[racket] Are There More String Functions?

Hi Cristian,

Check out SRFI 13: http://docs.racket-lang.org/srfi-std/srfi-13.html

You can load it in Racket with (require srfi/13)

-- Erik

On Apr 11, 2012, at 10:57 PM, Cristian Esquivias wrote:

> I just started getting my hands dirty with Racket on some utility
> scripts. Overall, it's been a great experience. My scripts are
> shorter, clearer and faster than the initial Python scripts I wrote
> (but that could be because they're my second time around).
> 
> I did run into one constant obstacle while using Racket: the dearth of
> convenience string functions. There are plenty of functions for
> strings, but several functions that are present on other platforms
> (e.g., Python, Ruby, Java, etc.) don't seem to be part of the Racket
> standard library.
> 
> Some of the functions I couldn't find but would've been useful were
> things like (in Racket-type naming):
> 
> string-starts-with?
> string-ends-with?
> string-index-of
> string-replace
> string-trim
> 
> I did a little google searching and most advice said to use the regex
> library (which I did), but the code isn't as clear had I used
> functions like the ones above.
> 
> Do these functions exist anywhere? Is there a great PLaneT package
> that supplies these functions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Cristian
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