Ns_String(3aolserver)					   AOLserver Library Procedures 				     Ns_String(3aolserver)

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NAME

       Ns_Match, Ns_NextWord, Ns_StrCaseFind, Ns_StrCopy, Ns_StrDup, Ns_StrNStr, Ns_StrToLower, Ns_StrToUpper, Ns_StrTrim, Ns_StrTrimLeft, Ns_Str-
       TrimRight, Ns_StringPrint, ns_strcopy, ns_strdup - library procedures

SYNOPSIS

       #include "ns.h"

       char *
       Ns_Match(char *a, char *b)

       char *
       Ns_NextWord(char *line)

       char *
       Ns_StrCaseFind(char *s1, char *s2)

       char *
       Ns_StrCopy(char *str)
       ns_strcopy(char *str)

       char *
       Ns_StrDup(char *str)
       ns_strdup(char *str)

       char *
       Ns_StrNStr(char *pattern, char *expression)

       char *
       Ns_StrToLower(char *string)

       char *
       Ns_StrToUpper(char *string)

       char *
       Ns_StrTrim(char *string)

       char *
       Ns_StrTrimLeft(char *string)

       char *
       Ns_StrTrimRight(char *string)

       void
       Ns_StringPrint(char *string)
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DESCRIPTION

       Ns_Match(a, b)

	      Compare the beginnings of two strings, case insensitively.  The comparison stops when the end of	the  shorter  string  is  reached.
	      Return NULL if no match, b if match.

       Ns_NextWord(line)

	      Return  a  pointer to first character of the next word in a string; words are separated by white space.  The returned pointer points
	      into the original string.  For example, Ns_NextWord("abc def") returns a pointer to the 'd' in that string.

       Ns_StrCaseFind(s1, s2)

	      Locate the first occurrence of substring s2 within string s1 in a case-insensitive manner. The terminating ' '  characters  are  not
	      compared. Returns a pointer that points into s1.	Uses strstr(3) to do its work.

       Ns_StrCopy(str)
	      ns_strcopy(str)

	      Copy  a  string  or  NULL  value using Ns_Malloc.  The Ns_StrCopy function is identical to the Ns_StrDup function but allows for the
	      string parameter to be NULL, in which case Ns_StrCopy does nothing and returns NULL.

       Ns_StrDup(str)
	      ns_strdup(str)

	      Copy a string using Ns_Malloc. The Ns_StrDup function calls Ns_Malloc to allocate enough memory to make a copy of the given string.

       Ns_StrNStr(pattern, expression)

	      Search through pattern for expression, case insensitively. Return a pointer that points to where the match begins within pattern, or
	      NULL if expression is not contained in pattern.

       Ns_StrToLower(string)

	      Convert string to lowercase. Returns pointer to original string. Original string will be modified.

       Ns_StrToUpper(string)

	      Convert string to uppercase. Returns pointer to original string. Original string will be modified.

       Ns_StrTrim(string)

	      Trim  leading  and trailing white space from string. A pointer to the trimmed string will be returned, which will be in the original
	      string. Do not lose your original pointer to the string if you later need to free it.

       Ns_StrTrimLeft(string)

	      Trim leading white space from string. A pointer to the trimmed string will be returned, which will be in the original string. Do not
	      lose your original pointer to the string if you later need to free it.

       Ns_StrTrimRight(string)

	      Trim  trailing white space from string. The original string pointer will be returned, but the string will have been modified: a ' 's
	      will have been placed right after the last non-whitespace character of the string.

       Ns_StringPrint(string)

	      Print a string to stdout.

SEE ALSO

       nsd(1), info(n)

KEYWORDS

AOLserver								4.0						     Ns_String(3aolserver)