/* $Id: cxstrutils.h,v 1.4 2006/06/12 09:54:44 rpalsa Exp $
 *
 * This file is part of the ESO C Extension Library
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2006 European Southern Observatory
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 *
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 */

/*
 * $Author: rpalsa $
 * $Date: 2006/06/12 09:54:44 $
 * $Revision: 1.4 $
 * $Name:  $
 */

#ifndef CX_STRUTILS_H
#define CX_STRUTILS_H

#include <stdarg.h>
#include <cxtypes.h>

CX_BEGIN_DECLS

/*
 * String comparison functions.
 */

cxint cx_strcasecmp(const cxchar *, const cxchar *);
cxint cx_strncasecmp(const cxchar *, const cxchar *, cxsize);
cxint cx_strempty(const cxchar *, const cxchar *);


/*
 * Utility functions modifing their string argument
 */

cxchar *cx_strlower(cxchar *);
cxchar *cx_strupper(cxchar *);

cxchar *cx_strtrim(cxchar *);
cxchar *cx_strrtrim(cxchar *);
cxchar *cx_strstrip(cxchar *);


/*
 * Utility functions which do not create a new string
 */

cxchar *cx_strskip(const cxchar *, cxint (*)(cxint));


/*
 * Utilities returning a newly allocated string.
 */

cxchar *cx_strdup(const cxchar *);
cxchar *cx_strndup(const cxchar *, cxsize);
cxchar *cx_strvdupf(const cxchar *, va_list);

cxchar *cx_stpcpy(cxchar *, const cxchar *);

cxchar **cx_strsplit(const cxchar *, const cxchar *, cxint);
void     cx_strfreev(cxchar **sarray);

cxchar *cx_strjoinv(const cxchar *, cxchar **);

CX_END_DECLS

#endif /* CX_STRUTILS_H */