# A \String object has an arbitrary sequence of bytes,
# typically representing text or binary data.
# A \String object may be created using String::new or as literals.
#
# String objects differ from Symbol objects in that Symbol objects are
# designed to be used as identifiers, instead of text or data.
#
# You can create a \String object explicitly with:
#
# - A {string literal}[rdoc-ref:syntax/literals.rdoc@String+Literals].
# - A {heredoc literal}[rdoc-ref:syntax/literals.rdoc@Here+Document+Literals].
#
# You can convert certain objects to Strings with:
#
# - \Method #String.
#
# Some \String methods modify +self+.
# Typically, a method whose name ends with ! modifies +self+
# and returns +self+;
# often a similarly named method (without the !)
# returns a new string.
#
# In general, if there exist both bang and non-bang version of method,
# the bang! mutates and the non-bang! does not.
# However, a method without a bang can also mutate, such as String#replace.
#
# == Substitution Methods
#
# These methods perform substitutions:
#
# - String#sub: One substitution (or none); returns a new string.
# - String#sub!: One substitution (or none); returns +self+.
# - String#gsub: Zero or more substitutions; returns a new string.
# - String#gsub!: Zero or more substitutions; returns +self+.
#
# Each of these methods takes:
#
# - A first argument, +pattern+ (string or regexp),
# that specifies the substring(s) to be replaced.
#
# - Either of these:
#
# - A second argument, +replacement+ (string or hash),
# that determines the replacing string.
# - A block that will determine the replacing string.
#
# The examples in this section mostly use methods String#sub and String#gsub;
# the principles illustrated apply to all four substitution methods.
#
# Argument +pattern+
#
# Argument +pattern+ is commonly a regular expression:
#
# s = 'hello'
# s.sub(/[aeiou]/, '*')# => "h*llo"
# s.gsub(/[aeiou]/, '*') # => "h*ll*"
# s.gsub(/[aeiou]/, '')# => "hll"
# s.sub(/ell/, 'al') # => "halo"
# s.gsub(/xyzzy/, '*') # => "hello"
# 'THX1138'.gsub(/\d+/, '00') # => "THX00"
#
# When +pattern+ is a string, all its characters are treated
# as ordinary characters (not as regexp special characters):
#
# 'THX1138'.gsub('\d+', '00') # => "THX1138"
#
# \String +replacement+
#
# If +replacement+ is a string, that string will determine
# the replacing string that is to be substituted for the matched text.
#
# Each of the examples above uses a simple string as the replacing string.
#
# \String +replacement+ may contain back-references to the pattern's captures:
#
# - \n (_n_ a non-negative integer) refers to $n.
# - \k refers to the named capture +name+.
#
# See rdoc-ref:regexp.rdoc for details.
#
# Note that within the string +replacement+, a character combination
# such as $& is treated as ordinary text, and not as
# a special match variable.
# However, you may refer to some special match variables using these
# combinations:
#
# - \& and \0 correspond to $&,
# which contains the complete matched text.
# - \' corresponds to $',
# which contains string after match.
# - \` corresponds to $`,
# which contains string before match.
# - \\+ corresponds to $+,
# which contains last capture group.
#
# See rdoc-ref:regexp.rdoc for details.
#
# Note that \\\\ is interpreted as an escape, i.e., a single backslash.
#
# Note also that a string literal consumes backslashes.
# See {String Literals}[rdoc-ref:syntax/literals.rdoc@String+Literals] for details about string literals.
#
# A back-reference is typically preceded by an additional backslash.
# For example, if you want to write a back-reference \& in
# +replacement+ with a double-quoted string literal, you need to write
# "..\\\\&..".
#
# If you want to write a non-back-reference string \& in
# +replacement+, you need first to escape the backslash to prevent
# this method from interpreting it as a back-reference, and then you
# need to escape the backslashes again to prevent a string literal from
# consuming them: "..\\\\\\\\&..".
#
# You may want to use the block form to avoid a lot of backslashes.
#
# \Hash +replacement+
#
# If argument +replacement+ is a hash, and +pattern+ matches one of its keys,
# the replacing string is the value for that key:
#
# h = {'foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 'bat'}
# 'food'.sub('foo', h) # => "bard"
#
# Note that a symbol key does not match:
#
# h = {foo: 'bar', baz: 'bat'}
# 'food'.sub('foo', h) # => "d"
#
# Block
#
# In the block form, the current match string is passed to the block;
# the block's return value becomes the replacing string:
#
# s = '@'
# '1234'.gsub(/\d/) {|match| s.succ! } # => "ABCD"
#
# Special match variables such as $1, $2, $`,
# $&, and $' are set appropriately.
#
# == Whitespace in Strings
#
# In class \String, _whitespace_ is defined as a contiguous sequence of characters
# consisting of any mixture of the following:
#
# - NL (null): "\x00", "\u0000".
# - HT (horizontal tab): "\x09", "\t".
# - LF (line feed): "\x0a", "\n".
# - VT (vertical tab): "\x0b", "\v".
# - FF (form feed): "\x0c", "\f".
# - CR (carriage return): "\x0d", "\r".
# - SP (space): "\x20", " ".
#
#
# Whitespace is relevant for these methods:
#
# - #lstrip, #lstrip!: strip leading whitespace.
# - #rstrip, #rstrip!: strip trailing whitespace.
# - #strip, #strip!: strip leading and trailing whitespace.
#
# == \String Slices
#
# A _slice_ of a string is a substring that is selected by certain criteria.
#
# These instance methods make use of slicing:
#
# - String#[] (also aliased as String#slice) returns a slice copied from +self+.
# - String#[]= returns a copy of +self+ with a slice replaced.
# - String#slice! returns +self+ with a slice removed.
#
# Each of the above methods takes arguments that determine the slice
# to be copied or replaced.
#
# The arguments have several forms.
# For string +string+, the forms are:
#
# - string[index].
# - string[start, length].
# - string[range].
# - string[regexp, capture = 0].
# - string[substring].
#
# string[index]
#
# When non-negative integer argument +index+ is given,
# the slice is the 1-character substring found in +self+ at character offset +index+:
#
# 'bar'[0] # => "b"
# 'bar'[2] # => "r"
# 'bar'[20] # => nil
# 'тест'[2] # => "с"
# 'こんにちは'[4] # => "は"
#
# When negative integer +index+ is given,
# the slice begins at the offset given by counting backward from the end of +self+:
#
# 'bar'[-3] # => "b"
# 'bar'[-1] # => "r"
# 'bar'[-20] # => nil
#
# string[start, length]
#
# When non-negative integer arguments +start+ and +length+ are given,
# the slice begins at character offset +start+, if it exists,
# and continues for +length+ characters, if available:
#
# 'foo'[0, 2] # => "fo"
# 'тест'[1, 2] # => "ес"
# 'こんにちは'[2, 2] # => "にち"
# # Zero length.
# 'foo'[2, 0] # => ""
# # Length not entirely available.
# 'foo'[1, 200] # => "oo"
# # Start out of range.
# 'foo'[4, 2] # => nil
#
# Special case: if +start+ is equal to the length of +self+,
# the slice is a new empty string:
#
# 'foo'[3, 2] # => ""
# 'foo'[3, 200] # => ""
#
# When negative +start+ and non-negative +length+ are given,
# the slice beginning is determined by counting backward from the end of +self+,
# and the slice continues for +length+ characters, if available:
#
# 'foo'[-2, 2] # => "oo"
# 'foo'[-2, 200] # => "oo"
# # Start out of range.
# 'foo'[-4, 2] # => nil
#
# When negative +length+ is given, there is no slice:
#
# 'foo'[1, -1] # => nil
# 'foo'[-2, -1] # => nil
#
# string[range]
#
# When Range argument +range+ is given,
# creates a substring of +string+ using the indices in +range+.
# The slice is then determined as above:
#
# 'foo'[0..1] # => "fo"
# 'foo'[0, 2] # => "fo"
#
# 'foo'[2...2] # => ""
# 'foo'[2, 0] # => ""
#
# 'foo'[1..200] # => "oo"
# 'foo'[1, 200] # => "oo"
#
# 'foo'[4..5] # => nil
# 'foo'[4, 2] # => nil
#
# 'foo'[-4..-3] # => nil
# 'foo'[-4, 2] # => nil
#
# 'foo'[3..4] # => ""
# 'foo'[3, 2] # => ""
#
# 'foo'[-2..-1] # => "oo"
# 'foo'[-2, 2] # => "oo"
#
# 'foo'[-2..197] # => "oo"
# 'foo'[-2, 200] # => "oo"
#
# string[regexp, capture = 0]
#
# When the \Regexp argument +regexp+ is given,
# and the +capture+ argument is 0,
# the slice is the first matching substring found in +self+:
#
# 'foo'[/o/] # => "o"
# 'foo'[/x/] # => nil
# s = 'hello there'
# s[/[aeiou](.)\1/] # => "ell"
# s[/[aeiou](.)\1/, 0] # => "ell"
#
# If argument +capture+ is given and not 0,
# it should be either an capture group index (integer)
# or a capture group name (string or symbol);
# the slice is the specified capture (see Regexp@Capturing):
#
# s = 'hello there'
# s[/[aeiou](.)\1/, 1] # => "l"
# s[/(?[aeiou])(?[^aeiou])/, "non_vowel"] # => "l"
# s[/(?[aeiou])(?[^aeiou])/, :vowel] # => "e"
#
# If an invalid capture group index is given, there is no slice.
# If an invalid capture group name is given, +IndexError+ is raised.
#
# string[substring]
#
# When the single \String argument +substring+ is given,
# returns the substring from +self+ if found, otherwise +nil+:
#
# 'foo'['oo'] # => "oo"
# 'foo'['xx'] # => nil
#
# == What's Here
#
# First, what's elsewhere. \Class \String:
#
# - Inherits from {class Object}[rdoc-ref:Object@What-27s+Here].
# - Includes {module Comparable}[rdoc-ref:Comparable@What-27s+Here].
#
# Here, class \String provides methods that are useful for:
#
# - {Creating a String}[rdoc-ref:String@Methods+for+Creating+a+String]
# - {Frozen/Unfrozen Strings}[rdoc-ref:String@Methods+for+a+Frozen-2FUnfrozen+String]
# - {Querying}[rdoc-ref:String@Methods+for+Querying]
# - {Comparing}[rdoc-ref:String@Methods+for+Comparing]
# - {Modifying a String}[rdoc-ref:String@Methods+for+Modifying+a+String]
# - {Converting to New String}[rdoc-ref:String@Methods+for+Converting+to+New+String]
# - {Converting to Non-String}[rdoc-ref:String@Methods+for+Converting+to+Non--5CString]
# - {Iterating}[rdoc-ref:String@Methods+for+Iterating]
#
# === Methods for Creating a \String
#
# - ::new: Returns a new string.
# - ::try_convert: Returns a new string created from a given object.
#
# === Methods for a Frozen/Unfrozen String
#
# - #+@: Returns a string that is not frozen: +self+, if not frozen;
# +self.dup+ otherwise.
# - #-@: Returns a string that is frozen: +self+, if already frozen;
# +self.freeze+ otherwise.
# - #freeze: Freezes +self+, if not already frozen; returns +self+.
#
# === Methods for Querying
#
# _Counts_
#
# - #length, #size: Returns the count of characters (not bytes).
# - #empty?: Returns +true+ if +self.length+ is zero; +false+ otherwise.
# - #bytesize: Returns the count of bytes.
# - #count: Returns the count of substrings matching given strings.
#
# _Substrings_
#
# - #=~: Returns the index of the first substring that matches a given
# Regexp or other object; returns +nil+ if no match is found.
# - #index: Returns the index of the _first_ occurrence of a given substring;
# returns +nil+ if none found.
# - #rindex: Returns the index of the _last_ occurrence of a given substring;
# returns +nil+ if none found.
# - #include?: Returns +true+ if the string contains a given substring; +false+ otherwise.
# - #match: Returns a MatchData object if the string matches a given Regexp; +nil+ otherwise.
# - #match?: Returns +true+ if the string matches a given Regexp; +false+ otherwise.
# - #start_with?: Returns +true+ if the string begins with any of the given substrings.
# - #end_with?: Returns +true+ if the string ends with any of the given substrings.
#
# _Encodings_
#
# - #encoding\: Returns the Encoding object that represents the encoding of the string.
# - #unicode_normalized?: Returns +true+ if the string is in Unicode normalized form; +false+ otherwise.
# - #valid_encoding?: Returns +true+ if the string contains only characters that are valid
# for its encoding.
# - #ascii_only?: Returns +true+ if the string has only ASCII characters; +false+ otherwise.
#
# _Other_
#
# - #sum: Returns a basic checksum for the string: the sum of each byte.
# - #hash: Returns the integer hash code.
#
# === Methods for Comparing
#
# - #==, #===: Returns +true+ if a given other string has the same content as +self+.
# - #eql?: Returns +true+ if the content is the same as the given other string.
# - #<=>: Returns -1, 0, or 1 as a given other string is smaller than,
# equal to, or larger than +self+.
# - #casecmp: Ignoring case, returns -1, 0, or 1 as a given
# other string is smaller than, equal to, or larger than +self+.
# - #casecmp?: Returns +true+ if the string is equal to a given string after Unicode case folding;
# +false+ otherwise.
#
# === Methods for Modifying a \String
#
# Each of these methods modifies +self+.
#
# _Insertion_
#
# - #insert: Returns +self+ with a given string inserted at a given offset.
# - #<<: Returns +self+ concatenated with a given string or integer.
#
# _Substitution_
#
# - #sub!: Replaces the first substring that matches a given pattern with a given replacement string;
# returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
# - #gsub!: Replaces each substring that matches a given pattern with a given replacement string;
# returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
# - #succ!, #next!: Returns +self+ modified to become its own successor.
# - #replace: Returns +self+ with its entire content replaced by a given string.
# - #reverse!: Returns +self+ with its characters in reverse order.
# - #setbyte: Sets the byte at a given integer offset to a given value; returns the argument.
# - #tr!: Replaces specified characters in +self+ with specified replacement characters;
# returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
# - #tr_s!: Replaces specified characters in +self+ with specified replacement characters,
# removing duplicates from the substrings that were modified;
# returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
#
# _Casing_
#
# - #capitalize!: Upcases the initial character and downcases all others;
# returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
# - #downcase!: Downcases all characters; returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
# - #upcase!: Upcases all characters; returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
# - #swapcase!: Upcases each downcase character and downcases each upcase character;
# returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
#
# _Encoding_
#
# - #encode!: Returns +self+ with all characters transcoded from one given encoding into another.
# - #unicode_normalize!: Unicode-normalizes +self+; returns +self+.
# - #scrub!: Replaces each invalid byte with a given character; returns +self+.
# - #force_encoding: Changes the encoding to a given encoding; returns +self+.
#
# _Deletion_
#
# - #clear: Removes all content, so that +self+ is empty; returns +self+.
# - #slice!, #[]=: Removes a substring determined by a given index, start/length, range, regexp, or substring.
# - #squeeze!: Removes contiguous duplicate characters; returns +self+.
# - #delete!: Removes characters as determined by the intersection of substring arguments.
# - #lstrip!: Removes leading whitespace; returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
# - #rstrip!: Removes trailing whitespace; returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
# - #strip!: Removes leading and trailing whitespace; returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
# - #chomp!: Removes trailing record separator, if found; returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
# - #chop!: Removes trailing newline characters if found; otherwise removes the last character;
# returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
#
# === Methods for Converting to New \String
#
# Each of these methods returns a new \String based on +self+,
# often just a modified copy of +self+.
#
# _Extension_
#
# - #*: Returns the concatenation of multiple copies of +self+,
# - #+: Returns the concatenation of +self+ and a given other string.
# - #center: Returns a copy of +self+ centered between pad substring.
# - #concat: Returns the concatenation of +self+ with given other strings.
# - #prepend: Returns the concatenation of a given other string with +self+.
# - #ljust: Returns a copy of +self+ of a given length, right-padded with a given other string.
# - #rjust: Returns a copy of +self+ of a given length, left-padded with a given other string.
#
# _Encoding_
#
# - #b: Returns a copy of +self+ with ASCII-8BIT encoding.
# - #scrub: Returns a copy of +self+ with each invalid byte replaced with a given character.
# - #unicode_normalize: Returns a copy of +self+ with each character Unicode-normalized.
# - #encode: Returns a copy of +self+ with all characters transcoded from one given encoding into another.
#
# _Substitution_
#
# - #dump: Returns a copy of +self+ with all non-printing characters replaced by \xHH notation
# and all special characters escaped.
# - #undump: Returns a copy of +self+ with all \xNN notation replace by \uNNNN notation
# and all escaped characters unescaped.
# - #sub: Returns a copy of +self+ with the first substring matching a given pattern
# replaced with a given replacement string;.
# - #gsub: Returns a copy of +self+ with each substring that matches a given pattern
# replaced with a given replacement string.
# - #succ, #next: Returns the string that is the successor to +self+.
# - #reverse: Returns a copy of +self+ with its characters in reverse order.
# - #tr: Returns a copy of +self+ with specified characters replaced with specified replacement characters.
# - #tr_s: Returns a copy of +self+ with specified characters replaced with
# specified replacement characters,
# removing duplicates from the substrings that were modified.
# - #%: Returns the string resulting from formatting a given object into +self+
#
# _Casing_
#
# - #capitalize: Returns a copy of +self+ with the first character upcased
# and all other characters downcased.
# - #downcase: Returns a copy of +self+ with all characters downcased.
# - #upcase: Returns a copy of +self+ with all characters upcased.
# - #swapcase: Returns a copy of +self+ with all upcase characters downcased
# and all downcase characters upcased.
#
# _Deletion_
#
# - #delete: Returns a copy of +self+ with characters removed
# - #delete_prefix: Returns a copy of +self+ with a given prefix removed.
# - #delete_suffix: Returns a copy of +self+ with a given suffix removed.
# - #lstrip: Returns a copy of +self+ with leading whitespace removed.
# - #rstrip: Returns a copy of +self+ with trailing whitespace removed.
# - #strip: Returns a copy of +self+ with leading and trailing whitespace removed.
# - #chomp: Returns a copy of +self+ with a trailing record separator removed, if found.
# - #chop: Returns a copy of +self+ with trailing newline characters or the last character removed.
# - #squeeze: Returns a copy of +self+ with contiguous duplicate characters removed.
# - #[], #slice: Returns a substring determined by a given index, start/length, or range, or string.
# - #byteslice: Returns a substring determined by a given index, start/length, or range.
# - #chr: Returns the first character.
#
# _Duplication_
#
# - #to_s, $to_str: If +self+ is a subclass of \String, returns +self+ copied into a \String;
# otherwise, returns +self+.
#
# === Methods for Converting to Non-\String
#
# Each of these methods converts the contents of +self+ to a non-\String.
#
# Characters, Bytes, and Clusters
#
# - #bytes: Returns an array of the bytes in +self+.
# - #chars: Returns an array of the characters in +self+.
# - #codepoints: Returns an array of the integer ordinals in +self+.
# - #getbyte: Returns an integer byte as determined by a given index.
# - #grapheme_clusters: Returns an array of the grapheme clusters in +self+.
#
# _Splitting_
#
# - #lines: Returns an array of the lines in +self+, as determined by a given record separator.
# - #partition: Returns a 3-element array determined by the first substring that matches
# a given substring or regexp,
# - #rpartition: Returns a 3-element array determined by the last substring that matches
# a given substring or regexp,
# - #split: Returns an array of substrings determined by a given delimiter -- regexp or string --
# or, if a block given, passes those substrings to the block.
#
# _Matching_
#
# - #scan: Returns an array of substrings matching a given regexp or string, or,
# if a block given, passes each matching substring to the block.
# - #unpack: Returns an array of substrings extracted from +self+ according to a given format.
# - #unpack1: Returns the first substring extracted from +self+ according to a given format.
#
# _Numerics_
#
# - #hex: Returns the integer value of the leading characters, interpreted as hexadecimal digits.
# - #oct: Returns the integer value of the leading characters, interpreted as octal digits.
# - #ord: Returns the integer ordinal of the first character in +self+.
# - #to_i: Returns the integer value of leading characters, interpreted as an integer.
# - #to_f: Returns the floating-point value of leading characters, interpreted as a floating-point number.
#
# Strings and Symbols
#
# - #inspect: Returns copy of +self+, enclosed in double-quotes, with special characters escaped.
# - #to_sym, #intern: Returns the symbol corresponding to +self+.
#
# === Methods for Iterating
#
# - #each_byte: Calls the given block with each successive byte in +self+.
# - #each_char: Calls the given block with each successive character in +self+.
# - #each_codepoint: Calls the given block with each successive integer codepoint in +self+.
# - #each_grapheme_cluster: Calls the given block with each successive grapheme cluster in +self+.
# - #each_line: Calls the given block with each successive line in +self+,
# as determined by a given record separator.
# - #upto: Calls the given block with each string value returned by successive calls to #succ.
class String; end