993 lines
46 KiB
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993 lines
46 KiB
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
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<class name="String" version="4.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../class.xsd">
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<brief_description>
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Built-in string class.
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</brief_description>
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<description>
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This is the built-in string class (and the one used by GDScript). It supports Unicode and provides all necessary means for string handling. Strings are reference-counted and use a copy-on-write approach, so passing them around is cheap in resources.
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</description>
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<tutorials>
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<link title="GDScript format strings">$DOCS_URL/tutorials/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_format_string.html</link>
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</tutorials>
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<constructors>
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<constructor name="String">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Constructs an empty [String] ([code]""[/code]).
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</description>
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</constructor>
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<constructor name="String">
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<return type="String" />
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<param index="0" name="from" type="String" />
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<description>
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Constructs a [String] as a copy of the given [String].
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</description>
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</constructor>
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<constructor name="String">
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<return type="String" />
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<param index="0" name="from" type="NodePath" />
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<description>
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Constructs a new String from the given [NodePath].
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</description>
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</constructor>
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<constructor name="String">
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<return type="String" />
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<param index="0" name="from" type="StringName" />
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<description>
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Constructs a new String from the given [StringName].
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</description>
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</constructor>
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</constructors>
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<methods>
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<method name="begins_with" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<param index="0" name="text" type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if the string begins with the given string.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="bigrams" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="PackedStringArray" />
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<description>
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Returns an array containing the bigrams (pairs of consecutive letters) of this string.
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[codeblock]
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print("Bigrams".bigrams()) # Prints "[Bi, ig, gr, ra, am, ms]"
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[/codeblock]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="bin_to_int" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="int" />
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<description>
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Converts a string containing a binary number into an integer. Binary strings can either be prefixed with [code]0b[/code] or not, and they can also start with a [code]-[/code] before the optional prefix.
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[codeblocks]
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[gdscript]
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print("0b101".bin_to_int()) # Prints "5".
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print("101".bin_to_int()) # Prints "5".
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[/gdscript]
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[csharp]
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GD.Print("0b101".BinToInt()); // Prints "5".
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GD.Print("101".BinToInt()); // Prints "5".
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[/csharp]
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[/codeblocks]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="c_escape" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the C language standard.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="c_unescape" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns a copy of the string with escaped characters replaced by their meanings. Supported escape sequences are [code]\'[/code], [code]\"[/code], [code]\?[/code], [code]\\[/code], [code]\a[/code], [code]\b[/code], [code]\f[/code], [code]\n[/code], [code]\r[/code], [code]\t[/code], [code]\v[/code].
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[b]Note:[/b] Unlike the GDScript parser, this method doesn't support the [code]\uXXXX[/code] escape sequence.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="capitalize" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Changes the case of some letters. Replaces underscores with spaces, adds spaces before in-word uppercase characters, converts all letters to lowercase, then capitalizes the first letter and every letter following a space character. For [code]capitalize camelCase mixed_with_underscores[/code], it will return [code]Capitalize Camel Case Mixed With Underscores[/code].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="casecmp_to" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="int" />
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<param index="0" name="to" type="String" />
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<description>
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Performs a case-sensitive comparison to another string. Returns [code]-1[/code] if less than, [code]1[/code] if greater than, or [code]0[/code] if equal. "less than" or "greater than" are determined by the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode code points[/url] of each string, which roughly matches the alphabetical order.
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[b]Behavior with different string lengths:[/b] Returns [code]1[/code] if the "base" string is longer than the [param to] string or [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is shorter than the [param to] string. Keep in mind this length is determined by the number of Unicode codepoints, [i]not[/i] the actual visible characters.
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[b]Behavior with empty strings:[/b] Returns [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is empty, [code]1[/code] if the [param to] string is empty or [code]0[/code] if both strings are empty.
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To get a boolean result from a string comparison, use the [code]==[/code] operator instead. See also [method nocasecmp_to] and [method naturalnocasecmp_to].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="chr" qualifiers="static">
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<return type="String" />
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<param index="0" name="char" type="int" />
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<description>
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Directly converts an decimal integer to a unicode character. Tables of these characters can be found in various locations, for example [url=https://unicodelookup.com/]here.[/url]
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[codeblock]
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print(String.chr(65)) # Prints "A"
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print(String.chr(129302)) # Prints "🤖" (robot face emoji)
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[/codeblock]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="contains" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if the string contains the given string.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="count" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="int" />
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<param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
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<param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="0" />
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<param index="2" name="to" type="int" default="0" />
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<description>
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Returns the number of occurrences of substring [param what] between [param from] and [param to] positions. If [param from] and [param to] equals 0 the whole string will be used. If only [param to] equals 0 the remained substring will be used.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="countn" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="int" />
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<param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
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<param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="0" />
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<param index="2" name="to" type="int" default="0" />
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<description>
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Returns the number of occurrences of substring [param what] (ignoring case) between [param from] and [param to] positions. If [param from] and [param to] equals 0 the whole string will be used. If only [param to] equals 0 the remained substring will be used.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="dedent" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns a copy of the string with indentation (leading tabs and spaces) removed. See also [method indent] to add indentation.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="ends_with" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<param index="0" name="text" type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if the string ends with the given string.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="find" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="int" />
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<param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
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<param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="0" />
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<description>
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Returns the index of the [b]first[/b] case-sensitive occurrence of the specified string in this instance, or [code]-1[/code]. Optionally, the starting search index can be specified, continuing to the end of the string.
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[b]Note:[/b] If you just want to know whether a string contains a substring, use the [code]in[/code] operator as follows:
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[codeblocks]
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[gdscript]
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print("i" in "team") # Will print `false`.
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[/gdscript]
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[csharp]
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// C# has no in operator, but we can use `Contains()`.
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GD.Print("team".Contains("i")); // Will print `false`.
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[/csharp]
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[/codeblocks]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="findn" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="int" />
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<param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
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<param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="0" />
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<description>
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Returns the index of the [b]first[/b] case-insensitive occurrence of the specified string in this instance, or [code]-1[/code]. Optionally, the starting search index can be specified, continuing to the end of the string.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="format" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<param index="0" name="values" type="Variant" />
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<param index="1" name="placeholder" type="String" default=""{_}"" />
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<description>
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Formats the string by replacing all occurrences of [param placeholder] with the elements of [param values].
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[param values] can be a [Dictionary] or an [Array]. Any underscores in [param placeholder] will be replaced with the corresponding keys in advance. Array elements use their index as keys.
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[codeblock]
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# Prints: Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett, and Godot Engine is named after it.
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var use_array_values = "Waiting for {0} is a play by {1}, and {0} Engine is named after it."
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print(use_array_values.format(["Godot", "Samuel Beckett"]))
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# Prints: User 42 is Godot.
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print("User {id} is {name}.".format({"id": 42, "name": "Godot"}))
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[/codeblock]
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Some additional handling is performed when [param values] is an array. If [param placeholder] does not contain an underscore, the elements of the array will be used to replace one occurrence of the placeholder in turn; If an array element is another 2-element array, it'll be interpreted as a key-value pair.
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[codeblock]
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# Prints: User 42 is Godot.
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print("User {} is {}.".format([42, "Godot"], "{}"))
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print("User {id} is {name}.".format([["id", 42], ["name", "Godot"]]))
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[/codeblock]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="get_base_dir" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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If the string is a valid file path, returns the base directory name.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="get_basename" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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If the string is a valid file path, returns the full file path without the extension.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="get_extension" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns the extension without the leading period character ([code].[/code]) if the string is a valid file name or path. If the string does not contain an extension, returns an empty string instead.
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[codeblock]
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print("/path/to/file.txt".get_extension()) # "txt"
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print("file.txt".get_extension()) # "txt"
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print("file.sample.txt".get_extension()) # "txt"
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print(".txt".get_extension()) # "txt"
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print("file.txt.".get_extension()) # "" (empty string)
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print("file.txt..".get_extension()) # "" (empty string)
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print("txt".get_extension()) # "" (empty string)
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print("".get_extension()) # "" (empty string)
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[/codeblock]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="get_file" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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If the string is a valid file path, returns the filename.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="get_slice" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<param index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" />
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<param index="1" name="slice" type="int" />
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<description>
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Splits a string using a [param delimiter] and returns a substring at index [param slice]. Returns an empty string if the index doesn't exist.
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This is a more performant alternative to [method split] for cases when you need only one element from the array at a fixed index.
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Example:
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[codeblock]
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print("i/am/example/string".get_slice("/", 2)) # Prints 'example'.
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[/codeblock]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="get_slice_count" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="int" />
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<param index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" />
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<description>
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Splits a string using a [param delimiter] and returns a number of slices.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="get_slicec" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<param index="0" name="delimiter" type="int" />
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<param index="1" name="slice" type="int" />
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<description>
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Splits a string using a Unicode character with code [param delimiter] and returns a substring at index [param slice]. Returns an empty string if the index doesn't exist.
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This is a more performant alternative to [method split] for cases when you need only one element from the array at a fixed index.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="hash" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="int" />
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<description>
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Returns the 32-bit hash value representing the string's contents.
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[b]Note:[/b] [String]s with equal content will always produce identical hash values. However, the reverse is not true. Returning identical hash values does [i]not[/i] imply the strings are equal, because different strings can have identical hash values due to hash collisions.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="hex_to_int" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="int" />
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<description>
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Converts a string containing a hexadecimal number into an integer. Hexadecimal strings can either be prefixed with [code]0x[/code] or not, and they can also start with a [code]-[/code] before the optional prefix.
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[codeblocks]
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[gdscript]
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print("0xff".hex_to_int()) # Prints "255".
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print("ab".hex_to_int()) # Prints "171".
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[/gdscript]
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[csharp]
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GD.Print("0xff".HexToInt()); // Prints "255".
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GD.Print("ab".HexToInt()); // Prints "171".
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[/csharp]
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[/codeblocks]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="humanize_size" qualifiers="static">
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<return type="String" />
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<param index="0" name="size" type="int" />
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<description>
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Converts an integer representing a number of bytes into a human-readable form.
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Note that this output is in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix#IEC_prefixes]IEC prefix format[/url], and includes [code]B[/code], [code]KiB[/code], [code]MiB[/code], [code]GiB[/code], [code]TiB[/code], [code]PiB[/code], and [code]EiB[/code].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="indent" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<param index="0" name="prefix" type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns a copy of the string with lines indented with [param prefix].
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For example, the string can be indented with two tabs using [code]"\t\t"[/code], or four spaces using [code]" "[/code]. The prefix can be any string so it can also be used to comment out strings with e.g. [code]"# "[/code]. See also [method dedent] to remove indentation.
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[b]Note:[/b] Empty lines are kept empty.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="insert" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<param index="0" name="position" type="int" />
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<param index="1" name="what" type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns a copy of the string with the substring [param what] inserted at the given [param position].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_absolute_path" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if the string is a path to a file or directory and its starting point is explicitly defined. This includes [code]res://[/code], [code]user://[/code], [code]C:\[/code], [code]/[/code], etc.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_empty" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if the length of the string equals [code]0[/code].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_relative_path" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if the string is a path to a file or directory and its starting point is implicitly defined within the context it is being used. The starting point may refer to the current directory ([code]./[/code]), or the current [Node].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_subsequence_of" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<param index="0" name="text" type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is a subsequence of the given string.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_subsequence_ofn" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<param index="0" name="text" type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is a subsequence of the given string, without considering case.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_valid_filename" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is free from characters that aren't allowed in file names, those being:
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[code]: / \ ? * " | % < >[/code]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_valid_float" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if this string contains a valid float. This is inclusive of integers, and also supports exponents:
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[codeblock]
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print("1.7".is_valid_float()) # Prints "true"
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print("24".is_valid_float()) # Prints "true"
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print("7e3".is_valid_float()) # Prints "true"
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print("Hello".is_valid_float()) # Prints "false"
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[/codeblock]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_valid_hex_number" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<param index="0" name="with_prefix" type="bool" default="false" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if this string contains a valid hexadecimal number. If [param with_prefix] is [code]true[/code], then a validity of the hexadecimal number is determined by the [code]0x[/code] prefix, for example: [code]0xDEADC0DE[/code].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_valid_html_color" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if this string contains a valid color in hexadecimal HTML notation. Other HTML notations such as named colors or [code]hsl()[/code] colors aren't considered valid by this method and will return [code]false[/code].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_valid_identifier" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is a valid identifier. A valid identifier may contain only letters, digits and underscores ([code]_[/code]) and the first character may not be a digit.
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[codeblock]
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print("good_ident_1".is_valid_identifier()) # Prints "true"
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print("1st_bad_ident".is_valid_identifier()) # Prints "false"
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print("bad_ident_#2".is_valid_identifier()) # Prints "false"
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[/codeblock]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="is_valid_int" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="bool" />
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<description>
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Returns [code]true[/code] if this string contains a valid integer.
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[codeblock]
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print("7".is_valid_int()) # Prints "true"
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print("14.6".is_valid_int()) # Prints "false"
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print("L".is_valid_int()) # Prints "false"
|
|
print("+3".is_valid_int()) # Prints "true"
|
|
print("-12".is_valid_int()) # Prints "true"
|
|
[/codeblock]
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="is_valid_ip_address" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns [code]true[/code] if this string contains only a well-formatted IPv4 or IPv6 address. This method considers [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses]reserved IP addresses[/url] such as [code]0.0.0.0[/code] as valid.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="join" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="parts" type="PackedStringArray" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a [String] which is the concatenation of the [param parts]. The separator between elements is the string providing this method.
|
|
Example:
|
|
[codeblocks]
|
|
[gdscript]
|
|
print(", ".join(["One", "Two", "Three", "Four"]))
|
|
[/gdscript]
|
|
[csharp]
|
|
GD.Print(String.Join(",", new string[] {"One", "Two", "Three", "Four"}));
|
|
[/csharp]
|
|
[/codeblocks]
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="json_escape" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the JSON standard.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="left" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="length" type="int" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a number of characters from the left of the string. If negative [param length] is used, the characters are counted downwards from [String]'s length.
|
|
Examples:
|
|
[codeblock]
|
|
print("sample text".left(3)) #prints "sam"
|
|
print("sample text".left(-3)) #prints "sample t"
|
|
[/codeblock]
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="length" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="int" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the number of characters in the string.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="lpad" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="min_length" type="int" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="character" type="String" default="" "" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Formats a string to be at least [param min_length] long by adding [param character]s to the left of the string.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="lstrip" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="chars" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a copy of the string with characters removed from the left. The [param chars] argument is a string specifying the set of characters to be removed.
|
|
[b]Note:[/b] The [param chars] is not a prefix. See [method trim_prefix] method that will remove a single prefix string rather than a set of characters.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="match" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="expr" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Does a simple case-sensitive expression match, where [code]"*"[/code] matches zero or more arbitrary characters and [code]"?"[/code] matches any single character except a period ([code]"."[/code]). An empty string or empty expression always evaluates to [code]false[/code].
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="matchn" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="expr" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Does a simple case-insensitive expression match, where [code]"*"[/code] matches zero or more arbitrary characters and [code]"?"[/code] matches any single character except a period ([code]"."[/code]). An empty string or empty expression always evaluates to [code]false[/code].
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="md5_buffer" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="PackedByteArray" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the MD5 hash of the string as an array of bytes.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="md5_text" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the MD5 hash of the string as a string.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="naturalnocasecmp_to" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="int" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="to" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Performs a case-insensitive [i]natural order[/i] comparison to another string. Returns [code]-1[/code] if less than, [code]1[/code] if greater than, or [code]0[/code] if equal. "less than" or "greater than" are determined by the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode code points[/url] of each string, which roughly matches the alphabetical order. Internally, lowercase characters will be converted to uppercase during the comparison.
|
|
When used for sorting, natural order comparison will order suites of numbers as expected by most people. If you sort the numbers from 1 to 10 using natural order, you will get [code][1, 2, 3, ...][/code] instead of [code][1, 10, 2, 3, ...][/code].
|
|
[b]Behavior with different string lengths:[/b] Returns [code]1[/code] if the "base" string is longer than the [param to] string or [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is shorter than the [param to] string. Keep in mind this length is determined by the number of Unicode codepoints, [i]not[/i] the actual visible characters.
|
|
[b]Behavior with empty strings:[/b] Returns [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is empty, [code]1[/code] if the [param to] string is empty or [code]0[/code] if both strings are empty.
|
|
To get a boolean result from a string comparison, use the [code]==[/code] operator instead. See also [method nocasecmp_to] and [method casecmp_to].
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="nocasecmp_to" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="int" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="to" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Performs a case-insensitive comparison to another string. Returns [code]-1[/code] if less than, [code]1[/code] if greater than, or [code]0[/code] if equal. "less than" or "greater than" are determined by the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode code points[/url] of each string, which roughly matches the alphabetical order. Internally, lowercase characters will be converted to uppercase during the comparison.
|
|
[b]Behavior with different string lengths:[/b] Returns [code]1[/code] if the "base" string is longer than the [param to] string or [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is shorter than the [param to] string. Keep in mind this length is determined by the number of Unicode codepoints, [i]not[/i] the actual visible characters.
|
|
[b]Behavior with empty strings:[/b] Returns [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is empty, [code]1[/code] if the [param to] string is empty or [code]0[/code] if both strings are empty.
|
|
To get a boolean result from a string comparison, use the [code]==[/code] operator instead. See also [method casecmp_to] and [method naturalnocasecmp_to].
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="num" qualifiers="static">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="number" type="float" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="decimals" type="int" default="-1" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Converts a [float] to a string representation of a decimal number.
|
|
The number of decimal places can be specified with [param decimals]. If [param decimals] is [code]-1[/code] (default), decimal places will be automatically adjusted so that the string representation has 14 significant digits (counting both digits to the left and the right of the decimal point).
|
|
Trailing zeros are not included in the string. The last digit will be rounded and not truncated.
|
|
Some examples:
|
|
[codeblock]
|
|
String.num(3.141593) # "3.141593"
|
|
String.num(3.141593, 3) # "3.142"
|
|
String.num(3.14159300) # "3.141593", no trailing zeros.
|
|
# Last digit will be rounded up here, which reduces total digit count since
|
|
# trailing zeros are removed:
|
|
String.num(42.129999, 5) # "42.13"
|
|
# If `decimals` is not specified, the total number of significant digits is 14:
|
|
String.num(-0.0000012345432123454321) # "-0.00000123454321"
|
|
String.num(-10000.0000012345432123454321) # "-10000.0000012345"
|
|
[/codeblock]
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="num_int64" qualifiers="static">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="number" type="int" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="base" type="int" default="10" />
|
|
<param index="2" name="capitalize_hex" type="bool" default="false" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Converts a signed [int] to a string representation of a number.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="num_scientific" qualifiers="static">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="number" type="float" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="num_uint64" qualifiers="static">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="number" type="int" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="base" type="int" default="10" />
|
|
<param index="2" name="capitalize_hex" type="bool" default="false" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Converts a unsigned [int] to a string representation of a number.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="pad_decimals" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="digits" type="int" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Formats a number to have an exact number of [param digits] after the decimal point.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="pad_zeros" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="digits" type="int" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Formats a number to have an exact number of [param digits] before the decimal point.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="path_join" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="file" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
If the string is a path, this concatenates [param file] at the end of the string as a subpath. E.g. [code]"this/is".path_join("path") == "this/is/path"[/code].
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="repeat" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="count" type="int" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns original string repeated a number of times. The number of repetitions is given by the argument.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="replace" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="forwhat" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Replaces occurrences of a case-sensitive substring with the given one inside the string.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="replacen" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="forwhat" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Replaces occurrences of a case-insensitive substring with the given one inside the string.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="rfind" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="int" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="-1" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the index of the [b]last[/b] case-sensitive occurrence of the specified string in this instance, or [code]-1[/code]. Optionally, the starting search index can be specified, continuing to the beginning of the string.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="rfindn" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="int" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="what" type="String" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="from" type="int" default="-1" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the index of the [b]last[/b] case-insensitive occurrence of the specified string in this instance, or [code]-1[/code]. Optionally, the starting search index can be specified, continuing to the beginning of the string.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="right" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="length" type="int" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a number of characters from the right of the string. If negative [param length] is used, the characters are counted downwards from [String]'s length.
|
|
Examples:
|
|
[codeblock]
|
|
print("sample text".right(3)) #prints "ext"
|
|
print("sample text".right(-3)) #prints "ple text"
|
|
[/codeblock]
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="rpad" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="min_length" type="int" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="character" type="String" default="" "" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Formats a string to be at least [param min_length] long by adding [param character]s to the right of the string.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="rsplit" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="PackedStringArray" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="allow_empty" type="bool" default="true" />
|
|
<param index="2" name="maxsplit" type="int" default="0" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Splits the string by a [param delimiter] string and returns an array of the substrings, starting from right.
|
|
The splits in the returned array are sorted in the same order as the original string, from left to right.
|
|
If [param allow_empty] is [code]true[/code], and there are two adjacent delimiters in the string, it will add an empty string to the array of substrings at this position.
|
|
If [param maxsplit] is specified, it defines the number of splits to do from the right up to [param maxsplit]. The default value of 0 means that all items are split, thus giving the same result as [method split].
|
|
Example:
|
|
[codeblocks]
|
|
[gdscript]
|
|
var some_string = "One,Two,Three,Four"
|
|
var some_array = some_string.rsplit(",", true, 1)
|
|
print(some_array.size()) # Prints 2
|
|
print(some_array[0]) # Prints "One,Two,Three"
|
|
print(some_array[1]) # Prints "Four"
|
|
[/gdscript]
|
|
[csharp]
|
|
// There is no Rsplit.
|
|
[/csharp]
|
|
[/codeblocks]
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="rstrip" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="chars" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a copy of the string with characters removed from the right. The [param chars] argument is a string specifying the set of characters to be removed.
|
|
[b]Note:[/b] The [param chars] is not a suffix. See [method trim_suffix] method that will remove a single suffix string rather than a set of characters.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="sha1_buffer" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="PackedByteArray" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the SHA-1 hash of the string as an array of bytes.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="sha1_text" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the SHA-1 hash of the string as a string.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="sha256_buffer" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="PackedByteArray" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the SHA-256 hash of the string as an array of bytes.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="sha256_text" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the SHA-256 hash of the string as a string.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="similarity" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="float" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="text" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the similarity index ([url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8rensen%E2%80%93Dice_coefficient]Sorensen-Dice coefficient[/url]) of this string compared to another. A result of 1.0 means totally similar, while 0.0 means totally dissimilar.
|
|
[codeblock]
|
|
print("ABC123".similarity("ABC123")) # Prints "1"
|
|
print("ABC123".similarity("XYZ456")) # Prints "0"
|
|
print("ABC123".similarity("123ABC")) # Prints "0.8"
|
|
print("ABC123".similarity("abc123")) # Prints "0.4"
|
|
[/codeblock]
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="simplify_path" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a simplified canonical path.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="split" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="PackedStringArray" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="allow_empty" type="bool" default="true" />
|
|
<param index="2" name="maxsplit" type="int" default="0" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Splits the string by a [param delimiter] string and returns an array of the substrings. The [param delimiter] can be of any length.
|
|
If [param allow_empty] is [code]true[/code], and there are two adjacent delimiters in the string, it will add an empty string to the array of substrings at this position.
|
|
If [param maxsplit] is specified, it defines the number of splits to do from the left up to [param maxsplit]. The default value of [code]0[/code] means that all items are split.
|
|
If you need only one element from the array at a specific index, [method get_slice] is a more performant option.
|
|
Example:
|
|
[codeblocks]
|
|
[gdscript]
|
|
var some_string = "One,Two,Three,Four"
|
|
var some_array = some_string.split(",", true, 1)
|
|
print(some_array.size()) # Prints 2
|
|
print(some_array[0]) # Prints "Four"
|
|
print(some_array[1]) # Prints "Three,Two,One"
|
|
[/gdscript]
|
|
[csharp]
|
|
var someString = "One,Two,Three,Four";
|
|
var someArray = someString.Split(",", true); // This is as close as it gets to Godots API.
|
|
GD.Print(someArray[0]); // Prints "Four"
|
|
GD.Print(someArray[1]); // Prints "Three,Two,One"
|
|
[/csharp]
|
|
[/codeblocks]
|
|
If you need to split strings with more complex rules, use the [RegEx] class instead.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="split_floats" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="PackedFloat32Array" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="allow_empty" type="bool" default="true" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Splits the string in floats by using a delimiter string and returns an array of the substrings.
|
|
For example, [code]"1,2.5,3"[/code] will return [code][1,2.5,3][/code] if split by [code]","[/code].
|
|
If [param allow_empty] is [code]true[/code], and there are two adjacent delimiters in the string, it will add an empty string to the array of substrings at this position.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="strip_edges" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="left" type="bool" default="true" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="right" type="bool" default="true" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a copy of the string stripped of any non-printable character (including tabulations, spaces and line breaks) at the beginning and the end. The optional arguments are used to toggle stripping on the left and right edges respectively.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="strip_escapes" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a copy of the string stripped of any escape character. These include all non-printable control characters of the first page of the ASCII table (< 32), such as tabulation ([code]\t[/code] in C) and newline ([code]\n[/code] and [code]\r[/code]) characters, but not spaces.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="substr" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="from" type="int" />
|
|
<param index="1" name="len" type="int" default="-1" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns part of the string from the position [param from] with length [param len]. Argument [param len] is optional and using [code]-1[/code] will return remaining characters from given position.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="to_ascii_buffer" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="PackedByteArray" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Converts the String (which is a character array) to ASCII/Latin-1 encoded [PackedByteArray] (which is an array of bytes). The conversion is faster compared to [method to_utf8_buffer], as this method assumes that all the characters in the String are ASCII/Latin-1 characters, unsupported characters are replaced with spaces.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="to_camel_case" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns the string converted to [code]camelCase[/code].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="to_float" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="float" />
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<description>
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Converts a string containing a decimal number into a [code]float[/code]. The method will stop on the first non-number character except the first [code].[/code] (decimal point), and [code]e[/code] which is used for exponential.
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[codeblock]
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print("12.3".to_float()) # 12.3
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print("1.2.3".to_float()) # 1.2
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print("12ab3".to_float()) # 12
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print("1e3".to_float()) # 1000
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[/codeblock]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="to_int" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="int" />
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<description>
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Converts a string containing an integer number into an [code]int[/code]. The method will remove any non-number character and stop if it encounters a [code].[/code].
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[codeblock]
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print("123".to_int()) # 123
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print("a1b2c3".to_int()) # 123
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print("1.2.3".to_int()) # 1
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[/codeblock]
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="to_lower" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns the string converted to lowercase.
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="to_pascal_case" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns the string converted to [code]PascalCase[/code].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="to_snake_case" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns the string converted to [code]snake_case[/code].
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</description>
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</method>
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<method name="to_upper" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="String" />
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<description>
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Returns the string converted to uppercase.
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</description>
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</method>
|
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<method name="to_utf16_buffer" qualifiers="const">
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<return type="PackedByteArray" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Converts the String (which is an array of characters) to UTF-16 encoded [PackedByteArray] (which is an array of bytes).
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</description>
|
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</method>
|
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<method name="to_utf32_buffer" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="PackedByteArray" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Converts the String (which is an array of characters) to UTF-32 encoded [PackedByteArray] (which is an array of bytes).
|
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</description>
|
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</method>
|
|
<method name="to_utf8_buffer" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="PackedByteArray" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Converts the String (which is an array of characters) to UTF-8 encode [PackedByteArray] (which is an array of bytes). The conversion is a bit slower than [method to_ascii_buffer], but supports all UTF-8 characters. Therefore, you should prefer this function over [method to_ascii_buffer].
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</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="trim_prefix" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="prefix" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Removes a given string from the start if it starts with it or leaves the string unchanged.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="trim_suffix" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="suffix" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Removes a given string from the end if it ends with it or leaves the string unchanged.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="unicode_at" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="int" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="at" type="int" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns the character code at position [param at].
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="uri_decode" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Decodes a string in URL encoded format. This is meant to decode parameters in a URL when receiving an HTTP request.
|
|
[codeblocks]
|
|
[gdscript]
|
|
print("https://example.org/?escaped=" + "Godot%20Engine%3A%27docs%27".uri_decode())
|
|
[/gdscript]
|
|
[csharp]
|
|
GD.Print("https://example.org/?escaped=" + "Godot%20Engine%3a%27Docs%27".URIDecode());
|
|
[/csharp]
|
|
[/codeblocks]
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="uri_encode" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Encodes a string to URL friendly format. This is meant to encode parameters in a URL when sending an HTTP request.
|
|
[codeblocks]
|
|
[gdscript]
|
|
print("https://example.org/?escaped=" + "Godot Engine:'docs'".uri_encode())
|
|
[/gdscript]
|
|
[csharp]
|
|
GD.Print("https://example.org/?escaped=" + "Godot Engine:'docs'".URIEncode());
|
|
[/csharp]
|
|
[/codeblocks]
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="validate_node_name" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Removes any characters from the string that are prohibited in [Node] names ([code].[/code] [code]:[/code] [code]@[/code] [code]/[/code] [code]"[/code]).
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="xml_escape" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="escape_quotes" type="bool" default="false" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the XML standard. If [param escape_quotes] is [code]true[/code], the single quote ([code]'[/code]) and double quote ([code]"[/code]) characters are also escaped.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
<method name="xml_unescape" qualifiers="const">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
Returns a copy of the string with escaped characters replaced by their meanings according to the XML standard.
|
|
</description>
|
|
</method>
|
|
</methods>
|
|
<operators>
|
|
<operator name="operator !=">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator !=">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="StringName" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator %">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="Variant" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator +">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator +">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="int" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator <">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator <=">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator ==">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator ==">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="StringName" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator >">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator >=">
|
|
<return type="bool" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="right" type="String" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
<operator name="operator []">
|
|
<return type="String" />
|
|
<param index="0" name="index" type="int" />
|
|
<description>
|
|
</description>
|
|
</operator>
|
|
</operators>
|
|
</class>
|