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

Keep this table sorted by Function in ascending order.

| Function | Friends | | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Contains | String#include? in Ruby | | ContainsAny | - | | ContainsRune | - | | Count | str.count in Python; substr_count in PHP | | EqualFold | stricmp in PHP; String#casecmp in Ruby | | Fields | str.split in Python; split in Perl; String#split in Ruby | | [FieldsFunc](http://golang.org/pkg