public class EString

Eliza string functions.

Field Summary
final static String	num The digits.

Method Summary
public static int	amatch(String str, String pat) Look for a match between the string and the pattern.
public static String	compress(String s) Compresses its input by: dropping space before space, comma, and period; adding space before question, if char before is not a space; and copying all others
public static int	count(String s, char c) Count number of occurrances of c in str
public static int	findNum(String str) Look for a number in the string.
public static int	findPat(String str, String pat) Search in successive positions of the string, looking for a match to the pattern.
public static boolean	match(String str, String pat, String matches)
static boolean	matchA(String str, String pat, String matches) Match the string against a pattern and fills in matches array with the pieces that matched * and #
static boolean	matchB(String strIn, String patIn, String matches)
public static String	pad(String s) Pad by ensuring there are spaces before and after the sentence.
public static String	translate(String str, String src, String dest)
public static String	trim(String s) Trim off leading space

final static String num = "0123456789"

public static int amatch(String str, String pat)

Look for a match between the string and the pattern. Return count of maching characters before * or #. Return -1 if strings do not match.

public static String compress(String s)

Compresses its input by: dropping space before space, comma, and period; adding space before question, if char before is not a space; and copying all others

public static int count(String s, char c)

Count number of occurrances of c in str

public static int findNum(String str)

Look for a number in the string. Return the number of digits at the beginning.

public static int findPat(String str, String pat)

Search in successive positions of the string, looking for a match to the pattern. Return the string position in str of the match, or -1 for no match.

public static boolean match(String str, String pat, String matches)

static boolean matchA(String str, String pat, String matches)

Match the string against a pattern and fills in matches array with the pieces that matched * and #

static boolean matchB(String strIn, String patIn, String matches)

public static String pad(String s)

Pad by ensuring there are spaces before and after the sentence.

public static String translate(String str, String src, String dest)

public static String trim(String s)

Trim off leading space