/**
 * :TODO: license info
 */

#if defined _string_included
 #endinput
#endif
#define _string_included

/**
 * @GLOBAL@
 *   Unless otherwise noted, all string functions which take in a writable buffer and maximum length
 * should have the null terminator INCLUDED in the length.  This means that this is valid:
 *   StrCopy(string, sizeof(string), ...)
 */

/**
 * Calculates the length of a string.
 *
 * @param str		String to check.
 * @return		Length of string, in cells (NOT characters).
 */
native strlen(const String:str[]);

/**
 * Tests whether a string is found inside another string.
 *
 * @param str			String to search in.
 * @param substr		Substring to find inside the original string.
 * @param caseSensitive	If true (default), search is case sensitive.
 * 					If false, search is case insensitive.
 * @return			-1 on failure (no match found).  Any other value
 *					indicates a position in the string where the match starts.
 */
native StrContains(const String:str[], const String:substr[], bool:caseSensitive=true);

/**
 * Compares two strings lexographically.
 *
 * @param str1			First string (left).
 * @param str2			Second string (right).
 * @param caseSensitive	If true (default), comparison is case sensitive.
 * 					If false, comparison is case insensitive.
 * @return			-1 if str1 < str2
 *					0 if str1 == str2
 * 					1 if str1 > str2
 */
native StrCompare(const String:str1[], const String:str2[], bool:caseSensitive=true);

/**
 * Returns whether two strings are equal.
 *
 *
 * @param str1			First string (left).
 * @param str2			Second string (right).
 * @param caseSensitive	If true (default), comparison is case sensitive.
 * 					If false, comparison is case insensitive.
 * @return			True if equal, false otherwise.
 */
stock bool:StrEqual(const String:str1[], const String:str2[], bool:caseSensitive=true)
{
	return (StrCompare(str1, str2, caseSensitive) == 0);
}

/**
 * Copies one string to another string.
 * NOTE: If the destination buffer is too small to hold the source string,
 * the destination will be truncated.
 *
 * @param dest			Destination string buffer to copy to.
 * @param destlen		Destination buffer length (includes null terminator).
 * @param source		Source string buffer to copy from.
 * @return			Number of cells written.
 */
native StrCopy(String:dest[], destLen, const String:source[]);

/**
 * Converts a string to an integer.
 *
 * @param str			String to convert.
 * @param nBase		Numerical base to use.  10 is default.
 * @return			Integer conversion of string, or 0 on failure.
 */
native StringToInt(const String:str[], nBase=10);

/**
 * Converts an integer to a string.
 *
 * @param str			Buffer to store string in.
 * @param maxlength		Maximum length of string buffer.
 * @param num			Integer to convert.
 * @return			Number of cells written to buffer.
 */
native IntToString(String:str[], maxlength, num);

/** 
 * Converts a string to a floating point number.
 *
 * @param str			String to convert to a foat.
 * @return			Floating point result, or 0.0 on error.
 */
native Float:StringToFloat(const String:str[]);

/**
 * Converts a floating point number to a string.
 *
 * @param str			Buffer to store string in.
 * @param maxlength		Maximum length of string buffer.
 * @param num			Floating point number to convert.
 * @return			Number of cells written to buffer.
 */
native FloatToString(String:str[], maxlength, Float:num);