Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Strings

Timestamp:: 01/14/14 12:18:41 (11 years ago)
Author:: hopscc
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Strings

v3	v4
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49	49	Cobra allows usual escape sequences for control characters
50		\n, \r, \t, \0
	50	* \a - alarm (bell/beep)
	51	* \b - backspace
	52	* \f - formfeed
	53	* \n - newline.
	54	* \r - carriage return.
	55	* \t - tab.
	56	* \v - vertical tab
	57	* \\ - single \
	58	* \' - single quote '
	59	* \" - double quote "
	60	* \0 - nul char.
51	61	{{{
52	62	#!cobra
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72	82	print 'Hi [customer.firstName] [customer.lastName]'
73	83	}}}
74		leading [ can be escaped '\[' to escape this substitution.
75
	84	leading [ can be escaped '\[' to escape this substitution (individually).
	85
	86	The expression inside the [] may have an optional format descriptor following the expression and separated from it by a ':'[[BR]]
	87	Any of the (.Net) single, standard or Custom format descriptors can be given.[[BR]]
	88	(see [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.iformattable%28v=vs.110%29.aspx IFormattable] interface)
	89	{{{
	90	#!cobra
	91	# std
	92	x = 123.456
	93	print 'val is [x] or [x:F4]' # val is 123.456 or 123.4560
	94
	95	x1=123
	96	print 'val [x1] is [x1:D4]' # val [123] is 0123
	97	print 'hex is 0x[x1:x4]' # hex is 0x007b
	98
	99	# custom
	100	n=67263807
	101	print 'PhoneNum is [n:00-0000-000]' # PhoneNum is 06-7263-807
	102	#std datetime
	103	d = DateTime()
	104	print 'dflt is [d:F]' # dflt is Monday, 01 January 0001 00:00:00
	105	}}}
76	106
77	107	Literal strings support the usual escape characters.
78		\n - newline.
79		\r - carriage return.
80		\t - tab.
81		\0 - nul char.
82
83		(arbitrary embedded hex or unicode ??)
	108	* \a - alarm (bell/beep)
	109	* \b - backspace
	110	* \f - formfeed
	111	* \n - newline.
	112	* \r - carriage return.
	113	* \t - tab.
	114	* \v - vertical tab
	115	* \\ - single \
	116	* \' - single quote '
	117	* \" - double quote "
	118	* \0 - nul char.
	119
	120	(arbitrary embedded hex or unicode ??)
84	121
85	122	==== Raw Strings ====
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94	131
95	132	Interprets escape chars but suppresses expression interpolation/substitution
96		(~~handling of~~ [])
	133	(expansion of expressions in [])
97	134
98	135	== !DocStrings ==
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105	142	{{{
106	143	#!cobra
107		"""
108		Heres the doc string
109		"""
110		}}}
	144	""" Heres a single line docString."""
	145	...
	146	"""
	147	Heres a multiline doc string.
	148	Second and subsequent lines follow
	149	...
	150	"""
	151
	152	"""
	153	Heres another single line docString.
	154	"""
	155	}}}
	156
111	157	e.g.
112	158	{{{