Hpp.String

HELPERS for working with Strings

Documentation

stringify :: String -> String

Stringification puts double quotes around a string and backslashes before existing double quote characters and backslash characters.

unquote :: String -> String

Remove double quote characters from the ends of a string.

trimSpaces :: String -> String

Trim trailing spaces from a String

breakOn :: String -> String -> (String, String)

Similar to the function of the same name in the text package.

breakOn needle haystack finds the first instance of needle in haystack. The first component of the result is the prefix of haystack before needle is matched. The second is the remainder of haystack, starting with the match.

cons :: a -> [a] -> [a]

Used to make switching to the text package easier.