melon.char

melon.char

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Contains useful functions for matching characters against sets of characters efficiently
melon

Functions

melon.char.IsAlpha

melon.char.IsAlpha(char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	char	char	The character to check

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	bool	bool	Is this character in the given set

Is the given character an Alphabetic character

melon.char.IsAlphaNumeric

melon.char.IsAlphaNumeric(char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	char	char	The character to check

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	bool	bool	Is this character in the given set

Is the given character an AlphaNumeric character

melon.char.IsHex

melon.char.IsHex(char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	char	char	The character to check

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	bool	bool	Is this character in the given set

Is the given character a hexadecimal character, (0-9, a-f, A-F)

melon.char.IsKeyboardSymbol

melon.char.IsKeyboardSymbol(char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	char	char	The character to check

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	bool	bool	Is this character in the given set

Is the given character a "keyboard symbol", aka any character enterable through a standard US keyboard

melon.char.IsLower

melon.char.IsLower(char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	char	char	The character to check

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	bool	bool	Is this character in the given set

Is the given character an Alphabetical Lower-Case

melon.char.IsNum

melon.char.IsNum(char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	char	char	The character to check

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	bool	bool	Is this character in the given set

Is the given character a Numeric character

melon.char.IsUpper

melon.char.IsUpper(char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	char	char	The character to check

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	bool	bool	Is this character in the given set

Is the given character an Alphabetical Upper-Case

melon.char.IsWhitespace

melon.char.IsWhitespace(char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	char	char	The character to check

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	bool	bool	Is this character in the given set

Is the given character a whitespace character

melon.char.Range

melon.char.Range(from: char, to: char) -> fn(from: char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	from	char	The starting character
2	to	char	The ending character

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	match	fn(from: char) -> bool	The generated function

Creates a new function that checks if the given char is within the two given codepoints inclusively

melon.char.Ranges

melon.char.Ranges(ranges: table<fn(ranges: char)>, intersects?: bool) -> fn(ranges: char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	ranges	table<fn(ranges: char)>	Table of functions to check against
2	intersects?	bool	Should the checking requirement match only if its in all ranges

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	match	fn(ranges: char) -> bool	The generated function

Creates a new function that checks if the given character is in the given ranges If intersects is true, checks if its in all ranges

melon.char.Set

melon.char.Set(chars: char...) -> fn(chars: char) -> bool

Argument and Return information

Arguments

#	Name	Type	Description
1	chars	char...	All specific characters to match against

Returns

#	Name	Type	Description
1	match	fn(chars: char) -> bool	The generated function

Creates a new function that checks against the given characters