/* $Id: exo-string.c 47 2006-01-30 02:32:10Z pcmanx $ */
/*-
 * Copyright (c) 2004 os-cillation e.K.
 *
 * Written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library 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.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_MEMORY_H
#include <memory.h>
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
#include <string.h>
#endif

#include "exo-string.h"

/**
 * exo_str_elide_underscores:
 * @text : A zero terminated string.
 *
 * Returns a copy of @text with all mnemonic underscores stripped off.
 *
 * Return value: A copy of @text without underscores. The
 *               returned string must be freed when no longer required.
 **/
gchar*
exo_str_elide_underscores (const gchar *text) {    // howdy  currently, nothing calls this fn
    const gchar *s;
    gboolean     last_underscore = FALSE;
    gchar       *result;
    gchar       *t;

    g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, NULL);

    result = g_malloc (strlen (text) + 1);

    for (s = text, t = result; *s != '\0'; ++s)
        if (!last_underscore && *s == '_')
        {
            last_underscore = TRUE;
        } else {
            last_underscore = FALSE;
            *t++ = *s;
        }

    *t = '\0';

    return result;
}



/**
 * exo_str_is_equal:
 * @a : A pointer to first string or %NULL.
 * @b : A pointer to second string or %NULL.
 *
 * %NULL-safe string comparison. Returns %TRUE if both @a and @b are
 * %NULL or if @a and @b refer to valid strings which are equal.
 *
 * You should always prefer this function over strcmp().
 *
 * Return value: %TRUE if @a equals @b, else %FALSE.
 **/
gboolean  exo_str_is_equal (const gchar *a, const gchar *b) {   // howdy  currently, nothing calls this fn
    if (a == NULL && b == NULL)
        return TRUE;
    else if (a == NULL || b == NULL)
        return FALSE;

    while (*a == *b++)
        if (*a++ == '\0')
            return TRUE;

    return FALSE;
}



/**
 * exo_strndupv:
 * @strv  : String vector to duplicate.
 * @num   : Number of strings in @strv to duplicate.
 *
 * Creates a new string vector containing the
 * first @n elements of @strv.
 *
 * Return value: The new string vector. Should be freed using g_strfreev() when no longer needed.
 **/
gchar**  exo_strndupv (gchar **strv, gint num) {     // howdy  currently, nothing calls this fn
    gchar **result;

    g_return_val_if_fail (strv != NULL, NULL);
    g_return_val_if_fail (num >= 0, NULL);

    result = g_new (gchar *, num + 1);
    result[num--] = NULL;
    for (; num >= 0; --num)
        result[num] = g_strdup (strv[num]);

    return result;
}

