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class string {

  public method pad(numerical width, numerical direction = PAD_RIGHT); // PAD_LEFT, PAD_RIGHT, PAD_BOTH
  public method utf8();                   // shortcut to convert("utf-8");
  public method utf16();                  // shortcut to convert("utf-16");
  public method bytes();                  // Return some kind of bytestream?
  public method convert(string charset);  // Convert to different charset
  
  public method byte_length();            // Returns number of BYTES in this string (which can be more than actual characters)
  public method char_length();            // shortcut to length();
  
  public method isNumerical();      // Contains numerical value
  public method isHex();            // Contains hexadecimal value ([0-9A-F]+)
  public method isAlpha();          // Contains A-Z chars
  public method isAlphaNum();       // Contains A-Z 0-9 chars
  public method isLower();          // Only lowercase chars?
  public method isSpace();          // Only space chars (\t\n \r etc)
  public method isUpper();          // Only uppercase chars?
  
  public method lower();            // Convert to lower case
  public method upper();            // Convert to upper case
  public method capitalize();       // Capitalize string (every word starts with UC and rest LC)
  
  
  public method replace(string old, string new);  // "foobar".replace("bar", "test"); -> footest
  public method replace(string old, string new, numerical count);  // "foobarbar".replace("bar", "test", 1); -> footestbar
  
  public method split(string old, numerical max);   // Split string into list of strings
  public method trim(string charlist, directory = TRIM_RIGHT);  // TRIM_LEFT, TRIM_RIGHT, TRIM_BOTH
  
  public method startsWith(string prefix);  // boolean when string starts with prefix
  public method endsWith(string postfix);   // boolean when string ends with prefix

  public method match(Regex re);      // true when this string matches the regex         
  
  public method format();             // sprintf()
  public method substring();          // splice() shortcut
  
}