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/**
	The basic String class.
	
	A haxe String is immutable, it is not possible to modify individual
	characters. No method of this class changes the state of [this] String.
	
	Strings can be constructed using the string literal syntax "string value".
	
	String can be concatenated by using the + operator. If an operand is not a
	String, it is passed through Std.string() first.
**/
extern class String {

	/**
		The number of characters in [this] String.
	**/
	var length(default,null) : Int;

	/**
		Creates a copy from a given String.
	**/
	function new(string:String) : Void;

	/**
		Returns a String where all characters of [this] String are upper case.
		
		Affects the characters [a-z]. Other characters remain unchanged.
	**/
	function toUpperCase() : String;

	/**
		Returns a String where all characters of [this] String are lower case.
		
		Affects the characters [A-Z]. Other characters remain unchanged.
	**/
	function toLowerCase() : String;

	/**
		Returns the character at position [index] of [this] String.
		
		If [index] is negative or exceeds [this].length, the empty String ""
		is returned.
	**/
	function charAt(index : Int) : String;

	/**
		Returns the character code at position [index] of [this] String.
		
		If [index] is negative or exceeds [this].length, null is returned.
		
		To obtain the character code of a single character, "x".code can be used
		instead to inline the character code at compile time. Note that this
		only works on String literals of length 1.
	**/
	function charCodeAt( index : Int) : Null<Int>;

	/**
		Returns the position of the leftmost occurence of [str] within [this]
		String.
		
		If [startIndex] is given, the search is performed within the substring
		of [this] String starting from [startIndex]. Otherwise the search is
		performed within [this] String. In either case, the returned position
		is relative to the beginning of [this] String.
		
		If [str] cannot be found, -1 is returned.
	**/
	function indexOf( str : String, ?startIndex : Int ) : Int;

	/**
		Returns the position of the rightmost occurence of [str] within [this]
		String.
		
		If [startIndex] is given, the search is performed within the substring
		of [this] String from 0 to [startIndex]. Otherwise the search is
		performed within [this] String. In either case, the returned position
		is relative to the beginning of [this] String.
		
		If [str] cannot be found, -1 is returned.
	**/
	function lastIndexOf( str : String, ?startIndex : Int ) : Int;

	/**
		Splits [this] String at each occurence of [delimiter].
		
		If [delimiter] is the empty String "", [this] String is split into an
		Array of [this].length elements, where the elements correspond to the
		characters of [this] String.
		
		If [delimiter] is not found within [this] String, the result is an Array
		with one element, which equals [this] String.
		
		If [delimiter] is null, the result is unspecified.
		
		Otherwise, [this] String is split into parts at each occurence of
		[delimiter]. If [this] String starts (or ends) with [delimiter}, the
		result Array contains a leading (or trailing) empty String "" element.
		Two subsequent delimiters also result in an empty String "" element.
	**/
	function split( delimiter : String ) : Array<String>;

	/**
		Returns [len] characters of [this] String, starting at position [pos].
		
		If [len] is omitted, all characters from position [pos] to the end of
		[this] String are included.
		
		If [pos] is negative, its values is calculated from the end	of [this]
		String by [this].length + [pos]. If this yields a negative value, 0 is
		used instead.
		
		If [len] is negative, the result is unspecified.
	**/
	function substr( pos : Int, ?len : Int ) : String;

	/**
		Returns the part of [this] String from [startIndex] to [endIndex].
		
		If [endIndex] is omitted, [this].length is used instead.
		
		If [startIndex] or [endIndex] are negative, 0 is used instead.
		
		If [startIndex] exceeds [endIndex], they are swapped.
	**/
	function substring( startIndex : Int, ?endIndex : Int ) : String;

	/**
		Returns the String itself.
	**/
	function toString() : String;

	/**
		Returns the String corresponding to the character code [code].
		
		If [code] is negative or has another invalid value, the result is
		unspecified.
	**/	
	static function fromCharCode( code : Int ) : String;
}