Char

This is essentially a UInt8 that is interpreted as an ASCII character.

graph BT
N1["Char"] -->|inherits| N2["IntegralNumber"];
N1["Char"] -->|extends| N3["ISystemUInt[UInt8]"];
N3["ISystemUInt[UInt8]"] -->|inherits| N2["IntegralNumber"];
N2["IntegralNumber"] -->|inherits| N4["Number"];
N4["Number"] -->|inherits| N5["Stringable"];
N5["Stringable"] -->|inherits| N6["Any"];
N2["IntegralNumber"] -->|inherits| N4["Number"];
N4["Number"] -->|inherits| N5["Stringable"];
N5["Stringable"] -->|inherits| N6["Any"];

Characteristics

Quality	Value
Inherits	IntegralNumber
Extends	ISystemUInt[UInt8]
Decorators	N/A
Is enum	false
Is sealed	false
Is extern	false
Is abstract	false
Is generator	false
Has value semantics	true
Has stored properties	true
Should register destructor	false
Has atomic memory	true
Is copy assignable	true
Is zero initializable	true

Methods

construct

#default
#Gambol.function.alwaysinline
construct (s @Self) -> Self

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is_lower

#Gambol.function.alwaysimplement
#Gambol.function.nounwind
is_lower (s @Self) -> Bool

true if is lower case, false otherwise

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lower

#Gambol.function.nounwind
lower (s @Self) -> SelfType

returns the lower case version of this char or the char itself if not applicable

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is_upper

#Gambol.function.alwaysimplement
#Gambol.function.nounwind
is_upper (s @Self) -> Bool

true if is upper case, false otherwise

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upper

#Gambol.function.nounwind
upper (s @Self) -> SelfType

returns the upper case version of this char or the char itself if not applicable

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swapcase

#Gambol.function.nounwind
swapcase (s @Self) -> SelfType

returns the opposite case version of this char or the char itself if not applicable

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is_digit

#Gambol.function.alwaysimplement
#Gambol.function.nounwind
is_digit (s @Self) -> Bool

true if is a digit, false otherwise

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is_alpha

#Gambol.function.nounwind
is_alpha (s @Self) -> Bool

true if is alphabetical, false otherwise

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is_alphanum

#Gambol.function.nounwind
is_alphanum (s @Self) -> Bool

true if is alphanumeric, false otherwise

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is_punctuation

#Gambol.function.alwaysimplement
#Gambol.function.nounwind
is_punctuation (s @Self) -> Bool

true if is punctuation, false otherwise

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is_space

#Gambol.function.alwaysimplement
#Gambol.function.nounwind
is_space (s @Self) -> Bool

true if is white space, false otherwise

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is_null

#Gambol.function.alwaysimplement
#Gambol.function.nounwind
is_null (s @Self) -> Bool

true if is null, false otherwise

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is_printable

#Gambol.function.nounwind
is_printable (s @Self) -> Bool

true if is a printable character, false otherwise

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is_extended_ascii

#Gambol.function.nounwind
is_extended_ascii (s @Self) -> Bool

true if is an extended ASCII character, false otherwise

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ord

#Gambol.function.alwaysimplement
#Gambol.function.nounwind
ord (s @Self) -> UInt8

returns the ASCII value of this character

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str

str (s @Self) -> String

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