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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / wxstring.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/wxstring.tex b/docs/latex/wx/wxstring.tex
index 6b0e6227a115013bb889a9d859d00391df55ed29..85529acf02889abe8faa0a2b7c37af35be4f3816 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/wxstring.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/wxstring.tex
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ length of the prefix then.
 \helpref{CmpNoCase}{wxstringcmpnocase}\\
 \helpref{IsSameAs}{wxstringissameas}\\
 \helpref{Matches}{wxstringmatches}\\
-\helpref{StartsWith}{wxstringstartswith}
+\helpref{StartsWith}{wxstringstartswith}\\
+\helpref{EndsWith}{wxstringendswith}
 
 \membersection{Substring extraction}\label{substringextractioninwxstring}
 
@@ -140,7 +141,9 @@ substring.
 \helpref{BeforeLast}{wxstringbeforelast}\\
 \helpref{AfterFirst}{wxstringafterfirst}\\
 \helpref{AfterLast}{wxstringafterlast}\\
-\helpref{StartsWith}{wxstringstartswith}
+\helpref{StartsWith}{wxstringstartswith}\\
+\helpref{EndsWith}{wxstringendswith}
+
 
 \membersection{Case conversion}\label{caseconversioninwxstring}
 
@@ -894,6 +897,19 @@ Prepends {\it str} to this string, returning a reference to this string.
 Similar to the standard function {\it sprintf()}. Returns the number of
 characters written, or an integer less than zero on error.
 
+Note that if {\tt wxUSE\_PRINTF\_POS\_PARAMS} is set to 1, then this function supports
+Unix98-style positional parameters:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+    wxString str;
+
+    str.Printf(wxT("%d %d %d"), 1, 2, 3);
+    // str now contains "1 2 3"
+
+    str.Printf(wxT("%2$d %3$d %1$d"), 1, 2, 3);
+    // str now contains "2 3 1"
+\end{verbatim}
+
 {\bf NB:} This function will use a safe version of {\it vsprintf()} (usually called 
 {\it vsnprintf()}) whenever available to always allocate the buffer of correct
 size. Unfortunately, this function is not available on all platforms and the
@@ -914,7 +930,7 @@ Same as Truncate. Removes the portion from {\it pos} to the end of the string.
 
 \func{wxString\&}{Remove}{\param{size\_t}{ pos}, \param{size\_t}{ len}}
 
-Removes the {\it len} characters from the string, starting at {\it pos}.
+Removes {\it len} characters from the string, starting at {\it pos}.
 
 \membersection{wxString::RemoveLast}\label{wxstringremovelast}
 
@@ -967,6 +983,16 @@ of the string (i.e. after the prefix) into {\it rest} string if it is not
 {\tt NULL}. Otherwise, the function returns {\tt false} and doesn't modify the 
 {\it rest}.
 
+\membersection{wxString::EndsWith}\label{wxstringendswith}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{EndsWith}{\param{const wxChar }{*suffix}, \param{wxString }{*rest = NULL}}
+
+This function can be used to test if the string ends with the specified 
+{\it suffix}. If it does, the function will return {\tt true} and put the
+beginning of the string before the suffix into {\it rest} string if it is not 
+{\tt NULL}. Otherwise, the function returns {\tt false} and doesn't
+modify the {\it rest}.
+
 \membersection{wxString::Strip}\label{wxstringstrip}
 
 \begin{verbatim}
@@ -1045,7 +1071,10 @@ familiar with C) results.
 Attempts to convert the string to an unsigned integer in base {\it base}.
 Returns {\tt true} on success in which case the number is stored in the
 location pointed to by {\it val} or {\tt false} if the string does not
-represent a valid number in the given base.
+represent a valid number in the given base. Please notice that this function
+behaves in the same way as the standard \texttt{strtoul()} and so it simply
+converts negative numbers to unsigned representation instead of rejecting them
+(e.g. $-1$ is returned as \texttt{ULONG\_MAX}).
 
 See \helpref{wxString::ToLong}{wxstringtolong} for the more detailed
 description of the {\it base} parameter.
@@ -1059,7 +1088,8 @@ description of the {\it base} parameter.
 
 \func{wxString\&}{Trim}{\param{bool}{ fromRight = true}}
 
-Removes spaces from the left or from the right (default).
+Removes white-space (space, tabs, form feed, newline and carriage return) from
+the left or from the right end of the string (right is default).
 
 \membersection{wxString::Truncate}\label{wxstringtruncate}
 
@@ -1165,11 +1195,13 @@ Concatenation in place: the argument is appended to the string.
 
 \membersection{wxString::operator []}\label{wxstringoperatorbracket}
 
-\func{char\&}{operator []}{\param{size\_t}{ i}}
+\func{wxChar\&}{operator []}{\param{size\_t}{ i}}
+
+\constfunc{wxChar}{operator []}{\param{size\_t}{ i}}
 
-\func{char}{operator []}{\param{size\_t}{ i}}
+\func{wxChar\&}{operator []}{\param{int}{ i}}
 
-\func{char}{operator []}{\param{int}{ i}}
+\constfunc{wxChar}{operator []}{\param{int}{ i}}
 
 Element extraction.