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Printing

Output a string to the console

Write the string "Hello World!" to STDOUT

perl

print "Hello World!\n"

erlang

io:format("Hello, World!~n").

csharp

System.Console.WriteLine("Hello World!")

Retrieve a string containing ampersands from the variables in a url

My PHP script first does a query to obtain customer info for a form. The form has first name and last name fields among others. The customer has put entries such as "Ron & Jean" in the first name field in the database. Then the edit form script is called with variables such as

"http://myserver.com/custinfo/edit.php?mode=view&fname=Ron & Jean&lname=Smith".

The script variable for first name $_REQUEST['firstname'] never gets beyond the "Ron" value because of the ampersand in the data.

I have tried various functions like urldecode but all to no avail. I even tried encoding the url before the view screen is painted so that the url looks like "http://myserver/custinfo/edit.php?mode=view&fname="Ronxxnbsp;xxamp;xxnbsp;Jean"&lname=SMITH". (sorry I had to add the xx to replace the ampersand or it didn't display meaningful url contents the browser sees.)

Of course this fails for the same reasons. What is a better approach?

perl

print "http://myserver.com/custinfo/edit.php"
."?fname=".urlenc('Ron & Jean')
."&lname=".urlenc('Smith');
sub urlenc{my($s)=@_;$s=~s/([^A-Za-z0-9])/sprintf("%%%02X",ord($1))/seg;$s}

erlang

% encode ampersand in your string using %XX where XX is hex code for ampersand
% optionally encode spaces for completeness sake to keep URL solid
URL = "http://myserver.com/custinfo/edit.php?mode=view&fname=Ron%20%26%20Jean&lname=Smith",
{_, Query} = string:tokens(URL, "?"),
KeyValuePairs = string:tokens(Query, "&"),...

string-wrap

Wrap the string "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. " repeated ten times to a max width of 78 chars, starting each line with "> "

Expected output:
> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over t
> he lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox
> jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The qui
> ck brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
> dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps o
> ver the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

erlang

wrapper(String, Times, Length) ->
StrList = lists:reverse(formatter(string:copies(String, Times), Length, [])),
lists:foreach(fun(Str) -> io:format("~p~n", [Str]) end, StrList).

formatter([], _Length, Acc) -> Acc;
formatter(String, Length, Acc) when length(String) > Length - 1->
{Head, Tail} = lists:split(Length - 1, String),
formatter(string:strip(Tail), Length, [[$>, $ | Head] | Acc]);
formatter(String, Length, Acc) ->
formatter([], Length, [[$>, $ | String] | Acc]).

Declaration

Define a string containing special characters

Define the literal string "\#{'}${"}/"

perl

$special = '\#{\'}${"}/';

$special = q(\#{'}${"}/);

erlang

Special = "\\#{'}\${\"}/",

csharp

string verbatim = @"\#{'}${""""}/";
string cStyle = "\\#{'}${\"\"}/";

Define a multiline string

Define the string:

"This

Is

A

Multiline

String"

perl

$text = 'This
Is
A
Multiline
String';

$text = <<EOF;
This
Is
A
Multiline
String
EOF

erlang

Text = "This\nIs\nA\nMultiline\nString",

csharp

string output = "This\nIs\nA\nMultiline\nString";

string output = @"This
Is
A
Multiline
String";

Define a string containing variables and expressions

Given variables a=3 and b=4 output "3+4=7"

perl

print "$a+$b=${\($a+$b)}\n";

sprintf("%d+%d=%d", $a, $b, $a + $b);

print $a, '+', $b, '=', $a + $b;

erlang

A = 3, B = 4,
io:format("~B+~B=~B~n", [A, B, (A+B)]).

csharp

int a = 3;
int b = 4;
Console.WriteLine("{0}+{1}={2}", a,b,a+b);

Manipulation

Reverse the characters in a string

Given the string "reverse me", produce the string "em esrever"

perl

$_ = reverse "reverse me"; print

erlang

Reversed = lists:reverse("reverse me"),

Reversed = revchars("reverse me"),

csharp

var str = "reverse me";
Console.WriteLine(new String(str.Reverse().ToArray()));

Reverse the words in a string

Given the string "This is a end, my only friend!", produce the string "friend! only my end, the is This"

perl

$reversed = join ' ', reverse split / /, $text;

erlang

Reversed = string:join(lists:reverse(string:tokens("This is the end, my only friend!", " ")), " "),

csharp

var str = "This is a end, my only friend!";
str = String.Join(" ", str.Split().Reverse().ToArray());
Console.WriteLine(str);

Text wrapping

Wrap the string "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. " repeated ten times to a max width of 78 chars, starting each line with "> ", yielding this result:

> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
> over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The
> quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
> over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The
> quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
> over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The
> quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

perl

use Text::Wrap;
$text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ";
$Text::Wrap::columns = 73;
print wrap('> ', '> ', $text x 10);

$_ = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. " x 10;
s/(.{0,70}) /> $1\n/g;
print;

erlang

TextWrap = textwrap(string:copies(Input, 10), 73 - length(Prefix)),
lists:foreach(fun (Line) -> io:format("~s~n", [string:concat(Prefix, Line)]) end, string:tokens(TextWrap, "\n")).

csharp

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq; // used for Array.ToList() extension

public class TextWrapper {

/// <summary>
/// Wrap the given text to a given width.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">The text to be wrapped</param>
/// <param name="width">The maximum width of each line</param>
/// <param name="prefix">Begin each line with this prefix</param>
/// <returns>The wrapped text</returns>
public string Wrap(string text, int width, string prefix) {

var words = text.Split(' ').ToList();
var result = new StringBuilder(prefix);

width = width - prefix.Length;
prefix = "\n" + prefix;

int lineSize = 0;
foreach (var word in words) {
int wordLen = word.Length;

// Do we need to start a new line?
if ((lineSize + wordLen) > width) {
result.Remove(result.Length - 1, 1); // remove trailing space
lineSize = 0;
result.Append( prefix );
}

result.Append(word).Append(' ');
lineSize += wordLen + 1;
}

return result.ToString();
}

public static void Main() {
var prefix = "> ";
var sentence = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ";

var text = "";
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
text += sentence;

// The description said lines of length 78, but
// the example was 72...
Console.WriteLine(new TextWrapper().Wrap(text, 72, prefix));
}
}

Remove leading and trailing whitespace from a string

Given the string " hello " return the string "hello".

perl

my $string = " hello ";
$string =~ s{
\A\s* # Any number of spaces at the start of the string
(.+?) # Remember any number of characters until we reach
\s*\z # any number of spaces at the end of the string
}{
$1 # Leave the characters we remembered
}x;

my $string = " hello ";
$string =~ s{\A\s*}{};
$string =~ s{\s*\z}{};

#Modification History:
# 2009-MAR-17: GGARIEPY: [creation] (geoff.gariepy@gmail.com)

$string = " hello ";
$string =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # All the action happens in one regex!

# Regex Notes:
# ^ - anchors to the beginning of the string
# $ - anchors to the end of the string
# g - causes regex to match as many times as possible
# | - logical OR

erlang

Trimmed = string:strip(S),

csharp

string str = " hello ";
str = str.Trim();
Console.WriteLine(str);

Simple substitution cipher

Take a string and return the ROT13 and ROT47 (Check Wikipedia) version of the string.
For example:
String is: Hello World #123
ROT13 returns: Uryyb Jbeyq #123
ROT47 returns: w6==@ (@C=5 R`ab

perl

sub rot13 {
my $str = shift;
$str =~ tr/A-Za-z/N-ZA-Mn-za-m/;
return $str;
}

sub rot47 {
my $str = shift;
$str =~ tr/!-~/P-~!-O/;
return $str;
}

my $string = 'Hello World #123';

print "$string\n";
print rot13($string)."\n";
print rot47($string)."\n";

erlang

rot13(Str) ->
lists:map(fun(A) ->
if
A >= $A, A =< $Z -> ((A - $A + 13) rem 26) + $A;
A >= $a, A =< $z -> ((A - $a + 13) rem 26) + $a;
true -> A
end
end, Str).

rot47(Str) ->
lists:map(fun(A) ->
if
A >= $!, A =< $~ ->
((A - $! + 47) rem 94) + $!;
true -> A
end
end, Str).

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