/**

 * :TODO: license info

 */

#if defined _string_included

 #endinput

#endif

#define _string_included

/**

 * @GLOBAL@

 *   Unless otherwise noted, all string functions which take in a writable buffer and maximum length

 * should have the null terminator INCLUDED in the length.  This means that this is valid:

 *   StrCopy(string, sizeof(string), ...)

 */

/**

 * Calculates the length of a string.

 *

 * @param str		String to check.

 * @return		Length of string, in cells (NOT characters).

 */

native strlen(const String:str[]);

/**

 * Tests whether a string is found inside another string.

 *

 * @param str			String to search in.

 * @param substr		Substring to find inside the original string.

 * @param caseSensitive	If true (default), search is case sensitive.

 * 					If false, search is case insensitive.

 * @return			-1 on failure (no match found).  Any other value

 *					indicates a position in the string where the match starts.

 */

native StrContains(const String:str[], const String:substr[], bool:caseSensitive=true);

/**

 * Compares two strings lexographically.

 *

 * @param str1			First string (left).

 * @param str2			Second string (right).

 * @param caseSensitive	If true (default), comparison is case sensitive.

 * 					If false, comparison is case insensitive.

 * @return			-1 if str1 < str2

 *					0 if str1 == str2

 * 					1 if str1 > str2

 */

native StrCompare(const String:str1[], const String:str2[], bool:caseSensitive=true);

/**

 * Returns whether two strings are equal.

 *

 *

 * @param str1			First string (left).

 * @param str2			Second string (right).

 * @param caseSensitive	If true (default), comparison is case sensitive.

 * 					If false, comparison is case insensitive.

 * @return			True if equal, false otherwise.

 */

stock bool:StrEqual(const String:str1[], const String:str2[], bool:caseSensitive=true)

{

	return (StrCompare(str1, str2, caseSensitive) == 0);

}

/**

 * Copies one string to another string.

 * NOTE: If the destination buffer is too small to hold the source string,

 * the destination will be truncated.

 *

 * @param dest			Destination string buffer to copy to.

 * @param destlen		Destination buffer length (includes null terminator).

 * @param source		Source string buffer to copy from.

 * @return			Number of cells written.

 */

native StrCopy(String:dest[], destLen, const String:source[]);

/**

 * Formats a string according to the SourceMod format rules (see documentation).

 *

 * @param buffer		Destination string buffer.

 * @param maxlength		Maximum length of output string buffer.

 * @param format		Formatting rules.

 * @param ...			Variable number of format parameters.

 */

native Format(String:buffer[], maxlength, const String:format[], {Handle,Float,String,_}:...);

/**

 * Formats a string according to the SourceMod format rules (see documentation).

 * @note This is the same as Format(), except none of the input buffers can overlap the same

 *	    memory as the output buffer.  Since this security check is removed, it is slightly faster.

 *

 * @param buffer		Destination string buffer.

 * @param maxlength		Maximum length of output string buffer.

 * @param format		Formatting rules.

 * @param ...			Variable number of format parameters.

 */

native FormatEx(String:buffer[], maxlength, const String:format[], {Handle,Float,String,_}:...);

/**

 * Converts a string to an integer.

 *

 * @param str			String to convert.

 * @param nBase		Numerical base to use.  10 is default.

 * @return			Integer conversion of string, or 0 on failure.

 */

native StringToInt(const String:str[], nBase=10);

/**

 * Converts an integer to a string.

 *

 * @param str			Buffer to store string in.

 * @param maxlength		Maximum length of string buffer.

 * @param num			Integer to convert.

 * @return			Number of cells written to buffer.

 */

native IntToString(String:str[], maxlength, num);

/** 

 * Converts a string to a floating point number.

 *

 * @param str			String to convert to a foat.

 * @return			Floating point result, or 0.0 on error.

 */

native Float:StringToFloat(const String:str[]);

/**

 * Converts a floating point number to a string.

 *

 * @param str			Buffer to store string in.

 * @param maxlength		Maximum length of string buffer.

 * @param num			Floating point number to convert.

 * @return			Number of cells written to buffer.

 */

native FloatToString(String:str[], maxlength, Float:num);