include/wx/string.h

   1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        wx/string.h
   3 // Purpose:     wxString and wxArrayString classes
   4 // Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
   5 // Modified by:
   6 // Created:     29/01/98
   7 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   8 // Copyright:   (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
   9 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
  10 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  11
  12 /*
  13     Efficient string class [more or less] compatible with MFC CString,
  14     wxWidgets version 1 wxString and std::string and some handy functions
  15     missing from string.h.
  16 */
  17
  18 #ifndef _WX_WXSTRINGH__
  19 #define _WX_WXSTRINGH__
  20
  21 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  22 // headers
  23 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  24
  25 #include "wx/defs.h"        // everybody should include this
  26
  27 #if defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__VISAGECPP__)
  28     #include <ctype.h>
  29 #endif
  30
  31 #if defined(__VISAGECPP__) && __IBMCPP__ >= 400
  32    // problem in VACPP V4 with including stdlib.h multiple times
  33    // strconv includes it anyway
  34 #  include <stdio.h>
  35 #  include <string.h>
  36 #  include <stdarg.h>
  37 #  include <limits.h>
  38 #else
  39 #  include <string.h>
  40 #  include <stdio.h>
  41 #  include <stdarg.h>
  42 #  include <limits.h>
  43 #  include <stdlib.h>
  44 #endif
  45
  46 #ifdef HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRINGS_H
  47     #include <strings.h>    // for strcasecmp()
  48 #endif // HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRINGS_H
  49
  50 #ifdef __WXPALMOS__
  51     #include <StringMgr.h>
  52 #endif
  53
  54 #include "wx/wxchar.h"      // for wxChar
  55 #include "wx/buffer.h"      // for wxCharBuffer
  56 #include "wx/strconv.h"     // for wxConvertXXX() macros and wxMBConv classes
  57
  58 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString;
  59
  60 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  61 // macros
  62 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  63
  64 // casts [unfortunately!] needed to call some broken functions which require
  65 // "char *" instead of "const char *"
  66 #define   WXSTRINGCAST (wxChar *)(const wxChar *)
  67 #define   wxCSTRINGCAST (wxChar *)(const wxChar *)
  68 #define   wxMBSTRINGCAST (char *)(const char *)
  69 #define   wxWCSTRINGCAST (wchar_t *)(const wchar_t *)
  70
  71 // implementation only
  72 #define   wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX(i) \
  73     wxASSERT_MSG( (size_t)(i) <= length(), _T("invalid index in wxString") )
  74
  75 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  76 // constants
  77 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  78
  79 // maximum possible length for a string means "take all string" everywhere
  80 #define wxSTRING_MAXLEN wxStringBase::npos
  81
  82 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  83 // global data
  84 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  85
  86 // global pointer to empty string
  87 extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(const wxChar*) wxEmptyString;
  88
  89 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  90 // global functions complementing standard C string library replacements for
  91 // strlen() and portable strcasecmp()
  92 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  93
  94 // Use wxXXX() functions from wxchar.h instead! These functions are for
  95 // backwards compatibility only.
  96
  97 // checks whether the passed in pointer is NULL and if the string is empty
  98 inline bool IsEmpty(const char *p) { return (!p || !*p); }
  99
 100 // safe version of strlen() (returns 0 if passed NULL pointer)
 101 inline size_t Strlen(const char *psz)
 102   { return psz ? strlen(psz) : 0; }
 103
 104 // portable strcasecmp/_stricmp
 105 inline int Stricmp(const char *psz1, const char *psz2)
 106 {
 107 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && defined(__WXWINCE__)
 108   register char c1, c2;
 109   do {
 110     c1 = tolower(*psz1++);
 111     c2 = tolower(*psz2++);
 112   } while ( c1 && (c1 == c2) );
 113
 114   return c1 - c2;
 115 #elif defined(__VISUALC__) || ( defined(__MWERKS__) && defined(__INTEL__) )
 116   return _stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 117 #elif defined(__SC__)
 118   return _stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 119 #elif defined(__SALFORDC__)
 120   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 121 #elif defined(__BORLANDC__)
 122   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 123 #elif defined(__WATCOMC__)
 124   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 125 #elif defined(__DJGPP__)
 126   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 127 #elif defined(__EMX__)
 128   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 129 #elif defined(__WXPM__)
 130   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 131 #elif defined(__WXPALMOS__) || \
 132       defined(HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRING_H) || \
 133       defined(HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRINGS_H) || \
 134       defined(__GNUWIN32__)
 135   return strcasecmp(psz1, psz2);
 136 #elif defined(__MWERKS__) && !defined(__INTEL__)
 137   register char c1, c2;
 138   do {
 139     c1 = tolower(*psz1++);
 140     c2 = tolower(*psz2++);
 141   } while ( c1 && (c1 == c2) );
 142
 143   return c1 - c2;
 144 #else
 145   // almost all compilers/libraries provide this function (unfortunately under
 146   // different names), that's why we don't implement our own which will surely
 147   // be more efficient than this code (uncomment to use):
 148   /*
 149     register char c1, c2;
 150     do {
 151       c1 = tolower(*psz1++);
 152       c2 = tolower(*psz2++);
 153     } while ( c1 && (c1 == c2) );
 154
 155     return c1 - c2;
 156   */
 157
 158   #error  "Please define string case-insensitive compare for your OS/compiler"
 159 #endif  // OS/compiler
 160 }
 161
 162 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 163 // deal with STL/non-STL/non-STL-but-wxUSE_STD_STRING
 164 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 165
 166 // in both cases we need to define wxStdString
 167 #if wxUSE_STL || wxUSE_STD_STRING
 168
 169 #include "wx/beforestd.h"
 170 #include <string>
 171 #include "wx/afterstd.h"
 172
 173 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 174     #ifdef HAVE_STD_WSTRING
 175         typedef std::wstring wxStdString;
 176     #else
 177         typedef std::basic_string<wxChar> wxStdString;
 178     #endif
 179 #else
 180     typedef std::string wxStdString;
 181 #endif
 182
 183 #endif // need <string>
 184
 185 #if wxUSE_STL
 186
 187     // we don't need an extra ctor from std::string when copy ctor already does
 188     // the work
 189     #undef wxUSE_STD_STRING
 190     #define wxUSE_STD_STRING 0
 191
 192     #if (defined(__GNUG__) && (__GNUG__ < 3)) || \
 193         (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER <= 1200))
 194         #define wxSTRING_BASE_HASNT_CLEAR
 195     #endif
 196
 197     typedef wxStdString wxStringBase;
 198 #else // if !wxUSE_STL
 199
 200 #if !defined(HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE) && \
 201     (!defined(__WX_SETUP_H__) || wxUSE_STL == 0)
 202     #define HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE
 203 #endif
 204
 205 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 206 // string data prepended with some housekeeping info (used by wxString class),
 207 // is never used directly (but had to be put here to allow inlining)
 208 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 209
 210 struct WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringData
 211 {
 212   int     nRefs;        // reference count
 213   size_t  nDataLength,  // actual string length
 214           nAllocLength; // allocated memory size
 215
 216   // mimics declaration 'wxChar data[nAllocLength]'
 217   wxChar* data() const { return (wxChar*)(this + 1); }
 218
 219   // empty string has a special ref count so it's never deleted
 220   bool  IsEmpty()   const { return (nRefs == -1); }
 221   bool  IsShared()  const { return (nRefs > 1);   }
 222
 223   // lock/unlock
 224   void  Lock()   { if ( !IsEmpty() ) nRefs++;                    }
 225
 226   // VC++ will refuse to inline Unlock but profiling shows that it is wrong
 227 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 228   __forceinline
 229 #endif
 230   // VC++ free must take place in same DLL as allocation when using non dll
 231   // run-time library (e.g. Multithreaded instead of Multithreaded DLL)
 232 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && defined(_MT) && !defined(_DLL)
 233   void  Unlock() { if ( !IsEmpty() && --nRefs == 0) Free();  }
 234   // we must not inline deallocation since allocation is not inlined
 235   void  Free();
 236 #else
 237   void  Unlock() { if ( !IsEmpty() && --nRefs == 0) free(this);  }
 238 #endif
 239
 240   // if we had taken control over string memory (GetWriteBuf), it's
 241   // intentionally put in invalid state
 242   void  Validate(bool b)  { nRefs = (b ? 1 : 0); }
 243   bool  IsValid() const   { return (nRefs != 0); }
 244 };
 245
 246 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBase
 247 {
 248 #if !wxUSE_STL
 249 friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
 250 #endif
 251 public :
 252   // an 'invalid' value for string index, moved to this place due to a CW bug
 253   static const size_t npos;
 254 protected:
 255   // points to data preceded by wxStringData structure with ref count info
 256   wxChar *m_pchData;
 257
 258   // accessor to string data
 259   wxStringData* GetStringData() const { return (wxStringData*)m_pchData - 1; }
 260
 261   // string (re)initialization functions
 262     // initializes the string to the empty value (must be called only from
 263     // ctors, use Reinit() otherwise)
 264   void Init() { m_pchData = (wxChar *)wxEmptyString; }
 265     // initializes the string with (a part of) C-string
 266   void InitWith(const wxChar *psz, size_t nPos = 0, size_t nLen = npos);
 267     // as Init, but also frees old data
 268   void Reinit() { GetStringData()->Unlock(); Init(); }
 269
 270   // memory allocation
 271     // allocates memory for string of length nLen
 272   bool AllocBuffer(size_t nLen);
 273     // copies data to another string
 274   bool AllocCopy(wxString&, int, int) const;
 275     // effectively copies data to string
 276   bool AssignCopy(size_t, const wxChar *);
 277
 278   // append a (sub)string
 279   bool ConcatSelf(size_t nLen, const wxChar *src, size_t nMaxLen);
 280   bool ConcatSelf(size_t nLen, const wxChar *src)
 281     { return ConcatSelf(nLen, src, nLen); }
 282
 283   // functions called before writing to the string: they copy it if there
 284   // are other references to our data (should be the only owner when writing)
 285   bool CopyBeforeWrite();
 286   bool AllocBeforeWrite(size_t);
 287
 288     // compatibility with wxString
 289   bool Alloc(size_t nLen);
 290 public:
 291   // standard types
 292   typedef wxChar value_type;
 293   typedef wxChar char_type;
 294   typedef size_t size_type;
 295   typedef value_type& reference;
 296   typedef const value_type& const_reference;
 297   typedef value_type* pointer;
 298   typedef const value_type* const_pointer;
 299   typedef value_type *iterator;
 300   typedef const value_type *const_iterator;
 301
 302   // constructors and destructor
 303     // ctor for an empty string
 304   wxStringBase() { Init(); }
 305     // copy ctor
 306   wxStringBase(const wxStringBase& stringSrc)
 307   {
 308     wxASSERT_MSG( stringSrc.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 309                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 310
 311     if ( stringSrc.empty() ) {
 312       // nothing to do for an empty string
 313       Init();
 314     }
 315     else {
 316       m_pchData = stringSrc.m_pchData;            // share same data
 317       GetStringData()->Lock();                    // => one more copy
 318     }
 319   }
 320     // string containing nRepeat copies of ch
 321   wxStringBase(size_type nRepeat, wxChar ch);
 322     // ctor takes first nLength characters from C string
 323     // (default value of npos means take all the string)
 324   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz)
 325       { InitWith(psz, 0, npos); }
 326   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz, size_t nLength)
 327       { InitWith(psz, 0, nLength); }
 328   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz, wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv), size_t nLength = npos)
 329       { InitWith(psz, 0, nLength); }
 330     // take nLen chars starting at nPos
 331   wxStringBase(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nPos, size_t nLen)
 332   {
 333     wxASSERT_MSG( str.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 334                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 335     Init();
 336     size_t strLen = str.length() - nPos; nLen = strLen < nLen ? strLen : nLen;
 337     InitWith(str.c_str(), nPos, nLen);
 338   }
 339     // take all characters from pStart to pEnd
 340   wxStringBase(const void *pStart, const void *pEnd);
 341
 342     // dtor is not virtual, this class must not be inherited from!
 343   ~wxStringBase()
 344   {
 345 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 346       //RN - according to the above VC++ does indeed inline this,
 347       //even though it spits out two warnings
 348       #pragma warning (disable:4714)
 349 #endif
 350
 351       GetStringData()->Unlock();
 352   }
 353
 354 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 355     //re-enable inlining warning
 356     #pragma warning (default:4714)
 357 #endif
 358   // overloaded assignment
 359     // from another wxString
 360   wxStringBase& operator=(const wxStringBase& stringSrc);
 361     // from a character
 362   wxStringBase& operator=(wxChar ch);
 363     // from a C string
 364   wxStringBase& operator=(const wxChar *psz);
 365
 366     // return the length of the string
 367   size_type size() const { return GetStringData()->nDataLength; }
 368     // return the length of the string
 369   size_type length() const { return size(); }
 370     // return the maximum size of the string
 371   size_type max_size() const { return wxSTRING_MAXLEN; }
 372     // resize the string, filling the space with c if c != 0
 373   void resize(size_t nSize, wxChar ch = wxT('\0'));
 374     // delete the contents of the string
 375   void clear() { erase(0, npos); }
 376     // returns true if the string is empty
 377   bool empty() const { return size() == 0; }
 378     // inform string about planned change in size
 379   void reserve(size_t sz) { Alloc(sz); }
 380   size_type capacity() const { return GetStringData()->nAllocLength; }
 381
 382   // lib.string.access
 383     // return the character at position n
 384   value_type at(size_type n) const
 385     { wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX( n ); return m_pchData[n]; }
 386     // returns the writable character at position n
 387   reference at(size_type n)
 388     { wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX( n ); CopyBeforeWrite(); return m_pchData[n]; }
 389
 390   // lib.string.modifiers
 391     // append elements str[pos], ..., str[pos+n]
 392   wxStringBase& append(const wxStringBase& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
 393   {
 394     wxASSERT(pos <= str.length());
 395     ConcatSelf(n, str.c_str() + pos, str.length() - pos);
 396     return *this;
 397   }
 398     // append a string
 399   wxStringBase& append(const wxStringBase& str)
 400     { ConcatSelf(str.length(), str.c_str()); return *this; }
 401     // append first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
 402   wxStringBase& append(const wxChar *sz)
 403     { ConcatSelf(wxStrlen(sz), sz); return *this; }
 404   wxStringBase& append(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
 405     { ConcatSelf(n, sz); return *this; }
 406     // append n copies of ch
 407   wxStringBase& append(size_t n, wxChar ch);
 408     // append from first to last
 409   wxStringBase& append(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 410     { ConcatSelf(last - first, first); return *this; }
 411
 412     // same as `this_string = str'
 413   wxStringBase& assign(const wxStringBase& str)
 414     { return *this = str; }
 415     // same as ` = str[pos..pos + n]
 416   wxStringBase& assign(const wxStringBase& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
 417     { clear(); return append(str, pos, n); }
 418     // same as `= first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz'
 419   wxStringBase& assign(const wxChar *sz)
 420     { clear(); return append(sz, wxStrlen(sz)); }
 421   wxStringBase& assign(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
 422     { clear(); return append(sz, n); }
 423     // same as `= n copies of ch'
 424   wxStringBase& assign(size_t n, wxChar ch)
 425     { clear(); return append(n, ch); }
 426     // assign from first to last
 427   wxStringBase& assign(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 428     { clear(); return append(first, last); }
 429
 430     // first valid index position
 431   const_iterator begin() const { return m_pchData; }
 432     // position one after the last valid one
 433   const_iterator end() const { return m_pchData + length(); }
 434
 435   // first valid index position
 436   iterator begin();
 437   // position one after the last valid one
 438   iterator end();
 439
 440     // insert another string
 441   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxStringBase& str)
 442   {
 443     wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 444     return insert(nPos, str.c_str(), str.length());
 445   }
 446     // insert n chars of str starting at nStart (in str)
 447   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart, size_t n)
 448   {
 449     wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 450     wxASSERT( nStart < str.length() );
 451     size_t strLen = str.length() - nStart;
 452     n = strLen < n ? strLen : n;
 453     return insert(nPos, str.c_str() + nStart, n);
 454   }
 455     // insert first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
 456   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz, size_t n = npos);
 457     // insert n copies of ch
 458   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, size_t n, wxChar ch)
 459     { return insert(nPos, wxStringBase(n, ch)); }
 460   iterator insert(iterator it, wxChar ch)
 461     { size_t idx = it - begin(); insert(idx, 1, ch); return begin() + idx; }
 462   void insert(iterator it, const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 463     { insert(it - begin(), first, last - first); }
 464   void insert(iterator it, size_type n, wxChar ch)
 465     { insert(it - begin(), n, ch); }
 466
 467     // delete characters from nStart to nStart + nLen
 468   wxStringBase& erase(size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos);
 469   iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last)
 470   {
 471     size_t idx = first - begin();
 472     erase(idx, last - first);
 473     return begin() + idx;
 474   }
 475   iterator erase(iterator first);
 476
 477   // explicit conversion to C string (use this with printf()!)
 478   const wxChar* c_str() const { return m_pchData; }
 479   const wxChar* data() const { return m_pchData; }
 480
 481     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
 482   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxChar* sz);
 483     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
 484   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str)
 485     { return replace(nStart, nLen, str.c_str()); }
 486     // replaces the substring with nCount copies of ch
 487   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, size_t nCount, wxChar ch);
 488     // replaces a substring with another substring
 489   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 490                         const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2);
 491     // replaces the substring with first nCount chars of sz
 492   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 493                         const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount);
 494   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s)
 495     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s); }
 496   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s,
 497                         size_type n)
 498     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s, n); }
 499   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const wxStringBase& s)
 500     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s); }
 501   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, size_type n, wxChar c)
 502     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, n, c); }
 503   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last,
 504                         const_iterator first1, const_iterator last1)
 505     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, first1, last1 - first1); }
 506
 507     // swap two strings
 508   void swap(wxStringBase& str);
 509
 510     // All find() functions take the nStart argument which specifies the
 511     // position to start the search on, the default value is 0. All functions
 512     // return npos if there were no match.
 513
 514     // find a substring
 515   size_t find(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 516
 517     // find first n characters of sz
 518   size_t find(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0, size_t n = npos) const;
 519
 520     // find the first occurence of character ch after nStart
 521   size_t find(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 522
 523     // rfind() family is exactly like find() but works right to left
 524
 525     // as find, but from the end
 526   size_t rfind(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 527
 528     // as find, but from the end
 529   size_t rfind(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos,
 530                size_t n = npos) const;
 531     // as find, but from the end
 532   size_t rfind(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 533
 534     // find first/last occurence of any character in the set
 535
 536     // as strpbrk() but starts at nStart, returns npos if not found
 537   size_t find_first_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const
 538     { return find_first_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 539     // same as above
 540   size_t find_first_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 541   size_t find_first_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 542     // same as find(char, size_t)
 543   size_t find_first_of(wxChar c, size_t nStart = 0) const
 544     { return find(c, nStart); }
 545     // find the last (starting from nStart) char from str in this string
 546   size_t find_last_of (const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const
 547     { return find_last_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 548     // same as above
 549   size_t find_last_of (const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 550   size_t find_last_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 551     // same as above
 552   size_t find_last_of(wxChar c, size_t nStart = npos) const
 553     { return rfind(c, nStart); }
 554
 555     // find first/last occurence of any character not in the set
 556
 557     // as strspn() (starting from nStart), returns npos on failure
 558   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const
 559     { return find_first_not_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 560     // same as above
 561   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 562   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 563     // same as above
 564   size_t find_first_not_of(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 565     //  as strcspn()
 566   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const
 567     { return find_last_not_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 568     // same as above
 569   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 570   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 571     // same as above
 572   size_t find_last_not_of(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 573
 574     // All compare functions return -1, 0 or 1 if the [sub]string is less,
 575     // equal or greater than the compare() argument.
 576
 577     // comparison with another string
 578   int compare(const wxStringBase& str) const;
 579     // comparison with a substring
 580   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str) const;
 581     // comparison of 2 substrings
 582   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 583               const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2) const;
 584     // comparison with a c string
 585   int compare(const wxChar* sz) const;
 586     // substring comparison with first nCount characters of sz
 587   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 588               const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount = npos) const;
 589
 590   size_type copy(wxChar* s, size_type n, size_type pos = 0);
 591
 592   // substring extraction
 593   wxStringBase substr(size_t nStart = 0, size_t nLen = npos) const;
 594
 595       // string += string
 596   wxStringBase& operator+=(const wxStringBase& s) { return append(s); }
 597       // string += C string
 598   wxStringBase& operator+=(const wxChar *psz) { return append(psz); }
 599       // string += char
 600   wxStringBase& operator+=(wxChar ch) { return append(1, ch); }
 601 };
 602
 603 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
 604
 605 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 606 // wxString: string class trying to be compatible with std::string, MFC
 607 //           CString and wxWindows 1.x wxString all at once
 608 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 609
 610 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString : public wxStringBase
 611 {
 612 #if !wxUSE_STL
 613 friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
 614 #endif
 615
 616   // NB: special care was taken in arranging the member functions in such order
 617   //     that all inline functions can be effectively inlined, verify that all
 618   //     performace critical functions are still inlined if you change order!
 619 private:
 620   // if we hadn't made these operators private, it would be possible to
 621   // compile "wxString s; s = 17;" without any warnings as 17 is implicitly
 622   // converted to char in C and we do have operator=(char)
 623   //
 624   // NB: we don't need other versions (short/long and unsigned) as attempt
 625   //     to assign another numeric type to wxString will now result in
 626   //     ambiguity between operator=(char) and operator=(int)
 627   wxString& operator=(int);
 628
 629   // these methods are not implemented - there is _no_ conversion from int to
 630   // string, you're doing something wrong if the compiler wants to call it!
 631   //
 632   // try `s << i' or `s.Printf("%d", i)' instead
 633   wxString(int);
 634
 635 public:
 636   // constructors and destructor
 637     // ctor for an empty string
 638   wxString() : wxStringBase() { }
 639     // copy ctor
 640   wxString(const wxStringBase& stringSrc) : wxStringBase(stringSrc) { }
 641   wxString(const wxString& stringSrc) : wxStringBase(stringSrc) { }
 642     // string containing nRepeat copies of ch
 643   wxString(wxChar ch, size_t nRepeat = 1)
 644       : wxStringBase(nRepeat, ch) { }
 645   wxString(size_t nRepeat, wxChar ch)
 646       : wxStringBase(nRepeat, ch) { }
 647     // ctor takes first nLength characters from C string
 648     // (default value of npos means take all the string)
 649   wxString(const wxChar *psz)
 650       : wxStringBase(psz ? psz : wxT("")) { }
 651   wxString(const wxChar *psz, size_t nLength)
 652       : wxStringBase(psz, nLength) { }
 653   wxString(const wxChar *psz, wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv), size_t nLength = npos)
 654       : wxStringBase(psz, nLength == npos ? wxStrlen(psz) : nLength) { }
 655
 656   // even we're not build with wxUSE_STL == 1 it is very convenient to allow
 657   // implicit conversions from std::string to wxString as this allows to use
 658   // the same strings in non-GUI and GUI code, however we don't want to
 659   // unconditionally add this ctor as it would make wx lib dependent on
 660   // libstdc++ on some Linux versions which is bad, so instead we ask the
 661   // client code to define this wxUSE_STD_STRING symbol if they need it
 662 #if wxUSE_STD_STRING
 663   wxString(const wxStdString& s)
 664       : wxStringBase(s.c_str()) { }
 665 #endif // wxUSE_STD_STRING
 666
 667 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 668     // from multibyte string
 669   wxString(const char *psz, wxMBConv& conv, size_t nLength = npos);
 670     // from wxWCharBuffer (i.e. return from wxGetString)
 671   wxString(const wxWCharBuffer& psz) : wxStringBase(psz.data()) { }
 672 #else // ANSI
 673     // from C string (for compilers using unsigned char)
 674   wxString(const unsigned char* psz)
 675       : wxStringBase((const char*)psz) { }
 676     // from part of C string (for compilers using unsigned char)
 677   wxString(const unsigned char* psz, size_t nLength)
 678       : wxStringBase((const char*)psz, nLength) { }
 679
 680 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 681     // from wide (Unicode) string
 682   wxString(const wchar_t *pwz, wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc, size_t nLength = npos);
 683 #endif // !wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 684
 685     // from wxCharBuffer
 686   wxString(const wxCharBuffer& psz)
 687       : wxStringBase(psz) { }
 688 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 689
 690   // generic attributes & operations
 691     // as standard strlen()
 692   size_t Len() const { return length(); }
 693     // string contains any characters?
 694   bool IsEmpty() const { return empty(); }
 695     // empty string is "false", so !str will return true
 696   bool operator!() const { return IsEmpty(); }
 697     // truncate the string to given length
 698   wxString& Truncate(size_t uiLen);
 699     // empty string contents
 700   void Empty()
 701   {
 702     Truncate(0);
 703
 704     wxASSERT_MSG( empty(), _T("string not empty after call to Empty()?") );
 705   }
 706     // empty the string and free memory
 707   void Clear()
 708   {
 709     wxString tmp(wxEmptyString);
 710     swap(tmp);
 711   }
 712
 713   // contents test
 714     // Is an ascii value
 715   bool IsAscii() const;
 716     // Is a number
 717   bool IsNumber() const;
 718     // Is a word
 719   bool IsWord() const;
 720
 721   // data access (all indexes are 0 based)
 722     // read access
 723     wxChar  GetChar(size_t n) const
 724       { return at(n); }
 725     // read/write access
 726     wxChar& GetWritableChar(size_t n)
 727       { return at(n); }
 728     // write access
 729     void  SetChar(size_t n, wxChar ch)
 730       { at(n) = ch; }
 731
 732     // get last character
 733     wxChar  Last() const
 734       {
 735           wxASSERT_MSG( !empty(), _T("wxString: index out of bounds") );
 736
 737           return at(length() - 1);
 738       }
 739
 740     // get writable last character
 741     wxChar& Last()
 742       {
 743           wxASSERT_MSG( !empty(), _T("wxString: index out of bounds") );
 744           return at(length() - 1);
 745       }
 746
 747     /*
 748        Note that we we must define all of the overloads below to avoid
 749        ambiguity when using str[0]. Also note that for a conforming compiler we
 750        don't need const version of operatorp[] at all as indexed access to
 751        const string is provided by implicit conversion to "const wxChar *"
 752        below and defining them would only result in ambiguities, but some other
 753        compilers refuse to compile "str[0]" without them.
 754      */
 755
 756 #if defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__) || defined(__MWERKS__)
 757     wxChar operator[](int n) const
 758       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 759     wxChar operator[](size_type n) const
 760       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 761 #ifndef wxSIZE_T_IS_UINT
 762     wxChar operator[](unsigned int n) const
 763       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 764 #endif // size_t != unsigned int
 765 #endif // broken compiler
 766
 767
 768     // operator versions of GetWriteableChar()
 769     wxChar& operator[](int n)
 770       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 771     wxChar& operator[](size_type n)
 772       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 773 #ifndef wxSIZE_T_IS_UINT
 774     wxChar& operator[](unsigned int n)
 775       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 776 #endif // size_t != unsigned int
 777
 778     // implicit conversion to C string
 779     operator const wxChar*() const { return c_str(); }
 780
 781     // identical to c_str(), for wxWin 1.6x compatibility
 782     const wxChar* wx_str()  const { return c_str(); }
 783     // identical to c_str(), for MFC compatibility
 784     const wxChar* GetData() const { return c_str(); }
 785
 786     // conversion to/from plain (i.e. 7 bit) ASCII: this is useful for
 787     // converting numbers or strings which are certain not to contain special
 788     // chars (typically system functions, X atoms, environment variables etc.)
 789     //
 790     // the behaviour of these functions with the strings containing anything
 791     // else than 7 bit ASCII characters is undefined, use at your own risk.
 792 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 793     static wxString FromAscii(const char *ascii);  // string
 794     static wxString FromAscii(const char ascii);   // char
 795     const wxCharBuffer ToAscii() const;
 796 #else // ANSI
 797     static wxString FromAscii(const char *ascii) { return wxString( ascii ); }
 798     static wxString FromAscii(const char ascii) { return wxString( ascii ); }
 799     const char *ToAscii() const { return c_str(); }
 800 #endif // Unicode/!Unicode
 801
 802     // conversions with (possible) format conversions: have to return a
 803     // buffer with temporary data
 804     //
 805     // the functions defined (in either Unicode or ANSI) mode are mb_str() to
 806     // return an ANSI (multibyte) string, wc_str() to return a wide string and
 807     // fn_str() to return a string which should be used with the OS APIs
 808     // accepting the file names. The return value is always the same, but the
 809     // type differs because a function may either return pointer to the buffer
 810     // directly or have to use intermediate buffer for translation.
 811 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 812     const wxCharBuffer mb_str(wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc) const;
 813
 814     const wxWX2MBbuf mbc_str() const { return mb_str(*wxConvCurrent); }
 815
 816     const wxChar* wc_str() const { return c_str(); }
 817
 818     // for compatibility with !wxUSE_UNICODE version
 819     const wxChar* wc_str(wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv)) const { return c_str(); }
 820
 821 #if wxMBFILES
 822     const wxCharBuffer fn_str() const { return mb_str(wxConvFile); }
 823 #else // !wxMBFILES
 824     const wxChar* fn_str() const { return c_str(); }
 825 #endif // wxMBFILES/!wxMBFILES
 826 #else // ANSI
 827     const wxChar* mb_str() const { return c_str(); }
 828
 829     // for compatibility with wxUSE_UNICODE version
 830     const wxChar* mb_str(wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv)) const { return c_str(); }
 831
 832     const wxWX2MBbuf mbc_str() const { return mb_str(); }
 833
 834 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 835     const wxWCharBuffer wc_str(wxMBConv& conv) const;
 836 #endif // wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 837 #ifdef __WXOSX__
 838     const wxCharBuffer fn_str() const { return wxConvFile.cWC2WX( wc_str( wxConvLocal ) ); }
 839 #else
 840     const wxChar* fn_str() const { return c_str(); }
 841 #endif
 842 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 843
 844   // overloaded assignment
 845     // from another wxString
 846   wxString& operator=(const wxStringBase& stringSrc)
 847     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(stringSrc); }
 848     // from a character
 849   wxString& operator=(wxChar ch)
 850     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(ch); }
 851     // from a C string - STL probably will crash on NULL,
 852     // so we need to compensate in that case
 853 #if wxUSE_STL
 854   wxString& operator=(const wxChar *psz)
 855     { if(psz) wxStringBase::operator=(psz); else Clear(); return *this; }
 856 #else
 857   wxString& operator=(const wxChar *psz)
 858     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(psz); }
 859 #endif
 860
 861 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 862     // from wxWCharBuffer
 863   wxString& operator=(const wxWCharBuffer& psz)
 864     { (void) operator=((const wchar_t *)psz); return *this; }
 865 #else // ANSI
 866     // from another kind of C string
 867   wxString& operator=(const unsigned char* psz);
 868 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 869     // from a wide string
 870   wxString& operator=(const wchar_t *pwz);
 871 #endif
 872     // from wxCharBuffer
 873   wxString& operator=(const wxCharBuffer& psz)
 874     { (void) operator=((const char *)psz); return *this; }
 875 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 876
 877   // string concatenation
 878     // in place concatenation
 879     /*
 880         Concatenate and return the result. Note that the left to right
 881         associativity of << allows to write things like "str << str1 << str2
 882         << ..." (unlike with +=)
 883      */
 884       // string += string
 885   wxString& operator<<(const wxString& s)
 886   {
 887 #if !wxUSE_STL
 888     wxASSERT_MSG( s.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 889                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 890 #endif
 891
 892     append(s);
 893     return *this;
 894   }
 895       // string += C string
 896   wxString& operator<<(const wxChar *psz)
 897     { append(psz); return *this; }
 898       // string += char
 899   wxString& operator<<(wxChar ch) { append(1, ch); return *this; }
 900
 901       // string += buffer (i.e. from wxGetString)
 902 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 903   wxString& operator<<(const wxWCharBuffer& s)
 904     { (void)operator<<((const wchar_t *)s); return *this; }
 905   void operator+=(const wxWCharBuffer& s)
 906     { (void)operator<<((const wchar_t *)s); }
 907 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
 908   wxString& operator<<(const wxCharBuffer& s)
 909     { (void)operator<<((const char *)s); return *this; }
 910   void operator+=(const wxCharBuffer& s)
 911     { (void)operator<<((const char *)s); }
 912 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
 913
 914     // string += C string
 915   wxString& Append(const wxString& s)
 916     {
 917         // test for empty() to share the string if possible
 918         if ( empty() )
 919             *this = s;
 920         else
 921             append(s);
 922         return *this;
 923     }
 924   wxString& Append(const wxChar* psz)
 925     { append(psz); return *this; }
 926     // append count copies of given character
 927   wxString& Append(wxChar ch, size_t count = 1u)
 928     { append(count, ch); return *this; }
 929   wxString& Append(const wxChar* psz, size_t nLen)
 930     { append(psz, nLen); return *this; }
 931
 932     // prepend a string, return the string itself
 933   wxString& Prepend(const wxString& str)
 934     { *this = str + *this; return *this; }
 935
 936     // non-destructive concatenation
 937       // two strings
 938   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string1,
 939                                              const wxString& string2);
 940       // string with a single char
 941   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, wxChar ch);
 942       // char with a string
 943   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(wxChar ch, const wxString& string);
 944       // string with C string
 945   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string,
 946                                              const wxChar *psz);
 947       // C string with string
 948   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxChar *psz,
 949                                              const wxString& string);
 950
 951   // stream-like functions
 952       // insert an int into string
 953   wxString& operator<<(int i)
 954     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%d"), i); }
 955       // insert an unsigned int into string
 956   wxString& operator<<(unsigned int ui)
 957     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%u"), ui); }
 958       // insert a long into string
 959   wxString& operator<<(long l)
 960     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%ld"), l); }
 961       // insert an unsigned long into string
 962   wxString& operator<<(unsigned long ul)
 963     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%lu"), ul); }
 964 #if defined wxLongLong_t && !defined wxLongLongIsLong
 965       // insert a long long if they exist and aren't longs
 966   wxString& operator<<(wxLongLong_t ll)
 967     {
 968       const wxChar *fmt = _T("%") wxLongLongFmtSpec _T("d");
 969       return (*this) << Format(fmt, ll);
 970     }
 971       // insert an unsigned long long
 972   wxString& operator<<(wxULongLong_t ull)
 973     {
 974       const wxChar *fmt = _T("%") wxLongLongFmtSpec _T("u");
 975       return (*this) << Format(fmt , ull);
 976     }
 977 #endif
 978       // insert a float into string
 979   wxString& operator<<(float f)
 980     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%f"), f); }
 981       // insert a double into string
 982   wxString& operator<<(double d)
 983     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%g"), d); }
 984
 985   // string comparison
 986     // case-sensitive comparison (returns a value < 0, = 0 or > 0)
 987   int Cmp(const wxChar *psz) const;
 988   int Cmp(const wxString& s) const;
 989     // same as Cmp() but not case-sensitive
 990   int CmpNoCase(const wxChar *psz) const;
 991   int CmpNoCase(const wxString& s) const;
 992     // test for the string equality, either considering case or not
 993     // (if compareWithCase then the case matters)
 994   bool IsSameAs(const wxChar *psz, bool compareWithCase = true) const
 995     { return (compareWithCase ? Cmp(psz) : CmpNoCase(psz)) == 0; }
 996     // comparison with a signle character: returns true if equal
 997   bool IsSameAs(wxChar c, bool compareWithCase = true) const
 998     {
 999       return (length() == 1) && (compareWithCase ? GetChar(0u) == c
1000                               : wxToupper(GetChar(0u)) == wxToupper(c));
1001     }
1002
1003   // simple sub-string extraction
1004       // return substring starting at nFirst of length nCount (or till the end
1005       // if nCount = default value)
1006   wxString Mid(size_t nFirst, size_t nCount = npos) const;
1007
1008       // operator version of Mid()
1009   wxString  operator()(size_t start, size_t len) const
1010     { return Mid(start, len); }
1011
1012       // check that the string starts with prefix and return the rest of the
1013       // string in the provided pointer if it is not NULL, otherwise return
1014       // false
1015   bool StartsWith(const wxChar *prefix, wxString *rest = NULL) const;
1016
1017       // get first nCount characters
1018   wxString Left(size_t nCount) const;
1019       // get last nCount characters
1020   wxString Right(size_t nCount) const;
1021       // get all characters before the first occurance of ch
1022       // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
1023   wxString BeforeFirst(wxChar ch) const;
1024       // get all characters before the last occurence of ch
1025       // (returns empty string if ch not found)
1026   wxString BeforeLast(wxChar ch) const;
1027       // get all characters after the first occurence of ch
1028       // (returns empty string if ch not found)
1029   wxString AfterFirst(wxChar ch) const;
1030       // get all characters after the last occurence of ch
1031       // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
1032   wxString AfterLast(wxChar ch) const;
1033
1034     // for compatibility only, use more explicitly named functions above
1035   wxString Before(wxChar ch) const { return BeforeLast(ch); }
1036   wxString After(wxChar ch) const { return AfterFirst(ch); }
1037
1038   // case conversion
1039       // convert to upper case in place, return the string itself
1040   wxString& MakeUpper();
1041       // convert to upper case, return the copy of the string
1042       // Here's something to remember: BC++ doesn't like returns in inlines.
1043   wxString Upper() const ;
1044       // convert to lower case in place, return the string itself
1045   wxString& MakeLower();
1046       // convert to lower case, return the copy of the string
1047   wxString Lower() const ;
1048
1049   // trimming/padding whitespace (either side) and truncating
1050       // remove spaces from left or from right (default) side
1051   wxString& Trim(bool bFromRight = true);
1052       // add nCount copies chPad in the beginning or at the end (default)
1053   wxString& Pad(size_t nCount, wxChar chPad = wxT(' '), bool bFromRight = true);
1054
1055   // searching and replacing
1056       // searching (return starting index, or -1 if not found)
1057   int Find(wxChar ch, bool bFromEnd = false) const;   // like strchr/strrchr
1058       // searching (return starting index, or -1 if not found)
1059   int Find(const wxChar *pszSub) const;               // like strstr
1060       // replace first (or all of bReplaceAll) occurences of substring with
1061       // another string, returns the number of replacements made
1062   size_t Replace(const wxChar *szOld,
1063                  const wxChar *szNew,
1064                  bool bReplaceAll = true);
1065
1066     // check if the string contents matches a mask containing '*' and '?'
1067   bool Matches(const wxChar *szMask) const;
1068
1069     // conversion to numbers: all functions return true only if the whole
1070     // string is a number and put the value of this number into the pointer
1071     // provided, the base is the numeric base in which the conversion should be
1072     // done and must be comprised between 2 and 36 or be 0 in which case the
1073     // standard C rules apply (leading '0' => octal, "0x" => hex)
1074         // convert to a signed integer
1075     bool ToLong(long *val, int base = 10) const;
1076         // convert to an unsigned integer
1077     bool ToULong(unsigned long *val, int base = 10) const;
1078         // convert to a double
1079     bool ToDouble(double *val) const;
1080
1081   // formatted input/output
1082     // as sprintf(), returns the number of characters written or < 0 on error
1083     // (take 'this' into account in attribute parameter count)
1084   int Printf(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
1085     // as vprintf(), returns the number of characters written or < 0 on error
1086   int PrintfV(const wxChar* pszFormat, va_list argptr);
1087
1088     // returns the string containing the result of Printf() to it
1089   static wxString Format(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_1;
1090     // the same as above, but takes a va_list
1091   static wxString FormatV(const wxChar *pszFormat, va_list argptr);
1092
1093   // raw access to string memory
1094     // ensure that string has space for at least nLen characters
1095     // only works if the data of this string is not shared
1096   bool Alloc(size_t nLen) { reserve(nLen); /*return capacity() >= nLen;*/ return true; }
1097     // minimize the string's memory
1098     // only works if the data of this string is not shared
1099   bool Shrink();
1100 #if !wxUSE_STL
1101     // get writable buffer of at least nLen bytes. Unget() *must* be called
1102     // a.s.a.p. to put string back in a reasonable state!
1103   wxChar *GetWriteBuf(size_t nLen);
1104     // call this immediately after GetWriteBuf() has been used
1105   void UngetWriteBuf();
1106   void UngetWriteBuf(size_t nLen);
1107 #endif
1108
1109   // wxWidgets version 1 compatibility functions
1110
1111   // use Mid()
1112   wxString SubString(size_t from, size_t to) const
1113       { return Mid(from, (to - from + 1)); }
1114     // values for second parameter of CompareTo function
1115   enum caseCompare {exact, ignoreCase};
1116     // values for first parameter of Strip function
1117   enum stripType {leading = 0x1, trailing = 0x2, both = 0x3};
1118
1119   // use Printf()
1120   // (take 'this' into account in attribute parameter count)
1121   int sprintf(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
1122
1123     // use Cmp()
1124   inline int CompareTo(const wxChar* psz, caseCompare cmp = exact) const
1125     { return cmp == exact ? Cmp(psz) : CmpNoCase(psz); }
1126
1127     // use Len
1128   size_t Length() const { return length(); }
1129     // Count the number of characters
1130   int Freq(wxChar ch) const;
1131     // use MakeLower
1132   void LowerCase() { MakeLower(); }
1133     // use MakeUpper
1134   void UpperCase() { MakeUpper(); }
1135     // use Trim except that it doesn't change this string
1136   wxString Strip(stripType w = trailing) const;
1137
1138     // use Find (more general variants not yet supported)
1139   size_t Index(const wxChar* psz) const { return Find(psz); }
1140   size_t Index(wxChar ch)         const { return Find(ch);  }
1141     // use Truncate
1142   wxString& Remove(size_t pos) { return Truncate(pos); }
1143   wxString& RemoveLast(size_t n = 1) { return Truncate(length() - n); }
1144
1145   wxString& Remove(size_t nStart, size_t nLen)
1146       { return (wxString&)erase( nStart, nLen ); }
1147
1148     // use Find()
1149   int First( const wxChar ch ) const { return Find(ch); }
1150   int First( const wxChar* psz ) const { return Find(psz); }
1151   int First( const wxString &str ) const { return Find(str); }
1152   int Last( const wxChar ch ) const { return Find(ch, true); }
1153   bool Contains(const wxString& str) const { return Find(str) != wxNOT_FOUND; }
1154
1155     // use empty()
1156   bool IsNull() const { return empty(); }
1157
1158   // std::string compatibility functions
1159
1160     // take nLen chars starting at nPos
1161   wxString(const wxString& str, size_t nPos, size_t nLen)
1162       : wxStringBase(str, nPos, nLen) { }
1163     // take all characters from pStart to pEnd
1164   wxString(const void *pStart, const void *pEnd)
1165       : wxStringBase((const wxChar*)pStart, (const wxChar*)pEnd) { }
1166 #if wxUSE_STL
1167   wxString(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1168       : wxStringBase(first, last) { }
1169 #endif
1170
1171   // lib.string.modifiers
1172     // append elements str[pos], ..., str[pos+n]
1173   wxString& append(const wxString& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
1174     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(str, pos, n); }
1175     // append a string
1176   wxString& append(const wxString& str)
1177     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(str); }
1178     // append first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
1179   wxString& append(const wxChar *sz)
1180     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(sz); }
1181   wxString& append(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1182     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(sz, n); }
1183     // append n copies of ch
1184   wxString& append(size_t n, wxChar ch)
1185     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(n, ch); }
1186     // append from first to last
1187   wxString& append(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1188     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(first, last); }
1189
1190     // same as `this_string = str'
1191   wxString& assign(const wxString& str)
1192     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(str); }
1193     // same as ` = str[pos..pos + n]
1194   wxString& assign(const wxString& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
1195     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(str, pos, n); }
1196     // same as `= first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz'
1197   wxString& assign(const wxChar *sz)
1198     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(sz); }
1199   wxString& assign(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1200     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(sz, n); }
1201     // same as `= n copies of ch'
1202   wxString& assign(size_t n, wxChar ch)
1203     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(n, ch); }
1204     // assign from first to last
1205   wxString& assign(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1206     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(first, last); }
1207
1208     // string comparison
1209 #if !defined(HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE)
1210   int compare(const wxStringBase& str) const;
1211     // comparison with a substring
1212   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str) const;
1213     // comparison of 2 substrings
1214   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1215               const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2) const;
1216     // just like strcmp()
1217   int compare(const wxChar* sz) const;
1218     // substring comparison with first nCount characters of sz
1219   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1220               const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount = npos) const;
1221 #endif // !defined HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE
1222
1223     // insert another string
1224   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxString& str)
1225     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, str); }
1226     // insert n chars of str starting at nStart (in str)
1227   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxString& str, size_t nStart, size_t n)
1228     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, str, nStart, n); }
1229     // insert first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
1230   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz)
1231     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, sz); }
1232   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1233     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, sz, n); }
1234     // insert n copies of ch
1235   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, size_t n, wxChar ch)
1236     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, n, ch); }
1237   iterator insert(iterator it, wxChar ch)
1238     { return wxStringBase::insert(it, ch); }
1239   void insert(iterator it, const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1240     { wxStringBase::insert(it, first, last); }
1241   void insert(iterator it, size_type n, wxChar ch)
1242     { wxStringBase::insert(it, n, ch); }
1243
1244     // delete characters from nStart to nStart + nLen
1245   wxString& erase(size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos)
1246     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::erase(pos, n); }
1247   iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last)
1248     { return wxStringBase::erase(first, last); }
1249   iterator erase(iterator first)
1250     { return wxStringBase::erase(first); }
1251
1252 #ifdef wxSTRING_BASE_HASNT_CLEAR
1253   void clear() { erase(); }
1254 #endif
1255
1256     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
1257   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxChar* sz)
1258     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, sz); }
1259     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
1260   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxString& str)
1261     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, str); }
1262     // replaces the substring with nCount copies of ch
1263   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, size_t nCount, wxChar ch)
1264     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, nCount, ch); }
1265     // replaces a substring with another substring
1266   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1267                     const wxString& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2)
1268     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, str,
1269                                               nStart2, nLen2); }
1270      // replaces the substring with first nCount chars of sz
1271   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1272                     const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount)
1273     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, sz, nCount); }
1274   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s)
1275     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s); }
1276   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s,
1277                     size_type n)
1278     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s, n); }
1279   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const wxString& s)
1280     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s); }
1281   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, size_type n, wxChar c)
1282     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, n, c); }
1283   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last,
1284                     const_iterator first1, const_iterator last1)
1285     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, first1, last1); }
1286
1287       // string += string
1288   wxString& operator+=(const wxString& s)
1289     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(s); }
1290       // string += C string
1291   wxString& operator+=(const wxChar *psz)
1292     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(psz); }
1293       // string += char
1294   wxString& operator+=(wxChar ch)
1295     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(ch); }
1296 };
1297
1298 // notice that even though for many compilers the friend declarations above are
1299 // enough, from the point of view of C++ standard we must have the declarations
1300 // here as friend ones are not injected in the enclosing namespace and without
1301 // them the code fails to compile with conforming compilers such as xlC or g++4
1302 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string1,  const wxString& string2);
1303 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, wxChar ch);
1304 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(wxChar ch, const wxString& string);
1305 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, const wxChar *psz);
1306 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxChar *psz, const wxString& string);
1307
1308
1309 // define wxArrayString, for compatibility
1310 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 && !wxUSE_STL
1311     #include "wx/arrstr.h"
1312 #endif
1313
1314 #if wxUSE_STL
1315     // return an empty wxString (not very useful with wxUSE_STL == 1)
1316     inline const wxString wxGetEmptyString() { return wxString(); }
1317 #else // !wxUSE_STL
1318     // return an empty wxString (more efficient than wxString() here)
1319     inline const wxString& wxGetEmptyString()
1320     {
1321         return *(wxString *)&wxEmptyString;
1322     }
1323 #endif // wxUSE_STL/!wxUSE_STL
1324
1325 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1326 // wxStringBuffer: a tiny class allowing to get a writable pointer into string
1327 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1328
1329 #if wxUSE_STL
1330
1331 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBuffer
1332 {
1333 public:
1334     wxStringBuffer(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1335         : m_str(str), m_buf(lenWanted)
1336         { }
1337
1338     ~wxStringBuffer() { m_str.assign(m_buf.data(), wxStrlen(m_buf.data())); }
1339
1340     operator wxChar*() { return m_buf.data(); }
1341
1342 private:
1343     wxString& m_str;
1344 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1345     wxWCharBuffer m_buf;
1346 #else
1347     wxCharBuffer m_buf;
1348 #endif
1349
1350     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBuffer)
1351 };
1352
1353 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBufferLength
1354 {
1355 public:
1356     wxStringBufferLength(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1357         : m_str(str), m_buf(lenWanted), m_len(0), m_lenSet(false)
1358         { }
1359
1360     ~wxStringBufferLength()
1361     {
1362         wxASSERT(m_lenSet);
1363         m_str.assign(m_buf.data(), m_len);
1364     }
1365
1366     operator wxChar*() { return m_buf.data(); }
1367     void SetLength(size_t length) { m_len = length; m_lenSet = true; }
1368
1369 private:
1370     wxString& m_str;
1371 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1372     wxWCharBuffer m_buf;
1373 #else
1374     wxCharBuffer  m_buf;
1375 #endif
1376     size_t        m_len;
1377     bool          m_lenSet;
1378
1379     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBufferLength)
1380 };
1381
1382 #else // if !wxUSE_STL
1383
1384 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBuffer
1385 {
1386 public:
1387     wxStringBuffer(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1388         : m_str(str), m_buf(NULL)
1389         { m_buf = m_str.GetWriteBuf(lenWanted); }
1390
1391     ~wxStringBuffer() { m_str.UngetWriteBuf(); }
1392
1393     operator wxChar*() const { return m_buf; }
1394
1395 private:
1396     wxString& m_str;
1397     wxChar   *m_buf;
1398
1399     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBuffer)
1400 };
1401
1402 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBufferLength
1403 {
1404 public:
1405     wxStringBufferLength(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1406         : m_str(str), m_buf(NULL), m_len(0), m_lenSet(false)
1407     {
1408         m_buf = m_str.GetWriteBuf(lenWanted);
1409         wxASSERT(m_buf != NULL);
1410     }
1411
1412     ~wxStringBufferLength()
1413     {
1414         wxASSERT(m_lenSet);
1415         m_str.UngetWriteBuf(m_len);
1416     }
1417
1418     operator wxChar*() const { return m_buf; }
1419     void SetLength(size_t length) { m_len = length; m_lenSet = true; }
1420
1421 private:
1422     wxString& m_str;
1423     wxChar   *m_buf;
1424     size_t    m_len;
1425     bool      m_lenSet;
1426
1427     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBufferLength)
1428 };
1429
1430 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
1431
1432 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1433 // wxString comparison functions: operator versions are always case sensitive
1434 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1435
1436 // note that when wxUSE_STL == 1 the comparison operators taking std::string
1437 // are used and defining them also for wxString would only result in
1438 // compilation ambiguities when comparing std::string and wxString
1439 #if !wxUSE_STL
1440
1441 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1442     { return (s1.Len() == s2.Len()) && (s1.Cmp(s2) == 0); }
1443 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1444     { return s1.Cmp(s2) == 0; }
1445 inline bool operator==(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1446     { return s2.Cmp(s1) == 0; }
1447 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1448     { return (s1.Len() != s2.Len()) || (s1.Cmp(s2) != 0); }
1449 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1450     { return s1.Cmp(s2) != 0; }
1451 inline bool operator!=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1452     { return s2.Cmp(s1) != 0; }
1453 inline bool operator< (const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1454     { return s1.Cmp(s2) < 0; }
1455 inline bool operator< (const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1456     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <  0; }
1457 inline bool operator< (const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1458     { return s2.Cmp(s1) >  0; }
1459 inline bool operator> (const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1460     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >  0; }
1461 inline bool operator> (const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1462     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >  0; }
1463 inline bool operator> (const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1464     { return s2.Cmp(s1) <  0; }
1465 inline bool operator<=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1466     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <= 0; }
1467 inline bool operator<=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1468     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <= 0; }
1469 inline bool operator<=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1470     { return s2.Cmp(s1) >= 0; }
1471 inline bool operator>=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1472     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >= 0; }
1473 inline bool operator>=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1474     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >= 0; }
1475 inline bool operator>=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1476     { return s2.Cmp(s1) <= 0; }
1477
1478 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1479 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxWCharBuffer& s2)
1480     { return (s1.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s2) == 0); }
1481 inline bool operator==(const wxWCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1482     { return (s2.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s1) == 0); }
1483 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxWCharBuffer& s2)
1484     { return (s1.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s2) != 0); }
1485 inline bool operator!=(const wxWCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1486     { return (s2.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s1) != 0); }
1487 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
1488 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxCharBuffer& s2)
1489     { return (s1.Cmp((const char *)s2) == 0); }
1490 inline bool operator==(const wxCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1491     { return (s2.Cmp((const char *)s1) == 0); }
1492 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxCharBuffer& s2)
1493     { return (s1.Cmp((const char *)s2) != 0); }
1494 inline bool operator!=(const wxCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1495     { return (s2.Cmp((const char *)s1) != 0); }
1496 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
1497
1498 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1499 inline wxString operator+(const wxString& string, const wxWCharBuffer& buf)
1500     { return string + (const wchar_t *)buf; }
1501 inline wxString operator+(const wxWCharBuffer& buf, const wxString& string)
1502     { return (const wchar_t *)buf + string; }
1503 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
1504 inline wxString operator+(const wxString& string, const wxCharBuffer& buf)
1505     { return string + (const char *)buf; }
1506 inline wxString operator+(const wxCharBuffer& buf, const wxString& string)
1507     { return (const char *)buf + string; }
1508 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
1509
1510 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
1511
1512 // comparison with char (those are not defined by std::[w]string and so should
1513 // be always available)
1514 inline bool operator==(wxChar c, const wxString& s) { return s.IsSameAs(c); }
1515 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s, wxChar c) { return s.IsSameAs(c); }
1516 inline bool operator!=(wxChar c, const wxString& s) { return !s.IsSameAs(c); }
1517 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s, wxChar c) { return !s.IsSameAs(c); }
1518
1519 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1520 // Implementation only from here until the end of file
1521 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1522
1523 // don't pollute the library user's name space
1524 #undef wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX
1525
1526 #if wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM
1527
1528 #include "wx/iosfwrap.h"
1529
1530 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxSTD istream& operator>>(wxSTD istream&, wxString&);
1531 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxSTD ostream& operator<<(wxSTD ostream&, const wxString&);
1532
1533 #endif  // wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
1534
1535 #endif  // _WX_WXSTRINGH__