String Basic Methods

These methods are called on string values and perform basic inspection or simple transformation.

Returns the number of characters in the string.

Example:

'PlanetCNC'.length();

Returns the string value.

Example:

'abc'.to_string();    // 'abc'

Checks whether the string contains a substring.

Returns: boolean-style number.

Example:

'PlanetCNC'.contains('CNC');    // true

Checks whether the string starts with a prefix.

Returns: boolean-style number.

Example:

'PlanetCNC'.startswith('Planet');

Checks whether the string ends with a suffix.

Returns: boolean-style number.

Example:

'file.expr'.endswith('.expr');

Finds the first position of a substring.

Returns: zero-based position, or `-1` when the text is not found.

Example:

'abcdef'.indexof('cd');     // 2
'abcdef'.indexof('xy');     // -1

Returns the string with characters in reverse order.

Example:

'abc'.reverse();            // 'cba'

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