Strings

Instance methods on string values.

Methods

Method	Returns	Description
len()	int	Length in bytes
upper()	string	Uppercase
lower()	string	Lowercase
trim()	string	Strip whitespace
trim_left()	string	Strip leading whitespace
trim_right()	string	Strip trailing whitespace
contains(s)	bool	Substring check
starts_with(s)	bool	Prefix check
ends_with(s)	bool	Suffix check
index_of(s)	int	First occurrence (-1 if not found)
last_index_of(s)	int	Last occurrence
substring(start, end)	string	Extract range
replace(old, new)	string	Replace all occurrences
repeat(n)	string	Repeat n times
reverse()	string	Reverse characters
capitalize()	string	First char uppercase
title()	string	Title case
pad_left(n, ch)	string	Left-pad to width
pad_right(n, ch)	string	Right-pad to width
split(delim)	[string]	Split into array
count(s)	int	Count occurrences
to_int()	int	Parse integer
is_alpha()	int	All alphabetic (1/0)
is_digit()	int	All numeric (1/0)

Examples

var s = "Hello, World!"
println(s.upper())                      // HELLO, WORLD!
println(s.lower())                      // hello, world!
println(s.contains("World").to_string()) // true
println(s.replace("World", "Wyn"))      // Hello, Wyn!
println(s.split(", ").join(" | "))      // Hello | World!

Chaining

var clean = "  HELLO  ".trim().lower().reverse()
println(clean)  // olleh

Interpolation

var name = "Wyn"
println("Hello, ${name}!")