
    return output[0..ascii_string.len];
}

test lowerString {
    var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
    const result = lowerString(&buf, "aBcDeFgHiJkLmNOPqrst0234+💩!");
    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("abcdefghijklmnopqrst0234+💩!", result);
}

/// Allocates a lower case copy of `ascii_string`.
/// Caller owns returned string and must free with `allocator`.
pub fn allocLowerString(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, ascii_string: []const u8) ![]u8 {
    const result = try allocator.alloc(u8, ascii_string.len);
    return lowerString(result, ascii_string);
}

test allocLowerString {
    const result = try allocLowerString(std.testing.allocator, "aBcDeFgHiJkLmNOPqrst0234+💩!");
    defer std.testing.allocator.free(result);
    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("abcdefghijklmnopqrst0234+💩!", result);
}

/// Writes an upper case copy of `ascii_string` to `output`.
/// Asserts `output.len >= ascii_string.len`.
pub fn upperString(output: []u8, ascii_string: []const u8) []u8 {
    std.debug.assert(output.len >= ascii_string.len);
    for (ascii_string, 0..) |c, i| {
        output[i] = toUpper(c);
    }
    return output[0..ascii_string.len];
}

test upperString {
    var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
    const result = upperString(&buf, "aBcDeFgHiJkLmNOPqrst0234+💩!");
    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST0234+💩!", result);
}

/// Allocates an upper case copy of `ascii_string`.
/// Caller owns returned string and must free with `allocator`.
pub fn allocUpperString(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, ascii_string: []const u8) ![]u8 {
    const result = try allocator.alloc(u8, ascii_string.len);
    return upperString(result, ascii_string);
}

test allocUpperString {
    const result = try allocUpperString(std.testing.allocator, "aBcDeFgHiJkLmNOPqrst0234+💩!");
    defer std.testing.allocator.free(result);
    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST0234+💩!", result);
}

/// Compares strings `a` and `b` case-insensitively and returns whether they are equal.
pub fn eqlIgnoreCase(a: []const u8, b: []const u8) bool {
    if (a.len != b.len) return false;
    for (a, 0..) |a_c, i| {
        if (toLower(a_c) != toLower(b[i])) return false;
    }
    return true;
}

test eqlIgnoreCase {
    try std.testing.expect(eqlIgnoreCase("HEl💩Lo!", "hel💩lo!"));
    try std.testing.expect(!eqlIgnoreCase("hElLo!", "hello! "));
    try std.testing.expect(!eqlIgnoreCase("hElLo!", "helro!"));
}

pub fn startsWithIgnoreCase(haystack: []const u8, needle: []const u8) bool {
    return if (needle.len > haystack.len) false else eqlIgnoreCase(haystack[0..needle.len], needle);
}

test startsWithIgnoreCase {
    try std.testing.expect(startsWithIgnoreCase("boB", "Bo"));
    try std.testing.expect(!startsWithIgnoreCase("Needle in hAyStAcK", "haystack"));
}

pub fn endsWithIgnoreCase(haystack: []const u8, needle: []const u8) bool {
    return if (needle.len > haystack.len) false else eqlIgnoreCase(haystack[haystack.len - needle.len ..], needle);
}

test endsWithIgnoreCase {
    try std.testing.expect(endsWithIgnoreCase("Needle in HaYsTaCk", "haystack"));
    try std.testing.expect(!endsWithIgnoreCase("BoB", "Bo"));
}

/// Finds `needle` in `haystack`, ignoring case, starting at index 0.
pub fn findIgnoreCase(haystack: []const u8, needle: []const u8) ?usize {
    return findIgnoreCasePos(haystack, 0, needle);
}

/// Finds `needle` in `haystack`, ignoring case, starting at `start_index`.
/// Uses Boyer-Moore-Horspool algorithm on large inputs; `findIgnoreCasePosLinear` on small inputs.
pub fn findIgnoreCasePos(haystack: []const u8, start_index: usize, needle: []const u8) ?usize {
    if (needle.len > haystack.len) return null;
    if (needle.len == 0) return start_index;

    if (haystack.len < 52 or needle.len <= 4)
        return findIgnoreCasePosLinear(haystack, start_index, needle);

    var skip_table: [256]usize = undefined;
    boyerMooreHorspoolPreprocessIgnoreCase(needle, skip_table[0..]);

    var i: usize = start_index;
    while (i <= haystack.len - needle.len) {
        if (eqlIgnoreCase(haystack[i .. i + needle.len], needle)) return i;
        i += skip_table[toLower(haystack[i + needle.len - 1])];
    }

    return null;
}

/// Consider using `findIgnoreCasePos` instead of this, which will automatically use a
/// more sophisticated algorithm on larger inputs.
pub fn findIgnoreCasePosLinear(haystack: []const u8, start_index: usize, needle: []const u8) ?usize {
    var i: usize = start_index;
    const end = haystack.len - needle.len;
    while (i <= end) : (i += 1) {
        if (eqlIgnoreCase(haystack[i .. i + needle.len], needle)) return i;
    }
    return null;
}

fn boyerMooreHorspoolPreprocessIgnoreCase(pattern: []const u8, table: *[256]usize) void {
    for (table) |*c| {
        c.* = pattern.len;
    }

    var i: usize = 0;
    // The last item is intentionally ignored and the skip size will be pattern.len.
    // This is the standard way Boyer-Moore-Horspool is implemented.
    while (i < pattern.len - 1) : (i += 1) {
        table[toLower(pattern[i])] = pattern.len - 1 - i;
    }
}

test findIgnoreCase {
    try std.testing.expect(findIgnoreCase("one Two Three Four", "foUr").? == 14);
    try std.testing.expect(findIgnoreCase("one two three FouR", "gOur") == null);
    try std.testing.expect(findIgnoreCase("foO", "Foo").? == 0);
    try std.testing.expect(findIgnoreCase("foo", "fool") == null);
    try std.testing.expect(findIgnoreCase("FOO foo", "fOo").? == 0);

    try std.testing.expect(findIgnoreCase("one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven", "ThReE fOUr").? == 8);
    try std.testing.expect(findIgnoreCase("one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven", "Two tWo") == null);
}

/// Returns the lexicographical order of two slices. O(n).
pub fn orderIgnoreCase(lhs: []const u8, rhs: []const u8) std.math.Order {
    if (lhs.ptr != rhs.ptr) {
        const n = @min(lhs.len, rhs.len);
        var i: usize = 0;
        while (i < n) : (i += 1) {
            switch (std.math.order(toLower(lhs[i]), toLower(rhs[i]))) {
                .eq => continue,
                .lt => return .lt,
                .gt => return .gt,
            }
        }
    }
    return std.math.order(lhs.len, rhs.len);
}

/// Returns the lexicographical order of two many-item pointers with NUL-termination. O(n).
pub fn orderIgnoreCaseZ(lhs: [*:0]const u8, rhs: [*:0]const u8) std.math.Order {
    return boundedOrderIgnoreCaseZ(lhs, rhs, std.math.maxInt(usize));
}

test orderIgnoreCaseZ {
    try std.testing.expect(orderIgnoreCaseZ("aBcD", "Bee") == .lt);
    try std.testing.expect(orderIgnoreCaseZ("AbC", "aBc") == .eq);
    try std.testing.expect(orderIgnoreCaseZ("abC", "aBc0") == .lt);
    try std.testing.expect(orderIgnoreCaseZ("", "") == .eq);
    try std.testing.expect(orderIgnoreCaseZ("", "a") == .lt);

    const s: [*:0]const u8 = "Abc";
    try std.testing.expect(orderIgnoreCaseZ(s, s) == .eq);
}

/// Returns the lexicographical order of two many-item pointers with NUL-termination until some specified bound. O(n).
pub fn boundedOrderIgnoreCaseZ(lhs: [*:0]const u8, rhs: [*:0]const u8, bound: usize) std.math.Order {
    if (lhs == rhs) return .eq;
    var i: usize = 0;
    while (i < bound and toLower(lhs[i]) == toLower(rhs[i]) and lhs[i] != 0) : (i += 1) {}
    return if (i < bound) std.math.order(toLower(lhs[i]), toLower(rhs[i])) else .eq;
}

/// Returns whether the lexicographical order of `lhs` is lower than `rhs`.
pub fn lessThanIgnoreCase(lhs: []const u8, rhs: []const u8) bool {
    return orderIgnoreCase(lhs, rhs) == .lt;
}

pub const HexEscape = struct {
    bytes: []const u8,
    charset: *const [16]u8,

    pub const upper_charset = "0123456789ABCDEF";
    pub const lower_charset = "0123456789abcdef";

    pub fn format(se: HexEscape, w: *std.Io.Writer) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
        const charset = se.charset;

        var buf: [4]u8 = undefined;
        buf[0] = '\\';
        buf[1] = 'x';

        for (se.bytes) |c| {
            if (std.ascii.isPrint(c)) {
                try w.writeByte(c);
            } else {
                buf[2] = charset[c >> 4];
                buf[3] = charset[c & 15];
                try w.writeAll(&buf);
            }
        }
    }
};

/// Replaces non-ASCII bytes with hex escapes.
pub fn hexEscape(bytes: []const u8, case: std.fmt.Case) HexEscape {
    return .{ .bytes = bytes, .charset = switch (case) {
        .lower => HexEscape.lower_charset,
        .upper => HexEscape.upper_charset,
    } };
}

test hexEscape {
    try std.testing.expectFmt("abc 123", "{f}", .{hexEscape("abc 123", .lower)});
    try std.testing.expectFmt("ab\\xffc", "{f}", .{hexEscape("ab\xffc", .lower)});
    try std.testing.expectFmt("abc 123", "{f}", .{hexEscape("abc 123", .upper)});
    try std.testing.expectFmt("ab\\xFFc", "{f}", .{hexEscape("ab\xffc", .upper)});
}