Simple library that adds useful methods to the String object. You can view the documentation here. This is provided as is, but please post any errors, corrections or suggestions in the comments below.
/*String Utility Component version 1.5
Mike Chambers
thanks to Branden Hall, Ben Glazer, Christian Cantrell, Nik Schramm
*/
/* This allows user to check from other include files whether or not the stringUtils library has been included.
Example:
if(!String.stringUtilsDefined) {
trace("stringUtils.as not found");
}
*/
String.prototype.constructor.stringUtilsDefined = true;
String.prototype.constructor.stringUtilsVersion = 1.5;
/*** This methods trims all of the white space from the left side of a String.*/String.prototype.ltrim = function() {
var size = this.length;
for(var i = 0; i <; size; i++) { if(this.charCodeAt(i) > 32)
{
return this.substring(i); }
}
return "";
}
/*** This methods trims all of the white space from the right side of a String.*/String.prototype.rtrim = function(){
var size = this.length;
for(var i = size; i > 0; i-) {
if(this.charCodeAt(i) > 32) {
return this.substring(0, i + 1);
}
}
return "";
}
/*** This methods trims all of the white space from both sides of a String.*/
String.prototype.trim = function(){
return this.rtrim().ltrim();
}
/*** This methods returns true if the String begins with the string passed into* the method. Otherwise, it returns false.*/
String.prototype.beginsWith = function(s) {
return (s == this.substring(0, s.length));
};
/*** This methods returns true if the String ends with the string passed into* the method. Otherwise, it returns false.*/
String.prototype.endsWith = function(s) {
return (s == this.substring(this.length - s.length));
};
String.prototype.remove = function(remove){
return this.replace(remove, "");
}
String.prototype.replace = function(replace, replaceWith){
sb = new String();
found = false;
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
if(this.charAt(i) == replace.charAt(0)) {
found = true;
for(var j = 0; j < replace.length; j++) {
if(!(this.charAt(i + j) == replace.charAt(j))) {
found = false;
break;
}
}
if(found) {
sb += replaceWith;
i = i + (replace.length - 1);
continue;
}
}
sb += this.charAt(i);
}
return sb;
}
