The Standard ML Basis Library

The Byte structure

Bytes are 8-bit integers as provided by the Word8 structure, but with additional operations over the extended ASCII characters.

Synopsis

signature BYTE
structure Byte : BYTE


Interface

val byteToChar : Word8.word -> char
val charToByte : char -> Word8.word
val bytesToString : Word8Vector.vector -> string
val stringToBytes : string -> Word8Vector.vector
val unpackStringVec : (Word8Vector.vector * int * int option) -> string
val unpackString : (Word8Array.array * int * int option) -> string
val packString : (Word8Array.array * int * substring) -> unit


Description

byteToChar i

returns the character whose code is i.

charToByte c

returns an 8-bit word holding the code for the character c.

bytesToString v

stringToBytes s

convert between a vector of character codes and the corresponding string.

Implementation note:

In some implementations, these may be constant-time operations.

unpackStringVec (vec, i, opt)

when opt is NONE, unpackStringVec returns the string consisting of characters whose codes are held in vec[i..(length vec)-1]. Raises Subscript if i < 0 or i > length vec. When opt is SOME n, unpackStringVec returns the string consisting of characters whose codes are held in vec[i..i+n-1]. Raises Subscript if i < 0 or n < 0 or i+n > length vec.

unpackString (arr, i, opt)

Identical to unpackStringVec, but where arr is a Word8Array.array.

packString (arr, i, s)

puts the substring s into the array arr at offset i. Raises Subscript if i < 0 or (size s) + i > length arr.

See Also

WORD, Word8, Word8Vector, Word8Array, Char, String, Substring

Last Modified August 9, 1996
Comments to John Reppy.
Copyright © 1997 Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies