Builtin Character Operations

Provides various operations on character types. More...

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Char predicates
Char predicates are function like objects that can be used to check if a character c fulfills certain constraints. SeqAn implements all predicates also available in the standard library and some more. Disjunction and Negation In contrast to the standard library (where the checks are implemented as functions), the functors in SeqAn can be joined efficiently, maintaining constant-time evaluation independent of the number of checks. Functors can be combined with the ||-operator or negated via the !-operator: // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2006-2024 Knut Reinert & Freie Universität Berlin // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2024 Knut Reinert & MPI für molekulare Genetik // SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 #include <iostream> #include <seqan3/utility/char_operations/predicate.hpp> int main() { char chr{'1'}; constexpr auto my_cond = seqan3::is_char<'%'> || seqan3::is_digit; bool is_percent = my_cond(chr); std::cout << std::boolalpha << is_percent << '\n'; // true } Defining complex combinations and using them in e.g. input/output can increase speed significantly over checking multiple functions: we measured speed-ups of 10x for a single check and speed-ups of over 20x for complex combinations. Custom predicates seqan3::is_in_interval: Checks if the given character is within specified range of ASCII characters. seqan3::is_char: Checks if the character is equal to the specified ASCII character. seqan3::is_eof: Checks if a character is the end-of-file marker. Standard library predicates SeqAn offers the 12 predicates exactly as defined in the standard library except that we have introduced an underscore in the name to be consistent with our other naming. The following table lists the predefined character predicates and which constraints are associated with them. ASCII values characters is_cntrl is_print is_space is_blank is_graph is_punct is_alnum is_alpha is_upper is_lower is_digit is_xdigit decimal hexadecimal octal 0–8 \x0–\x8 \0–\10 control codes (NUL, etc.) ≠0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 \x9 \11 tab (\t) ≠0 0 ≠0 ≠0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10–13 \xA–\xD \12–\15 whitespaces (\n, \v, \f, \r) ≠0 0 ≠0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14–31 \xE–\x1F \16–\37 control codes ≠0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 \x20 \40 space 0 ≠0 ≠0 ≠0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33–47 \x21–\x2F \41–\57 !"#$%&'()*+,-./ 0 ≠0 0 0 ≠0 ≠0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48–57 \x30–\x39 \60–\71 0123456789 0 ≠0 0 0 ≠0 0 ≠0 0 0 0 ≠0 ≠0 58–64 \x3A–\x40 \72–\100 :;<=>?@ 0 ≠0 0 0 ≠0 ≠0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65–70 \x41–\x46 \101–\106 ABCDEF 0 ≠0 0 0 ≠0 0 ≠0 ≠0 ≠0 0 0 ≠0 71–90 \x47–\x5A \107–\132 GHIJKLMNOP QRSTUVWXYZ 0 ≠0 0 0 ≠0 0 ≠0 ≠0 ≠0 0 0 0 91–96 \x5B–\x60 \133–\140 []^_` 0 ≠0 0 0 ≠0 ≠0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97–102 \x61–\x66 \141–\146 abcdef 0 ≠0 0 0 ≠0 0 ≠0 ≠0 0 ≠0 0 ≠0 103–122 \x67–\x7A \147–\172 ghijklmnop qrstuvwxyz 0 ≠0 0 0 ≠0 0 ≠0 ≠0 0 ≠0 0 0 123–126 \x7B–\x7E \172–\176 {|}~ 0 ≠0 0 0 ≠0 ≠0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 \x7F \177 backspace character (DEL) ≠0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
template<uint8_t interval_first, uint8_t interval_last>
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_in_interval
	Checks whether a given letter is in the specified interval.
template<int char_v>
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_char
	Checks whether a given letter is the same as the template non-type argument.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_cntrl = is_in_interval<'\0', static_cast<char>(31)> || is_char<static_cast<char>(127)>
	Checks whether c is a control character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_print = is_in_interval<' ', '~'>
	Checks whether c is a printable character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_space = is_in_interval<'\t', '\r'> || is_char<' '>
	Checks whether c is a space character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_blank = is_char<'\t'> || is_char<' '>
	Checks whether c is a blank character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_graph = is_in_interval<'!', '~'>
	Checks whether c is a graphic character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_punct
	Checks whether c is a punctuation character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_alnum = is_in_interval<'0', '9'> || is_in_interval<'A', 'Z'> || is_in_interval<'a', 'z'>
	Checks whether c is a alphanumeric character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_alpha = is_in_interval<'A', 'Z'> || is_in_interval<'a', 'z'>
	Checks whether c is a alphabetical character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_upper = is_in_interval<'A', 'Z'>
	Checks whether c is a upper case character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_lower = is_in_interval<'a', 'z'>
	Checks whether c is a lower case character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_digit = is_in_interval<'0', '9'>
	Checks whether c is a digital character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_xdigit = is_in_interval<'0', '9'> || is_in_interval<'A', 'F'> || is_in_interval<'a', 'f'>
	Checks whether c is a hexadecimal character.
constexpr auto	seqan3::is_eof = is_char<EOF>
	Checks whether a given letter is equal to the EOF constant defined in <cstdio>.

Detailed Description

Provides various operations on character types.

See also

Utility

Variable Documentation

is_alnum

constexpr auto seqan3::is_alnum = is_in_interval<'0', '9'> || is_in_interval<'A', 'Z'> || is_in_interval<'a', 'z'>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a alphanumeric character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a alphanumeric character. For the standard ASCII character set, the following characters are alphanumeric characters:

• digits (0123456789)
• uppercase letters (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ)
• lowercase letters (abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_alnum('9'));

is_alpha

constexpr auto seqan3::is_alpha = is_in_interval<'A', 'Z'> || is_in_interval<'a', 'z'>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a alphabetical character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a alphabetical character. For the standard ASCII character set, the following characters are alphabetical characters:

• uppercase letters (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ)
• lowercase letters (abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_alpha('z'));

is_blank

constexpr auto seqan3::is_blank = is_char<'\t'> || is_char<' '>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a blank character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a blank character. For the standard ASCII character set, the following characters are blank characters:

• horizontal tab ('\t')
• space (' ')

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_blank('\t'));

is_char

template<int char_v>

constexpr auto seqan3::is_char

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether a given letter is the same as the template non-type argument.

Template Parameters

char_v

The letter to compare against.

This function like object returns true if the argument is the same as the template argument, false otherwise.

Example

// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2006-2024 Knut Reinert & Freie Universität Berlin
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2024 Knut Reinert & MPI für molekulare Genetik
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
#include <seqan3/utility/char_operations/predicate.hpp>
 
int main()
{
    seqan3::is_char<'C'>('C'); // returns true
 
    constexpr auto my_check = seqan3::is_char<'C'>;
    my_check('c'); // returns false, because case is different
}

is_cntrl

constexpr auto seqan3::is_cntrl = is_in_interval<'\0', static_cast<char>(31)> || is_char<static_cast<char>(127)>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a control character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a control character. For the standard ASCII character set, control characters are those between ASCII codes 0x00 (NUL) and 0x1f (US) and 0x7f (DEL).

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_cntrl('\0'));

is_digit

constexpr auto seqan3::is_digit = is_in_interval<'0', '9'>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a digital character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a digital character. For the standard ASCII character set, the following characters are digital characters:

• digits (0123456789)

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_digit('1'));

is_eof

constexpr auto seqan3::is_eof = is_char<EOF>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether a given letter is equal to the EOF constant defined in <cstdio>.

This function like object returns true if the argument is equal to EOF, false otherwise.

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_eof(EOF));
    static_assert(!seqan3::is_eof('C'));

is_graph

constexpr auto seqan3::is_graph = is_in_interval<'!', '~'>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a graphic character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a graphic (has a graphical representation) character. For the standard ASCII character set, the following characters are graphic characters:

• digits (0123456789)
• uppercase letters (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ)
• lowercase letters (abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)
• punctuation characters (!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~)

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_graph('%'));

is_in_interval

template<uint8_t interval_first, uint8_t interval_last>

constexpr auto seqan3::is_in_interval

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether a given letter is in the specified interval.

Template Parameters

interval_first	The first character for which to return true.
interval_last	The last character (inclusive) for which to return true.

This function like object returns true for all characters in the given range, false otherwise.

Example

// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2006-2024 Knut Reinert & Freie Universität Berlin
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2024 Knut Reinert & MPI für molekulare Genetik
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
#include <seqan3/utility/char_operations/predicate.hpp>
 
int main()
{
    seqan3::is_in_interval<'A', 'G'>('C'); // returns true
 
    constexpr auto my_check = seqan3::is_in_interval<'A', 'G'>;
    my_check('H'); // returns false
}

is_lower

constexpr auto seqan3::is_lower = is_in_interval<'a', 'z'>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a lower case character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a lower case character. For the standard ASCII character set, the following characters are lower case characters:

• lowercase letters (abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_lower('a'));

is_print

constexpr auto seqan3::is_print = is_in_interval<' ', '~'>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a printable character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a printable character. For the standard ASCII character set, printable characters are those between ASCII codes 0x20 (space) and 0x7E (~).

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_print(' '));

is_punct

constexpr auto seqan3::is_punct

inlineconstexpr

Initial value:

=
    is_in_interval<'!', '/'> || is_in_interval<':', '@'> || is_in_interval<'[', '`'> || is_in_interval<'{', '~'>

Checks whether c is a punctuation character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a punctuation character. For the standard ASCII character set, the following characters are punctuation characters:

• punctuation characters (!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~)

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_punct(':'));

is_space

constexpr auto seqan3::is_space = is_in_interval<'\t', '\r'> || is_char<' '>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a space character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a space character. For the standard ASCII character set, the following characters are space characters:

• horizontal tab ('\t')
• line feed ('\n')
• vertical tab ('\v')
• from feed ('\f')
• carriage return ('\r')
• space (' ')

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_space('\n'));

is_upper

constexpr auto seqan3::is_upper = is_in_interval<'A', 'Z'>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a upper case character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a upper case character. For the standard ASCII character set, the following characters are upper case characters:

• uppercase letters (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ)

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_upper('K'));

is_xdigit

constexpr auto seqan3::is_xdigit = is_in_interval<'0', '9'> || is_in_interval<'A', 'F'> || is_in_interval<'a', 'f'>

inlineconstexpr

Checks whether c is a hexadecimal character.

This function like object can be used to check if a character c is a hexadecimal character. For the standard ASCII character set, the following characters are hexadecimal characters:

• digits (0123456789)
• uppercase letters (ABCDEF)
• lowercase letters (abcdef)

Example

    static_assert(seqan3::is_xdigit('e'));