String Operations

005_strings.cell

// ============================================================================
// 005 — String Operations
// ============================================================================
// Demonstrates Soma's rich set of string built-in functions.
//
// Run:   soma run 005_strings.cell run
// Expect:
//   Length of 'Hello, Soma!': 12
//   Uppercase: HELLO, SOMA!
//   Lowercase: hello, soma!
//   Trimmed: [Hello]
//   Contains 'Soma': true
//   Starts with 'Hello': true
//   Index of 'Soma': 7
//   Substring(0,5): Hello
//   Replace: Hello, World!
//   Concat: Hello World
//   Split: ["a", "b", "c"]

cell Strings {

    on run() {
        let s = "Hello, Soma!"

        // len() returns the string length
        let slen = len(s)
        print("Length of 'Hello, Soma!': {slen}")

        // Case conversion
        let up = uppercase(s)
        print("Uppercase: {up}")
        let low = lowercase(s)
        print("Lowercase: {low}")

        // trim() removes leading/trailing whitespace
        let padded = "   Hello   "
        let trimmed = trim(padded)
        print("Trimmed: [{trimmed}]")

        // Search functions
        let has_soma = contains(s, "Soma")
        print("Contains 'Soma': {has_soma}")

        let starts = starts_with(s, "Hello")
        print("Starts with 'Hello': {starts}")

        let idx = index_of(s, "Soma")
        print("Index of 'Soma': {idx}")

        // Extraction
        let sub = substring(s, 0, 5)
        print("Substring(0,5): {sub}")

        // Transformation
        let replaced = replace(s, "Soma", "World")
        print("Replace: {replaced}")

        // Concatenation
        let combined = concat("Hello", " World")
        print("Concat: {combined}")

        // Splitting
        let parts = split("a,b,c", ",")
        print("Split: {parts}")

        return "done"
    }
}