String Handling Routines
string today_to_string()
Returns the current day in ISO format (based on your computer's settings).
string visit_url( string )
Visits the specified address and returns the page source (see page for details).
string to_url( location )
Returns the url which is accessed to visit the specified location.
boolean contains_text( string, string )
Returns true if the second string is found as a substring of the first.
Returns the number of meat embedded in a string.
int [item] extract_items()
Parses a string for items and their amounts (handles plural & singular forms) and returns the results as a map.
int length( string )
Returns the number of characters in the specified string.
int index_off( string, string, [int] )
Returns the position of the second string in the first (or -1 if not found), optionally starting from a given position.
int last_index_of( string, string )
Returns the last index of the second string in the first.
string substring( string, int, [int] )
Returns the substring of the specified string, starting from a specified position, and optionally ending at a specified position (defaults to remainder of string).
string replace_string( string, string, string )
Replaces all text in the first string that matches the second with the third.
string url_encode( string )
Converts a string into a URL formatted string.
string url_decode( string )
Converts a URL formatted string into regular text.
string [int] split_string( string, [rstring] )
Splits apart the first string at line-breaks or using an optionally supplied delimeter and returns an integer-keyed map of the result.
string [int,int] group_string( string, string )
This does... something regex-y. I dunno. [1]
string [int] session_logs( [string], int )
Gives access to sessions logs. And stuff. [2]
buffer append( buffer, string )
Appends the string to the end of the buffer.
buffer append_tail( matcher, buffer )
Appends the text returned by a matcher to the end of the buffer.