Zig String (A UTF-8 String Library)

This library is a UTF-8 compatible string library for the Zig programming language. I copied JakubSzark's String implementation and expanded on it adding a Managed and Unmanaged String.

Basic Usage

Managed String

const std = @import("std");
const String = @import("./stringz.zig").StringManaged;
// ...

// Use your favorite allocator
var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.page_allocator);
defer arena.deinit();
const allocator = arena.allocator();


// Create your String
var myString = String.init(allocator);
defer myString.deinit();

// Use functions provided
try myString.concat("🔥 Hello!");
_ = myString.pop();
try myString.concat(", World 🔥");

// Success!
std.debug.assert(myString.cmp("🔥 Hello, World 🔥"));

Unmanaged String

const std = @import("std");
const String = @import("./stringz.zig").StringUnmanaged;
// ...

// Use your favorite allocator
var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.page_allocator);
defer arena.deinit();
const allocator = arena.allocator();

// Create your String
var myString = String.init();
defer myString.deinit(allocator);

// Use functions provided
try myString.concat(allocator, "🔥 Hello!");
_ = myString.pop();
try myString.concat(allocator, ", World 🔥");

// Success!
std.debug.assert(myString.cmp("🔥 Hello, World 🔥"));

When To Use Which?

If simplicity is what you want and you don't need granular control over memory, then use StringManaged (this is fine for most cases). Otherwise you probably want StringUnmanaged.

Feature	String	StringUnmanaged
Needs Allocator At Init?	Yes	No
Handles Allocations	Yes	No
Easier To Use?	Yes	Requires memory management
Flexible For Custom Allocators?	No	Yes

Installation

Add this to your build.zig.zon

.dependencies = .{
    .string = .{
        .url = "https://github.com/definitepotato/stringz/archive/refs/heads/master.tar.gz",
        // The correct hash will be suggested by zig at build time.
    }
}

And add this to you build.zig

    const string = b.dependency("stringz", .{
        .target = target,
        .optimize = optimize,
    });
    exe.root_module.addImport("stringz", string.module("stringz"));

You can then import the library into your code like this

const String = @import("stringz").StringManaged;

Or

const String = @import("stringz").StringUnmanaged;

How to Contribute

1. Fork
2. Clone
3. Add Features (Use Zig FMT)
4. Make a Test
5. Pull Request
6. Success!

Working Features

If there are any issues with complexity please open an issue (I'm no expert when it comes to complexity)

Available in Managed/Unmanaged	Function	Description
Both	allocate	Sets the internal buffer size
Both	capacity	Returns the capacity of the String
Both	charAt	Returns character at index
Both	clear	Clears the contents of the String
Both	clone	Copies this string to a new one
Both	cmp	Compares to string literal
Both	concat	Appends a string literal to the end
Both	deinit	De-allocates the String
Both	find	Finds first string literal appearance
Both	rfind	Finds last string literal appearance
Both	includesLiteral	Whether or not the provided literal is in the String
Both	includesString	Whether or not the provided String is within the String
Both	init	Creates a String with an Allocator
Both	init_with_contents	Creates a String with specified contents
Both	insert	Inserts a character at an index
Both	isEmpty	Checks if length is zero
Both	iterator	Returns a StringIterator over the String
Both	len	Returns count of characters stored
Both	pop	Removes the last character
Both	remove	Removes a character at an index
Both	removeRange	Removes a range of characters
Both	repeat	Repeats string n times
Both	reverse	Reverses all the characters
Both	split	Returns a slice based on delimiters and index
Both	splitAll	Returns a slice of slices based on delimiters
Both	splitToString	Returns a String based on delimiters and index
Both	splitAllToStrings	Returns a slice of Strings based on delimiters
Both	lines	Returns a slice of Strings split by newlines
Both	str	Returns the String as a slice
Both	substr	Creates a string from a range
Both	toLowercase	Converts (ASCII) characters to lowercase
Both	toOwned	Creates an owned slice of the String
Both	toUppercase	Converts (ASCII) characters to uppercase
Both	toCapitalized	Converts the first (ASCII) character of each word to uppercase
Both	trim	Removes whitelist from both ends
Both	trimEnd	Remove whitelist from the end
Both	trimStart	Remove whitelist from the start
Both	truncate	Realloc to the length
Both	setStr	Set's buffer value from string literal
Managed Only	writer	Returns a std.Io.Writer for the String
Both	startsWith	Determines if the given string begins with the given value
Both	endsWith	Determines if the given string ends with the given value
Both	replace	Replace all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string