String Module (std/String.vix)

API

pub fn new_string(src: ptr, len: usize): Result[ptr, ptr]

Create a new heap-allocated string copy.

Param	Description
src	Source string pointer
len	Length to copy

Returns: Ok(ptr) on success, Err(msg) on failure.

Example

import "std/String.vix"

fn main(): i32
{
    let s = new_string("Hello, Vix!", 11)
    match s
    {
        Ok(ptr) ->
        {
            print(ptr)
            free(ptr)
        }
        Err(err) ->
        {
            print(err)
        }
    }
    return 0
}

Dependencies

Depends on std/mem.vix (copy function) and extern malloc/free/strlen.