morestrin.def

DEFINITION MODULE MoreStrings;

(* misc. extra string functions *)

(* V3.0, J. Andrea, Jun.17/93 -move some extended functions to ExtendStrings *)
(* V2.0, J. Andrea, Jun.26/92 -add Contains *)
(* revitalized - J. Andrea, Aug.12/91 *)
(* V1.0, J. Andrea, Apr 1986 *)
(* This code may be freely used and distributed, it may not be sold. *)


EXPORT QUALIFIED EqualSubString,
                 Locate, Contains;

PROCEDURE EqualSubString( a, b :ARRAY OF CHAR;
                          start, len :CARDINAL ) :BOOLEAN;
(*
 Compare similar substrings of two strings 'a' and 'b'.

 If the specified position of the substring is not completely
 contained in both 'a' and 'b' then FALSE is returned.
*)


PROCEDURE Locate( string, pattern :ARRAY OF CHAR;
                  start :CARDINAL ) :CARDINAL;
(*
 Find the first occurance of 'pattern' in 'source' starting at the
 'start'TH character.
 If the substring isn't found then a zero is returned.
 If the substring is found then the relative position in 'source'
   is returned. Relative positions start at 1, meaning first character.
*)


PROCEDURE Contains( string, pattern :ARRAY OF CHAR ) :BOOLEAN;
(*
 Does the 'pattern' occur in 'source', yes or no.
 The case of characters is not signifigant.
*)

END MoreStrings.