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+{$mode objfpc}
+{$h+}
+{
+    $Id$
+    This file is part of the Free Pascal run time library.
+    Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by the Free Pascal development team
+
+    Delphi/Kylix compatibility unit: String handling routines. 
+    
+    See the file COPYING.FPC, included in this distribution,
+    for details about the copyright.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+ **********************************************************************}
+unit strutils;
+
+interface
+
+uses
+  SysUtils{, Types};
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Case sensitive search/replace
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+Function AnsiResemblesText(const AText, AOther: string): Boolean;
+Function AnsiContainsText(const AText, ASubText: string): Boolean;
+Function AnsiStartsText(const ASubText, AText: string): Boolean;
+Function AnsiEndsText(const ASubText, AText: string): Boolean;
+Function AnsiReplaceText(const AText, AFromText, AToText: string): string;
+Function AnsiMatchText(const AText: string; const AValues: array of string): Boolean;
+Function AnsiIndexText(const AText: string; const AValues: array of string): Integer;
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Case insensitive search/replace
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+Function AnsiContainsStr(const AText, ASubText: string): Boolean;
+Function AnsiStartsStr(const ASubText, AText: string): Boolean;
+Function AnsiEndsStr(const ASubText, AText: string): Boolean;
+Function AnsiReplaceStr(const AText, AFromText, AToText: string): string;
+Function AnsiMatchStr(const AText: string; const AValues: array of string): Boolean;
+Function AnsiIndexStr(const AText: string; const AValues: array of string): Integer;
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Playthingies
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+Function DupeString(const AText: string; ACount: Integer): string;
+Function ReverseString(const AText: string): string;
+Function AnsiReverseString(const AText: AnsiString): AnsiString;
+Function StuffString(const AText: string; AStart, ALength: Cardinal;  const ASubText: string): string;
+Function RandomFrom(const AValues: array of string): string; overload;
+Function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: string; AFalse: string): string; 
+Function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: string): string; // ; AFalse: string = ''
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    VB emulations.
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+Function LeftStr(const AText: AnsiString; const ACount: Integer): AnsiString; 
+Function RightStr(const AText: AnsiString; const ACount: Integer): AnsiString; 
+Function MidStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AStart, ACount: Integer): AnsiString; 
+Function RightBStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AByteCount: Integer): AnsiString;
+Function MidBStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AByteStart, AByteCount: Integer): AnsiString;
+Function AnsiLeftStr(const AText: AnsiString; const ACount: Integer): AnsiString;
+Function AnsiRightStr(const AText: AnsiString; const ACount: Integer): AnsiString;
+Function AnsiMidStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AStart, ACount: Integer): AnsiString;
+{$ifndef ver1_0}
+Function LeftBStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AByteCount: Integer): AnsiString;
+Function LeftStr(const AText: WideString; const ACount: Integer): WideString; 
+Function RightStr(const AText: WideString; const ACount: Integer): WideString; 
+Function MidStr(const AText: WideString; const AStart, ACount: Integer): WideString; 
+{$endif}
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Extended search and replace
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+  
+const
+  { Default word delimiters are any character except the core alphanumerics. }
+  WordDelimiters: set of Char = [#0..#255] - ['a'..'z','A'..'Z','1'..'9','0'];
+
+type
+  TStringSeachOption = (soDown, soMatchCase, soWholeWord);
+  TStringSearchOptions = set of TStringSeachOption;
+
+Function SearchBuf(Buf: PChar; BufLen: Integer; SelStart, SelLength: Integer; SearchString: String; Options: TStringSearchOptions): PChar;
+Function SearchBuf(Buf: PChar; BufLen: Integer; SelStart, SelLength: Integer; SearchString: String): PChar; // ; Options: TStringSearchOptions = [soDown]
+Function PosEx(const SubStr, S: string; Offset: Cardinal): Integer;
+Function PosEx(const SubStr, S: string): Integer; // Offset: Cardinal = 1
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Soundex Functions.
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+type
+  TSoundexLength = 1..MaxInt;
+
+Function Soundex(const AText: string; ALength: TSoundexLength): string;
+Function Soundex(const AText: string): string; // ; ALength: TSoundexLength = 4
+
+type
+  TSoundexIntLength = 1..8;
+
+Function SoundexInt(const AText: string; ALength: TSoundexIntLength): Integer;
+Function SoundexInt(const AText: string): Integer; //; ALength: TSoundexIntLength = 4
+Function DecodeSoundexInt(AValue: Integer): string;
+Function SoundexWord(const AText: string): Word;
+Function DecodeSoundexWord(AValue: Word): string;
+Function SoundexSimilar(const AText, AOther: string; ALength: TSoundexLength): Boolean;
+Function SoundexSimilar(const AText, AOther: string): Boolean; //; ALength: TSoundexLength = 4
+Function SoundexCompare(const AText, AOther: string; ALength: TSoundexLength): Integer;
+Function SoundexCompare(const AText, AOther: string): Integer; //; ALength: TSoundexLength = 4
+Function SoundexProc(const AText, AOther: string): Boolean;
+
+type
+  TCompareTextProc = Function(const AText, AOther: string): Boolean;
+
+Const
+  AnsiResemblesProc: TCompareTextProc = @SoundexProc;
+
+implementation
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Auxiliary functions
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+Procedure NotYetImplemented (FN : String);
+
+begin
+  Raise Exception.CreateFmt('Function "%s" (strutils) is not yet implemented',[FN]);
+end;  
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Case sensitive search/replace
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+Function AnsiResemblesText(const AText, AOther: string): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiResemblesText');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiContainsText(const AText, ASubText: string): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiContainsText');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiStartsText(const ASubText, AText: string): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiStartsText');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiEndsText(const ASubText, AText: string): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiEndsText');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiReplaceText(const AText, AFromText, AToText: string): string;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiReplaceText');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiMatchText(const AText: string; const AValues: array of string): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiMatchText');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiIndexText(const AText: string; const AValues: array of string): Integer;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiIndexText');
+end;
+
+
+
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Case insensitive search/replace
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+Function AnsiContainsStr(const AText, ASubText: string): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiContainsStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiStartsStr(const ASubText, AText: string): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiStartsStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiEndsStr(const ASubText, AText: string): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiEndsStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiReplaceStr(const AText, AFromText, AToText: string): string;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiReplaceStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiMatchStr(const AText: string; const AValues: array of string): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiMatchStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiIndexStr(const AText: string; const AValues: array of string): Integer;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiIndexStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Playthingies
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+Function DupeString(const AText: string; ACount: Integer): string;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' DupeString');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function ReverseString(const AText: string): string;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' ReverseString');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiReverseString(const AText: AnsiString): AnsiString;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiReverseString');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function StuffString(const AText: string; AStart, ALength: Cardinal;  const ASubText: string): string;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' StuffString');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function RandomFrom(const AValues: array of string): string; overload;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' RandomFrom');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: string; AFalse: string): string; 
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' IfThen');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: string): string; // ; AFalse: string = ''
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' IfThen');
+end;
+
+
+
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    VB emulations.
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+Function LeftStr(const AText: AnsiString; const ACount: Integer): AnsiString; 
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' LeftStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function RightStr(const AText: AnsiString; const ACount: Integer): AnsiString; 
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' RightStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function MidStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AStart, ACount: Integer): AnsiString; 
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' MidStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function LeftBStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AByteCount: Integer): AnsiString;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' LeftBStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function RightBStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AByteCount: Integer): AnsiString;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' RightBStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function MidBStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AByteStart, AByteCount: Integer): AnsiString;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' MidBStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiLeftStr(const AText: AnsiString; const ACount: Integer): AnsiString;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiLeftStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiRightStr(const AText: AnsiString; const ACount: Integer): AnsiString;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiRightStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function AnsiMidStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AStart, ACount: Integer): AnsiString;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' AnsiMidStr');
+end;
+
+{$ifndef ver1_0}
+Function LeftStr(const AText: WideString; const ACount: Integer): WideString; 
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' LeftStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function RightStr(const AText: WideString; const ACount: Integer): WideString; 
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' RightStr');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function MidStr(const AText: WideString; const AStart, ACount: Integer): WideString; 
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' MidStr');
+end;
+{$endif}
+
+
+
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Extended search and replace
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+
+Function SearchBuf(Buf: PChar; BufLen: Integer; SelStart, SelLength: Integer; SearchString: String; Options: TStringSearchOptions): PChar;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' SearchBuf');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function SearchBuf(Buf: PChar; BufLen: Integer; SelStart, SelLength: Integer; SearchString: String): PChar; // ; Options: TStringSearchOptions = [soDown]
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' SearchBuf');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function PosEx(const SubStr, S: string; Offset: Cardinal): Integer;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' PosEx');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function PosEx(const SubStr, S: string): Integer; // Offset: Cardinal = 1
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' PosEx');
+end;
+
+
+
+
+{ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Soundex Functions.
+  ---------------------------------------------------------------------}
+Const
+SScore : array[1..255] of Char =
+     ('0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0', // 1..32
+      '0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0', // 33..64
+      '0','1','2','3','0','1','2','i','0','2','2','4','5','5','0','1','2','6','2','3','0','1','i','2','i','2', // 64..90
+      '0','0','0','0','0','0', // 91..95
+      '0','1','2','3','0','1','2','i','0','2','2','4','5','5','0','1','2','6','2','3','0','1','i','2','i','2', // 96..122
+      '0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0', // 123..154
+      '0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0', // 155..186
+      '0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0', // 187..218
+      '0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0', // 219..250
+      '0','0','0','0','0'); // 251..255 
+                    
+
+
+Function Soundex(const AText: string; ALength: TSoundexLength): string;
+
+Var
+  S,PS : Char;
+  I,L : integer;
+  
+begin
+  Result:='';
+  PS:=#0;
+  If Length(AText)>0 then
+    begin
+    Result:=Upcase(AText[1]);
+    I:=2;
+    L:=Length(AText);
+    While (I<=L) and (Length(Result)<ALength) do
+      begin
+      S:=SScore[Ord(AText[i])];
+      If Not (S in ['0','i',PS]) then
+        Result:=Result+S;
+      If (S<>'i') then
+        PS:=S;
+      Inc(I);  
+      end;
+    end;
+  L:=Length(Result);
+  If (L<ALength) then  
+    Result:=Result+StringOfChar('0',Alength-L);
+end;
+
+
+
+Function Soundex(const AText: string): string; // ; ALength: TSoundexLength = 4
+
+begin
+  Result:=Soundex(AText,4);
+end;
+
+
+
+Function SoundexInt(const AText: string; ALength: TSoundexIntLength): Integer;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' SoundexInt');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function SoundexInt(const AText: string): Integer; //; ALength: TSoundexIntLength = 4
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' SoundexInt');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function DecodeSoundexInt(AValue: Integer): string;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' DecodeSoundexInt');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function SoundexWord(const AText: string): Word;
+
+Var  
+  S : String;
+
+begin
+  S:=SoundEx(Atext,4);
+  Writeln('Soundex result : "',S,'"');
+  Result:=Ord(S[1])-Ord('A');
+  Result:=Result*26+StrToInt(S[2]);
+  Result:=Result*7+StrToInt(S[3]);
+  Result:=Result*7+StrToInt(S[4]);
+end;
+
+
+
+Function DecodeSoundexWord(AValue: Word): string;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' DecodeSoundexWord');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function SoundexSimilar(const AText, AOther: string; ALength: TSoundexLength): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' SoundexSimilar');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function SoundexSimilar(const AText, AOther: string): Boolean; //; ALength: TSoundexLength = 4
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' SoundexSimilar');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function SoundexCompare(const AText, AOther: string; ALength: TSoundexLength): Integer;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' SoundexCompare');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function SoundexCompare(const AText, AOther: string): Integer; //; ALength: TSoundexLength = 4
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' SoundexCompare');
+end;
+
+
+
+Function SoundexProc(const AText, AOther: string): Boolean;
+
+begin
+  NotYetImplemented(' SoundexProc');
+end;
+
+end.