String Class Reference

A more convenient string class. More...

#include <OpenMS/DATASTRUCTURES/String.h>

Inheritance diagram for String:

Collaboration diagram for String:

Public Types
Type definitions
enum	QuotingMethod { NONE , ESCAPE , DOUBLE }
	How to handle embedded quotes when quoting strings. More...
typedef iterator	Iterator
	Iterator. More...
typedef const_iterator	ConstIterator
	Const Iterator. More...
typedef reverse_iterator	ReverseIterator
	Reverse Iterator. More...
typedef const_reverse_iterator	ConstReverseIterator
	Const reverse Iterator. More...
typedef size_type	SizeType
	UInt type. More...

Public Member Functions
Constructors
	String ()
	Default constructor. More...
	String (const String &)=default
	Copy constructor. More...
	String (String &&)=default
	Move constructor. More...
	String (const std::string &s)
	Constructor from std::string. More...
	String (const QString &s)
	Constructor from Qt QString. More...
	String (const char *s)
	Constructor from char*. More...
	String (const char c)
	Constructor from a char. More...
	String (const char *s, SizeType length)
	Constructor from char* (only length characters) More...
	String (size_t len, char c)
	Constructor from char (repeats the char len times) More...
template<class InputIterator >
	String (InputIterator first, InputIterator last)
	Constructor from a char range. More...
	String (int i)
	Constructor from an integer. More...
	String (unsigned int i)
	Constructor from an unsigned integer. More...
	String (short int i)
	Constructor from an integer. More...
	String (short unsigned int i)
	Constructor from an unsigned integer. More...
	String (long int i)
	Constructor from an integer. More...
	String (long unsigned int i)
	Constructor from an unsigned integer. More...
	String (long long unsigned int i)
	Constructor from an unsigned integer. More...
	String (long long signed int i)
	Constructor from an unsigned integer. More...
	String (float f, bool full_precision=true)
	Constructor from float (full_precision controls number of fractional digits, 3 digits when false, and 6 when true) More...
	String (double d, bool full_precision=true)
	Constructor from double (full_precision controls number of fractional digits, 3 digits when false, and 15 when true) More...
	String (long double ld, bool full_precision=true)
	Constructor from long double (full_precision controls number of fractional digits, 3 digits when false, and 15 when true) More...
	String (const DataValue &d, bool full_precision=true)
	Constructor from DataValue (full_precision controls number of fractional digits for all double types or lists of double, 3 digits when false, and 15 when true) More...
Predicates
bool	hasPrefix (const String &string) const
	true if String begins with string, false otherwise More...
bool	hasSuffix (const String &string) const
	true if String ends with string, false otherwise More...
bool	hasSubstring (const String &string) const
	true if String contains the string, false otherwise More...
bool	has (Byte byte) const
	true if String contains the byte, false otherwise More...
String &	operator= (const String &)=default
	Assignment operator. More...
String &	operator= (String &&) &=default
	Move assignment operator. More...
Accessors
String	prefix (SizeType length) const
	returns the prefix of length length More...
String	suffix (SizeType length) const
	returns the suffix of length length More...
String	prefix (Int length) const
	returns the prefix of length length More...
String	suffix (Int length) const
	returns the suffix of length length More...
String	prefix (char delim) const
	returns the prefix up to the first occurrence of char delim (excluding it) More...
String	suffix (char delim) const
	returns the suffix up to the last occurrence of char delim (excluding it) More...
String	substr (size_t pos=0, size_t n=npos) const
	Wrapper for the STL substr() method. Returns a String object with its contents initialized to a substring of the current object. More...
String	chop (Size n) const
	Returns a substring where n characters were removed from the end of the string. More...
Mutators
All these methods return a reference to the string in order to make them chainable
String &	reverse ()
	inverts the direction of the string More...
String &	trim ()
	removes whitespaces (space, tab, line feed, carriage return) at the beginning and the end of the string More...
String &	quote (char q='"', QuotingMethod method = ESCAPE)
	Wraps the string in quotation marks. More...
String &	unquote (char q='"', QuotingMethod method = ESCAPE)
	Reverses changes made by the quote method. More...
String &	simplify ()
	merges subsequent whitespaces to one blank character More...
String &	fillLeft (char c, UInt size)
	Adds c on the left side until the size of the string is size. More...
String &	fillRight (char c, UInt size)
	Adds c on the right side until the size of the string is size. More...
String &	toUpper ()
	Converts the string to uppercase. More...
String &	toLower ()
	Converts the string to lowercase. More...
String &	firstToUpper ()
	Converts the first letter of the string to uppercase. More...
String &	substitute (char from, char to)
	Replaces all occurrences of the character from by the character to. More...
String &	substitute (const String &from, const String &to)
	Replaces all occurrences of the string from by the string to. More...
String &	remove (char what)
	Remove all occurrences of the character what. More...
String &	ensureLastChar (char end)
	Makes sure the string ends with the character end. More...
String &	removeWhitespaces ()
	removes whitespaces (space, tab, line feed, carriage return) More...
Converters
Int	toInt () const
	Conversion to int. More...
float	toFloat () const
	Conversion to float. More...
double	toDouble () const
	Conversion to double. More...
QString	toQString () const
	Conversion to Qt QString. More...
Sum operator overloads
String	operator+ (int i) const
	Sum operator for an integer. More...
String	operator+ (unsigned int i) const
	Sum operator for an unsigned integer. More...
String	operator+ (short int i) const
	Sum operator for an integer. More...
String	operator+ (short unsigned int i) const
	Sum operator for an unsigned integer. More...
String	operator+ (long int i) const
	Sum operator for an integer. More...
String	operator+ (long unsigned int i) const
	Sum operator for an unsigned integer. More...
String	operator+ (long long unsigned int i) const
	Sum operator for an unsigned integer. More...
String	operator+ (float f) const
	Sum operator for float. More...
String	operator+ (double d) const
	Sum operator for double. More...
String	operator+ (long double ld) const
	Sum operator for long double. More...
String	operator+ (char c) const
	Sum operator for char. More...
String	operator+ (const char *s) const
	Sum operator for char*. More...
String	operator+ (const String &s) const
	Sum operator for String. More...
String	operator+ (const std::string &s) const
	Sum operator for std::string. More...

Static Public Attributes
static const String	EMPTY
	Empty string for comparisons. More...

Append operator overloads
String &	operator+= (int i)
	Sum operator for an integer. More...
String &	operator+= (unsigned int i)
	Sum operator for an unsigned integer. More...
String &	operator+= (short int i)
	Sum operator for an integer. More...
String &	operator+= (short unsigned int i)
	Sum operator for an unsigned integer. More...
String &	operator+= (long int i)
	Sum operator for an integer. More...
String &	operator+= (long unsigned int i)
	Sum operator for an unsigned integer. More...
String &	operator+= (long long unsigned int i)
	Sum operator for an unsigned integer. More...
String &	operator+= (float f)
	Sum operator for float. More...
String &	operator+= (double d)
	Sum operator for double. More...
String &	operator+= (long double d)
	Sum operator for long double. More...
String &	operator+= (char c)
	Sum operator for char. More...
String &	operator+= (const char *s)
	Sum operator for char*. More...
String &	operator+= (const String &s)
	Sum operator for String. More...
String &	operator+= (const std::string &s)
	Sum operator for std::string. More...
bool	split (const char splitter, std::vector< String > &substrings, bool quote_protect=false) const
	Splits a string into substrings using splitter as delimiter. More...
bool	split (const String &splitter, std::vector< String > &substrings) const
	Splits a string into substrings using splitter (the whole string) as delimiter. More...
bool	split_quoted (const String &splitter, std::vector< String > &substrings, char q='"', QuotingMethod method = ESCAPE) const
	Splits a string into substrings using splitter (the whole string) as delimiter, but does not split within quoted substrings. More...
template<class StringIterator >
void	concatenate (StringIterator first, StringIterator last, const String &glue="")
	Concatenates all elements from first to last-1 and inserts glue between the elements. More...
static String	random (UInt length)
	returns a random string of the given length. It consists of [0-9a-zA-Z] More...
static String	number (double d, UInt n)
	returns a string for d with exactly n decimal places More...
static String	numberLength (double d, UInt n)
	Returns a string with at maximum n characters for d. More...

Detailed Description

A more convenient string class.

It is based on std::string but adds a lot of methods for convenience.

Member Typedef Documentation

ConstIterator

typedef const_iterator ConstIterator

Const Iterator.

ConstReverseIterator

typedef const_reverse_iterator ConstReverseIterator

Const reverse Iterator.

Iterator

typedef iterator Iterator

Iterator.

ReverseIterator

typedef reverse_iterator ReverseIterator

Reverse Iterator.

SizeType

typedef size_type SizeType

UInt type.

Member Enumeration Documentation

QuotingMethod

enum QuotingMethod

How to handle embedded quotes when quoting strings.

Enumerator
NONE
ESCAPE
DOUBLE

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

String() [1/22]

String

(

)

Default constructor.

String() [2/22]

String ( const String &  )

default

Copy constructor.

String() [3/22]

String ( String &&  )

default

Move constructor.

String() [4/22]

String

(

const std::string &

s

)

Constructor from std::string.

String() [5/22]

String

(

const QString &

s

)

Constructor from Qt QString.

String() [6/22]

String

(

const char *

s

)

Constructor from char*.

String() [7/22]

String

(

const char

c

)

Constructor from a char.

String() [8/22]

String	(	const char *	s,
		SizeType	length
	)

Constructor from char* (only length characters)

String() [9/22]

String	(	size_t	len,
		char	c
	)

Constructor from char (repeats the char len times)

String() [10/22]

String ( InputIterator  first, InputIterator  last  )

inline

Constructor from a char range.

String() [11/22]

String

(

int

i

)

Constructor from an integer.

String() [12/22]

String

(

unsigned int

i

)

Constructor from an unsigned integer.

String() [13/22]

String

(

short int

i

)

Constructor from an integer.

String() [14/22]

String

(

short unsigned int

i

)

Constructor from an unsigned integer.

String() [15/22]

String

(

long int

i

)

Constructor from an integer.

String() [16/22]

String

(

long unsigned int

i

)

Constructor from an unsigned integer.

String() [17/22]

String

(

long long unsigned int

i

)

Constructor from an unsigned integer.

String() [18/22]

String

(

long long signed int

i

)

Constructor from an unsigned integer.

String() [19/22]

String	(	float	f,
		bool	full_precision = true
	)

Constructor from float (full_precision controls number of fractional digits, 3 digits when false, and 6 when true)

String() [20/22]

String	(	double	d,
		bool	full_precision = true
	)

Constructor from double (full_precision controls number of fractional digits, 3 digits when false, and 15 when true)

String() [21/22]

String	(	long double	ld,
		bool	full_precision = true
	)

Constructor from long double (full_precision controls number of fractional digits, 3 digits when false, and 15 when true)

String() [22/22]

String	(	const DataValue &	d,
		bool	full_precision = true
	)

Constructor from DataValue (full_precision controls number of fractional digits for all double types or lists of double, 3 digits when false, and 15 when true)

Member Function Documentation

chop()

String chop

(

Size

n

)

const

Returns a substring where n characters were removed from the end of the string.

If n is greater than size(), the result is an empty string.

Parameters

n	Number of characters that will be removed from the end of the string.

Referenced by IDScoreSwitcherAlgorithm::switchToGeneralScoreType().

concatenate()

void concatenate ( StringIterator  first, StringIterator  last, const String &  glue = ""  )

inline

Concatenates all elements from first to last-1 and inserts glue between the elements.

See also

split().

Referenced by StringUtils::substitute().

ensureLastChar()

String& ensureLastChar

(

char

end

)

Makes sure the string ends with the character end.

fillLeft()

String& fillLeft	(	char	c,
		UInt	size
	)

Adds c on the left side until the size of the string is size.

fillRight()

String& fillRight	(	char	c,
		UInt	size
	)

Adds c on the right side until the size of the string is size.

firstToUpper()

String& firstToUpper

(

)

Converts the first letter of the string to uppercase.

has()

bool has

(

Byte

byte

)

const

true if String contains the byte, false otherwise

Referenced by DTA2DFile::load(), DTAFile::load(), PeptideIndexing::run(), and XMLHandler::writeXMLEscape().

hasPrefix()

bool hasPrefix

(

const String &

string

)

const

true if String begins with string, false otherwise

Referenced by XMLHandler::expectList_(), MascotGenericFile::getNextSpectrum_(), DTA2DFile::load(), XMassFile::load(), and PeptideIndexing::run().

hasSubstring()

bool hasSubstring

(

const String &

string

)

const

true if String contains the string, false otherwise

Referenced by MascotGenericFile::getNextSpectrum_(), XFDRAlgorithm::isSameProtein_(), and main().

hasSuffix()

bool hasSuffix

(

const String &

string

)

const

true if String ends with string, false otherwise

Referenced by StringUtils::ensureLastChar(), XMLHandler::expectList_(), XMassFile::load(), TOPPOpenSwathBase::prepareChromOutput(), PeptideIndexing::run(), TOPPViewBase::showCurrentPeaksAs2D(), TOPPViewBase::showCurrentPeaksAsDIA(), TOPPViewBase::showCurrentPeaksAsIonMobility(), and IDScoreSwitcherAlgorithm::switchToGeneralScoreType().

number()

static String number ( double  d, UInt  n  )

static

returns a string for d with exactly n decimal places

Referenced by TOPPViewBase::showCursorStatus().

numberLength()

static String numberLength ( double  d, UInt  n  )

static

Returns a string with at maximum n characters for d.

If d is larger, scientific notation is used.

operator+() [1/14]

String operator+

(

char

c

)

const

Sum operator for char.

operator+() [2/14]

String operator+

(

const char *

s

)

const

Sum operator for char*.

operator+() [3/14]

String operator+

(

const std::string &

s

)

const

Sum operator for std::string.

operator+() [4/14]

String operator+

(

const String &

s

)

const

Sum operator for String.

operator+() [5/14]

String operator+

(

double

d

)

const

Sum operator for double.

operator+() [6/14]

String operator+

(

float

f

)

const

Sum operator for float.

operator+() [7/14]

String operator+

(

int

i

)

const

Sum operator for an integer.

operator+() [8/14]

String operator+

(

long double

ld

)

const

Sum operator for long double.

operator+() [9/14]

String operator+

(

long int

i

)

const

Sum operator for an integer.

operator+() [10/14]

String operator+

(

long long unsigned int

i

)

const

Sum operator for an unsigned integer.

operator+() [11/14]

String operator+

(

long unsigned int

i

)

const

Sum operator for an unsigned integer.

operator+() [12/14]

String operator+

(

short int

i

)

const

Sum operator for an integer.

operator+() [13/14]

String operator+

(

short unsigned int

i

)

const

Sum operator for an unsigned integer.

operator+() [14/14]

String operator+

(

unsigned int

i

)

const

Sum operator for an unsigned integer.

operator+=() [1/14]

String& operator+=

(

char

c

)

Sum operator for char.

operator+=() [2/14]

String& operator+=

(

const char *

s

)

Sum operator for char*.

operator+=() [3/14]

String& operator+=

(

const std::string &

s

)

Sum operator for std::string.

operator+=() [4/14]

String& operator+=

(

const String &

s

)

Sum operator for String.

operator+=() [5/14]

String& operator+=

(

double

d

)

Sum operator for double.

operator+=() [6/14]

String& operator+=

(

float

f

)

Sum operator for float.

operator+=() [7/14]

String& operator+=

(

int

i

)

Sum operator for an integer.

operator+=() [8/14]

String& operator+=

(

long double

d

)

Sum operator for long double.

operator+=() [9/14]

String& operator+=

(

long int

i

)

Sum operator for an integer.

operator+=() [10/14]

String& operator+=

(

long long unsigned int

i

)

Sum operator for an unsigned integer.

operator+=() [11/14]

String& operator+=

(

long unsigned int

i

)

Sum operator for an unsigned integer.

operator+=() [12/14]

String& operator+=

(

short int

i

)

Sum operator for an integer.

operator+=() [13/14]

String& operator+=

(

short unsigned int

i

)

Sum operator for an unsigned integer.

operator+=() [14/14]

String& operator+=

(

unsigned int

i

)

Sum operator for an unsigned integer.

operator=() [1/2]

String& operator= ( const String &  )

default

Assignment operator.

operator=() [2/2]

String& operator= ( String &&  ) &

default

Move assignment operator.

prefix() [1/3]

String prefix

(

char

delim

)

const

returns the prefix up to the first occurrence of char delim (excluding it)

Exceptions

Exception::ElementNotFound

is thrown if delim is not found

prefix() [2/3]

String prefix

(

Int

length

)

const

returns the prefix of length length

Exceptions

Exception::IndexUnderflow	is thrown if length is smaller than zero
Exception::IndexOverflow	is thrown if length is bigger than the size

prefix() [3/3]

String prefix

(

SizeType

length

)

const

returns the prefix of length length

Exceptions

Exception::IndexOverflow

is thrown if length is bigger than the size

Referenced by OpenSwathHelper::computeTransitionGroupId(), XMassFile::importExperimentalSettings(), XMassFile::load(), TOPPViewBase::showCurrentPeaksAs2D(), TOPPViewBase::showCurrentPeaksAsDIA(), TOPPViewBase::showCurrentPeaksAsIonMobility(), and StringUtils::split().

quote()

String& quote	(	char	q = '"',
		QuotingMethod	method = ESCAPE
	)

Wraps the string in quotation marks.

The quotation mark can be specified by parameter q (typically single or double quote); embedded quotation marks are handled according to method by backslash-escaping, doubling, or not at all.

See also

unquote()

Referenced by PeptideHit::PeakAnnotation::writePeakAnnotationsString_().

random()

static String random ( UInt  length )

static

returns a random string of the given length. It consists of [0-9a-zA-Z]

remove()

String& remove

(

char

what

)

Remove all occurrences of the character what.

Referenced by MascotGenericFile::getNextSpectrum_(), XMassFile::importExperimentalSettings(), XMassFile::load(), NucleicAcidSearchEngine::registerOptionsAndFlags_(), and PeptideIndexing::run().

removeWhitespaces()

String& removeWhitespaces

(

)

removes whitespaces (space, tab, line feed, carriage return)

reverse()

String& reverse

(

)

inverts the direction of the string

simplify()

String& simplify

(

)

merges subsequent whitespaces to one blank character

Referenced by MascotGenericFile::getNextSpectrum_(), and MS2File::load().

split() [1/2]

bool split	(	const char	splitter,
		std::vector< String > &	substrings,
		bool	quote_protect = false
	)		const

Splits a string into substrings using splitter as delimiter.

If splitter is not found, the whole string is put into substrings. If splitter is empty, the string is split into individual characters. If the invoking string is empty, substrings will also be empty.

quote_protect (default: false) can be used to split only between quoted blocks e.g. ' "a string" , "another string with , in it" ' results in only two substrings (with double quotation marks removed). Every returned substring is trimmed and then (if present) has surrounding quotation marks removed.

Returns

true if one or more splits occurred, false otherwise

See also

concatenate().

Referenced by OpenSwathHelper::computeTransitionGroupId(), ListUtils::create(), extractCachedMetaFilename(), MascotGenericFile::getNextSpectrum_(), MsInspectFile::load(), SpecArrayFile::load(), MS2File::load(), DTA2DFile::load(), DTAFile::load(), NucleicAcidSearchEngine::parseAdduct_(), DigestionEnzymeDB< DigestionEnzymeType, InstanceType >::readEnzymesFromFile_(), and StringUtils::substitute().

split() [2/2]

bool split	(	const String &	splitter,
		std::vector< String > &	substrings
	)		const

Splits a string into substrings using splitter (the whole string) as delimiter.

If splitter is not found, the whole string is put into substrings. If splitter is empty, the string is split into individual characters. If the invoking string is empty, substrings will also be empty.

Returns

true if one or more splits occurred, false otherwise

See also

concatenate().

split_quoted()

bool split_quoted	(	const String &	splitter,
		std::vector< String > &	substrings,
		char	q = '"',
		QuotingMethod	method = ESCAPE
	)		const

Splits a string into substrings using splitter (the whole string) as delimiter, but does not split within quoted substrings.

A "quoted substring" has the format as produced by quote(q, method), where q is the quoting character and method defines the handling of embedded quotes. Substrings will not be "unquoted" or otherwise processed.

If splitter is not found, the whole string is put into substrings. If splitter or the invoking string is empty, substrings will also be empty.

Returns

true if one or more splits occurred, false otherwise

Exceptions

Exception::ConversionError

is thrown if quotation marks are not balanced

See also

concatenate(), quote().

substitute() [1/2]

String& substitute	(	char	from,
		char	to
	)

Replaces all occurrences of the character from by the character to.

Referenced by MascotGenericFile::getNextSpectrum_(), XFDRAlgorithm::isSameProtein_(), StringUtils::quote(), MzTab::replaceWhiteSpaces_(), PeptideIndexing::run(), SiriusAdapterAlgorithm::ParameterSection::toFullParameter(), StringUtils::unquote(), and XMLHandler::writeXMLEscape().

substitute() [2/2]

String& substitute	(	const String &	from,
		const String &	to
	)

Replaces all occurrences of the string from by the string to.

substr()

String substr	(	size_t	pos = 0,
		size_t	n = npos
	)		const

Wrapper for the STL substr() method. Returns a String object with its contents initialized to a substring of the current object.

Parameters

pos

Position of a character in the current string object to be used as starting character for the substring. If the pos is past the end of the string, it is set to the end of the string.

n

Length of the substring. If this value would make the substring to span past the end of the current string content, only those characters until the end of the string are used. npos is a static member constant value with the greatest possible value for an element of type size_t, therefore, when this value is used, all the characters between pos and the end of the string are used as the initialization substring.

Referenced by XMLHandler::asDateTime_(), XMLHandler::attributeAsDoubleList_(), XMLHandler::attributeAsIntList_(), XMLHandler::attributeAsStringList_(), MascotGenericFile::getNextSpectrum_(), DTA2DFile::load(), StringUtils::prefix(), PeptideIndexing::run(), StringUtils::split(), StringUtils::split_quoted(), StringUtils::suffix(), and StringUtils::unquote().

suffix() [1/3]

String suffix

(

char

delim

)

const

returns the suffix up to the last occurrence of char delim (excluding it)

Exceptions

Exception::ElementNotFound

is thrown if delim is not found

suffix() [2/3]

String suffix

(

Int

length

)

const

returns the suffix of length length

Exceptions

Exception::IndexUnderflow	is thrown if length is smaller than zero
Exception::IndexOverflow	is thrown if length is bigger than the size

suffix() [3/3]

String suffix

(

SizeType

length

)

const

returns the suffix of length length

Exceptions

Exception::IndexOverflow

is thrown if length is bigger than the size

Referenced by XMassFile::load(), and StringUtils::split().

toDouble()

double toDouble

(

)

const

Conversion to double.

Exceptions

Exception::ConversionError

is thrown if the string could not be converted to double

Referenced by XMLHandler::asDouble_(), XMLHandler::attributeAsDouble_(), MascotGenericFile::getNextSpectrum_(), and XMLHandler::optionalAttributeAsDouble_().

toFloat()

float toFloat

(

)

const

Conversion to float.

Exceptions

Exception::ConversionError

is thrown if the string could not be converted to float

Referenced by XMLHandler::asFloat_().

toInt()

Int toInt

(

)

const

Conversion to int.

This method extracts only the integral part of the string. If you want the result rounded, use toFloat() and round the result.

Exceptions

Exception::ConversionError

is thrown if the string could not be converted to int

Referenced by XMLHandler::asInt_(), XMLHandler::asUInt_(), OpenMS::detail::convert(), and MascotGenericFile::getNextSpectrum_().

toLower()

String& toLower

(

)

Converts the string to lowercase.

Referenced by DigestionEnzymeDB< DigestionEnzymeType, InstanceType >::addEnzyme_(), ListUtils::contains(), DecoyHelper::findDecoyString(), and TOPPOpenSwathBase::prepareChromOutput().

toQString()

QString toQString

(

)

const

Conversion to Qt QString.

Referenced by FileWatcher::addFile(), TOPPASBase::addTOPPASFile(), TOPPViewBase::chooseFilesDialog_(), TOPPASBase::createTOPPToolsTreeWidget(), TOPPASBase::exportAsImage(), TOPPViewBase::fileChanged_(), SiriusAdapterAlgorithm::ParameterSection::getCommandLine(), TOPPASBase::includePipeline(), TOPPASBase::loadPipelineResourceFile(), QApplicationTOPP::notify(), INIFileEditorWindow::openFile(), TOPPASBase::openFilesByDialog(), QApplicationTOPP::QApplicationTOPP(), TOPPASBase::refreshParameters(), FileWatcher::removeFile(), TOPPViewBase::runTOPPTool_(), TOPPASBase::saveCurrentPipelineAs(), INIFileEditorWindow::saveFileAs(), TOPPASBase::savePipeline(), TOPPASBase::savePipelineAs(), TOPPASBase::savePipelineResourceFile(), TOPPASBase::showAsWindow_(), TOPPViewBase::showPlotWidgetInWindow(), and TOPPASBase::TOPPASBase().

toUpper()

String& toUpper

(

)

Converts the string to uppercase.

trim()

String& trim

(

)

removes whitespaces (space, tab, line feed, carriage return) at the beginning and the end of the string

Referenced by XMLHandler::asDateTime_(), ListUtils::create(), MascotGenericFile::getNextSpectrum_(), MS2File::load(), DTA2DFile::load(), DTAFile::load(), and StringUtils::split().

unquote()

String& unquote	(	char	q = '"',
		QuotingMethod	method = ESCAPE
	)

Reverses changes made by the quote method.

Removes surrounding quotation marks (given by parameter q); handles embedded quotes according to method.

Exceptions

Exception::ConversionError

is thrown if the string does not have the format produced by quote

See also

quote()

Member Data Documentation

EMPTY

const String EMPTY

static

Empty string for comparisons.