Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Changed

minimum required Haxe version is now 4.2.x

[7.0.5] - 2024-03-28

Fixed

Issue#14 RandomStrings.randomAsciiAlpha returns illegal chars (thanks to https://github.com/singpolyma)

[7.0.4] - 2024-03-18

Fixed

Issue#13 Null safety error in CharIterator with Haxe 4.3.4

[7.0.3] - 2023-05-06

Fixed

`Warning : (WDeprecated) '@:enum abstract' is deprecated in favor of 'enum' with Haxe 4.3
Version.compareTo throws improve cppia support on CPPIA

Changed

Speed up Strings.(starts|ends)With on Lua

[7.0.2] - 2021-08-06

Fixed

lua compatibility issues

[7.0.1] - 2021-08-05

Fixed

lua null-safety false positive

[7.0.0] - 2021-08-04

Added

method Strings#toFloatOrNull
method Strings#toIntOrNull

Changed

enabled null safety
Strings#toEReg() now throws an exception instead of returning null if input string is null
changed signature of Strings#toFloat from (String, Null<Float>):Null<Float> to (String, Float):Float
changed signature of Strings#toInt from (String, Null<Int>):Null<Int> to (String, Int):Int

[6.0.4] - 2021-05-07

Fixed

Issue#10 Warning : Std.is is deprecated. Use Std.isOfType instead.

[6.0.3] - 2020-07-18

Fixed

Issue#9 Warning : Using "is" as an identifier is deprecated

[6.0.2] - 2020-07-14

Fixed

Issue#8 Warning : __js__ is deprecated, use js.Syntax.code instead

[6.0.1] - 2020-04-21

Fixed

added workarounds for JVM target bugs
added workaround for eval target bug

[6.0.0] - 2020-04-20

Added

property CharIterator#current:Null<Char>
method CharPos#toString()
method StringDiff#toString()

Changed

minimum required Haxe version is now 4.x
removed support for old PHP5 target
StringSet.addAll(null) now throws an exception

Fixed

CharIterator#prev() does not throw EOF as expected
PR#5 Ansi.cursor(RestorePos) performs saves position instead of restoring it

Removed

deprecated hx.strings.Paths module (use hx.files.Path of the haxe-files haxelib instead)

[5.2.4] - 2019-12-10

Changed

enable Pattern.MatchingOption#DOTALL option for HL, Lua, NodeJS, Python targets
reduce usage of deprecated haxe.Utf8 class

[5.2.3] - 2019-09-20

Fixed

fixes for Haxe 4 RC5

[5.2.2] - 2018-12-17

Fixed

Workaround for Haxe Issue 5336 "Utf8.compare() for CS treats upper-/lowercase chars differently than other platforms"
String8 abstract does not work Haxe 4

[5.2.1] - 2018-11-27

Fixed

"ReferenceError: window is not defined" on node.js

[5.2.0] - 2018-11-27

Added

method Pattern#remove()
type hx.strings.AnyAsString

Fixed

OS.isWindows does not work with PhantomJS

[5.1.0] - 2018-11-10

Added

renderMethod parameter to Strings#ansiToHtml() (thanks to https://github.com/emugel)

Fixed

make Pattern, OrderedStringMap, StringBuilder compatible with Haxe 4 Preview 5

[5.0.1] - 2018-04-20

Changed

replaced license header by "SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0"
StringMap is now usable in macro mode
deprecated hx.strings.Paths

Fixed

OS.isWindows does not work with Node.js

[5.0.0] - 2017-11-05

Added

parameter 'interpolationPrefix' to hx.strings.StringMacros#multiline()
property hx.strings.collection.SortedStringMap#size

Changed

minimum required Haxe version is now 3.4.x
removed workarounds for Haxe 3.2 and lower
renamed hx.strings.collection.OrderedStringMap#clone() to #copy() for Haxe 4 compatiblity
renamed hx.strings.collection.StringMap#clone() to #copy() for Haxe 4 compatiblity
renamed hx.strings.collection.SortedStringMap#clone() to #copy() for Haxe 4 compatiblity
use php.Syntax.code instead of "untyped call" for Haxe 4 compatiblity

Fixed

[flash] workaround for 'Cannot create Vector without knowing runtime type'
String8.String8Generator is broken

Removed

unused 'comparator' constructor parameter from hx.strings.collection.OrderedStringSet

[4.0.0] - 2017-05-25

Added

class hx.strings.CharIterator
class hx.strings.Strings.CharPos
class hx.strings.collection.OrderedStringMap
class hx.strings.collection.OrderedStringSet
class hx.strings.StringMacros
function hx.strings.Strings#toCharIterator()
function hx.strings.collection.StringSet#addAll()
function hx.strings.collection.StringArray#contains()
function hx.strings.collection.StringArray#pushAll()
function hx.strings.StringBuilder#asOutput()
function hx.strings.Version#isCompatible()
parameter 'charsToRemove' to hx.strings.Strings#trim...() methods

Changed

renamed hx.strings.collection.StringTreeMap to hx.strings.collection.SortedStringMap
replaced hx.strings.CharPos abstract with hx.strings.Strings.CharIndex typedef
replaced hx.strings.collection.StringMaps class with hx.strings.collection.StringMap abstract

[3.0.0] - 2017-03-27

Added

function hx.strings.Pattern.Matcher#reset(str)
function hx.strings.StringBuilder#insert()
function hx.strings.StringBuilder#insertAll()
function hx.strings.StringBuilder#insertChar()
parameter hx.strings.RandomStrings#randomUUIDv4(separator)
parameter 'notFoundDefault' to hx.strings.Strings#substring...() methods

Removed

function hx.strings.StringBuilder#prepend()
function hx.strings.StringBuilder#prependAll()
function hx.strings.StringBuilder#prependChar()

Changed

StringBuilder now uses C#'s native StringBuilder#clear()/#insert() methods

[2.5.0] - 2017-03-03

Added

type hx.strings.RandomStrings (#randomUUIDV4(), #randomDigits(), ...)
type hx.strings.String8
type hx.strings.collection.StringMaps
function hx.strings.Strings#containsOnly()
function hx.strings.Strings#compact()
function hx.strings.Strings#removeAfter()
function hx.strings.Strings#removeAt()
function hx.strings.Strings#removeBefore()
function hx.strings.Strings#removeFirst()
function hx.strings.Strings#randomSubstring()
function hx.strings.collection.StringTreeMap#clone()
function hx.strings.collection.StringTreeMap#setAll()

Changed

renamed hx.strings.Strings#insert() to #insertAt()

[2.4.0] - 2017-02-28

Added

type hx.strings.collection.StringArray
function hx.strings.collection.StringSet#isEmpty()
function hx.strings.collection.StringTreeMap#isEmpty()

[2.3.0] - 2017-02-25

Added

function hx.strings.Strings#containsWhitespaces()
function hx.strings.Strings#insert()
function hx.strings.Strings#splitAt()
function hx.strings.Strings#splitEvery()
Support for Node.js

[2.2.0] - 2017-01-02

Added

type hx.strings.Version (Version parsing according SemVer.org 2.0 specification)
function hx.strings.Char#isAsciiAlphanumeric()
function hx.strings.Strings#indentLines()

[2.1.0] - 2016-08-21

Added

package hx.strings.ansi: type-safe ANSI escape sequence generation

[2.0.2] - 2016-07-11

Fixed

[hl] interim workaround for "EReg.hx Unsupported escaped char '/'"
[cpp] interim fix for static initializer issue

[2.0.1] - 2016-07-09

Fixed

"Warning: maybe loop in static generation"

[2.0.0] - 2016-07-09

Added

spell checker in package hx.strings.spelling
type hx.strings.collection.SortedStringSet
type hx.strings.collection.StringSet
type hx.strings.collection.StringTreeMap
type hx.strings.Paths for path related string manipulations
function hx.strings.Pattern.Matcher#iterate()
function hx.strings.Strings#ellipsizeLeft()
function hx.strings.Strings#ellipsizeMiddle()
function hx.strings.Strings#getLevenshteinDistance()
function hx.strings.Strings#getFuzzyDistance()
function hx.strings.Strings#getLongestCommonSubstring()
function hx.strings.Strings#isLowerCase()
function hx.strings.Strings#isUpperCase()
function hx.strings.Strings#left()
function hx.strings.Strings#right()
function hx.strings.Strings#removeLeading()
function hx.strings.Strings#removeTrailing()
fields hx.strings.Char#CARET/#EXCLAMATION_MARK/and constants for characters 0-9

Changed

changed license from MIT to Apache License 2.0
hx.strings.Strings#split8() now allows multiple separators
slight performance improvement in hx.strings.StringBuilder
renamed hx.strings.Strings#stripAnsi() to hx.strings.Strings#removeAnsi()
renamed hx.strings.Strings#stripTags() to hx.strings.Strings#removeTags()
renamed hx.strings.Strings#ltrim() to hx.strings.Strings#trimLeft()
renamed hx.strings.Strings#rstrip() to hx.strings.Strings#trimRight()
renamed hx.strings.Strings#abbreviate() to hx.strings.Strings#ellipsizeRight()
renamed hx.strings.Strings#hex() to hx.strings.Strings#toHex()
moved hx.strings.Strings#PATH_SEPARATOR to hx.strings.Paths#DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
moved hx.strings.Strings#globToEReg() to hx.strings.Paths#globToEReg()
moved hx.strings.Strings#globToPattern() to hx.strings.Paths#globToPattern()
moved hx.strings.Strings#globToRegEx() to hx.strings.Paths#globToRegEx()

Fixed

hx.strings.Char.toLowerCase() was broken for character I

[1.2.0] - 2016-06-21

Added

function hx.strings.Strings#endsWithAny()
function hx.strings.Strings#endsWithAnyIgnoreCase()
function hx.strings.Strings#startsWithAny()
function hx.strings.Strings#startsWithAnyIgnoreCase()
function hx.strings.Strings#toTitle()
parameter 'algorithm' to hx.strings.Strings#hashCode()

Fixed

hx.strings.StringBuilder#addChar() with values between 128 and 255 didn't work on all platforms as expected

[1.1.0] - 2016-06-11

Added

type hx.strings.Pattern for threadsafe pattern matching
function hx.strings.Strings#abbreviate()
function hx.strings.Strings#globToPattern()
function hx.strings.Strings#substringBetween()
function hx.strings.Strings#substringBetweenIgnoreCase()
function hx.strings.Strings#toBool()
function hx.strings.Strings#toFloat()
function hx.strings.Strings#toInt()
function hx.strings.Strings#toPattern()
function hx.strings.Strings#wrap()
function hx.strings.StringBuilder#isEmpty()

[1.0.0] - 2016-06-05

Added

Initial release