Extra utility functions for Nim strings

More details can be found in the code comments or the documentation that can be generated from those comments.

Functions

match_eos

Test if given position is within bounds of a given string.

match_to_eos

Test if totality of string matches specified match criteria.

match_true

Skip over input characters that match condition and return offset
to first character that fails to meet specified condition.

match_false

Skip over input characters that do not match condition and return
offset to first character that does match the condition.

match_quote_len

Return number of characters at start of string until closing quote or bracket.

match_word_boundaries

Return offsets to start and end of next word.

match_token_boundaries

Return offsets to start and end of next arbitrary token.

match_indentifier_boundaries

Return offsets to start and end of next valid identifier.

match_until

Return substring that starts at beginning of string and contains characters until condition is met.

match_prefix

Test that short string matches start of long string.

match_any

Compare string to array of options

split_at

Split string into a tuple pair.

random_text

Return random gibberish using English phonemes.

Installation

    nimble install "http://hg.code.sf.net/p/nim-string-extras/code#V0-latest"