View source for String Handling Routines

{{Flink|string|today_to_string|desc=Returns the current day in ISO format (based on your computer's settings).}}
{{Flink|string|visit_url|string|desc=Visits the specified address and returns the page source (see page for details).}}
{{Flink|string|location_to_url|location|desc=Returns the url which is accessed to visit the specified location.}}
{{Flink|boolean|contains_text|string|string|desc=Returns true if the second string is found as a substring of the first.}}
{{Flink|int|extract_meat|string|desc=Returns the number of meat embedded in a string.}}
{{Flink|int [item]|extract_items|desc=Parses a string for items and their amounts (handles plural & singular forms) and returns the results as a map.}}
{{Flink|int|length|string|desc=Returns the number of characters in the specified string.}}
{{Flink|int|index_off|string|string|{{opt|int}}|desc=Returns the position of the second string in the first (or -1 if not found), optionally starting from a given position.}}
{{Flink|int|last_index_of|string|string|desc=Returns the last index of the second string in the first.}}
{{Flink|string|substring|string|int|{{opt|int}}|desc=Returns the substring of the specified string, starting from a specified position, and optionally ending at a specified position (defaults to remainder of string).}}
{{Flink|string|replace_string|string|string|string|desc=Replaces all text in the first string that matches the second with the third.}}
{{Flink|string|url_encode|string|desc=Converts a string into a URL formatted string.}}
{{Flink|string|url_decode|string|desc=Converts a URL formatted string into regular text.}}
{{Flink|string [int]|split_string|string|{{opt|rstring}}|desc=Splits apart the first string at line-breaks or using an optionally supplied delimeter and returns an integer-keyed map of the result.}}
{{Flink|string [int,int]|group_string|string|string|desc=This does... something regex-y. I dunno. [http://kolmafia.us/showthread.php?t=318]}}
{{Flink|string [int]|session_logs|{{opt|string}}|int|desc=Gives access to sessions logs. And stuff. [http://kolmafia.us/showthread.php?t=573]}}
{{Flink|buffer|append|buffer|string|desc=Appends the string to the end of the buffer.}}
{{Flink|buffer|append_tail|matcher|buffer|desc=Appends the text returned by a matcher to the end of the buffer.}}