1 // Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 //
5 // This file defines utility functions for working with strings.
6
7 #ifndef BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_
8 #define BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_
9
10 #include <ctype.h>
11 #include <stdarg.h> // va_list
12 #include <stddef.h>
13 #include <stdint.h>
14
15 #include <string>
16 #include <vector>
17
18 #include "base/base_export.h"
19 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
20 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
21 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h" // For implicit conversions.
22 #include "build/build_config.h"
23
24 // On Android, bionic's stdio.h defines an snprintf macro when being built with
25 // clang. Undefine it here so it won't collide with base::snprintf().
26 #undef snprintf
27
28 namespace base {
29
30 // C standard-library functions that aren't cross-platform are provided as
31 // "base::...", and their prototypes are listed below. These functions are
32 // then implemented as inline calls to the platform-specific equivalents in the
33 // platform-specific headers.
34
35 // Wrapper for vsnprintf that always null-terminates and always returns the
36 // number of characters that would be in an untruncated formatted
37 // string, even when truncation occurs.
38 int vsnprintf(char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, va_list arguments)
39 PRINTF_FORMAT(3, 0);
40
41 // Some of these implementations need to be inlined.
42
43 // We separate the declaration from the implementation of this inline
44 // function just so the PRINTF_FORMAT works.
45 inline int snprintf(char* buffer,
46 size_t size,
47 _Printf_format_string_ const char* format,
48 ...) PRINTF_FORMAT(3, 4);
snprintf(char * buffer,size_t size,_Printf_format_string_ const char * format,...)49 inline int snprintf(char* buffer,
50 size_t size,
51 _Printf_format_string_ const char* format,
52 ...) {
53 va_list arguments;
54 va_start(arguments, format);
55 int result = vsnprintf(buffer, size, format, arguments);
56 va_end(arguments);
57 return result;
58 }
59
60 // BSD-style safe and consistent string copy functions.
61 // Copies |src| to |dst|, where |dst_size| is the total allocated size of |dst|.
62 // Copies at most |dst_size|-1 characters, and always NULL terminates |dst|, as
63 // long as |dst_size| is not 0. Returns the length of |src| in characters.
64 // If the return value is >= dst_size, then the output was truncated.
65 // NOTE: All sizes are in number of characters, NOT in bytes.
66 BASE_EXPORT size_t strlcpy(char* dst, const char* src, size_t dst_size);
67 BASE_EXPORT size_t wcslcpy(wchar_t* dst, const wchar_t* src, size_t dst_size);
68
69 // Scan a wprintf format string to determine whether it's portable across a
70 // variety of systems. This function only checks that the conversion
71 // specifiers used by the format string are supported and have the same meaning
72 // on a variety of systems. It doesn't check for other errors that might occur
73 // within a format string.
74 //
75 // Nonportable conversion specifiers for wprintf are:
76 // - 's' and 'c' without an 'l' length modifier. %s and %c operate on char
77 // data on all systems except Windows, which treat them as wchar_t data.
78 // Use %ls and %lc for wchar_t data instead.
79 // - 'S' and 'C', which operate on wchar_t data on all systems except Windows,
80 // which treat them as char data. Use %ls and %lc for wchar_t data
81 // instead.
82 // - 'F', which is not identified by Windows wprintf documentation.
83 // - 'D', 'O', and 'U', which are deprecated and not available on all systems.
84 // Use %ld, %lo, and %lu instead.
85 //
86 // Note that there is no portable conversion specifier for char data when
87 // working with wprintf.
88 //
89 // This function is intended to be called from base::vswprintf.
90 BASE_EXPORT bool IsWprintfFormatPortable(const wchar_t* format);
91
92 // ASCII-specific tolower. The standard library's tolower is locale sensitive,
93 // so we don't want to use it here.
ToLowerASCII(char c)94 inline char ToLowerASCII(char c) {
95 return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ? (c + ('a' - 'A')) : c;
96 }
ToLowerASCII(char16 c)97 inline char16 ToLowerASCII(char16 c) {
98 return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ? (c + ('a' - 'A')) : c;
99 }
100
101 // ASCII-specific toupper. The standard library's toupper is locale sensitive,
102 // so we don't want to use it here.
ToUpperASCII(char c)103 inline char ToUpperASCII(char c) {
104 return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') ? (c + ('A' - 'a')) : c;
105 }
ToUpperASCII(char16 c)106 inline char16 ToUpperASCII(char16 c) {
107 return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') ? (c + ('A' - 'a')) : c;
108 }
109
110 // Converts the given string to it's ASCII-lowercase equivalent.
111 BASE_EXPORT std::string ToLowerASCII(StringPiece str);
112 BASE_EXPORT string16 ToLowerASCII(StringPiece16 str);
113
114 // Converts the given string to it's ASCII-uppercase equivalent.
115 BASE_EXPORT std::string ToUpperASCII(StringPiece str);
116 BASE_EXPORT string16 ToUpperASCII(StringPiece16 str);
117
118 // Functor for case-insensitive ASCII comparisons for STL algorithms like
119 // std::search.
120 //
121 // Note that a full Unicode version of this functor is not possible to write
122 // because case mappings might change the number of characters, depend on
123 // context (combining accents), and require handling UTF-16. If you need
124 // proper Unicode support, use base::i18n::ToLower/FoldCase and then just
125 // use a normal operator== on the result.
126 template<typename Char> struct CaseInsensitiveCompareASCII {
127 public:
operatorCaseInsensitiveCompareASCII128 bool operator()(Char x, Char y) const {
129 return ToLowerASCII(x) == ToLowerASCII(y);
130 }
131 };
132
133 // Like strcasecmp for case-insensitive ASCII characters only. Returns:
134 // -1 (a < b)
135 // 0 (a == b)
136 // 1 (a > b)
137 // (unlike strcasecmp which can return values greater or less than 1/-1). For
138 // full Unicode support, use base::i18n::ToLower or base::i18h::FoldCase
139 // and then just call the normal string operators on the result.
140 BASE_EXPORT int CompareCaseInsensitiveASCII(StringPiece a, StringPiece b);
141 BASE_EXPORT int CompareCaseInsensitiveASCII(StringPiece16 a, StringPiece16 b);
142
143 // Equality for ASCII case-insensitive comparisons. For full Unicode support,
144 // use base::i18n::ToLower or base::i18h::FoldCase and then compare with either
145 // == or !=.
146 BASE_EXPORT bool EqualsCaseInsensitiveASCII(StringPiece a, StringPiece b);
147 BASE_EXPORT bool EqualsCaseInsensitiveASCII(StringPiece16 a, StringPiece16 b);
148
149 // These threadsafe functions return references to globally unique empty
150 // strings.
151 //
152 // It is likely faster to construct a new empty string object (just a few
153 // instructions to set the length to 0) than to get the empty string singleton
154 // returned by these functions (which requires threadsafe singleton access).
155 //
156 // Therefore, DO NOT USE THESE AS A GENERAL-PURPOSE SUBSTITUTE FOR DEFAULT
157 // CONSTRUCTORS. There is only one case where you should use these: functions
158 // which need to return a string by reference (e.g. as a class member
159 // accessor), and don't have an empty string to use (e.g. in an error case).
160 // These should not be used as initializers, function arguments, or return
161 // values for functions which return by value or outparam.
162 BASE_EXPORT const std::string& EmptyString();
163 BASE_EXPORT const string16& EmptyString16();
164
165 // Contains the set of characters representing whitespace in the corresponding
166 // encoding. Null-terminated. The ASCII versions are the whitespaces as defined
167 // by HTML5, and don't include control characters.
168 BASE_EXPORT extern const wchar_t kWhitespaceWide[]; // Includes Unicode.
169 BASE_EXPORT extern const char16 kWhitespaceUTF16[]; // Includes Unicode.
170 BASE_EXPORT extern const char kWhitespaceASCII[];
171 BASE_EXPORT extern const char16 kWhitespaceASCIIAs16[]; // No unicode.
172
173 // Null-terminated string representing the UTF-8 byte order mark.
174 BASE_EXPORT extern const char kUtf8ByteOrderMark[];
175
176 // Removes characters in |remove_chars| from anywhere in |input|. Returns true
177 // if any characters were removed. |remove_chars| must be null-terminated.
178 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output|.
179 BASE_EXPORT bool RemoveChars(const string16& input,
180 const StringPiece16& remove_chars,
181 string16* output);
182 BASE_EXPORT bool RemoveChars(const std::string& input,
183 const StringPiece& remove_chars,
184 std::string* output);
185
186 // Replaces characters in |replace_chars| from anywhere in |input| with
187 // |replace_with|. Each character in |replace_chars| will be replaced with
188 // the |replace_with| string. Returns true if any characters were replaced.
189 // |replace_chars| must be null-terminated.
190 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output|.
191 BASE_EXPORT bool ReplaceChars(const string16& input,
192 const StringPiece16& replace_chars,
193 const string16& replace_with,
194 string16* output);
195 BASE_EXPORT bool ReplaceChars(const std::string& input,
196 const StringPiece& replace_chars,
197 const std::string& replace_with,
198 std::string* output);
199
200 enum TrimPositions {
201 TRIM_NONE = 0,
202 TRIM_LEADING = 1 << 0,
203 TRIM_TRAILING = 1 << 1,
204 TRIM_ALL = TRIM_LEADING | TRIM_TRAILING,
205 };
206
207 // Removes characters in |trim_chars| from the beginning and end of |input|.
208 // The 8-bit version only works on 8-bit characters, not UTF-8.
209 //
210 // It is safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output| (this is
211 // the normal usage to trim in-place).
212 BASE_EXPORT bool TrimString(const string16& input,
213 StringPiece16 trim_chars,
214 string16* output);
215 BASE_EXPORT bool TrimString(const std::string& input,
216 StringPiece trim_chars,
217 std::string* output);
218
219 // StringPiece versions of the above. The returned pieces refer to the original
220 // buffer.
221 BASE_EXPORT StringPiece16 TrimString(StringPiece16 input,
222 const StringPiece16& trim_chars,
223 TrimPositions positions);
224 BASE_EXPORT StringPiece TrimString(StringPiece input,
225 const StringPiece& trim_chars,
226 TrimPositions positions);
227
228 // Truncates a string to the nearest UTF-8 character that will leave
229 // the string less than or equal to the specified byte size.
230 BASE_EXPORT void TruncateUTF8ToByteSize(const std::string& input,
231 const size_t byte_size,
232 std::string* output);
233
234 // Trims any whitespace from either end of the input string.
235 //
236 // The StringPiece versions return a substring referencing the input buffer.
237 // The ASCII versions look only for ASCII whitespace.
238 //
239 // The std::string versions return where whitespace was found.
240 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both input and output.
241 BASE_EXPORT TrimPositions TrimWhitespace(const string16& input,
242 TrimPositions positions,
243 string16* output);
244 BASE_EXPORT StringPiece16 TrimWhitespace(StringPiece16 input,
245 TrimPositions positions);
246 BASE_EXPORT TrimPositions TrimWhitespaceASCII(const std::string& input,
247 TrimPositions positions,
248 std::string* output);
249 BASE_EXPORT StringPiece TrimWhitespaceASCII(StringPiece input,
250 TrimPositions positions);
251
252 // Searches for CR or LF characters. Removes all contiguous whitespace
253 // strings that contain them. This is useful when trying to deal with text
254 // copied from terminals.
255 // Returns |text|, with the following three transformations:
256 // (1) Leading and trailing whitespace is trimmed.
257 // (2) If |trim_sequences_with_line_breaks| is true, any other whitespace
258 // sequences containing a CR or LF are trimmed.
259 // (3) All other whitespace sequences are converted to single spaces.
260 BASE_EXPORT string16 CollapseWhitespace(
261 const string16& text,
262 bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks);
263 BASE_EXPORT std::string CollapseWhitespaceASCII(
264 const std::string& text,
265 bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks);
266
267 // Returns true if |input| is empty or contains only characters found in
268 // |characters|.
269 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyChars(const StringPiece& input,
270 const StringPiece& characters);
271 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyChars(const StringPiece16& input,
272 const StringPiece16& characters);
273
274 // Returns true if the specified string matches the criteria. How can a wide
275 // string be 8-bit or UTF8? It contains only characters that are < 256 (in the
276 // first case) or characters that use only 8-bits and whose 8-bit
277 // representation looks like a UTF-8 string (the second case).
278 //
279 // Note that IsStringUTF8 checks not only if the input is structurally
280 // valid but also if it doesn't contain any non-character codepoint
281 // (e.g. U+FFFE). It's done on purpose because all the existing callers want
282 // to have the maximum 'discriminating' power from other encodings. If
283 // there's a use case for just checking the structural validity, we have to
284 // add a new function for that.
285 //
286 // IsStringASCII assumes the input is likely all ASCII, and does not leave early
287 // if it is not the case.
288 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringUTF8(const StringPiece& str);
289 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const StringPiece& str);
290 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const StringPiece16& str);
291 // A convenience adaptor for WebStrings, as they don't convert into
292 // StringPieces directly.
293 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const string16& str);
294 #if defined(WCHAR_T_IS_UTF32)
295 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const std::wstring& str);
296 #endif
297
298 // Compare the lower-case form of the given string against the given
299 // previously-lower-cased ASCII string (typically a constant).
300 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(StringPiece str,
301 StringPiece lowecase_ascii);
302 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(StringPiece16 str,
303 StringPiece lowecase_ascii);
304
305 // Performs a case-sensitive string compare of the given 16-bit string against
306 // the given 8-bit ASCII string (typically a constant). The behavior is
307 // undefined if the |ascii| string is not ASCII.
308 BASE_EXPORT bool EqualsASCII(StringPiece16 str, StringPiece ascii);
309
310 // Indicates case sensitivity of comparisons. Only ASCII case insensitivity
311 // is supported. Full Unicode case-insensitive conversions would need to go in
312 // base/i18n so it can use ICU.
313 //
314 // If you need to do Unicode-aware case-insensitive StartsWith/EndsWith, it's
315 // best to call base::i18n::ToLower() or base::i18n::FoldCase() (see
316 // base/i18n/case_conversion.h for usage advice) on the arguments, and then use
317 // the results to a case-sensitive comparison.
318 enum class CompareCase {
319 SENSITIVE,
320 INSENSITIVE_ASCII,
321 };
322
323 BASE_EXPORT bool StartsWith(StringPiece str,
324 StringPiece search_for,
325 CompareCase case_sensitivity);
326 BASE_EXPORT bool StartsWith(StringPiece16 str,
327 StringPiece16 search_for,
328 CompareCase case_sensitivity);
329 BASE_EXPORT bool EndsWith(StringPiece str,
330 StringPiece search_for,
331 CompareCase case_sensitivity);
332 BASE_EXPORT bool EndsWith(StringPiece16 str,
333 StringPiece16 search_for,
334 CompareCase case_sensitivity);
335
336 // Determines the type of ASCII character, independent of locale (the C
337 // library versions will change based on locale).
338 template <typename Char>
IsAsciiWhitespace(Char c)339 inline bool IsAsciiWhitespace(Char c) {
340 return c == ' ' || c == '\r' || c == '\n' || c == '\t';
341 }
342 template <typename Char>
IsAsciiAlpha(Char c)343 inline bool IsAsciiAlpha(Char c) {
344 return ((c >= 'A') && (c <= 'Z')) || ((c >= 'a') && (c <= 'z'));
345 }
346 template <typename Char>
IsAsciiDigit(Char c)347 inline bool IsAsciiDigit(Char c) {
348 return c >= '0' && c <= '9';
349 }
350
351 template <typename Char>
IsHexDigit(Char c)352 inline bool IsHexDigit(Char c) {
353 return (c >= '0' && c <= '9') ||
354 (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') ||
355 (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f');
356 }
357
358 // Returns the integer corresponding to the given hex character. For example:
359 // '4' -> 4
360 // 'a' -> 10
361 // 'B' -> 11
362 // Assumes the input is a valid hex character. DCHECKs in debug builds if not.
363 BASE_EXPORT char HexDigitToInt(wchar_t c);
364
365 // Returns true if it's a Unicode whitespace character.
366 BASE_EXPORT bool IsUnicodeWhitespace(wchar_t c);
367
368 // Return a byte string in human-readable format with a unit suffix. Not
369 // appropriate for use in any UI; use of FormatBytes and friends in ui/base is
370 // highly recommended instead. TODO(avi): Figure out how to get callers to use
371 // FormatBytes instead; remove this.
372 BASE_EXPORT string16 FormatBytesUnlocalized(int64_t bytes);
373
374 // Starting at |start_offset| (usually 0), replace the first instance of
375 // |find_this| with |replace_with|.
376 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(
377 base::string16* str,
378 size_t start_offset,
379 StringPiece16 find_this,
380 StringPiece16 replace_with);
381 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(
382 std::string* str,
383 size_t start_offset,
384 StringPiece find_this,
385 StringPiece replace_with);
386
387 // Starting at |start_offset| (usually 0), look through |str| and replace all
388 // instances of |find_this| with |replace_with|.
389 //
390 // This does entire substrings; use std::replace in <algorithm> for single
391 // characters, for example:
392 // std::replace(str.begin(), str.end(), 'a', 'b');
393 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(
394 string16* str,
395 size_t start_offset,
396 StringPiece16 find_this,
397 StringPiece16 replace_with);
398 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(
399 std::string* str,
400 size_t start_offset,
401 StringPiece find_this,
402 StringPiece replace_with);
403
404 // Reserves enough memory in |str| to accommodate |length_with_null| characters,
405 // sets the size of |str| to |length_with_null - 1| characters, and returns a
406 // pointer to the underlying contiguous array of characters. This is typically
407 // used when calling a function that writes results into a character array, but
408 // the caller wants the data to be managed by a string-like object. It is
409 // convenient in that is can be used inline in the call, and fast in that it
410 // avoids copying the results of the call from a char* into a string.
411 //
412 // |length_with_null| must be at least 2, since otherwise the underlying string
413 // would have size 0, and trying to access &((*str)[0]) in that case can result
414 // in a number of problems.
415 //
416 // Internally, this takes linear time because the resize() call 0-fills the
417 // underlying array for potentially all
418 // (|length_with_null - 1| * sizeof(string_type::value_type)) bytes. Ideally we
419 // could avoid this aspect of the resize() call, as we expect the caller to
420 // immediately write over this memory, but there is no other way to set the size
421 // of the string, and not doing that will mean people who access |str| rather
422 // than str.c_str() will get back a string of whatever size |str| had on entry
423 // to this function (probably 0).
424 BASE_EXPORT char* WriteInto(std::string* str, size_t length_with_null);
425 BASE_EXPORT char16* WriteInto(string16* str, size_t length_with_null);
426 #ifndef OS_WIN
427 BASE_EXPORT wchar_t* WriteInto(std::wstring* str, size_t length_with_null);
428 #endif
429
430 // Does the opposite of SplitString().
431 BASE_EXPORT std::string JoinString(const std::vector<std::string>& parts,
432 StringPiece separator);
433 BASE_EXPORT string16 JoinString(const std::vector<string16>& parts,
434 StringPiece16 separator);
435
436 // Replace $1-$2-$3..$9 in the format string with |a|-|b|-|c|..|i| respectively.
437 // Additionally, any number of consecutive '$' characters is replaced by that
438 // number less one. Eg $$->$, $$$->$$, etc. The offsets parameter here can be
439 // NULL. This only allows you to use up to nine replacements.
440 BASE_EXPORT string16 ReplaceStringPlaceholders(
441 const string16& format_string,
442 const std::vector<string16>& subst,
443 std::vector<size_t>* offsets);
444
445 BASE_EXPORT std::string ReplaceStringPlaceholders(
446 const StringPiece& format_string,
447 const std::vector<std::string>& subst,
448 std::vector<size_t>* offsets);
449
450 // Single-string shortcut for ReplaceStringHolders. |offset| may be NULL.
451 BASE_EXPORT string16 ReplaceStringPlaceholders(const string16& format_string,
452 const string16& a,
453 size_t* offset);
454
455 } // namespace base
456
457 #if defined(OS_WIN)
458 #include "base/strings/string_util_win.h"
459 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
460 #include "base/strings/string_util_posix.h"
461 #else
462 #error Define string operations appropriately for your platform
463 #endif
464
465 #endif // BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_
466