Torque3D/Engine/source/console/consoleFunctions.cpp

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//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include "platform/platform.h"
#include "console/console.h"
#include "console/consoleInternal.h"
#include "console/engineAPI.h"
#include "console/ast.h"

#ifndef _CONSOLFUNCTIONS_H_
#include "console/consoleFunctions.h"
#endif

#include "core/strings/findMatch.h"
#include "core/strings/stringUnit.h"
#include "core/strings/unicode.h"
#include "core/stream/fileStream.h"
#include "console/compiler.h"
#include "platform/platformInput.h"
#include "core/util/journal/journal.h"
#include "gfx/gfxEnums.h"
#include "core/util/uuid.h"

// This is a temporary hack to get tools using the library to
// link in this module which contains no other references.
bool LinkConsoleFunctions = false;

// Buffer for expanding script filenames.
static char scriptFilenameBuffer[1024];

bool isInt(const char* str)
{
   int len = dStrlen(str);
   if(len <= 0)
      return false;

   // Ignore whitespace
   int start = 0;
   for(int i = start; i < len; i++)
      if(str[i] != ' ')
      {
         start = i;
         break;
      }

      for(int i = start; i < len; i++)
         switch(str[i])
      {
         case '+': case '-':
            if(i != 0)
               return false;
            break;
         case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4': case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9': case '0': 
            break;
         case ' ': // ignore whitespace
            for(int j = i+1; j < len; j++)
               if(str[j] != ' ')
                  return false;
            return true;
            break;
         default:
            return false;
      }
      return true;
}

bool isFloat(const char* str, bool sciOk = false)
{
   int len = dStrlen(str);
   if(len <= 0)
      return false;

   // Ingore whitespace
   int start = 0;
   for(int i = start; i < len; i++)
      if(str[i] != ' ')
      {
         start = i;
         break;
      }

      bool seenDot = false;
      int eLoc = -1;
      for(int i = 0; i < len; i++)
         switch(str[i])
      {
         case '+': case '-':
            if(sciOk)
            {
               //Haven't found e or scientific notation symbol
               if(eLoc == -1)
               {
                  //only allowed in beginning
                  if(i != 0)
                     return false;
               }
               else
               {
                  //if not right after the e
                  if(i != (eLoc + 1))
                     return false;
               }
            }
            else
            {
               //only allowed in beginning
               if(i != 0)
                  return false;
            }
            break;
         case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4': case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9': case '0': 
            break;
         case 'e': case 'E':
            if(!sciOk)
               return false;
            else
            {
               //already saw it so can't have 2
               if(eLoc != -1)
                  return false;

               eLoc = i;
            }
            break;
         case '.':
            if(seenDot | (sciOk && eLoc != -1))
               return false;
            seenDot = true;
            break;
         case ' ': // ignore whitespace
            for(int j = i+1; j < len; j++)
               if(str[j] != ' ')
                  return false;
            return true;
            break;
         default:
            return false;
      }
      return true;
}

bool isValidIP(const char* ip)
{
   unsigned b1, b2, b3, b4;
   unsigned char c;
   int rc = dSscanf(ip, "%3u.%3u.%3u.%3u%c", &b1, &b2, &b3, &b4, &c);
   if (rc != 4 && rc != 5) return false;
   if ((b1 | b2 | b3 | b4) > 255) return false;
   if (dStrspn(ip, "0123456789.") < dStrlen(ip)) return false;
   return true;
}

bool isValidPort(U16 port)
{
   return (port >= 0 && port <=65535);
}

//=============================================================================
//    String Functions.
//=============================================================================
// MARK: ---- String Functions ----

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strasc, int, ( const char* chr ),,
   "Return the integer character code value corresponding to the first character in the given string.\n"
   "@param chr a (one-character) string.\n"
   "@return the UTF32 code value for the first character in the given string.\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   return oneUTF8toUTF32( chr );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strformat, const char*, ( const char* format, const char* value ),,
   "Format the given value as a string using printf-style formatting.\n"
   "@param format A printf-style format string.\n"
   "@param value The value argument matching the given format string.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "// Convert the given integer value to a string in a hex notation.\n"
   "%hex = strformat( \"%x\", %value );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings\n"
   "@see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf" )
{
   static const U32 bufSize = 64;
   char* pBuffer = Con::getReturnBuffer(bufSize);
   const char *pch = format;

   pBuffer[0] = '\0';
   while (*pch != '\0' && *pch !='%')
      pch++;
   while (*pch != '\0' && !dIsalpha(*pch))
      pch++;
   if (*pch == '\0')
   {
      Con::errorf("strFormat: Invalid format string!\n");
      return pBuffer;
   }
   
   switch(*pch)
   {
      case 'c':
      case 'C':
      case 'd':
      case 'i':
      case 'o':
      case 'u':
      case 'x':
      case 'X':
         dSprintf( pBuffer, bufSize, format, dAtoi( value ) );
         break;

      case 'e':
      case 'E':
      case 'f':
      case 'g':
      case 'G':
         dSprintf( pBuffer, bufSize, format, dAtof( value ) );
         break;

      default:
         Con::errorf("strFormat: Invalid format string!\n");
         break;
   }

   return pBuffer;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strcmp, S32, ( const char* str1, const char* str2 ),,
   "Compares two strings using case-<b>sensitive</b> comparison.\n"
   "@param str1 The first string.\n"
   "@param str2 The second string.\n"
   "@return 0 if both strings are equal, a value <0 if the first character different in str1 has a smaller character code "
      "value than the character at the same position in str2, and a value >1 otherwise.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "if( strcmp( %var, \"foobar\" ) == 0 )\n"
   "   echo( \"%var is equal to 'foobar'\" );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see stricmp\n"
   "@see strnatcmp\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   return dStrcmp( str1, str2 );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( stricmp, S32, ( const char* str1, const char* str2 ),,
   "Compares two strings using case-<b>insensitive</b> comparison.\n"
   "@param str1 The first string.\n"
   "@param str2 The second string.\n"
   "@return 0 if both strings are equal, a value <0 if the first character different in str1 has a smaller character code "
      "value than the character at the same position in str2, and a value >0 otherwise.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "if( stricmp( \"FOObar\", \"foobar\" ) == 0 )\n"
   "   echo( \"this is always true\" );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see strcmp\n"
   "@see strinatcmp\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   return dStricmp( str1, str2 );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strnatcmp, S32, ( const char* str1, const char* str2 ),,
   "Compares two strings using \"natural order\" case-<b>sensitive</b> comparison.\n"
   "Natural order means that rather than solely comparing single character code values, strings are ordered in a "
   "natural way.  For example, the string \"hello10\" is considered greater than the string \"hello2\" even though "
   "the first numeric character in \"hello10\" actually has a smaller character value than the corresponding character "
   "in \"hello2\".  However, since 10 is greater than 2, strnatcmp will put \"hello10\" after \"hello2\".\n"
   "@param str1 The first string.\n"
   "@param str2 The second string.\n\n"
   "@return 0 if the strings are equal, a value >0 if @a str1 comes after @a str2 in a natural order, and a value "
      "<0 if @a str1 comes before @a str2 in a natural order.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "// Bubble sort 10 elements of %array using natural order\n"
   "do\n"
   "{\n"
   "   %swapped = false;\n"
   "   for( %i = 0; %i < 10 - 1; %i ++ )\n"
   "      if( strnatcmp( %array[ %i ], %array[ %i + 1 ] ) > 0 )\n"
   "      {\n"
   "         %temp = %array[ %i ];\n"
   "         %array[ %i ] = %array[ %i + 1 ];\n"
   "         %array[ %i + 1 ] = %temp;\n"
   "         %swapped = true;\n"
   "      }\n"
   "}\n"
   "while( %swapped );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see strcmp\n"
   "@see strinatcmp\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   return dStrnatcmp( str1, str2 );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strinatcmp, S32, ( const char* str1, const char* str2 ),,
   "Compares two strings using \"natural order\" case-<b>insensitive</b> comparison.\n"
   "Natural order means that rather than solely comparing single character code values, strings are ordered in a "
   "natural way.  For example, the string \"hello10\" is considered greater than the string \"hello2\" even though "
   "the first numeric character in \"hello10\" actually has a smaller character value than the corresponding character "
   "in \"hello2\".  However, since 10 is greater than 2, strnatcmp will put \"hello10\" after \"hello2\".\n"
   "@param str1 The first string.\n"
   "@param str2 The second string.\n"
   "@return 0 if the strings are equal, a value >0 if @a str1 comes after @a str2 in a natural order, and a value "
      "<0 if @a str1 comes before @a str2 in a natural order.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n\n"
   "// Bubble sort 10 elements of %array using natural order\n"
   "do\n"
   "{\n"
   "   %swapped = false;\n"
   "   for( %i = 0; %i < 10 - 1; %i ++ )\n"
   "      if( strnatcmp( %array[ %i ], %array[ %i + 1 ] ) > 0 )\n"
   "      {\n"
   "         %temp = %array[ %i ];\n"
   "         %array[ %i ] = %array[ %i + 1 ];\n"
   "         %array[ %i + 1 ] = %temp;\n"
   "         %swapped = true;\n"
   "      }\n"
   "}\n"
   "while( %swapped );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see stricmp\n"
   "@see strnatcmp\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   return dStrnatcasecmp( str1, str2 );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strlen, S32, ( const char* str ),,
   "Get the length of the given string in bytes.\n"
   "@note This does <b>not</b> return a true character count for strings with multi-byte characters!\n"
   "@param str A string.\n"
   "@return The length of the given string in bytes.\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   return dStrlen( str );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
DefineConsoleFunction( strlenskip, S32, ( const char* str, const char* first, const char* last ),,
   "Calculate the length of a string in characters, skipping everything between and including first and last.\n"
   "@param str A string.\n"
   "@param first First character to look for to skip block of text.\n"
   "@param last Second character to look for to skip block of text.\n"
   "@return The length of the given string skipping blocks of text between characters.\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   const UTF8* pos = str;
   U32 size = 0;
   U32 length = dStrlen(str);
   bool count = true;

   //loop through each character counting each character, skipping tags (anything with < followed by >)
   for(U32 i = 0; i < length; i++, pos++)
   {
      if(count)
      {
         if(*pos == first[0])
            count = false;
         else
            size++;
      }
      else
      {
         if(*pos == last[0])
            count = true;
      }
   }

   return S32(size);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strstr, S32, ( const char* string, const char* substring ),,
   "Find the start of @a substring in the given @a string searching from left to right.\n"
   "@param string The string to search.\n"
   "@param substring The string to search for.\n"
   "@return The index into @a string at which the first occurrence of @a substring was found or -1 if @a substring could not be found.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strstr( \"abcd\", \"c\" ) // Returns 2.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   const char* retpos = dStrstr( string, substring );
   if( !retpos )
      return -1;
      
   return retpos - string;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strpos, S32, ( const char* haystack, const char* needle, S32 offset ), ( 0 ),
   "Find the start of @a needle in @a haystack searching from left to right beginning at the given offset.\n"
   "@param haystack The string to search.\n"
   "@param needle The string to search for.\n"
   "@return The index at which the first occurrence of @a needle was found in @a haystack or -1 if no match was found.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strpos( \"b ab\", \"b\", 1 ) // Returns 3.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   S32 start = offset;
   U32 sublen = dStrlen( needle );
   U32 strlen = dStrlen( haystack );
   if(start < 0)
      return -1;
   if(sublen + start > strlen)
      return -1;
   for(; start + sublen <= strlen; start++)
      if(!dStrncmp(haystack + start, needle, sublen))
         return start;
   return -1;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strposr, S32, ( const char* haystack, const char* needle, S32 offset ), ( 0 ),
   "Find the start of @a needle in @a haystack searching from right to left beginning at the given offset.\n"
   "@param haystack The string to search.\n"
   "@param needle The string to search for.\n"
   "@return The index at which the first occurrence of @a needle was found in @a heystack or -1 if no match was found.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strposr( \"b ab\", \"b\", 1 ) // Returns 2.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   U32 sublen = dStrlen( needle );
   U32 strlen = dStrlen( haystack );
   S32 start = strlen - offset;
   	
   if(start < 0 || start > strlen)
      return -1;
   
   if (start + sublen > strlen)
	  start = strlen - sublen;
   for(; start >= 0; start--)
      if(!dStrncmp(haystack + start, needle, sublen))
         return start;
   return -1;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( ltrim, const char*, ( const char* str ),,
   "Remove leading whitespace from the string.\n"
   "@param str A string.\n"
   "@return A string that is the same as @a str but with any leading (i.e. leftmost) whitespace removed.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "ltrim( \"   string  \" ); // Returns \"string  \".\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see rtrim\n"
   "@see trim\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   const char *ret = str;
   while(*ret == ' ' || *ret == '\n' || *ret == '\t')
      ret++;
   return ret;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( rtrim, const char*, ( const char* str ),,
   "Remove trailing whitespace from the string.\n"
   "@param str A string.\n"
   "@return A string that is the same as @a str but with any trailing (i.e. rightmost) whitespace removed.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "rtrim( \"   string  \" ); // Returns \"   string\".\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see ltrim\n"
   "@see trim\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   S32 firstWhitespace = 0;
   S32 pos = 0;
   while(str[pos])
   {
      if(str[pos] != ' ' && str[pos] != '\n' && str[pos] != '\t')
         firstWhitespace = pos + 1;
      pos++;
   }
   char *ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(firstWhitespace + 1);
   dStrncpy(ret, str, firstWhitespace);
   ret[firstWhitespace] = 0;
   return ret;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( trim, const char*, ( const char* str ),,
   "Remove leading and trailing whitespace from the string.\n"
   "@param str A string.\n"
   "@return A string that is the same as @a str but with any leading (i.e. leftmost) and trailing (i.e. rightmost) whitespace removed.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "trim( \"   string  \" ); // Returns \"string\".\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   const char *ptr = str;
   while(*ptr == ' ' || *ptr == '\n' || *ptr == '\t')
      ptr++;
   S32 firstWhitespace = 0;
   S32 pos = 0;
   while(ptr[pos])
   {
      if(ptr[pos] != ' ' && ptr[pos] != '\n' && ptr[pos] != '\t')
         firstWhitespace = pos + 1;
      pos++;
   }
   char *ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(firstWhitespace + 1);
   dStrncpy(ret, ptr, firstWhitespace);
   ret[firstWhitespace] = 0;
   return ret;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( stripChars, const char*, ( const char* str, const char* chars ),,
   "Remove all occurrences of characters contained in @a chars from @a str.\n"
   "@param str The string to filter characters out from.\n"
   "@param chars A string of characters to filter out from @a str.\n"
   "@return A version of @a str with all occurrences of characters contained in @a chars filtered out.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "stripChars( \"teststring\", \"se\" ); // Returns \"tttring\"."
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   char* ret = Con::getReturnBuffer( dStrlen( str ) + 1 );
   dStrcpy( ret, str );
   U32 pos = dStrcspn( ret, chars );
   while ( pos < dStrlen( ret ) )
   {
      dStrcpy( ret + pos, ret + pos + 1 );
      pos = dStrcspn( ret, chars );
   }
   return( ret );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strlwr, const char*, ( const char* str ),,
   "Return an all lower-case version of the given string.\n"
   "@param str A string.\n"
   "@return A version of @a str with all characters converted to lower-case.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strlwr( \"TesT1\" ) // Returns \"test1\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see strupr\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   char *ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(dStrlen(str) + 1);
   dStrcpy(ret, str);
   return dStrlwr(ret);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strupr, const char*, ( const char* str ),,
   "Return an all upper-case version of the given string.\n"
   "@param str A string.\n"
   "@return A version of @a str with all characters converted to upper-case.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strupr( \"TesT1\" ) // Returns \"TEST1\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see strlwr\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   char *ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(dStrlen(str) + 1);
   dStrcpy(ret, str);
   return dStrupr(ret);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strchr, const char*, ( const char* str, const char* chr ),,
   "Find the first occurrence of the given character in @a str.\n"
   "@param str The string to search.\n"
   "@param chr The character to search for.  Only the first character from the string is taken.\n"
   "@return The remainder of the input string starting with the given character or the empty string if the character could not be found.\n\n"
   "@see strrchr\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   const char *ret = dStrchr( str, chr[ 0 ] );
   return ret ? ret : "";
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strrchr, const char*, ( const char* str, const char* chr ),,
   "Find the last occurrence of the given character in @a str."
   "@param str The string to search.\n"
   "@param chr The character to search for.  Only the first character from the string is taken.\n"
   "@return The remainder of the input string starting with the given character or the empty string if the character could not be found.\n\n"
   "@see strchr\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   const char *ret = dStrrchr( str, chr[ 0 ] );
   return ret ? ret : "";
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strreplace, const char*, ( const char* source, const char* from, const char* to ),,
   "Replace all occurrences of @a from in @a source with @a to.\n"
   "@param source The string in which to replace the occurrences of @a from.\n"
   "@param from The string to replace in @a source.\n"
   "@param to The string with which to replace occurrences of @from.\n"
   "@return A string with all occurrences of @a from in @a source replaced by @a to.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strreplace( \"aabbccbb\", \"bb\", \"ee\" ) // Returns \"aaeeccee\".\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   S32 fromLen = dStrlen( from );
   if(!fromLen)
      return source;

   S32 toLen = dStrlen( to );
   S32 count = 0;
   const char *scan = source;
   while(scan)
   {
      scan = dStrstr(scan, from);
      if(scan)
      {
         scan += fromLen;
         count++;
      }
   }
   char *ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(dStrlen(source) + 1 + (toLen - fromLen) * count);
   U32 scanp = 0;
   U32 dstp = 0;
   for(;;)
   {
      const char *scan = dStrstr(source + scanp, from);
      if(!scan)
      {
         dStrcpy(ret + dstp, source + scanp);
         return ret;
      }
      U32 len = scan - (source + scanp);
      dStrncpy(ret + dstp, source + scanp, len);
      dstp += len;
      dStrcpy(ret + dstp, to);
      dstp += toLen;
      scanp += len + fromLen;
   }
   return ret;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strrepeat, const char*, ( const char* str, S32 numTimes, const char* delimiter ), ( "" ),
   "Return a string that repeats @a str @a numTimes number of times delimiting each occurrence with @a delimiter.\n"
   "@param str The string to repeat multiple times.\n"
   "@param numTimes The number of times to repeat @a str in the result string.\n"
   "@param delimiter The string to put between each repetition of @a str.\n"
   "@return A string containing @a str repeated @a numTimes times.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strrepeat( \"a\", 5, \"b\" ) // Returns \"ababababa\".\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   StringBuilder result;
   bool isFirst = false;
   for( U32 i = 0; i < numTimes; ++ i )
   {
      if( !isFirst )
         result.append( delimiter );
         
      result.append( str );
      isFirst = false;
   }
   
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( result );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getSubStr, const char*, ( const char* str, S32 start, S32 numChars ), ( -1 ),
   "@brief Return a substring of @a str starting at @a start and continuing either through to the end of @a str "
   "(if @a numChars is -1) or for @a numChars characters (except if this would exceed the actual source "
   "string length).\n"
   "@param str The string from which to extract a substring.\n"
   "@param start The offset at which to start copying out characters.\n"
   "@param numChars Optional argument to specify the number of characters to copy.  If this is -1, all characters up the end "
      "of the input string are copied.\n"
   "@return A string that contains the given portion of the input string.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "getSubStr( \"foobar\", 1, 2 ) // Returns \"oo\".\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   S32 baseLen = dStrlen( str );

   if( numChars == -1 )
      numChars = baseLen - start;
      
   if (start < 0 || numChars < 0) {
      Con::errorf(ConsoleLogEntry::Script, "getSubStr(...): error, starting position and desired length must be >= 0: (%d, %d)", start, numChars);

      return "";
   }

   if (baseLen < start)
      return "";

   U32 actualLen = numChars;
   if (start + numChars > baseLen)
      actualLen = baseLen - start;

   char *ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(actualLen + 1);
   dStrncpy(ret, str + start, actualLen);
   ret[actualLen] = '\0';

   return ret;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strIsMatchExpr, bool, ( const char* pattern, const char* str, bool caseSensitive ), ( false ),
   "Match a pattern against a string.\n"
   "@param pattern The wildcard pattern to match against.  The pattern can include characters, '*' to match "
      "any number of characters and '?' to match a single character.\n"
   "@param str The string which should be matched against @a pattern.\n"
   "@param caseSensitive If true, characters in the pattern are matched in case-sensitive fashion against "
      "this string.  If false, differences in casing are ignored.\n"
   "@return True if @a str matches the given @a pattern.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strIsMatchExpr( \"f?o*R\", \"foobar\" ) // Returns true.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see strIsMatchMultipleExpr\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   return FindMatch::isMatch( pattern, str, caseSensitive );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strIsMatchMultipleExpr, bool, ( const char* patterns, const char* str, bool caseSensitive ), ( false ),
   "Match a multiple patterns against a single string.\n"
   "@param patterns A tab-separated list of patterns.  Each pattern can include charaters, '*' to match "
      "any number of characters and '?' to match a single character.  Each of the patterns is tried in turn.\n"
   "@param str The string which should be matched against @a patterns.\n"
   "@param caseSensitive If true, characters in the pattern are matched in case-sensitive fashion against "
      "this string.  If false, differences in casing are ignored.\n"
   "@return True if @a str matches any of the given @a patterns.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strIsMatchMultipleExpr( \"*.cs *.gui *.mis\", \"mymission.mis\" ) // Returns true.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see strIsMatchExpr\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   return FindMatch::isMatchMultipleExprs( patterns, str, caseSensitive );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getTrailingNumber, S32, ( const char* str ),,
   "Get the numeric suffix of the given input string.\n"
   "@param str The string from which to read out the numeric suffix.\n"
   "@return The numeric value of the number suffix of @a str or -1 if @a str has no such suffix.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "getTrailingNumber( \"test123\" ) // Returns '123'.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see stripTrailingNumber\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   S32 suffix = -1;
   String outStr( String::GetTrailingNumber( str, suffix ) );
   return suffix;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( stripTrailingNumber, String, ( const char* str ),,
   "Strip a numeric suffix from the given string.\n"
   "@param str The string from which to strip its numeric suffix.\n"
   "@return The string @a str without its number suffix or the original string @a str if it has no such suffix.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "stripTrailingNumber( \"test123\" ) // Returns \"test\".\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getTrailingNumber\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   S32 suffix;
   return String::GetTrailingNumber( str, suffix );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getFirstNumber, String, ( const char* str ),,
   "Get the first occuring number from @a str.\n"
   "@param str The string from which to read out the first number.\n"
   "@return String representation of the number or "" if no number.\n\n")
{
   U32 start;
   U32 end;
   return String::GetFirstNumber(str, start, end);
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( isspace, bool, ( const char* str, S32 index ),,
   "Test whether the character at the given position is a whitespace character.\n"
   "Characters such as tab, space, or newline are considered whitespace.\n"
   "@param str The string to test.\n"
   "@param index The index of a character in @a str.\n"
   "@return True if the character at the given index in @a str is a whitespace character; false otherwise.\n\n"
   "@see isalnum\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   if( index >= 0 && index < dStrlen( str ) )
      return dIsspace( str[ index ] );
   else
      return false;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( isalnum, bool, ( const char* str, S32 index ),,
   "Test whether the character at the given position is an alpha-numeric character.\n"
   "Alpha-numeric characters are characters that are either alphabetic (a-z, A-Z) or numbers (0-9).\n"
   "@param str The string to test.\n"
   "@param index The index of a character in @a str.\n"
   "@return True if the character at the given index in @a str is an alpha-numeric character; false otherwise.\n\n"
   "@see isspace\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   if( index >= 0 && index < dStrlen( str ) )
      return dIsalnum( str[ index ] );
   else
      return false;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( startsWith, bool, ( const char* str, const char* prefix, bool caseSensitive ), ( false ),
   "Test whether the given string begins with the given prefix.\n"
   "@param str The string to test.\n"
   "@param prefix The potential prefix of @a str.\n"
   "@param caseSensitive If true, the comparison will be case-sensitive; if false, differences in casing will "
      "not be taken into account.\n"
   "@return True if the first characters in @a str match the complete contents of @a prefix; false otherwise.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "startsWith( \"TEST123\", \"test\" ) // Returns true.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@see endsWith\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   // if the target string is empty, return true (all strings start with the empty string)
   S32 srcLen = dStrlen( str );
   S32 targetLen = dStrlen( prefix );
   if( targetLen == 0 )
      return true;
   // else if the src string is empty, return false (empty src does not start with non-empty target)
   else if( srcLen == 0 )
      return false;

   if( caseSensitive )
      return ( dStrncmp( str, prefix, targetLen ) == 0 );

   // both src and target are non empty, create temp buffers for lowercase operation
   char* srcBuf = new char[ srcLen + 1 ];
   char* targetBuf = new char[ targetLen + 1 ];

   // copy src and target into buffers
   dStrcpy( srcBuf, str );
   dStrcpy( targetBuf, prefix );

   // reassign src/target pointers to lowercase versions
   str = dStrlwr( srcBuf );
   prefix = dStrlwr( targetBuf );

   // do the comparison
   bool startsWith = dStrncmp( str, prefix, targetLen ) == 0;

   // delete temp buffers
   delete [] srcBuf;
   delete [] targetBuf;

   return startsWith;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( endsWith, bool, ( const char* str, const char* suffix, bool caseSensitive ), ( false ),
   "@brief Test whether the given string ends with the given suffix.\n\n"
   "@param str The string to test.\n"
   "@param suffix The potential suffix of @a str.\n"
   "@param caseSensitive If true, the comparison will be case-sensitive; if false, differences in casing will "
      "not be taken into account.\n"
   "@return True if the last characters in @a str match the complete contents of @a suffix; false otherwise.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "startsWith( \"TEST123\", \"123\" ) // Returns true.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see startsWith\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   // if the target string is empty, return true (all strings end with the empty string)
   S32 srcLen = dStrlen( str );
   S32 targetLen = dStrlen( suffix );
   if (targetLen == 0)
      return true;
   // else if the src string is empty, return false (empty src does not end with non-empty target)
   else if (srcLen == 0)
      return false;
   else if( targetLen > srcLen )
      return false;
      
   if( caseSensitive )
      return ( dStrcmp( &str[ srcLen - targetLen ], suffix ) == 0 );

   // both src and target are non empty, create temp buffers for lowercase operation
   char* srcBuf = new char[ srcLen + 1 ];
   char* targetBuf = new char[ targetLen + 1 ];

   // copy src and target into buffers
   dStrcpy( srcBuf, str );
   dStrcpy( targetBuf, suffix );

   // reassign src/target pointers to lowercase versions
   str = dStrlwr( srcBuf );
   suffix = dStrlwr( targetBuf );

   // set the src pointer to the appropriate place to check the end of the string
   str += srcLen - targetLen;

   // do the comparison
   bool endsWith = dStrcmp( str, suffix ) == 0;

   // delete temp buffers
   delete [] srcBuf;
   delete [] targetBuf;

   return endsWith;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strchrpos, S32, ( const char* str, const char* chr, S32 start ), ( 0 ),
   "Find the first occurrence of the given character in the given string.\n"
   "@param str The string to search.\n"
   "@param chr The character to look for.  Only the first character of this string will be searched for.\n"
   "@param start The index into @a str at which to start searching for the given character.\n"
   "@return The index of the first occurrence of @a chr in @a str or -1 if @a str does not contain the given character.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strchrpos( \"test\", \"s\" ) // Returns 2.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   if( start != 0 && start >= dStrlen( str ) )
      return -1;
   
   const char* ret = dStrchr( &str[ start ], chr[ 0 ] );
   return ret ? ret - str : -1;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strrchrpos, S32, ( const char* str, const char* chr, S32 start ), ( 0 ),
   "Find the last occurrence of the given character in the given string.\n"
   "@param str The string to search.\n"
   "@param chr The character to look for.  Only the first character of this string will be searched for.\n"
   "@param start The index into @a str at which to start searching for the given character.\n"
   "@return The index of the last occurrence of @a chr in @a str or -1 if @a str does not contain the given character.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strrchrpos( \"test\", \"t\" ) // Returns 3.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   if( start != 0 && start >= dStrlen( str ) )
      return -1;

   const char* ret = dStrrchr( str, chr[ 0 ] );
   if( !ret )
      return -1;
      
   S32 index = ret - str;
   if( index < start )
      return -1;
      
   return index;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( strToggleCaseToWords, const char*, ( const char* str ),,
   "Parse a Toggle Case word into separate words.\n"
   "@param str The string to parse.\n"
   "@return new string space separated.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "strToggleCaseToWords( \"HelloWorld\" ) // Returns \"Hello World\".\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   String newStr;
   for(S32 i = 0; str[i]; i++)
   {
      //If capitol add a space
      if(i != 0 && str[i] >= 65 && str[i] <= 90)
         newStr += " "; 

      newStr += str[i]; 
   }

   return Con::getReturnBuffer(newStr);
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

// Warning: isInt and isFloat are very 'strict' and might need to be adjusted to allow other values. //seanmc
DefineConsoleFunction( isInt, bool, ( const char* str),,
   "Returns true if the string is an integer.\n"
   "@param str The string to test.\n"
   "@return true if @a str is an integer and false if not\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "isInt( \"13\" ) // Returns true.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   return isInt(str);
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( isFloat, bool, ( const char* str, bool sciOk), (false),
   "Returns true if the string is a float.\n"
   "@param str The string to test.\n"
   "@param sciOk Test for correct scientific notation and accept it (ex. 1.2e+14)"
   "@return true if @a str is a float and false if not\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "isFloat( \"13.5\" ) // Returns true.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   return isFloat(str, sciOk);
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( isValidPort, bool, ( const char* str),,
   "Returns true if the string is a valid port number.\n"
   "@param str The string to test.\n"
   "@return true if @a str is a port and false if not\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "isValidPort( \"8080\" ) // Returns true.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   if(isInt(str))
   {
      U16 port = dAtous(str);
      return isValidPort(port);
   }
   else
      return false;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( isValidIP, bool, ( const char* str),,
   "Returns true if the string is a valid ip address, excepts localhost.\n"
   "@param str The string to test.\n"
   "@return true if @a str is a valid ip address and false if not\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
   "isValidIP( \"localhost\" ) // Returns true.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   if(dStrcmp(str, "localhost") == 0)
   {
      return true;
   }
   else
      return isValidIP(str);
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------

// Torque won't normally add another string if it already exists with another casing,
// so this forces the addition. It should be called once near the start, such as in main.cs.
ConsoleFunction(addCaseSensitiveStrings,void,2,0,"[string1, string2, ...]"
                "Adds case sensitive strings to the StringTable.")
{
	for(int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
		StringTable->insert(argv[i], true);
}

//=============================================================================
//    Field Manipulators.
//=============================================================================
// MARK: ---- Field Manipulators ----

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getWord, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 index ),,
   "Extract the word at the given @a index in the whitespace-separated list in @a text.\n"
   "Words in @a text must be separated by newlines, spaces, and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param text A whitespace-separated list of words.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the word to extract.\n"
   "@return The word at the given index or \"\" if the index is out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getWord( \"a b c\", 1 ) // Returns \"b\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getWords\n"
   "@see getWordCount\n"
   "@see getToken\n"
   "@see getField\n"
   "@see getRecord\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::getUnit( text, index, " \t\n") );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getWords, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 startIndex, S32 endIndex ), ( -1 ),
   "Extract a range of words from the given @a startIndex onwards thru @a endIndex.\n"
   "Words in @a text must be separated by newlines, spaces, and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param text A whitespace-separated list of words.\n"
   "@param startIndex The zero-based index of the first word to extract from @a text.\n"
   "@param endIndex The zero-based index of the last word to extract from @a text.  If this is -1, all words beginning "
      "with @a startIndex are extracted from @a text.\n"
   "@return A string containing the specified range of words from @a text or \"\" if @a startIndex "
      "is out of range or greater than @a endIndex.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getWords( \"a b c d\", 1, 2, ) // Returns \"b c\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getWord\n"
   "@see getWordCount\n"
   "@see getTokens\n"
   "@see getFields\n"
   "@see getRecords\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   if( endIndex < 0 )
      endIndex = 1000000;

   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::getUnits( text, startIndex, endIndex, " \t\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( setWord, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 index, const char* replacement ),,
   "Replace the word in @a text at the given @a index with @a replacement.\n"
   "Words in @a text must be separated by newlines, spaces, and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param text A whitespace-separated list of words.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the word to replace.\n"
   "@param replacement The string with which to replace the word.\n"
   "@return A new string with the word at the given @a index replaced by @a replacement or the original "
      "string if @a index is out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "setWord( \"a b c d\", 2, \"f\" ) // Returns \"a b f d\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getWord\n"
   "@see setToken\n"
   "@see setField\n"
   "@see setRecord\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::setUnit( text, index, replacement, " \t\n") );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( removeWord, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 index ),,
   "Remove the word in @a text at the given @a index.\n"
   "Words in @a text must be separated by newlines, spaces, and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param text A whitespace-separated list of words.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the word in @a text.\n"
   "@return A new string with the word at the given index removed or the original string if @a index is "
      "out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "removeWord( \"a b c d\", 2 ) // Returns \"a b d\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see removeToken\n"
   "@see removeField\n"
   "@see removeRecord\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::removeUnit( text, index, " \t\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getWordCount, S32, ( const char* text ),,
   "Return the number of whitespace-separated words in @a text.\n"
   "Words in @a text must be separated by newlines, spaces, and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param text A whitespace-separated list of words.\n"
   "@return The number of whitespace-separated words in @a text.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getWordCount( \"a b c d e\" ) // Returns 5\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getTokenCount\n"
   "@see getFieldCount\n"
   "@see getRecordCount\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return StringUnit::getUnitCount( text, " \t\n" );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( monthNumToStr, String, ( S32 num, bool abbreviate ), (false),
   "@brief returns month as a word given a number or \"\" if number is bad"
   "@return month as a word given a number or \"\" if number is bad"
   "@ingroup FileSystem")
{
   switch(num)
   {
      case 1: return abbreviate ? "Jan" : "January"; break;
      case 2: return abbreviate ? "Feb" : "February"; break;
      case 3: return abbreviate ? "Mar" : "March"; break;
      case 4: return abbreviate ? "Apr" : "April"; break;
      case 5: return "May"; break;
      case 6: return abbreviate ? "Jun" : "June"; break;
      case 7: return abbreviate ? "Jul" : "July"; break;
      case 8: return abbreviate ? "Aug" : "August"; break;
      case 9: return abbreviate ? "Sep" : "September"; break;
      case 10: return abbreviate ? "Oct" : "October"; break;
      case 11: return abbreviate ? "Nov" : "November"; break;
      case 12: return abbreviate ? "Dec" : "December"; break;
      default: return "";
   }
}

DefineEngineFunction( weekdayNumToStr, String, ( S32 num, bool abbreviate ), (false),
   "@brief returns weekday as a word given a number or \"\" if number is bad"
   "@return weekday as a word given a number or \"\" if number is bad"
   "@ingroup FileSystem")
{
   switch(num)
   {
      case 0: return abbreviate ? "Sun" : "Sunday"; break;
      case 1: return abbreviate ? "Mon" : "Monday"; break;
      case 2: return abbreviate ? "Tue" : "Tuesday"; break;
      case 3: return abbreviate ? "Wed" : "Wednesday"; break;
      case 4: return abbreviate ? "Thu" : "Thursday"; break;
      case 5: return abbreviate ? "Fri" : "Friday"; break;
      case 6: return abbreviate ? "Sat" : "Saturday"; break;
      default: return "";
   }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getField, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 index ),,
   "Extract the field at the given @a index in the newline and/or tab separated list in @a text.\n"
   "Fields in @a text must be separated by newlines and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param text A list of fields separated by newlines and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the field to extract.\n"
   "@return The field at the given index or \"\" if the index is out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getField( \"a b\" TAB \"c d\" TAB \"e f\", 1 ) // Returns \"c d\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getFields\n"
   "@see getFieldCount\n"
   "@see getWord\n"
   "@see getRecord\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::getUnit( text, index, "\t\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getFields, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 startIndex, S32 endIndex ), ( -1 ),
   "Extract a range of fields from the given @a startIndex onwards thru @a endIndex.\n"
   "Fields in @a text must be separated by newlines and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param text A list of fields separated by newlines and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param startIndex The zero-based index of the first field to extract from @a text.\n"
   "@param endIndex The zero-based index of the last field to extract from @a text.  If this is -1, all fields beginning "
      "with @a startIndex are extracted from @a text.\n"
   "@return A string containing the specified range of fields from @a text or \"\" if @a startIndex "
      "is out of range or greater than @a endIndex.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getFields( \"a b\" TAB \"c d\" TAB \"e f\", 1 ) // Returns \"c d\" TAB \"e f\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getField\n"
   "@see getFieldCount\n"
   "@see getWords\n"
   "@see getRecords\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   if( endIndex < 0 )
      endIndex = 1000000;

   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::getUnits( text, startIndex, endIndex, "\t\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( setField, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 index, const char* replacement ),,
   "Replace the field in @a text at the given @a index with @a replacement.\n"
   "Fields in @a text must be separated by newlines and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param text A list of fields separated by newlines and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the field to replace.\n"
   "@param replacement The string with which to replace the field.\n"
   "@return A new string with the field at the given @a index replaced by @a replacement or the original "
      "string if @a index is out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "setField( \"a b\" TAB \"c d\" TAB \"e f\", 1, \"g h\" ) // Returns \"a b\" TAB \"g h\" TAB \"e f\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getField\n"
   "@see setWord\n"
   "@see setRecord\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::setUnit( text, index, replacement, "\t\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( removeField, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 index ),,
   "Remove the field in @a text at the given @a index.\n"
   "Fields in @a text must be separated by newlines and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param text A list of fields separated by newlines and/or tabs.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the field in @a text.\n"
   "@return A new string with the field at the given index removed or the original string if @a index is "
      "out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "removeField( \"a b\" TAB \"c d\" TAB \"e f\", 1 ) // Returns \"a b\" TAB \"e f\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see removeWord\n"
   "@see removeRecord\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::removeUnit( text, index, "\t\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getFieldCount, S32, ( const char* text ),,
   "Return the number of newline and/or tab separated fields in @a text.\n"
   "@param text A list of fields separated by newlines and/or tabs.\n"
   "@return The number of newline and/or tab sepearated elements in @a text.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getFieldCount( \"a b\" TAB \"c d\" TAB \"e f\" ) // Returns 3\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getWordCount\n"
   "@see getRecordCount\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return StringUnit::getUnitCount( text, "\t\n" );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getRecord, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 index ),,
   "Extract the record at the given @a index in the newline-separated list in @a text.\n"
   "Records in @a text must be separated by newlines.\n"
   "@param text A list of records separated by newlines.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the record to extract.\n"
   "@return The record at the given index or \"\" if @a index is out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getRecord( \"a b\" NL \"c d\" NL \"e f\", 1 ) // Returns \"c d\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getRecords\n"
   "@see getRecordCount\n"
   "@see getWord\n"
   "@see getField\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::getUnit( text, index, "\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getRecords, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 startIndex, S32 endIndex ), ( -1 ),
   "Extract a range of records from the given @a startIndex onwards thru @a endIndex.\n"
   "Records in @a text must be separated by newlines.\n"
   "@param text A list of records separated by newlines.\n"
   "@param startIndex The zero-based index of the first record to extract from @a text.\n"
   "@param endIndex The zero-based index of the last record to extract from @a text.  If this is -1, all records beginning "
      "with @a startIndex are extracted from @a text.\n"
   "@return A string containing the specified range of records from @a text or \"\" if @a startIndex "
      "is out of range or greater than @a endIndex.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getRecords( \"a b\" NL \"c d\" NL \"e f\", 1 ) // Returns \"c d\" NL \"e f\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getRecord\n"
   "@see getRecordCount\n"
   "@see getWords\n"
   "@see getFields\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   if( endIndex < 0 )
      endIndex = 1000000;

   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::getUnits( text, startIndex, endIndex, "\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( setRecord, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 index, const char* replacement ),,
   "Replace the record in @a text at the given @a index with @a replacement.\n"
   "Records in @a text must be separated by newlines.\n"
   "@param text A list of records separated by newlines.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the record to replace.\n"
   "@param replacement The string with which to replace the record.\n"
   "@return A new string with the record at the given @a index replaced by @a replacement or the original "
      "string if @a index is out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "setRecord( \"a b\" NL \"c d\" NL \"e f\", 1, \"g h\" ) // Returns \"a b\" NL \"g h\" NL \"e f\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getRecord\n"
   "@see setWord\n"
   "@see setField\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::setUnit( text, index, replacement, "\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( removeRecord, const char*, ( const char* text, S32 index ),,
   "Remove the record in @a text at the given @a index.\n"
   "Records in @a text must be separated by newlines.\n"
   "@param text A list of records separated by newlines.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the record in @a text.\n"
   "@return A new string with the record at the given @a index removed or the original string if @a index is "
      "out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "removeRecord( \"a b\" NL \"c d\" NL \"e f\", 1 ) // Returns \"a b\" NL \"e f\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see removeWord\n"
   "@see removeField\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::removeUnit( text, index, "\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getRecordCount, S32, ( const char* text ),,
   "Return the number of newline-separated records in @a text.\n"
   "@param text A list of records separated by newlines.\n"
   "@return The number of newline-sepearated elements in @a text.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getRecordCount( \"a b\" NL \"c d\" NL \"e f\" ) // Returns 3\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getWordCount\n"
   "@see getFieldCount\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return StringUnit::getUnitCount( text, "\n" );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( firstWord, const char*, ( const char* text ),,
   "Return the first word in @a text.\n"
   "@param text A list of words separated by newlines, spaces, and/or tabs.\n"
   "@return The word at index 0 in @a text or \"\" if @a text is empty.\n\n"
   "@note This is equal to \n"
   "@tsexample_nopar\n"
      "getWord( text, 0 )\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getWord\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::getUnit( text, 0, " \t\n" ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( restWords, const char*, ( const char* text ),,
   "Return all but the first word in @a text.\n"
   "@param text A list of words separated by newlines, spaces, and/or tabs.\n"
   "@return @a text with the first word removed.\n\n"
   "@note This is equal to \n"
   "@tsexample_nopar\n"
      "getWords( text, 1 )\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getWords\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   const char* ptr = text;
   while( *ptr && *ptr != ' ' && *ptr != '\t' && *ptr != '\n' )
      ptr ++;
      
   // Skip separator.
   if( *ptr )
      ptr ++;
      
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( ptr );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

static bool isInSet(char c, const char *set)
{
   if (set)
      while (*set)
         if (c == *set++)
            return true;

   return false;
}

DefineConsoleFunction( nextToken, const char*, ( const char* str1, const char* token, const char* delim), , "( string str, string token, string delimiters ) "
   "Tokenize a string using a set of delimiting characters.\n"
   "This function first skips all leading charaters in @a str that are contained in @a delimiters. "
   "From that position, it then scans for the next character in @a str that is contained in @a delimiters and stores all characters "
   "from the starting position up to the first delimiter in a variable in the current scope called @a token.  Finally, it "
   "skips all characters in @a delimiters after the token and then returns the remaining string contents in @a str.\n\n"
   "To scan out all tokens in a string, call this function repeatedly by passing the result it returns each time as the new @a str "
   "until the function returns \"\".\n\n"
   "@param str A string.\n"
   "@param token The name of the variable in which to store the current token.  This variable is set in the "
      "scope in which nextToken is called.\n"
   "@param delimiters A string of characters.  Each character is considered a delimiter.\n"
   "@return The remainder of @a str after the token has been parsed out or \"\" if no more tokens were found in @a str.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "// Prints:\n"
      "// a\n"
      "// b\n"
      "// c\n"
      "%str = \"a   b c\";\n"
      "while ( %str !$= \"\" )\n"
      "{\n"
      "   // First time, stores \"a\" in the variable %token and sets %str to \"b c\".\n"
      "   %str = nextToken( %str, \"token\", \" \" );\n"
      "   echo( %token );\n"
      "}\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
	char buffer[4096];
   dStrncpy(buffer, str1, 4096);
   char *str = buffer;

   if( str[0] )
   {
      // skip over any characters that are a member of delim
      // no need for special '\0' check since it can never be in delim
      while (isInSet(*str, delim))
         str++;

      // skip over any characters that are NOT a member of delim
      const char *tmp = str;

      while (*str && !isInSet(*str, delim))
         str++;

      // terminate the token
      if (*str)
         *str++ = 0;

      // set local variable if inside a function
      if (gEvalState.getStackDepth() > 0 && 
         gEvalState.getCurrentFrame().scopeName)
         Con::setLocalVariable(token,tmp);
      else
         Con::setVariable(token,tmp);

      // advance str past the 'delim space'
      while (isInSet(*str, delim))
         str++;
   }

   U32 returnLen = dStrlen(str)+1;
   char *ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(returnLen);
   dStrncpy(ret, str, returnLen);
   return ret;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getToken, const char*, ( const char* text, const char* delimiters, S32 index ),,
   "Extract the substring at the given @a index in the @a delimiters separated list in @a text.\n"
   "@param text A @a delimiters list of substrings.\n"
   "@param delimiters Character or characters that separate the list of substrings in @a text.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the substring to extract.\n"
   "@return The substring at the given index or \"\" if the index is out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getToken( \"a b c d\", \" \", 2 ) // Returns \"c\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getTokens\n"
   "@see getTokenCount\n"
   "@see getWord\n"
   "@see getField\n"
   "@see getRecord\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::getUnit(text, index, delimiters));
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getTokens, const char*, ( const char* text, const char* delimiters, S32 startIndex, S32 endIndex ), ( -1 ),
   "Extract a range of substrings separated by @a delimiters at the given @a startIndex onwards thru @a endIndex.\n"
   "@param text A @a delimiters list of substrings.\n"
   "@param delimiters Character or characters that separate the list of substrings in @a text.\n"
   "@param startIndex The zero-based index of the first substring to extract from @a text.\n"
   "@param endIndex The zero-based index of the last substring to extract from @a text.  If this is -1, all words beginning "
      "with @a startIndex are extracted from @a text.\n"
   "@return A string containing the specified range of substrings from @a text or \"\" if @a startIndex "
      "is out of range or greater than @a endIndex.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getTokens( \"a b c d\", \" \", 1, 2, ) // Returns \"b c\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getToken\n"
   "@see getTokenCount\n"
   "@see getWords\n"
   "@see getFields\n"
   "@see getRecords\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   if( endIndex < 0 )
      endIndex = 1000000;

   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::getUnits( text, startIndex, endIndex, delimiters ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( setToken, const char*, ( const char* text, const char* delimiters, S32 index, const char* replacement ),,
   "Replace the substring in @a text separated by @a delimiters at the given @a index with @a replacement.\n"
   "@param text A @a delimiters list of substrings.\n"
   "@param delimiters Character or characters that separate the list of substrings in @a text.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the substring to replace.\n"
   "@param replacement The string with which to replace the substring.\n"
   "@return A new string with the substring at the given @a index replaced by @a replacement or the original "
      "string if @a index is out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "setToken( \"a b c d\", \" \", 2, \"f\" ) // Returns \"a b f d\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getToken\n"
   "@see setWord\n"
   "@see setField\n"
   "@see setRecord\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::setUnit( text, index, replacement, delimiters) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( removeToken, const char*, ( const char* text, const char* delimiters, S32 index ),,
   "Remove the substring in @a text separated by @a delimiters at the given @a index.\n"
   "@param text A @a delimiters list of substrings.\n"
   "@param delimiters Character or characters that separate the list of substrings in @a text.\n"
   "@param index The zero-based index of the word in @a text.\n"
   "@return A new string with the substring at the given index removed or the original string if @a index is "
      "out of range.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "removeToken( \"a b c d\", \" \", 2 ) // Returns \"a b d\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see removeWord\n"
   "@see removeField\n"
   "@see removeRecord\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return Con::getReturnBuffer( StringUnit::removeUnit( text, index, delimiters ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getTokenCount, S32, ( const char* text, const char* delimiters),,
   "Return the number of @a delimiters substrings in @a text.\n"
   "@param text A @a delimiters list of substrings.\n"
   "@param delimiters Character or characters that separate the list of substrings in @a text.\n"
   "@return The number of @a delimiters substrings in @a text.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "getTokenCount( \"a b c d e\", \" \" ) // Returns 5\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see getWordCount\n"
   "@see getFieldCount\n"
   "@see getRecordCount\n"
   "@ingroup FieldManip" )
{
   return StringUnit::getUnitCount( text, delimiters );
}

//=============================================================================
//    Tagged Strings.
//=============================================================================
// MARK: ---- Tagged Strings ----

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( detag, const char*, ( const char* str ),,
   "@brief Returns the string from a tag string.\n\n"

   "Should only be used within the context of a function that receives a tagged "
   "string, and is not meant to be used outside of this context.  Use getTaggedString() "
   "to convert a tagged string ID back into a regular string at any time.\n\n"

   "@tsexample\n"
      "// From scripts/client/message.cs\n"
      "function clientCmdChatMessage(%sender, %voice, %pitch, %msgString, %a1, %a2, %a3, %a4, %a5, %a6, %a7, %a8, %a9, %a10)\n"
      "{\n"
      "   onChatMessage(detag(%msgString), %voice, %pitch);\n"
      "}\n"
	"@endtsexample\n\n"

   "@see \\ref syntaxDataTypes under Tagged %Strings\n"
   "@see getTag()\n"
   "@see getTaggedString()\n"

   "@ingroup Networking")
{
   if( str[ 0 ] == StringTagPrefixByte )
   {
      const char* word = dStrchr( str, ' ' );
      if( word == NULL )
         return "";
         
      char* ret = Con::getReturnBuffer( dStrlen( word + 1 ) + 1 );
      dStrcpy( ret, word + 1 );
      return ret;
   }
   else
      return str;
}

DefineConsoleFunction( getTag, const char*, ( const char* textTagString ), , "( string textTagString ) "
   "@brief Extracts the tag from a tagged string\n\n"

   "Should only be used within the context of a function that receives a tagged "
   "string, and is not meant to be used outside of this context.\n\n"

   "@param textTagString The tagged string to extract.\n"

   "@returns The tag ID of the string.\n"

   "@see \\ref syntaxDataTypes under Tagged %Strings\n"
   "@see detag()\n"
   "@ingroup Networking")
{
   if(textTagString[0] == StringTagPrefixByte)
   {
      const char * space = dStrchr(textTagString, ' ');

      U64 len;
      if(space)
         len = space - textTagString;
      else
         len = dStrlen(textTagString) + 1;

      char * ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(len);
      dStrncpy(ret, textTagString + 1, len - 1);
      ret[len - 1] = 0;

      return(ret);
   }
   else
      return(textTagString);
}


//=============================================================================
//    Output.
//=============================================================================
// MARK: ---- Output ----

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

ConsoleFunction( echo, void, 2, 0, "( string message... ) "
   "@brief Logs a message to the console.\n\n"
   "Concatenates all given arguments to a single string and prints the string to the console. "
   "A newline is added automatically after the text.\n\n"
   "@param message Any number of string arguments.\n\n"
   "@ingroup Logging" )
{
   U32 len = 0;
   S32 i;
   for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
      len += dStrlen(argv[i]);

   char *ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(len + 1);
   ret[0] = 0;
   for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
      dStrcat(ret, argv[i]);

   Con::printf("%s", ret);
   ret[0] = 0;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

ConsoleFunction( warn, void, 2, 0, "( string message... ) "
   "@brief Logs a warning message to the console.\n\n"
   "Concatenates all given arguments to a single string and prints the string to the console as a warning "
   "message (in the in-game console, these will show up using a turquoise font by default). "
   "A newline is added automatically after the text.\n\n"
   "@param message Any number of string arguments.\n\n"
   "@ingroup Logging" )
{
   U32 len = 0;
   S32 i;
   for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
      len += dStrlen(argv[i]);

   char *ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(len + 1);
   ret[0] = 0;
   for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
      dStrcat(ret, argv[i]);

   Con::warnf(ConsoleLogEntry::General, "%s", ret);
   ret[0] = 0;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

ConsoleFunction( error, void, 2, 0, "( string message... ) "
   "@brief Logs an error message to the console.\n\n"
   "Concatenates all given arguments to a single string and prints the string to the console as an error "
   "message (in the in-game console, these will show up using a red font by default). "
   "A newline is added automatically after the text.\n\n"
   "@param message Any number of string arguments.\n\n"
   "@ingroup Logging" )
{
   U32 len = 0;
   S32 i;
   for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
      len += dStrlen(argv[i]);

   char *ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(len + 1);
   ret[0] = 0;
   for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
      dStrcat(ret, argv[i]);

   Con::errorf(ConsoleLogEntry::General, "%s", ret);
   ret[0] = 0;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( debugv, void, ( const char* variableName ),,
   "@brief Logs the value of the given variable to the console.\n\n"
   "Prints a string of the form \"<variableName> = <variable value>\" to the console.\n\n"
   "@param variableName Name of the local or global variable to print.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "%var = 1;\n"
      "debugv( \"%var\" ); // Prints \"%var = 1\"\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@ingroup Debugging" )
{
   if( variableName[ 0 ] == '%' )
      Con::errorf( "%s = %s", variableName, Con::getLocalVariable( variableName ) );
   else
      Con::errorf( "%s = %s", variableName, Con::getVariable( variableName ) );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( expandEscape, const char*, ( const char* text ),,
   "@brief Replace all characters in @a text that need to be escaped for the string to be a valid string literal with their "
   "respective escape sequences.\n\n"
   "All characters in @a text that cannot appear in a string literal will be replaced by an escape sequence (\\\\n, \\\\t, etc).\n\n"
   "The primary use of this function is for converting strings suitable for being passed as string literals "
   "to the TorqueScript compiler.\n\n"
   "@param text A string\n"
   "@return A duplicate of the text parameter with all unescaped characters that cannot appear in string literals replaced by their respective "
   "escape sequences.\n\n"
   "@tsxample\n"
   "expandEscape( \"str\" NL \"ing\" ) // Returns \"str\\ning\".\n"
   "@endtsxample\n\n"
   "@see collapseEscape\n"
   "@ingroup Strings")
{
   char* ret = Con::getReturnBuffer(dStrlen( text ) * 2 + 1 );  // worst case situation
   expandEscape( ret, text );
   return ret;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( collapseEscape, const char*, ( const char* text ),,
   "Replace all escape sequences in @a text with their respective character codes.\n\n"
   "This function replaces all escape sequences (\\\\n, \\\\t, etc) in the given string "
   "with the respective characters they represent.\n\n"
   "The primary use of this function is for converting strings from their literal form into "
   "their compiled/translated form, as is normally done by the TorqueScript compiler.\n\n"
   "@param text A string.\n"
   "@return A duplicate of @a text with all escape sequences replaced by their respective character codes.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "// Print:\n"
      "//\n"
      "//    str\n"
      "//    ing\n"
      "//\n"
      "// to the console.  Note how the backslash in the string must be escaped here\n"
      "// in order to prevent the TorqueScript compiler from collapsing the escape\n"
      "// sequence in the resulting string.\n"
      "echo( collapseEscape( \"str\\ning\" ) );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see expandEscape\n\n"
   "@ingroup Strings" )
{
   char* ret = Con::getReturnBuffer( text );
   collapseEscape( ret );
   return ret;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( setLogMode, void, ( S32 mode ),,
	"@brief Determines how log files are written.\n\n"
	"Sets the operational mode of the console logging system.\n\n"
   "@param mode Parameter specifying the logging mode.  This can be:\n"
      "- 1: Open and close the console log file for each seperate string of output.  This will ensure that all "
         "parts get written out to disk and that no parts remain in intermediate buffers even if the process crashes.\n"
      "- 2: Keep the log file open and write to it continuously.  This will make the system operate faster but "
         "if the process crashes, parts of the output may not have been written to disk yet and will be missing from "
         "the log.\n\n"
         
      "Additionally, when changing the log mode and thus opening a new log file, either of the two mode values may be "
      "combined by binary OR with 0x4 to cause the logging system to flush all console log messages that had already been "
      "issued to the console system into the newly created log file.\n\n"

	"@note Xbox 360 does not support logging to a file. Use Platform::OutputDebugStr in C++ instead."
	"@ingroup Logging" )
{
   Con::setLogMode( mode );
}

//=============================================================================
//    Misc.
//=============================================================================
// MARK: ---- Misc ----

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( quit, void, ( ),,
   "Shut down the engine and exit its process.\n"
   "This function cleanly uninitializes the engine and then exits back to the system with a process "
   "exit status indicating a clean exit.\n\n"
   "@see quitWithErrorMessage\n\n"
   "@ingroup Platform" )
{
   Platform::postQuitMessage(0);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


DefineConsoleFunction( realQuit, void, (), , "")
{
   Platform::postQuitMessage(0);
}


//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( quitWithErrorMessage, void, ( const char* message, S32 status ), (0),
   "Display an error message box showing the given @a message and then shut down the engine and exit its process.\n"
   "This function cleanly uninitialized the engine and then exits back to the system with a process "
   "exit status indicating an error.\n\n"
   "@param message The message to log to the console and show in an error message box.\n"
   "@param status  The status code to return to the OS.\n\n"
   "@see quit\n\n"
   "@ingroup Platform" )
{
   Con::errorf( message );
   Platform::AlertOK( "Error", message );
   
   // [rene 03/30/10] This was previously using forceShutdown which is a bad thing
   //    as the script code should not be allowed to pretty much hard-crash the engine
   //    and prevent proper shutdown.  Changed this to use postQuitMessage.
   
   Platform::postQuitMessage( status );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( quitWithStatus, void, ( S32 status ), (0),
   "Shut down the engine and exit its process.\n"
   "This function cleanly uninitializes the engine and then exits back to the system with a given "
   "return status code.\n\n"
   "@param status The status code to return to the OS.\n\n"
   "@see quitWithErrorMessage\n\n"
   "@ingroup Platform" )
{
   Platform::postQuitMessage(status);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( gotoWebPage, void, ( const char* address ),,
   "Open the given URL or file in the user's web browser.\n\n"
   "@param address The address to open.  If this is not prefixed by a protocol specifier (\"...://\"), then "
      "the function checks whether the address refers to a file or directory and if so, prepends \"file://\" "
      "to @a adress; if the file check fails, \"http://\" is prepended to @a address.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "gotoWebPage( \"http://www.garagegames.com\" );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@ingroup Platform" )
{
   // If there's a protocol prefix in the address, just invoke
   // the browser on the given address.
   
   char* protocolSep = dStrstr( address,"://");
   if( protocolSep != NULL )
   {
      Platform::openWebBrowser( address );
      return;
   }

   // If we don't see a protocol seperator, then we know that some bullethead
   // sent us a bad url. We'll first check to see if a file inside the sandbox
   // with that name exists, then we'll just glom "http://" onto the front of 
   // the bogus url, and hope for the best.
   
   String addr;
   if( Platform::isFile( address ) || Platform::isDirectory( address ) )
   {
#ifdef TORQUE2D_TOOLS_FIXME
      addr = String::ToString( "file://%s", address );
#else
      addr = String::ToString( "file://%s/%s", Platform::getCurrentDirectory(), address );
#endif
   }
   else
      addr = String::ToString( "http://%s", address );
   
   Platform::openWebBrowser( addr );
   return;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( displaySplashWindow, bool, (const char* path), ("art/gui/splash.bmp"),
   "Display a startup splash window suitable for showing while the engine still starts up.\n\n"
   "@note This is currently only implemented on Windows.\n\n"
   "@param path	relative path to splash screen image to display.\n"
   "@return True if the splash window could be successfully initialized.\n\n"
   "@ingroup Platform" )
{
   return Platform::displaySplashWindow(path);
}

DefineEngineFunction( closeSplashWindow, void, (),,
   "Close our startup splash window.\n\n"
   "@note This is currently only implemented on Windows.\n\n"
   "@ingroup Platform" )
{
   Platform::closeSplashWindow();
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( getWebDeployment, bool, (),,
   "Test whether Torque is running in web-deployment mode.\n"
   "In this mode, Torque will usually run within a browser and certain restrictions apply (e.g. Torque will not "
   "be able to enter fullscreen exclusive mode).\n"
   "@return True if Torque is running in web-deployment mode.\n"
   "@ingroup Platform" )
{
   return Platform::getWebDeployment();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( countBits, S32, ( S32 v ),,
   "Count the number of bits that are set in the given 32 bit integer.\n"
   "@param v An integer value.\n\n"
   "@return The number of bits that are set in @a v.\n\n"
   "@ingroup Utilities" )
{
   S32 c = 0;

   // from 
   // http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html

   // for at most 32-bit values in v:
   c =  ((v & 0xfff) * 0x1001001001001ULL & 0x84210842108421ULL) % 0x1f;
   c += (((v & 0xfff000) >> 12) * 0x1001001001001ULL & 0x84210842108421ULL) % 
      0x1f;
   c += ((v >> 24) * 0x1001001001001ULL & 0x84210842108421ULL) % 0x1f;

#ifndef TORQUE_SHIPPING
   // since the above isn't very obvious, for debugging compute the count in a more 
   // traditional way and assert if it is different
   {
      S32 c2 = 0;
      S32 v2 = v;
      for (c2 = 0; v2; v2 >>= 1)
      {
         c2 += v2 & 1;
      }
      if (c2 != c)
         Con::errorf("countBits: Uh oh bit count mismatch");
      AssertFatal(c2 == c, "countBits: uh oh, bit count mismatch");
   }
#endif

   return c;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( generateUUID, Torque::UUID, (),,
   "Generate a new universally unique identifier (UUID).\n\n"
   "@return A newly generated UUID.\n\n"
   "@ingroup Utilities" )
{
   Torque::UUID uuid;
   
   uuid.generate();
   return uuid;
}

//=============================================================================
//    Meta Scripting.
//=============================================================================
// MARK: ---- Meta Scripting ----

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

ConsoleFunction( call, const char *, 2, 0, "( string functionName, string args... ) "
   "Apply the given arguments to the specified global function and return the result of the call.\n\n"
   "@param functionName The name of the function to call.  This function must be in the global namespace, i.e. "
      "you cannot call a function in a namespace through #call.  Use eval() for that.\n"
   "@return The result of the function call.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "function myFunction( %arg )\n"
      "{\n"
      "  return ( %arg SPC \"World!\" );\n"
      "}\n"
      "\n"
      "echo( call( \"myFunction\", \"Hello\" ) ); // Prints \"Hello World!\" to the console.\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@ingroup Scripting" )
{
   return Con::execute( argc - 1, argv + 1 );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

static U32 execDepth = 0;
static U32 journalDepth = 1;

static StringTableEntry getDSOPath(const char *scriptPath)
{
#ifndef TORQUE2D_TOOLS_FIXME

   // [tom, 11/17/2006] Force old behavior for the player. May not want to do this.
   const char *slash = dStrrchr(scriptPath, '/');
   if(slash != NULL)
      return StringTable->insertn(scriptPath, slash - scriptPath, true);
   
   slash = dStrrchr(scriptPath, ':');
   if(slash != NULL)
      return StringTable->insertn(scriptPath, (slash - scriptPath) + 1, true);
   
   return "";

#else

   char relPath[1024], dsoPath[1024];
   bool isPrefs = false;

   // [tom, 11/17/2006] Prefs are handled slightly differently to avoid dso name clashes
   StringTableEntry prefsPath = Platform::getPrefsPath();
   if(dStrnicmp(scriptPath, prefsPath, dStrlen(prefsPath)) == 0)
   {
      relPath[0] = 0;
      isPrefs = true;
   }
   else
   {
      StringTableEntry strippedPath = Platform::stripBasePath(scriptPath);
      dStrcpy(relPath, strippedPath);

      char *slash = dStrrchr(relPath, '/');
      if(slash)
         *slash = 0;
   }

   const char *overridePath;
   if(! isPrefs)
      overridePath = Con::getVariable("$Scripts::OverrideDSOPath");
   else
      overridePath = prefsPath;

   if(overridePath && *overridePath)
      Platform::makeFullPathName(relPath, dsoPath, sizeof(dsoPath), overridePath);
   else
   {
      char t[1024];
      dSprintf(t, sizeof(t), "compiledScripts/%s", relPath);
      Platform::makeFullPathName(t, dsoPath, sizeof(dsoPath), Platform::getPrefsPath());
   }

   return StringTable->insert(dsoPath);

#endif
}

DefineConsoleFunction( getDSOPath, const char*, ( const char* scriptFileName ),,
   "Get the absolute path to the file in which the compiled code for the given script file will be stored.\n"
   "@param scriptFileName %Path to the .cs script file.\n"
   "@return The absolute path to the .dso file for the given script file.\n\n"
   "@note The compiler will store newly compiled DSOs in the prefs path but pre-existing DSOs will be loaded "
      "from the current paths.\n\n"
   "@see compile\n"
   "@see getPrefsPath\n"
   "@ingroup Scripting" )
{
   Con::expandScriptFilename( scriptFilenameBuffer, sizeof(scriptFilenameBuffer), scriptFileName );
   
   const char* filename = getDSOPath(scriptFilenameBuffer);
   if(filename == NULL || *filename == 0)
      return "";

   return filename;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( compile, bool, ( const char* fileName, bool overrideNoDSO ), ( false ),
   "Compile a file to bytecode.\n\n"
   "This function will read the TorqueScript code in the specified file, compile it to internal bytecode, and, "
   "if DSO generation is enabled or @a overrideNoDDSO is true, will store the compiled code in a .dso file "
   "in the current DSO path mirrorring the path of @a fileName.\n\n"
   "@param fileName Path to the file to compile to bytecode.\n"
   "@param overrideNoDSO If true, force generation of DSOs even if the engine is compiled to not "
      "generate write compiled code to DSO files.\n\n"
   "@return True if the file was successfully compiled, false if not.\n\n"
   "@note The definitions contained in the given file will not be made available and no code will actually "
      "be executed.  Use exec() for that.\n\n"
   "@see getDSOPath\n"
   "@see exec\n"
   "@ingroup Scripting" )
{
   Con::expandScriptFilename( scriptFilenameBuffer, sizeof( scriptFilenameBuffer ), fileName );

   // Figure out where to put DSOs
   StringTableEntry dsoPath = getDSOPath(scriptFilenameBuffer);
   if(dsoPath && *dsoPath == 0)
      return false;

   // If the script file extention is '.ed.cs' then compile it to a different compiled extention
   bool isEditorScript = false;
   const char *ext = dStrrchr( scriptFilenameBuffer, '.' );
   if( ext && ( dStricmp( ext, ".cs" ) == 0 ) )
   {
      const char* ext2 = ext - 3;
      if( dStricmp( ext2, ".ed.cs" ) == 0 )
         isEditorScript = true;
   }
   else if( ext && ( dStricmp( ext, ".gui" ) == 0 ) )
   {
      const char* ext2 = ext - 3;
      if( dStricmp( ext2, ".ed.gui" ) == 0 )
         isEditorScript = true;
   }

   const char *filenameOnly = dStrrchr(scriptFilenameBuffer, '/');
   if(filenameOnly)
      ++filenameOnly;
   else
      filenameOnly = scriptFilenameBuffer;
 
   char nameBuffer[512];

   if( isEditorScript )
      dStrcpyl(nameBuffer, sizeof(nameBuffer), dsoPath, "/", filenameOnly, ".edso", NULL);
   else
      dStrcpyl(nameBuffer, sizeof(nameBuffer), dsoPath, "/", filenameOnly, ".dso", NULL);
   
   void *data = NULL;
   U32 dataSize = 0;
   Torque::FS::ReadFile(scriptFilenameBuffer, data, dataSize, true);
   if(data == NULL)
   {
      Con::errorf(ConsoleLogEntry::Script, "compile: invalid script file %s.", scriptFilenameBuffer);
      return false;
   }

   const char *script = static_cast<const char *>(data);

#ifdef TORQUE_DEBUG
   Con::printf("Compiling %s...", scriptFilenameBuffer);
#endif 

   CodeBlock *code = new CodeBlock();
   code->compile(nameBuffer, scriptFilenameBuffer, script, overrideNoDSO);
   delete code;
   delete[] script;

   return true;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( exec, bool, ( const char* fileName, bool noCalls, bool journalScript ), ( false, false ),
   "Execute the given script file.\n"
   "@param fileName Path to the file to execute\n"
   "@param noCalls Deprecated\n"
   "@param journalScript Deprecated\n"
   "@return True if the script was successfully executed, false if not.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "// Execute the init.cs script file found in the same directory as the current script file.\n"
      "exec( \"./init.cs\" );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see compile\n"
   "@see eval\n"
   "@ingroup Scripting" )
{
   bool journal = false;

   execDepth++;
   if(journalDepth >= execDepth)
      journalDepth = execDepth + 1;
   else
      journal = true;

   bool ret = false;

   if( journalScript && !journal )
   {
      journal = true;
      journalDepth = execDepth;
   }

   // Determine the filename we actually want...
   Con::expandScriptFilename( scriptFilenameBuffer, sizeof( scriptFilenameBuffer ), fileName );

   // since this function expects a script file reference, if it's a .dso
   // lets terminate the string before the dso so it will act like a .cs
   if(dStrEndsWith(scriptFilenameBuffer, ".dso"))
   {
      scriptFilenameBuffer[dStrlen(scriptFilenameBuffer) - dStrlen(".dso")] = '\0';
   }

   // Figure out where to put DSOs
   StringTableEntry dsoPath = getDSOPath(scriptFilenameBuffer);

   const char *ext = dStrrchr(scriptFilenameBuffer, '.');

   if(!ext)
   {
      // We need an extension!
      Con::errorf(ConsoleLogEntry::Script, "exec: invalid script file name %s.", scriptFilenameBuffer);
      execDepth--;
      return false;
   }

   // Check Editor Extensions
   bool isEditorScript = false;

   // If the script file extension is '.ed.cs' then compile it to a different compiled extension
   if( dStricmp( ext, ".cs" ) == 0 )
   {
      const char* ext2 = ext - 3;
      if( dStricmp( ext2, ".ed.cs" ) == 0 )
         isEditorScript = true;
   }
   else if( dStricmp( ext, ".gui" ) == 0 )
   {
      const char* ext2 = ext - 3;
      if( dStricmp( ext2, ".ed.gui" ) == 0 )
         isEditorScript = true;
   }


   StringTableEntry scriptFileName = StringTable->insert(scriptFilenameBuffer);

#ifndef TORQUE_OS_XENON
   // Is this a file we should compile? (anything in the prefs path should not be compiled)
   StringTableEntry prefsPath = Platform::getPrefsPath();
   bool compiled = dStricmp(ext, ".mis") && !journal && !Con::getBoolVariable("Scripts::ignoreDSOs");

   // [tom, 12/5/2006] stripBasePath() fucks up if the filename is not in the exe
   // path, current directory or prefs path. Thus, getDSOFilename() will also screw
   // up and so this allows the scripts to still load but without a DSO.
   if(Platform::isFullPath(Platform::stripBasePath(scriptFilenameBuffer)))
      compiled = false;

   // [tom, 11/17/2006] It seems to make sense to not compile scripts that are in the
   // prefs directory. However, getDSOPath() can handle this situation and will put
   // the dso along with the script to avoid name clashes with tools/game dsos.
   if( (dsoPath && *dsoPath == 0) || (prefsPath && prefsPath[ 0 ] && dStrnicmp(scriptFileName, prefsPath, dStrlen(prefsPath)) == 0) )
      compiled = false;
#else
   bool compiled = false;  // Don't try to compile things on the 360, ignore DSO's when debugging
                           // because PC prefs will screw up stuff like SFX.
#endif

   // If we're in a journaling mode, then we will read the script
   // from the journal file.
   if(journal && Journal::IsPlaying())
   {
      char fileNameBuf[256];
      bool fileRead = false;
      U32 fileSize;

      Journal::ReadString(fileNameBuf);
      Journal::Read(&fileRead);

      if(!fileRead)
      {
         Con::errorf(ConsoleLogEntry::Script, "Journal script read (failed) for %s", fileNameBuf);
         execDepth--;
         return false;
      }
      Journal::Read(&fileSize);
      char *script = new char[fileSize + 1];
      Journal::Read(fileSize, script);
      script[fileSize] = 0;
      Con::printf("Executing (journal-read) %s.", scriptFileName);
      CodeBlock *newCodeBlock = new CodeBlock();
      newCodeBlock->compileExec(scriptFileName, script, noCalls, 0);
      delete [] script;

      execDepth--;
      return true;
   }

   // Ok, we let's try to load and compile the script.
   Torque::FS::FileNodeRef scriptFile = Torque::FS::GetFileNode(scriptFileName);
   Torque::FS::FileNodeRef dsoFile;
   
//    ResourceObject *rScr = gResourceManager->find(scriptFileName);
//    ResourceObject *rCom = NULL;

   char nameBuffer[512];
   char* script = NULL;
   U32 version;

   Stream *compiledStream = NULL;
   Torque::Time scriptModifiedTime, dsoModifiedTime;

   // Check here for .edso
   bool edso = false;
   if( dStricmp( ext, ".edso" ) == 0  && scriptFile != NULL )
   {
      edso = true;
      dsoFile = scriptFile;
      scriptFile = NULL;

      dsoModifiedTime = dsoFile->getModifiedTime();
      dStrcpy( nameBuffer, scriptFileName );
   }

   // If we're supposed to be compiling this file, check to see if there's a DSO
   if(compiled && !edso)
   {
      const char *filenameOnly = dStrrchr(scriptFileName, '/');
      if(filenameOnly)
         ++filenameOnly;
      else
         filenameOnly = scriptFileName;

      char pathAndFilename[1024];
      Platform::makeFullPathName(filenameOnly, pathAndFilename, sizeof(pathAndFilename), dsoPath);

      if( isEditorScript )
         dStrcpyl(nameBuffer, sizeof(nameBuffer), pathAndFilename, ".edso", NULL);
      else
         dStrcpyl(nameBuffer, sizeof(nameBuffer), pathAndFilename, ".dso", NULL);

      dsoFile = Torque::FS::GetFileNode(nameBuffer);

      if(scriptFile != NULL)
         scriptModifiedTime = scriptFile->getModifiedTime();
      
      if(dsoFile != NULL)
         dsoModifiedTime = dsoFile->getModifiedTime();
   }

   // Let's do a sanity check to complain about DSOs in the future.
   //
   // MM:	This doesn't seem to be working correctly for now so let's just not issue
   //		the warning until someone knows how to resolve it.
   //
   //if(compiled && rCom && rScr && Platform::compareFileTimes(comModifyTime, scrModifyTime) < 0)
   //{
      //Con::warnf("exec: Warning! Found a DSO from the future! (%s)", nameBuffer);
   //}

   // If we had a DSO, let's check to see if we should be reading from it.
   //MGT: fixed bug with dsos not getting recompiled correctly
   //Note: Using Nathan Martin's version from the forums since its easier to read and understand
   if(compiled && dsoFile != NULL && (scriptFile == NULL|| (dsoModifiedTime >= scriptModifiedTime)))
   { //MGT: end
      compiledStream = FileStream::createAndOpen( nameBuffer, Torque::FS::File::Read );
      if (compiledStream)
      {
         // Check the version!
         compiledStream->read(&version);
         if(version != Con::DSOVersion)
         {
            Con::warnf("exec: Found an old DSO (%s, ver %d < %d), ignoring.", nameBuffer, version, Con::DSOVersion);
            delete compiledStream;
            compiledStream = NULL;
         }
      }
   }

   // If we're journalling, let's write some info out.
   if(journal && Journal::IsRecording())
      Journal::WriteString(scriptFileName);

   if(scriptFile != NULL && !compiledStream)
   {
      // If we have source but no compiled version, then we need to compile
      // (and journal as we do so, if that's required).

      void *data;
      U32 dataSize = 0;
      Torque::FS::ReadFile(scriptFileName, data, dataSize, true);

      if(journal && Journal::IsRecording())
         Journal::Write(bool(data != NULL));
         
      if( data == NULL )
      {
         Con::errorf(ConsoleLogEntry::Script, "exec: invalid script file %s.", scriptFileName);
         execDepth--;
         return false;
      }
      else
      {
         if( !dataSize )
         {
            execDepth --;
            return false;
         }
         
         script = (char *)data;

         if(journal && Journal::IsRecording())
         {
            Journal::Write(dataSize);
            Journal::Write(dataSize, data);
         }
      }

#ifndef TORQUE_NO_DSO_GENERATION
      if(compiled)
      {
         // compile this baddie.
#ifdef TORQUE_DEBUG
         Con::printf("Compiling %s...", scriptFileName);
#endif   

         CodeBlock *code = new CodeBlock();
         code->compile(nameBuffer, scriptFileName, script);
         delete code;
         code = NULL;

         compiledStream = FileStream::createAndOpen( nameBuffer, Torque::FS::File::Read );
         if(compiledStream)
         {
            compiledStream->read(&version);
         }
         else
         {
            // We have to exit out here, as otherwise we get double error reports.
            delete [] script;
            execDepth--;
            return false;
         }
      }
#endif
   }
   else
   {
      if(journal && Journal::IsRecording())
         Journal::Write(bool(false));
   }

   if(compiledStream)
   {
      // Delete the script object first to limit memory used
      // during recursive execs.
      delete [] script;
      script = 0;

      // We're all compiled, so let's run it.
#ifdef TORQUE_DEBUG
      Con::printf("Loading compiled script %s.", scriptFileName);
#endif   
      CodeBlock *code = new CodeBlock;
      code->read(scriptFileName, *compiledStream);
      delete compiledStream;
      code->exec(0, scriptFileName, NULL, 0, NULL, noCalls, NULL, 0);
      ret = true;
   }
   else
      if(scriptFile)
      {
         // No compiled script,  let's just try executing it
         // directly... this is either a mission file, or maybe
         // we're on a readonly volume.
#ifdef TORQUE_DEBUG
         Con::printf("Executing %s.", scriptFileName);
#endif   

         CodeBlock *newCodeBlock = new CodeBlock();
         StringTableEntry name = StringTable->insert(scriptFileName);

         newCodeBlock->compileExec(name, script, noCalls, 0);
         ret = true;
      }
      else
      {
         // Don't have anything.
         Con::warnf(ConsoleLogEntry::Script, "Missing file: %s!", scriptFileName);
         ret = false;
      }

   delete [] script;
   execDepth--;
   return ret;
}

DefineConsoleFunction( eval, const char*, ( const char* consoleString ), , "eval(consoleString)" )
{
   return Con::evaluate(consoleString, false, NULL);
}

DefineConsoleFunction( getVariable, const char*, ( const char* varName ), , "(string varName)\n" 
   "@brief Returns the value of the named variable or an empty string if not found.\n\n"
   "@varName Name of the variable to search for\n"
   "@return Value contained by varName, \"\" if the variable does not exist\n"
   "@ingroup Scripting")
{
   return Con::getVariable(varName);
}

DefineConsoleFunction( setVariable, void, ( const char* varName, const char* value ), , "(string varName, string value)\n" 
   "@brief Sets the value of the named variable.\n\n"
   "@param varName Name of the variable to locate\n"
   "@param value New value of the variable\n"
   "@return True if variable was successfully found and set\n"
   "@ingroup Scripting")
{
   return Con::setVariable(varName, value);
}

DefineConsoleFunction( isFunction, bool, ( const char* funcName ), , "(string funcName)" 
	"@brief Determines if a function exists or not\n\n"
	"@param funcName String containing name of the function\n"
	"@return True if the function exists, false if not\n"
	"@ingroup Scripting")
{
   return Con::isFunction(funcName);
}

DefineConsoleFunction( getFunctionPackage, const char*, ( const char* funcName ), , "(string funcName)" 
	"@brief Provides the name of the package the function belongs to\n\n"
	"@param funcName String containing name of the function\n"
	"@return The name of the function's package\n"
	"@ingroup Packages")
{
   Namespace::Entry* nse = Namespace::global()->lookup( StringTable->insert( funcName ) );
   if( !nse )
      return "";

   return nse->mPackage;
}

DefineConsoleFunction( isMethod, bool, ( const char* nameSpace, const char* method ), , "(string namespace, string method)" 
	"@brief Determines if a class/namespace method exists\n\n"
	"@param namespace Class or namespace, such as Player\n"
	"@param method Name of the function to search for\n"
	"@return True if the method exists, false if not\n"
	"@ingroup Scripting\n")
{
   Namespace* ns = Namespace::find( StringTable->insert( nameSpace ) );
   Namespace::Entry* nse = ns->lookup( StringTable->insert( method ) );
   if( !nse )
      return false;

   return true;
}

DefineConsoleFunction( getMethodPackage, const char*, ( const char* nameSpace, const char* method ), , "(string namespace, string method)" 
	"@brief Provides the name of the package the method belongs to\n\n"
	"@param namespace Class or namespace, such as Player\n"
	"@param method Name of the funciton to search for\n"
	"@return The name of the method's package\n"
	"@ingroup Packages")
{
   Namespace* ns = Namespace::find( StringTable->insert( nameSpace ) );
   if( !ns )
      return "";

   Namespace::Entry* nse = ns->lookup( StringTable->insert( method ) );
   if( !nse )
      return "";

   return nse->mPackage;
}

DefineConsoleFunction( isDefined, bool, ( const char* varName, const char* varValue ), ("") , "(string varName)" 
	"@brief Determines if a variable exists and contains a value\n"
	"@param varName Name of the variable to search for\n"
	"@return True if the variable was defined in script, false if not\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "isDefined( \"$myVar\" );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
	"@ingroup Scripting")
{
   if(String::isEmpty(varName))
   {
      Con::errorf("isDefined() - did you forget to put quotes around the variable name?");
      return false;
   }

   StringTableEntry name = StringTable->insert(varName);

   // Deal with <var>.<value>
   if (dStrchr(name, '.'))
   {
      static char scratchBuffer[4096];

      S32 len = dStrlen(name);
      AssertFatal(len < sizeof(scratchBuffer)-1, "isDefined() - name too long");
      dMemcpy(scratchBuffer, name, len+1);

      char * token = dStrtok(scratchBuffer, ".");

      if (!token || token[0] == '\0')
         return false;

      StringTableEntry objName = StringTable->insert(token);

      // Attempt to find the object
      SimObject * obj = Sim::findObject(objName);

      // If we didn't find the object then we can safely
      // assume that the field variable doesn't exist
      if (!obj)
         return false;

      // Get the name of the field
      token = dStrtok(0, ".\0");
      if (!token)
         return false;

      while (token != NULL)
      {
         StringTableEntry valName = StringTable->insert(token);

         // Store these so we can restore them after we search for the variable
         bool saveModStatic = obj->canModStaticFields();
         bool saveModDyn = obj->canModDynamicFields();

         // Set this so that we can search both static and dynamic fields
         obj->setModStaticFields(true);
         obj->setModDynamicFields(true);

         const char* value = obj->getDataField(valName, 0);

         // Restore our mod flags to be safe
         obj->setModStaticFields(saveModStatic);
         obj->setModDynamicFields(saveModDyn);

         if (!value)
         {
            obj->setDataField(valName, 0, varValue);

            return false;
         }
         else
         {
            // See if we are field on a field
            token = dStrtok(0, ".\0");
            if (token)
            {
               // The previous field must be an object
               obj = Sim::findObject(value);
               if (!obj)
                  return false;
            }
            else
            {
               if (dStrlen(value) > 0)
                  return true;
               else if (!String::isEmpty(varValue))
               { 
                  obj->setDataField(valName, 0, varValue); 
               }
            }
         }
      }
   }
   else if (name[0] == '%')
   {
      // Look up a local variable
      if( gEvalState.getStackDepth() > 0 )
      {
         Dictionary::Entry* ent = gEvalState.getCurrentFrame().lookup(name);

         if (ent)
            return true;
         else if (!String::isEmpty(varValue))
         {
            gEvalState.getCurrentFrame().setVariable(name, varValue);
         }
      }
      else
         Con::errorf("%s() - no local variable frame.", __FUNCTION__);
   }
   else if (name[0] == '$')
   {
      // Look up a global value
      Dictionary::Entry* ent = gEvalState.globalVars.lookup(name);

      if (ent)
         return true;
      else if (!String::isEmpty(varValue))
      {
         gEvalState.globalVars.setVariable(name, varValue);
      }
   }
   else
   {
      // Is it an object?
      if (dStrcmp(varName, "0") && dStrcmp(varName, "") && (Sim::findObject(varName) != NULL))
         return true;
      else if (!String::isEmpty(varValue))
      {
         Con::errorf("%s() - can't assign a value to a variable of the form \"%s\"", __FUNCTION__, varValue);
      }
   }

   return false;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( isCurrentScriptToolScript, bool, (), , "()" 
   "Returns true if the calling script is a tools script.\n"
   "@hide")
{
   return Con::isCurrentScriptToolScript();
}

DefineConsoleFunction( getModNameFromPath, const char *, ( const char* path ), , "(string path)" 
				"@brief Attempts to extract a mod directory from path. Returns empty string on failure.\n\n"
				"@param File path of mod folder\n"
				"@note This is no longer relevant in Torque 3D (which does not use mod folders), should be deprecated\n"
				"@internal")
{
   StringTableEntry modPath = Con::getModNameFromPath(path);
   return modPath ? modPath : "";
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( pushInstantGroup, void, ( String group ),("") , "([group])" 
				"@brief Pushes the current $instantGroup on a stack "
				"and sets it to the given value (or clears it).\n\n"
				"@note Currently only used for editors\n"
				"@ingroup Editors\n"
				"@internal")
{
   if( group.size() > 0 )
      Con::pushInstantGroup( group );
   else
      Con::pushInstantGroup();
}

DefineConsoleFunction( popInstantGroup, void, (), , "()" 
				"@brief Pop and restore the last setting of $instantGroup off the stack.\n\n"
				"@note Currently only used for editors\n\n"
				"@ingroup Editors\n"
				"@internal")
{
   Con::popInstantGroup();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( getPrefsPath, const char *, ( const char* relativeFileName ), (""), "([relativeFileName])" 
				"@note Appears to be useless in Torque 3D, should be deprecated\n"
				"@internal")
{
   const char *filename = Platform::getPrefsPath(relativeFileName);
   if(filename == NULL || *filename == 0)
      return "";
     
   return filename;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

ConsoleFunction( execPrefs, bool, 2, 4, "( string relativeFileName, bool noCalls=false, bool journalScript=false )"
				"@brief Manually execute a special script file that contains game or editor preferences\n\n"
				"@param relativeFileName Name and path to file from project folder\n"
				"@param noCalls Deprecated\n"
				"@param journalScript Deprecated\n"
				"@return True if script was successfully executed\n"
				"@note Appears to be useless in Torque 3D, should be deprecated\n"
				"@ingroup Scripting")
{
   const char *filename = Platform::getPrefsPath(argv[1]);
   if(filename == NULL || *filename == 0)
      return false;

   // Scripts do this a lot, so we may as well help them out
   if(! Platform::isFile(filename) && ! Torque::FS::IsFile(filename))
      return true;

   argv[0] = "exec";
   argv[1] = filename;
   return dAtob(Con::execute(argc, argv));
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( export, void, ( const char* pattern, const char* filename, bool append ), ( "", false ),
   "Write out the definitions of all global variables matching the given name @a pattern.\n"
   "If @a fileName is not \"\", the variable definitions are written to the specified file.  Otherwise the "
   "definitions will be printed to the console.\n\n"
   "The output are valid TorqueScript statements that can be executed to restore the global variable "
   "values.\n\n"
   "@param pattern A global variable name pattern.  Must begin with '$'.\n"
   "@param filename %Path of the file to which to write the definitions or \"\" to write the definitions "
      "to the console.\n"
   "@param append If true and @a fileName is not \"\", then the definitions are appended to the specified file. "
      "Otherwise existing contents of the file (if any) will be overwritten.\n\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "// Write out all preference variables to a prefs.cs file.\n"
      "export( \"$prefs::*\", \"prefs.cs\" );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@ingroup Scripting" )
{
   if( filename && filename[ 0 ] )
   {
#ifndef TORQUE2D_TOOLS_FIXME
      if(Con::expandScriptFilename(scriptFilenameBuffer, sizeof(scriptFilenameBuffer), filename))
         filename = scriptFilenameBuffer;
#else
      filename = Platform::getPrefsPath( filename );
      if(filename == NULL || *filename == 0)
         return;
#endif
   }
   else
      filename = NULL;

   gEvalState.globalVars.exportVariables( pattern, filename, append );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( deleteVariables, void, ( const char* pattern ),,
   "Undefine all global variables matching the given name @a pattern.\n"
   "@param pattern A global variable name pattern.  Must begin with '$'.\n"
   "@tsexample\n"
      "// Define a global variable in the \"My\" namespace.\n"
      "$My::Variable = \"value\";\n\n"
      "// Undefine all variable in the \"My\" namespace.\n"
      "deleteVariables( \"$My::*\" );\n"
   "@endtsexample\n\n"
   "@see strIsMatchExpr\n"
   "@ingroup Scripting" )
{
   gEvalState.globalVars.deleteVariables( pattern );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineConsoleFunction( trace, void, ( bool enable ), ( true ),
   "Enable or disable tracing in the script code VM.\n\n"
   "When enabled, the script code runtime will trace the invocation and returns "
   "from all functions that are called and log them to the console. This is helpful in "
   "observing the flow of the script program.\n\n"
   "@param enable New setting for script trace execution, on by default.\n"
   "@ingroup Debugging" )
{
   gEvalState.traceOn = enable;
   Con::printf( "Console trace %s", gEvalState.traceOn ? "enabled." : "disabled." );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#if defined(TORQUE_DEBUG) || !defined(TORQUE_SHIPPING)

DefineConsoleFunction( debug, void, (),,
   "Drops the engine into the native C++ debugger.\n\n"
   "This function triggers a debug break and drops the process into the IDE's debugger.  If the process is not "
   "running with a debugger attached it will generate a runtime error on most platforms.\n\n"
   "@note This function is not available in shipping builds."
   "@ingroup Debugging" )
{
   Platform::debugBreak();
}

#endif

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( isShippingBuild, bool, (),,
   "Test whether the engine has been compiled with TORQUE_SHIPPING, i.e. in a form meant for final release.\n\n"
   "@return True if this is a shipping build; false otherwise.\n\n"
   "@ingroup Platform" )
{
#ifdef TORQUE_SHIPPING
   return true;
#else
   return false;
#endif
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( isDebugBuild, bool, (),,
   "Test whether the engine has been compiled with TORQUE_DEBUG, i.e. if it includes debugging functionality.\n\n"
   "@return True if this is a debug build; false otherwise.\n\n"
   "@ingroup Platform" )
{
#ifdef TORQUE_DEBUG
   return true;
#else
   return false;
#endif
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineFunction( isToolBuild, bool, (),,
   "Test whether the engine has been compiled with TORQUE_TOOLS, i.e. if it includes tool-related functionality.\n\n"
   "@return True if this is a tool build; false otherwise.\n\n"
   "@ingroup Platform" )
{
#ifdef TORQUE_TOOLS
   return true;
#else
   return false;
#endif
}

DefineEngineFunction( getMaxDynamicVerts, S32, (),,
	"Get max number of allowable dynamic vertices in a single vertex buffer.\n\n"
	"@return the max number of allowable dynamic vertices in a single vertex buffer" )
{
   return MAX_DYNAMIC_VERTS / 2;
}