\membersection{wxString::StartsWith}\label{wxstringstartswith}
-\constfunc{bool}{StartsWith}{\param{const wxChar }{*prefix}, \param{wxString }{*rest = NULL}}
+\constfunc{bool}{StartsWith}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxString }{*rest = NULL}}
This function can be used to test if the string starts with the specified
{\it prefix}. If it does, the function will return \true and put the rest
\membersection{wxString::EndsWith}\label{wxstringendswith}
-\constfunc{bool}{EndsWith}{\param{const wxChar }{*suffix}, \param{wxString }{*rest = NULL}}
+\constfunc{bool}{EndsWith}{\param{const wxString\& }{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 \true and put the
// check if the string starts with the given prefix and return the rest
// of the string in the provided pointer if it is not NULL; otherwise
// return false
- bool StartsWith(const wxChar *prefix, wxString *rest = NULL) const;
+ bool StartsWith(const wxString& prefix, wxString *rest = NULL) const;
// check if the string ends with the given suffix and return the
// beginning of the string before the suffix in the provided pointer if
// it is not NULL; otherwise return false
- bool EndsWith(const wxChar *suffix, wxString *rest = NULL) const;
+ bool EndsWith(const wxString& suffix, wxString *rest = NULL) const;
// get first nCount characters
wxString Left(size_t nCount) const;
// check that the string starts with prefix and return the rest of the string
// in the provided pointer if it is not NULL, otherwise return false
-bool wxString::StartsWith(const wxChar *prefix, wxString *rest) const
+bool wxString::StartsWith(const wxString& prefix, wxString *rest) const
{
- wxASSERT_MSG( prefix, _T("invalid parameter in wxString::StartsWith") );
-
- // first check if the beginning of the string matches the prefix: note
- // that we don't have to check that we don't run out of this string as
- // when we reach the terminating NUL, either prefix string ends too (and
- // then it's ok) or we break out of the loop because there is no match
- const wxChar *p = c_str();
- while ( *prefix )
- {
- if ( *prefix++ != *p++ )
- {
- // no match
- return false;
- }
- }
+ if ( compare(0, prefix.length(), prefix) != 0 )
+ return false;
if ( rest )
{
// put the rest of the string into provided pointer
- *rest = p;
+ rest->assign(*this, prefix.length(), npos);
}
return true;
// check that the string ends with suffix and return the rest of it in the
// provided pointer if it is not NULL, otherwise return false
-bool wxString::EndsWith(const wxChar *suffix, wxString *rest) const
+bool wxString::EndsWith(const wxString& suffix, wxString *rest) const
{
- wxASSERT_MSG( suffix, _T("invalid parameter in wxString::EndssWith") );
-
- int start = length() - wxStrlen(suffix);
+ int start = length() - suffix.length();
if ( start < 0 || compare(start, npos, suffix) != 0 )
return false;