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Module charsio

:- use_module(library(charsio)).

High-level predicates to work with chars and strings

This module contains predicates that relates strings of chars to other representations, as well as high-level predicates to read and write chars.

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char_type(+Char, -Type).

Given a Char, Type is one of the categories that char fits in. Possible categories are:

  • alnum
  • alpha
  • alphabetic
  • alphanumeric
  • ascii
  • ascii_graphic
  • ascii_punctuation
  • binary_digit
  • control
  • decimal_digit
  • exponent
  • graphic
  • graphic_token
  • hexadecimal_digit
  • layout
  • lower
  • meta
  • numeric
  • octal_digit
  • octet
  • prolog
  • sign
  • solo
  • symbolic_control
  • symbolic_hexadecimal
  • upper
  • whitespace

chars_utf8bytes(?Chars, ?Bytes).

Maps a string made of chars with a list of UTF-8 bytes. Some examples:


?- chars_utf8bytes("Prolog", X).
  X = [80,114,111,108,111,103].
?- chars_utf8bytes(X, [226, 136, 145]).
   X = "∑".

get_single_char(-Char).

Gets a single char from the current input stream.

get_n_chars(+Stream, ?N, -Chars).

Read N chars from stream Stream. N can be an integer, in that case only N chars are read, or a variable, unifying N with the number of chars read until it found EOF.

read_line_to_chars(+Stream, -Chars, +InitialChars).

Reads chars from stream Stream until it finds a \n character. InitialChars will be appended at the end of Chars

read_from_chars(+Chars, -Term).

Given a string made of chars which contains a representation of a Prolog term, Term is the Prolog term represented. Example:


?- read_from_chars("f(x,y).", X).
   X = f(x,y).

write_term_to_chars(+Term, +Options, -Chars).

Given a Term which is a Prolog term and a set of options, Chars is string representation of that term. Options available are:

  • ignore_ops(+Boolean) if true, the generic term representation is used everywhere. In false (default), operators do not use that generic term representation.
  • max_depth(+N) if the term is nested deeper than N, print the reminder as ellipses. If N = 0 (default), there's no limit.
  • numbervars(+Boolean) if true, replaces $VAR(N) variables with letters, in order. Default is false.
  • quoted(+Boolean) if true, strings and atoms that need quotes to be valid Prolog synytax, are quoted. Default is false.
  • variable_names(+List) assign names to variables in term. List should be a list of terms of format Name=Var.

chars_base64(?Chars, ?Base64, +Options).

Relation between a list of characters Cs and its Base64 encoding Bs, also a list of characters.

At least one of the arguments must be instantiated.

Options are:

  • padding(Boolean) Whether to use padding: true (the default) or false.

  • charset(C) Either 'standard' (RFC 4648 §4, the default) or 'url' (RFC 4648 §5).

Example:


?- chars_base64("hello", Bs, []).
   Bs = "aGVsbG8=".