As a slight aside, is this module mentioned anywhere in the Racket Guide or Racket Reference? I tried to RTFM as much as possible but didn't see this module mentioned anywhere in the string pages. Should this module be mentioned for others like me?
- Cristian On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 4:52 AM, Robby Findler <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, mixing them is absolutely fine. > > Robby > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Erik Silkensen > <[email protected]> wrote: >> As far as I know it should be fine to just use a mix of the built-in and >> srfi/13 functions. >> >> -- Erik >> >> On Apr 11, 2012, at 11:25 PM, Cristian Esquivias wrote: >> >>> Hi Erik, >>> >>> Thanks for the library. Should I be calling (require srfi/13) or >>> import only the functions I want? That is, can I use a mix of the >>> built-in Racket string functions and srfi/13 functions, or will I have >>> to migrate completely to the srfi/13 functions? >>> >>> - Cristian >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Erik Silkensen >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Cristian, >>>> >>>> Check out SRFI 13: http://docs.racket-lang.org/srfi-std/srfi-13.html >>>> >>>> You can load it in Racket with (require srfi/13) >>>> >>>> -- Erik >>>> >>>> On Apr 11, 2012, at 10:57 PM, Cristian Esquivias wrote: >>>> >>>>> I just started getting my hands dirty with Racket on some utility >>>>> scripts. Overall, it's been a great experience. My scripts are >>>>> shorter, clearer and faster than the initial Python scripts I wrote >>>>> (but that could be because they're my second time around). >>>>> >>>>> I did run into one constant obstacle while using Racket: the dearth of >>>>> convenience string functions. There are plenty of functions for >>>>> strings, but several functions that are present on other platforms >>>>> (e.g., Python, Ruby, Java, etc.) don't seem to be part of the Racket >>>>> standard library. >>>>> >>>>> Some of the functions I couldn't find but would've been useful were >>>>> things like (in Racket-type naming): >>>>> >>>>> string-starts-with? >>>>> string-ends-with? >>>>> string-index-of >>>>> string-replace >>>>> string-trim >>>>> >>>>> I did a little google searching and most advice said to use the regex >>>>> library (which I did), but the code isn't as clear had I used >>>>> functions like the ones above. >>>>> >>>>> Do these functions exist anywhere? Is there a great PLaneT package >>>>> that supplies these functions? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Cristian >>>>> ____________________ >>>>> Racket Users list: >>>>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >>>> >> >> >> ____________________ >> Racket Users list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
