Method Detail

• public static StringBuilder append(StringBuilder sb, GStringImpl gs)

  Append the GString to the StringBuilder using a more efficient approach than Java's default approach for a CharSequence.

  Parameters:

  sb - a StringBuilder

  gs - a GStringImpl

  Returns:

  the StringBuilder

  Since:

  3.0.8

• public static boolean asBoolean(CharSequence chars)

  Coerces a CharSequence to a boolean value. A sequence string is coerced to false if it is of length 0, and to true otherwise.

  Parameters:

  chars - the character sequence

  Returns:

  the boolean value

  Since:

  1.7.0

• public static boolean asBoolean(Matcher matcher)

  Coerces a Matcher instance to a boolean value.

  Parameters:

  matcher - the matcher

  Returns:

  the boolean value

  Since:

  1.7.0

• <T> public static T asType(CharSequence self, Class<T> c)

  Provides a method to perform custom 'dynamic' type conversion to the given class using the as operator.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  c - the desired class

  Returns:

  the converted object

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  asType(String,Class)

• <T> @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static T asType(GString self, Class<T> c)

  Converts the GString to a File, or delegates to the default DefaultGroovyMethods.asType.

  Parameters:

  self - a GString

  c - the desired class

  Returns:

  the converted object

  Since:

  1.5.0

• <T> @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static T asType(String self, Class<T> c)

  Provides a method to perform custom 'dynamic' type conversion to the given class using the as operator.

  Example: '123' as Double

  By default, the following types are supported:

  • List
  • BigDecimal
  • BigInteger
  • Long
  • Integer
  • Short
  • Byte
  • Character
  • Double
  • Float
  • File
  • Subclasses of Enum
  If any other type is given, the call is delegated to DefaultGroovyMethods.asType.

  Parameters:

  self - a String

  c - the desired class

  Returns:

  the converted object

  Since:

  1.0

• public static Pattern bitwiseNegate(CharSequence self)

  Turns a CharSequence into a regular expression Pattern.

  Parameters:

  self - a String to convert into a regular expression

  Returns:

  the regular expression pattern

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String capitalize(CharSequence self)

  Convenience method to capitalize the first letter of a CharSequence (typically the first letter of a word). Example usage:

   assert 'h'.capitalize() == 'H'
   assert 'hello'.capitalize() == 'Hello'
   assert 'hello world'.capitalize() == 'Hello world'
   assert 'Hello World' ==
       'hello world'.split(' ').collect{ it.capitalize() }.join(' ')
   

  Parameters:

  self - The CharSequence to capitalize

  Returns:

  A String containing the capitalized toString() of the CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String center(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars)

  Pads a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars by adding the space character around it as many times as needed so that it remains centered.

  If the String is already the same size or bigger than the target numberOfChars, then the original String is returned. An example:

   ['A', 'BB', 'CCC', 'DDDD'].each{ println '|' + it.center(6) + '|' }
   

  will produce output like:

   |  A   |
   |  BB  |
   | CCC  |
   | DDDD |
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence object

  numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the result

  Returns:

  the centered toString() of this CharSequence with padded characters around it

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String center(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars, CharSequence padding)

  Pad a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars, appending the supplied padding CharSequence around the original as many times as needed keeping it centered. If the String is already the same size or bigger than the target numberOfChars, then the original String is returned. An example:

   ['A', 'BB', 'CCC', 'DDDD'].each{ println '|' + it.center(6, '+') + '|' }
   

  will produce output like:

   |++A+++|
   |++BB++|
   |+CCC++|
   |+DDDD+|
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence object

  numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence

  padding - the characters used for padding

  Returns:

  the centered toString() of this CharSequence with padded characters around it

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String collectReplacements(String self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"})
  Closure<String> transform)

  Iterates through this String a character at a time collecting either the original character or a transformed replacement String. The transform Closure should return null to indicate that no transformation is required for the given character.

   assert "Groovy".collectReplacements{ it == 'o' ? '_O_' : null } == 'Gr_O__O_vy'
   assert "Groovy".collectReplacements{ it.equalsIgnoreCase('O') ? '_O_' : null } == 'Gr_O__O_vy'
   assert "Groovy".collectReplacements{ char c -> c == 'o' ? '_O_' : null } == 'Gr_O__O_vy'
   assert "Groovy".collectReplacements{ Character c -> c == 'o' ? '_O_' : null } == 'Gr_O__O_vy'
   assert "B&W".collectReplacements{ it == '&' ? '&' : null } == 'B&W'
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original String

  Returns:

  A new string in which all characters that require escaping have been replaced with the corresponding replacements as determined by the transform Closure.

  Since:

  2.1.0

• public static String collectReplacements(String self, List<Function<Character, Optional<String>>> transforms)

  Iterates through this String a character at a time collecting either the original character or a transformed replacement String. The return value is an Optional either having a value equal to the transformed replacement String or empty() to indicate that no transformation is required.

   import java.util.function.Function
   import static java.util.Optional.*
  
   Function<Character, Optional<String>> xform1 = s -> s == 'o' ? of('_O') : empty()
   Function<Character, Optional<String>> xform2 = { it == 'G' ? of('G_') : empty() }
   assert "Groovy".collectReplacements([xform1, xform2]) == 'G_r_O_Ovy'
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original String

  transforms - one or more transforms which potentially convert a single character to a transformed string

  Returns:

  A new string in which all characters that require escaping have been replaced with the corresponding replacements as determined by the transform function.

  Since:

  3.0.6

• public static boolean contains(CharSequence self, CharSequence text)

  Provides an implementation of contains() like Collection.contains to make CharSequences more polymorphic.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  text - the CharSequence to look for

  Returns:

  true if this CharSequence contains the given text

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static boolean containsIgnoreCase(CharSequence self, CharSequence searchString)

  Checks whether this CharSequence contains the searchString ignoring the caseConsiderations.

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  searchString - CharSequence being checked against this

  Returns:

  true if the character sequence represented by the argument exists in this CharSequence ignoring the case considerations. false otherwise. Returns false if the argument is null

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static int count(CharSequence self, CharSequence text)

  Counts the number of occurrences of a sub CharSequence.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  text - a sub CharSequence

  Returns:

  the number of occurrences of the given CharSequence inside this CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String denormalize(CharSequence self)

  Return a CharSequence with lines (separated by LF, CR/LF, or CR) terminated by the platform specific line separator.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence object

  Returns:

  the denormalized toString() of this CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static CharSequence drop(CharSequence self, int num)

  Drops the given number of chars from the head of this CharSequence if they are available.

       def text = "Groovy"
       assert text.drop( 0 ) == 'Groovy'
       assert text.drop( 2 ) == 'oovy'
       assert text.drop( 7 ) == ''
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  num - the number of characters to drop from this String

  Returns:

  a CharSequence consisting of all characters except the first num ones, or else an empty String, if this CharSequence has less than num characters.

  Since:

  1.8.1

• public static String drop(GString self, int num)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method.

  Parameters:

  self - the original GString

  num - the number of characters to drop from this GString

  Returns:

  a String consisting of all characters except the first num ones, or else an empty String, if the toString() of this GString has less than num characters.

  Since:

  2.3.7

  See Also:

  drop(String,int)

• public static String drop(String self, int num)

  A String variant of the equivalent CharSequence method.

  Parameters:

  self - the original String

  num - the number of characters to drop from this String

  Returns:

  a String consisting of all characters except the first num ones, or else an empty String, if the String has less than num characters.

  Since:

  2.5.5

  See Also:

  drop(CharSequence,int)

• public static CharSequence dropRight(CharSequence self, int num)

  Returns new CharSequence after removing the right num chars. Returns empty String if the num is greater than the length of the CharSequence.

   def text = "groovy"
  
   assert text.dropRight(  3 ) == 'gro'
   assert text.dropRight(  6 ) == ''
   assert text.dropRight(  0 ) == 'groovy'
   assert text.dropRight( -1 ) == 'groovy'
   assert text.dropRight( 10 ) == ''
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  num - number of characters

  Returns:

  CharSequence after removing the right num chars and empty of the num is greater than the length of the CharSequence

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String dropRight(String self, int num)

  A String variant of the equivalent CharSequence method dropRight(CharSequence,int).

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  num - number of characters

  Returns:

  String after removing the right num chars and empty of the num is greater than the length of the CharSequence

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String dropRight(GString self, int num)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method dropRight(CharSequence,int).

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  num - number of characters

  Returns:

  String after removing the right num chars and empty of the num is greater than the length of the CharSequence

  Since:

  3.0.0

• @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static String dropWhile(CharSequence self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"})
  Closure condition)

  Creates a suffix of the given CharSequence by dropping as many characters as possible from the front of the original CharSequence such that calling the given closure condition evaluates to true when passed each of the dropped characters.

   def text = "Groovy"
   assert text.dropWhile{ false } == 'Groovy'
   assert text.dropWhile{ true } == ''
   assert text.dropWhile{ it < 'Z' } == 'roovy'
   assert text.dropWhile{ it != 'v' } == 'vy'
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  condition - the closure that while continuously evaluating to true will cause us to drop elements from the front of the original CharSequence

  Returns:

  the shortest suffix of the given CharSequence such that the given closure condition evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the CharSequence

  Since:

  2.0.0

• public static String dropWhile(GString self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"})
  Closure condition)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method.

  Parameters:

  self - the original GString

  condition - the closure that while continuously evaluating to true will cause us to drop elements from the front of the original GString

  Returns:

  the shortest suffix of the given GString such that the given closure condition evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the CharSequence

  Since:

  2.3.7

  See Also:

  dropWhile(CharSequence,Closure)

• @Deprecated
  public static CharSequence dropWhile$$bridge(CharSequence self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"})
  Closure condition)

• <T> public static T eachLine(CharSequence self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"String","String,Integer"})
  Closure<T> closure)

  Iterates through this CharSequence line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. If a 2 arg closure is found the line count is passed as the second argument.

  throws:

  java.io.IOException if an error occurs

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  closure - a closure

  Returns:

  the last value returned by the closure

  Since:

  1.8.2

• <T> public static T eachLine(CharSequence self, int firstLine, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"String","String,Integer"})
  Closure<T> closure)

  Iterates through this CharSequence line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. If a 2 arg closure is found the line count is passed as the second argument.

  throws:

  java.io.IOException if an error occurs

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  firstLine - the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0)

  closure - a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number)

  Returns:

  the last value returned by the closure

  Since:

  1.8.2

• <T extends CharSequence> public static T eachMatch(T self, CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List","String[]"})
  Closure closure)

  Processes each regex group matched substring of the given CharSequence. If the closure parameter takes one argument, an array with all match groups is passed to it. If the closure takes as many arguments as there are match groups, then each parameter will be one match group.

  Parameters:

  self - the source CharSequence

  regex - a Regex CharSequence

  closure - a closure with one parameter or as much parameters as groups

  Returns:

  the source CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  eachMatch(String,String,Closure)

• <T extends CharSequence> public static T eachMatch(T self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List","String[]"})
  Closure closure)

  Processes each regex group matched substring of the given pattern. If the closure parameter takes one argument, an array with all match groups is passed to it. If the closure takes as many arguments as there are match groups, then each parameter will be one match group.

  Parameters:

  self - the source CharSequence

  pattern - a regex Pattern

  closure - a closure with one parameter or as much parameters as groups

  Returns:

  the source CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  eachMatch(String,Pattern,Closure)

• public static String eachMatch(String self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List","String[]"})
  Closure closure)

  Processes each regex group matched substring of the given pattern. If the closure parameter takes one argument, an array with all match groups is passed to it. If the closure takes as many arguments as there are match groups, then each parameter will be one match group.

  Parameters:

  self - the source string

  pattern - a regex Pattern

  closure - a closure with one parameter or as much parameters as groups

  Returns:

  the source string

  Since:

  1.6.1

• public static String eachMatch(String self, String regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List","String[]"})
  Closure closure)

  Process each regex group matched substring of the given string. If the closure parameter takes one argument, an array with all match groups is passed to it. If the closure takes as many arguments as there are match groups, then each parameter will be one match group.

  Parameters:

  self - the source string

  regex - a Regex string

  closure - a closure with one parameter or as much parameters as groups

  Returns:

  the source string

  Since:

  1.6.0

• public static boolean endsWithAny(CharSequence self, CharSequence suffixes)

  Tests if this CharSequence ends with any specified suffixes.

  Parameters:

  suffixes - the suffixes.

  Returns:

  true if this CharSequence ends with any specified suffixes

  Since:

  2.4.14

• public static boolean endsWithIgnoreCase(CharSequence self, CharSequence searchString)

  Checks whether this CharSequence ends with the searchString ignoring the case considerations.

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  searchString - CharSequence bring checked against this

  Returns:

  true if the character sequence represented by the argument is a suffix of this CharSequence ignoring the case considerations. false otherwise. Returns false if the argument is null

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String expand(CharSequence self)

  Expands all tabs into spaces with tabStops of size 8.

  Parameters:

  self - A CharSequence to expand

  Returns:

  The expanded toString() of this CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String expand(CharSequence self, int tabStop)

  Expands all tabs into spaces. If the CharSequence has multiple lines, expand each line - restarting tab stops at the start of each line.

  Parameters:

  self - A CharSequence to expand

  tabStop - The number of spaces a tab represents

  Returns:

  The expanded toString() of this CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String expandLine(CharSequence self, int tabStop)

  Expands all tabs into spaces. Assumes the CharSequence represents a single line of text.

  Parameters:

  self - A line to expand

  tabStop - The number of spaces a tab represents

  Returns:

  The expanded toString() of this CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String find(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex)

  Finds the first occurrence of a regular expression String within a String. If the regex doesn't match, null will be returned.

  For example, if the regex doesn't match the result is null:

       assert "New York, NY".find(/\d{5}/) == null
   

  If it does match, we get the matching string back:

        assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(/\d{5}/) == "10292"
   

  If we have capture groups in our expression, we still get back the full match

        assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(/(\d{5})-?(\d{4})/) == "10292-0098"
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  regex - the capturing regex

  Returns:

  a String containing the matched portion, or null if the regex doesn't match

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  find(CharSequence,Pattern)

• public static String find(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"java.util.List","java.lang.String[]"})
  Closure closure)

  Returns the result of calling a closure with the first occurrence of a regular expression found within a CharSequence. If the regex doesn't match, the closure will not be called and find will return null.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  regex - the capturing regex CharSequence

  closure - the closure that will be passed the full match, plus each of the capturing groups (if any)

  Returns:

  a String containing the result of calling the closure (calling toString() if needed), or null if the regex pattern doesn't match

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  find(CharSequence,Pattern,Closure)

• public static String find(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern)

  Finds the first occurrence of a compiled regular expression Pattern within a String. If the pattern doesn't match, null will be returned.

  For example, if the pattern doesn't match the result is null:

       assert "New York, NY".find(~/\d{5}/) == null
   

  If it does match, we get the matching string back:

        assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(~/\d{5}/) == "10292"
   

  If we have capture groups in our expression, the groups are ignored and we get back the full match:

        assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(~/(\d{5})-?(\d{4})/) == "10292-0098"
   

  If you need to work with capture groups, then use the closure version of this method or use Groovy's matcher operators or use eachMatch.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  pattern - the compiled regex Pattern

  Returns:

  a String containing the matched portion, or null if the regex pattern doesn't match

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String find(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"java.util.List","java.lang.String[]"})
  Closure closure)

  Returns the result of calling a closure with the first occurrence of a compiled regular expression found within a String. If the regex doesn't match, the closure will not be called and find will return null.

  For example, if the pattern doesn't match, the result is null:

       assert "New York, NY".find(~/\d{5}/) { match -> return "-$match-"} == null
   

  If it does match and we don't have any capture groups in our regex, there is a single parameter on the closure that the match gets passed to:

        assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(~/\d{5}/) { match -> return "-$match-"} == "-10292-"
   

  If we have capture groups in our expression, our closure has one parameter for the match, followed by one for each of the capture groups:

        assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(~/(\d{5})-?(\d{4})/) { match, zip, plusFour ->
            assert match == "10292-0098"
            assert zip == "10292"
            assert plusFour == "0098"
            return zip
        } == "10292"
   

  If we have capture groups in our expression, and our closure has one parameter, the closure will be passed an array with the first element corresponding to the whole match, followed by an element for each of the capture groups:

        assert "New York, NY 10292-0098".find(~/(\d{5})-?(\d{4})/) { array ->
            assert array[0] == "10292-0098"
            assert array[1] == "10292"
            assert array[2] == "0098"
            return array[1]
        } == "10292"
   

  If a capture group is optional, and doesn't match, then the corresponding value for that capture group passed to the closure will be null as illustrated here:

        assert "adsf 233-9999 adsf".find(~/(\d{3})?-?(\d{3})-(\d{4})/) { match, areaCode, exchange, stationNumber ->
            assert "233-9999" == match
            assert null == areaCode
            assert "233" == exchange
            assert "9999" == stationNumber
            return "$exchange$stationNumber"
        } == "2339999"
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  pattern - the compiled regex Pattern

  closure - the closure that will be passed the full match, plus each of the capturing groups (if any)

  Returns:

  a String containing the result of calling the closure (calling toString() if needed), or null if the regex pattern doesn't match

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static List<String> findAll(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex)

  Returns a (possibly empty) list of all occurrences of a regular expression (provided as a CharSequence) found within a CharSequence.

  For example, if the regex doesn't match, it returns an empty list:

   assert "foo".findAll(/(\w*) Fish/) == []
   

  Any regular expression matches are returned in a list, and all regex capture groupings are ignored, only the full match is returned:

   def expected = ["One Fish", "Two Fish", "Red Fish", "Blue Fish"]
   assert "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish".findAll(/(\w*) Fish/) == expected
   

  If you need to work with capture groups, then use the closure version of this method or use Groovy's matcher operators or use eachMatch.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  regex - the capturing regex CharSequence

  Returns:

  a List containing all full matches of the regex within the CharSequence, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  findAll(CharSequence,Pattern)

• <T> public static List<T> findAll(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"java.util.List","java.lang.String[]"})
  Closure<T> closure)

  Finds all occurrences of a regular expression string within a CharSequence. Any matches are passed to the specified closure. The closure is expected to have the full match in the first parameter. If there are any capture groups, they will be placed in subsequent parameters.

  If there are no matches, the closure will not be called, and an empty List will be returned.

  For example, if the regex doesn't match, it returns an empty list:

   assert "foo".findAll(/(\w*) Fish/) { match, firstWord -> return firstWord } == []
   

  Any regular expression matches are passed to the closure, if there are no capture groups, there will be one parameter for the match:

   assert "I could not, would not, with a fox.".findAll(/.ould/) { match -> "${match}n't"} == ["couldn't", "wouldn't"]
   

  If there are capture groups, the first parameter will be the match followed by one parameter for each capture group:

   def orig = "There's a Wocket in my Pocket"
   assert orig.findAll(/(.)ocket/) { match, firstLetter -> "$firstLetter > $match" } == ["W > Wocket", "P > Pocket"]
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  regex - the capturing regex CharSequence

  closure - will be passed the full match plus each of the capturing groups (if any)

  Returns:

  a List containing all results from calling the closure with each full match (and potentially capturing groups) of the regex within the CharSequence, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  findAll(CharSequence,Pattern,Closure)

• public static List<String> findAll(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern)

  Returns a (possibly empty) list of all occurrences of a regular expression (in Pattern format) found within a CharSequence.

  For example, if the pattern doesn't match, it returns an empty list:

   assert "foo".findAll(~/(\w*) Fish/) == []
   

  Any regular expression matches are returned in a list, and all regex capture groupings are ignored, only the full match is returned:

   def expected = ["One Fish", "Two Fish", "Red Fish", "Blue Fish"]
   assert "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish".findAll(~/(\w*) Fish/) == expected
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  pattern - the compiled regex Pattern

  Returns:

  a List containing all full matches of the Pattern within the CharSequence, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches

  Since:

  1.8.2

• <T> public static List<T> findAll(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"java.util.List","java.lang.String[]"})
  Closure<T> closure)

  Finds all occurrences of a compiled regular expression Pattern within a CharSequence. Any matches are passed to the specified closure. The closure is expected to have the full match in the first parameter. If there are any capture groups, they will be placed in subsequent parameters.

  If there are no matches, the closure will not be called, and an empty List will be returned.

  For example, if the pattern doesn't match, it returns an empty list:

   assert "foo".findAll(~/(\w*) Fish/) { match, firstWord -> return firstWord } == []
   

  Any regular expression matches are passed to the closure, if there are no capture groups, there will be one parameter for the match:

   assert "I could not, would not, with a fox.".findAll(~/.ould/) { match -> "${match}n't"} == ["couldn't", "wouldn't"]
   

  If there are capture groups, the first parameter will be the match followed by one parameter for each capture group:

   def orig = "There's a Wocket in my Pocket"
   assert orig.findAll(~/(.)ocket/) { match, firstLetter -> "$firstLetter > $match" } == ["W > Wocket", "P > Pocket"]
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  pattern - the compiled regex Pattern

  closure - will be passed the full match plus each of the capturing groups (if any)

  Returns:

  a List containing all results from calling the closure with each full match (and potentially capturing groups) of the regex pattern within the CharSequence, an empty list will be returned if there are no matches

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String getAt(CharSequence self, Collection indices)

  Selects a List of characters from a CharSequence using a Collection to identify the indices to be selected.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  indices - a Collection of indices

  Returns:

  a String consisting of the characters at the given indices

  Since:

  1.0

• public static String getAt(CharSequence self, EmptyRange range)

  Supports the range subscript operator for CharSequence or StringBuffer with EmptyRange

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  range - an EmptyRange

  Returns:

  the empty String

  Since:

  1.5.0

• public static CharSequence getAt(CharSequence self, int index)

  Supports the subscript operator for CharSequence.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  index - the index of the Character to get

  Returns:

  the Character at the given index

  Since:

  1.0

• public static String getAt(GString self, int index)

  Supports the subscript operator for GString.

  Parameters:

  self - a GString

  index - the index of the Character to get

  Returns:

  the Character at the given index

  Since:

  2.3.7

• public static CharSequence getAt(CharSequence self, IntRange range)

  Supports the range subscript operator for CharSequence with IntRange.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  range - an IntRange

  Returns:

  the subsequence CharSequence

  Since:

  1.0

• public static String getAt(GString self, IntRange range)

  Supports the range subscript operator for GString with IntRange.

  Parameters:

  self - a GString

  range - an IntRange

  Returns:

  the String of characters corresponding to the provided range

  Since:

  2.3.7

• public static CharSequence getAt(CharSequence self, Range range)

  Supports the range subscript operator for CharSequence.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  range - a Range

  Returns:

  the subsequence CharSequence

  Since:

  1.0

• public static String getAt(GString self, Range range)

  Supports the range subscript operator for GString.

  Parameters:

  self - a GString

  range - a Range

  Returns:

  the String of characters corresponding to the provided range

  Since:

  2.3.7

• public static List getAt(Matcher self, Collection indices)

  Selects a List of values from a Matcher using a Collection to identify the indices to be selected.

  Parameters:

  self - a Matcher

  indices - a Collection of indices

  Returns:

  a String of the values at the given indices

  Since:

  1.6.0

• public static Object getAt(Matcher self, int index)

  Supports the subscript operator, e.g. matcher[index], for a Matcher.

  For an example using no group match,

      def p = /ab[d|f]/
      def m = "abcabdabeabf" =~ p
      assert 2 == m.count
      assert 2 == m.size() // synonym for m.getCount()
      assert ! m.hasGroup()
      assert 0 == m.groupCount()
      def matches = ["abd", "abf"]
      for (i in 0..<m.count) {
        assert m[i] == matches[i]
      }
   

  For an example using group matches,

      def p = /(?:ab([c|d|e|f]))/
      def m = "abcabdabeabf" =~ p
      assert 4 == m.count
      assert m.hasGroup()
      assert 1 == m.groupCount()
      def matches = [["abc", "c"], ["abd", "d"], ["abe", "e"], ["abf", "f"]]
      for (i in 0..<m.count) {
        assert m[i] == matches[i]
      }
   

  For another example using group matches,

      def m = "abcabdabeabfabxyzabx" =~ /(?:ab([d|x-z]+))/
      assert 3 == m.count
      assert m.hasGroup()
      assert 1 == m.groupCount()
      def matches = [["abd", "d"], ["abxyz", "xyz"], ["abx", "x"]]
      for (i in 0..<m.count) {
        assert m[i] == matches[i]
      }
   

  Parameters:

  self - a Matcher

  index - an index

  Returns:

  object a matched String if no groups matched, list of matched groups otherwise.

  Since:

  1.0

• public static String getAt(String self, int index)

  Supports the subscript operator for String.

  Parameters:

  self - a String

  index - the index of the Character to get

  Returns:

  the Character at the given index

  Since:

  1.0

• public static String getAt(String self, IntRange range)

  Supports the range subscript operator for String with IntRange.

  Parameters:

  self - a String

  range - an IntRange

  Returns:

  the resulting String

  Since:

  1.0

• public static String getAt(String self, Range range)

  Supports the range subscript operator for String.

  Parameters:

  self - a String

  range - a Range

  Returns:

  a substring corresponding to the Range

  Since:

  1.0

• public static char[] getChars(CharSequence self)

  Converts the given CharSequence into an array of characters.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  an array of characters

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static int getCount(Matcher self)

  Finds the number of Strings matched to the given Matcher.

  Parameters:

  self - a Matcher

  Returns:

  int the number of Strings matched to the given matcher.

  Since:

  1.0

• public static boolean hasGroup(Matcher self)

  Checks whether a Matcher contains a group or not.

  Parameters:

  self - a Matcher

  Returns:

  boolean true if matcher contains at least one group.

  Since:

  1.0

• @Override
  public boolean hasNext()

• public static boolean isAllWhitespace(CharSequence self)

  Returns true if a CharSequence only contains whitespace characters.

  Parameters:

  self - The CharSequence to check the characters in

  Returns:

  true If all characters are whitespace characters

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static Boolean isAtLeast(String left, String right)

  Compares a String representing a number to another. A fluent API style alias for compareTo on BigDecimal.

  Parameters:

  left - a String representing a number

  right - a String representing a number

  Returns:

  true if the value represented by left is equal to or bigger than the value represented by right

  Since:

  3.0.1

• public static boolean isBigDecimal(CharSequence self)

  Determines if a CharSequence can be parsed as a BigDecimal.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  true if the CharSequence can be parsed

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static boolean isBigInteger(CharSequence self)

  Determines if a CharSequence can be parsed as a BigInteger.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  true if the CharSequence can be parsed

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static boolean isBlank(CharSequence self)

  Tests if this CharSequence is blank.

  Returns:

  true if this CharSequence is blank

  Since:

  2.5.0

  See Also:

  isAllWhitespace(CharSequence)

• public static boolean isCase(CharSequence caseValue, Object switchValue)

  'Case' implementation for a CharSequence, which uses equals between the toString() of the caseValue and the switchValue. This allows CharSequence values to be used in switch statements. For example:

   switch( str ) {
     case 'one' :
     // etc...
   }
   

  Note that this returns true for the case where both the 'switch' and 'case' operand is null.

  Parameters:

  caseValue - the case value

  switchValue - the switch value

  Returns:

  true if the switchValue's toString() equals the caseValue

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static boolean isCase(Pattern caseValue, Object switchValue)

  'Case' implementation for the Pattern class, which allows testing a String against a number of regular expressions.

  For example:

  switch( str ) {
     case ~/one/ :
       // the regex 'one' matches the value of str
   }
   

  Note that this returns true for the case where both the pattern and the 'switch' values are null.

  Parameters:

  caseValue - the case value

  switchValue - the switch value

  Returns:

  true if the switchValue is deemed to match the caseValue

  Since:

  1.0

• public static boolean isDouble(CharSequence self)

  Determines if a CharSequence can be parsed as a Double.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  true if the CharSequence can be parsed

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static boolean isFloat(CharSequence self)

  Determines if a CharSequence can be parsed as a Float.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  true if the CharSequence can be parsed

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static boolean isInteger(CharSequence self)

  Determines if a CharSequence can be parsed as an Integer.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  true if the CharSequence can be parsed

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static boolean isLong(CharSequence self)

  Determines if a CharSequence can be parsed as a Long.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  true if the CharSequence can be parsed

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static boolean isNotCase(CharSequence caseValue, Object switchValue)

  Since:

  4.0.0

• public static boolean isNotCase(Pattern caseValue, Object switchValue)

  Since:

  4.0.0

• public static boolean isNumber(CharSequence self)

  Determines if a CharSequence can be parsed as a Number.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  true if the CharSequence can be parsed

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  isBigDecimal(CharSequence)

• public static Iterator iterator(Matcher self)

  Returns an Iterator which traverses each match.

  Parameters:

  self - a Matcher object

  Returns:

  an Iterator for a Matcher

  Since:

  1.0

  See Also:

  Matcher.group

• public static StringBuilder leftShift(CharSequence self, Object value)

  Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append multiple objects as string representations to a CharSequence.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  value - an Object

  Returns:

  a StringBuilder built from this CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static StringBuffer leftShift(String self, Object value)

• public static StringBuffer leftShift(StringBuffer self, Object value)

  Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append multiple objects as string representations to a StringBuffer.

  Parameters:

  self - a StringBuffer

  value - a value to append

  Returns:

  the StringBuffer on which this operation was invoked

  Since:

  1.0

• public static StringBuilder leftShift(StringBuilder self, Object value)

  Overloads the left shift operator to provide syntactic sugar for appending to a StringBuilder.

  Parameters:

  self - a StringBuilder

  value - an Object

  Returns:

  the original StringBuilder

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static boolean matches(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern)

  Determines if a CharSequence matches the given regular expression.

  Parameters:

  self - the CharSequence that is to be matched

  pattern - the regex Pattern to which the string of interest is to be matched

  Returns:

  true if the CharSequence matches

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  String.matches

• public static boolean matchesPartially(Matcher self)

  Given a matcher that matches a string against a pattern, returns true when the string matches the pattern or if a longer string, could match the pattern. For example:

       def emailPattern = /\w+@\w+\.\w{2,}/
  
       def matcher = "john@doe" =~ emailPattern
       assert matcher.matchesPartially()
  
       matcher = "john@doe.com" =~ emailPattern
       assert matcher.matchesPartially()
  
       matcher = "john@@" =~ emailPattern
       assert !matcher.matchesPartially()
   

  Parameters:

  self - the Matcher

  Returns:

  true if more input to the String could make the matcher match the associated pattern, false otherwise.

  Since:

  2.0.0

• public static String minus(CharSequence self, Object target)

  Removes a part of a CharSequence by replacing the first occurrence of target within self with empty string and returns the result.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  target - an object representing the part to remove

  Returns:

  a String containing the original minus the part to be removed

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String minus(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern)

  Removes a part of a CharSequence. This replaces the first occurrence of the pattern within self with empty string and returns the result.

  Parameters:

  self - a String

  pattern - a Pattern representing the part to remove

  Returns:

  a String minus the part to be removed

  Since:

  2.2.0

• public static String multiply(CharSequence self, Number factor)

  Repeats a CharSequence a certain number of times.

  throws:

  IllegalArgumentException if the number of repetitions is < 0

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence to be repeated

  factor - the number of times the CharSequence should be repeated

  Returns:

  a String composed of a repetition

  Since:

  1.8.2

• @Override
  public Object next()

• public static String next(CharSequence self)

  Overloads the ++ operator for the class CharSequence. It increments the last character in the given CharSequence. If the last character in the CharSequence is Character.MAX_VALUE a Character.MIN_VALUE will be appended. The empty CharSequence is incremented to a string consisting of the character Character.MIN_VALUE.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a value obtained by incrementing the toString() of the CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String normalize(CharSequence self)

  Returns a String with linefeeds and carriage returns normalized to linefeeds.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence object

  Returns:

  the normalized toString() for the CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String padLeft(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars)

  Pads a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars by adding the space character to the left as many times as needed. If the String is already the same size or bigger than the target numberOfChars, then the original String is returned. An example:

   println 'Numbers:'
   [1, 10, 100, 1000].each{ println it.toString().padLeft(5) }
   

  will produce output like:

   Numbers:
       1
      10
     100
    1000
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence object

  numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence

  Returns:

  the CharSequence padded to the left as a String

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  padLeft(CharSequence,Number,CharSequence)

• public static String padLeft(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars, CharSequence padding)

  Pads a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars, adding the supplied padding CharSequence as many times as needed to the left. If the CharSequence is already the same size or bigger than the target numberOfChars, then the toString() of the original CharSequence is returned. An example:

   println 'Numbers:'
   [1, 10, 100, 1000].each{ println it.toString().padLeft(5, '*') }
   [2, 20, 200, 2000].each{ println it.toString().padLeft(5, '*_') }
   

  will produce output like:

   Numbers:
   ****1
   ***10
   **100
   *1000
   *_*_2
   *_*20
   *_200
   *2000
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence object

  numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence

  padding - the characters used for padding

  Returns:

  the CharSequence padded to the left as a String

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String padRight(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars)

  Pads a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars by adding the space character to the right as many times as needed. If the CharSequence is already the same size or bigger than the target numberOfChars, then the toString() of the original CharSequence is returned. An example:

   ['A', 'BB', 'CCC', 'DDDD'].each{ println it.padRight(5) + it.size() }
   

  will produce output like:

   A    1
   BB   2
   CCC  3
   DDDD 4
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence object

  numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting string

  Returns:

  the CharSequence padded to the right as a String

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String padRight(CharSequence self, Number numberOfChars, CharSequence padding)

  Pads a CharSequence to a minimum length specified by numberOfChars, adding the supplied padding CharSequence as many times as needed to the right. If the CharSequence is already the same size or bigger than the target numberOfChars, then the toString() of the original CharSequence is returned. An example:

   ['A', 'BB', 'CCC', 'DDDD'].each{ println it.padRight(5, '#') + it.size() }
   

  will produce output like:

   A####1
   BB###2
   CCC##3
   DDDD#4
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence object

  numberOfChars - the total minimum number of characters of the resulting CharSequence

  padding - the characters used for padding

  Returns:

  the CharSequence padded to the right as a String

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String plus(CharSequence left, Object right)

  Appends the String representation of the given operand to this CharSequence.

  Parameters:

  left - a CharSequence

  right - any Object

  Returns:

  the original toString() of the CharSequence with the object appended

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String plus(Number left, String right)

  Appends a String to the string representation of this number.

  Parameters:

  left - a Number

  right - a String

  Returns:

  a String

  Since:

  1.0

• public static String plus(String left, CharSequence right)

  Appends the String representation of the given operand to this string.

  Parameters:

  left - a String

  right - any CharSequence

  Returns:

  the new string with the object appended

  Since:

  2.2

• public static String plus(StringBuffer left, String right)

  Appends a String to this StringBuffer.

  Parameters:

  left - a StringBuffer

  right - a String

  Returns:

  a String

  Since:

  1.0

• public static String previous(CharSequence self)

  Overloads the -- operator for the class CharSequence. It decrements the last character in the given CharSequence. If the last character in the CharSequence is Character.MIN_VALUE it will be deleted. The empty CharSequence can't be decremented.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a String with a decremented character at the end

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static void putAt(StringBuffer self, EmptyRange range, Object value)

  Supports the range subscript operator for StringBuffer.

  Parameters:

  self - a StringBuffer

  range - a Range

  value - the object that's toString() will be inserted

  Since:

  1.0

• public static void putAt(StringBuffer self, IntRange range, Object value)

  Supports the range subscript operator for StringBuffer. Index values are treated as characters within the buffer.

  Parameters:

  self - a StringBuffer

  range - a Range

  value - the object that's toString() will be inserted

  Since:

  1.0

• public static List<String> readLines(CharSequence self)

  Returns the lines of a CharSequence as a List of String.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence object

  Returns:

  a list of lines

  Since:

  1.8.2

• @Override
  public void remove()

• public static String replace(CharSequence self, Map<CharSequence, CharSequence> replacements)

  Replaces all occurrences of replacement CharSequences (supplied via a map) within a provided CharSequence.

   assert 'foobar'.replace(f:'b', foo:'bar') == 'boobar'
   assert 'foobar'.replace(foo:'bar', f:'b') == 'barbar'
   def replacements = [foo:'bar', f:'b', b: 'f', bar:'boo']
   assert 'foobar'.replace(replacements) == 'barfar'
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  replacements - a map of before (key) and after (value) pairs processed in the natural order of the map

  Returns:

  a String formed from the provided CharSequence after performing all of the replacements

  Since:

  2.5.0

• public static String replace(CharSequence self, int capacity, Map<CharSequence, CharSequence> replacements)

  Replaces all occurrences of replacement CharSequences (supplied via a map) within a provided CharSequence with control over the internally created StringBuilder's capacity. This method uses a StringBuilder internally. Java auto-expands a StringBuilder's capacity if needed. In rare circumstances, the overhead involved with repeatedly expanding the StringBuilder may become significant. If you have measured the performance of your application and found this to be a significant bottleneck, use this variant to have complete control over the internally created StringBuilder's capacity.

   assert 'foobar'.replace(9, [r:'rbaz']) == 'foobarbaz'
   assert 'foobar'.replace(1, [fooba:'']) == 'r'
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  capacity - an optimization parameter, set to size after replacements or a little larger to avoid resizing overheads

  replacements - a map of before (key) and after (value) pairs processed in the natural order of the map

  Returns:

  a String formed from the provided CharSequence after performing all of the replacements

  Since:

  2.5.0

• public static String replaceAll(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex, CharSequence replacement)

  Replaces each substring of this CharSequence that matches the given regular expression with the given replacement.

  throws:

  java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  regex - the capturing regex

  replacement - the string to be substituted for each match

  Returns:

  the toString() of the CharSequence with content replaced

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  String.replaceAll

• public static String replaceAll(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List","String[]"})
  Closure closure)

  Replaces all occurrences of a captured group by the result of calling a closure on that text.

  Examples:

       assert "hello world".replaceAll("(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() } == "hellO wOrld"
  
       assert "foobar-FooBar-".replaceAll("(([fF][oO]{2})[bB]ar)", { Object[] it -> it[0].toUpperCase() }) == "FOOBAR-FOOBAR-"
  
       // Here,
       //   it[0] is the global string of the matched group
       //   it[1] is the first string in the matched group
       //   it[2] is the second string in the matched group
  
       assert "foobar-FooBar-".replaceAll("(([fF][oO]{2})[bB]ar)", { x, y, z -> z.toUpperCase() }) == "FOO-FOO-"
  
       // Here,
       //   x is the global string of the matched group
       //   y is the first string in the matched group
       //   z is the second string in the matched group
   

  Note that unlike String.replaceAll(String regex, String replacement), where the replacement string treats '$' and '\' specially (for group substitution), the result of the closure is converted to a string and that value is used literally for the replacement.

  throws:

  java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  regex - the capturing regex

  closure - the closure to apply on each captured group

  Returns:

  the toString() of the CharSequence with content replaced

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  replaceAll(CharSequence,Pattern,Closure)

• public static String replaceAll(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, CharSequence replacement)

  Replaces all substrings of a CharSequence that match the given compiled regular expression with the given replacement.

  Note that backslashes (\) and dollar signs ($) in the replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were being treated as a literal replacement string; see Matcher.replaceAll. Use Matcher.quoteReplacement to suppress the special meaning of these characters, if desired.

   assert "foo".replaceAll('o', 'X') == 'fXX'
   

  Parameters:

  self - the CharSequence that is to be matched

  pattern - the regex Pattern to which the CharSequence of interest is to be matched

  replacement - the CharSequence to be substituted for the first match

  Returns:

  the toString() of the CharSequence with content replaced

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String replaceAll(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List","String[]"})
  Closure closure)

  Replaces all occurrences of a captured group by the result of a closure call on that text.

  For examples,

       assert "hello world".replaceAll(~"(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() } == "hellO wOrld"
  
       assert "foobar-FooBar-".replaceAll(~"(([fF][oO]{2})[bB]ar)", { it[0].toUpperCase() }) == "FOOBAR-FOOBAR-"
  
       // Here,
       //   it[0] is the global string of the matched group
       //   it[1] is the first string in the matched group
       //   it[2] is the second string in the matched group
  
       assert "foobar-FooBar-".replaceAll(~"(([fF][oO]{2})[bB]ar)", { Object[] it -> it[0].toUpperCase() }) == "FOOBAR-FOOBAR-"
  
       // Here,
       //   it[0] is the global string of the matched group
       //   it[1] is the first string in the matched group
       //   it[2] is the second string in the matched group
  
       assert "foobar-FooBar-".replaceAll("(([fF][oO]{2})[bB]ar)", { x, y, z -> z.toUpperCase() }) == "FOO-FOO-"
  
       // Here,
       //   x is the global string of the matched group
       //   y is the first string in the matched group
       //   z is the second string in the matched group
   

  Note that unlike String.replaceAll(String regex, String replacement), where the replacement string treats '$' and '\' specially (for group substitution), the result of the closure is converted to a string and that value is used literally for the replacement.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  pattern - the capturing regex Pattern

  closure - the closure to apply on each captured group

  Returns:

  the toString() of the CharSequence with replaced content

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  Matcher.quoteReplacement

• public static String replaceFirst(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex, CharSequence replacement)

  Replaces the first substring of this CharSequence that matches the given regular expression with the given replacement.

  throws:

  java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  regex - the capturing regex

  replacement - the CharSequence to be substituted for each match

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  String.replaceFirst

• public static String replaceFirst(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List","String[]"})
  Closure closure)

  Replaces the first occurrence of a captured group by the result of a closure call on that text.

  For example (with some replaceAll variants thrown in for comparison purposes),

   assert "hello world".replaceFirst("(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() } == "hellO world" // first match
   assert "hello world".replaceAll("(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() } == "hellO wOrld" // all matches
  
   assert "one fish, two fish".replaceFirst(/([a-z]{3})\s([a-z]{4})/) { [one:1, two:2][it[1]] + '-' + it[2].toUpperCase() } == '1-FISH, two fish'
   assert "one fish, two fish".replaceAll(/([a-z]{3})\s([a-z]{4})/) { [one:1, two:2][it[1]] + '-' + it[2].toUpperCase() } == '1-FISH, 2-FISH'
   

  throws:

  java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  regex - the capturing regex

  closure - the closure to apply on the first captured group

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String replaceFirst(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, CharSequence replacement)

  Replaces the first substring of a CharSequence that matches the given compiled regular expression with the given replacement.

  Note that backslashes (\) and dollar signs ($) in the replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were being treated as a literal replacement string; see Matcher.replaceFirst. Use Matcher.quoteReplacement to suppress the special meaning of these characters, if desired.

   assert "foo".replaceFirst('o', 'X') == 'fXo'
   

  Parameters:

  self - the CharSequence that is to be matched

  pattern - the regex Pattern to which the CharSequence of interest is to be matched

  replacement - the CharSequence to be substituted for the first match

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String replaceFirst(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, options={"List","String[]"})
  Closure closure)

  Replaces the first occurrence of a captured group by the result of a closure call on that text.

  For example (with some replaceAll variants thrown in for comparison purposes),

   assert "hellO world" == "hello world".replaceFirst(~"(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() } // first match
   assert "hellO wOrld" == "hello world".replaceAll(~"(o)") { it[0].toUpperCase() }   // all matches
  
   assert '1-FISH, two fish' == "one fish, two fish".replaceFirst(~/([a-z]{3})\s([a-z]{4})/) { [one:1, two:2][it[1]] + '-' + it[2].toUpperCase() }
   assert '1-FISH, 2-FISH' == "one fish, two fish".replaceAll(~/([a-z]{3})\s([a-z]{4})/) { [one:1, two:2][it[1]] + '-' + it[2].toUpperCase() }
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  pattern - the capturing regex Pattern

  closure - the closure to apply on the first captured group

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String reverse(CharSequence self)

  Creates a String which is the reverse (backwards) of this CharSequence

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a new String with all the characters reversed.

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static void setIndex(Matcher self, int index)

  Sets the position of the given Matcher to the given index.

  Parameters:

  self - a Matcher

  index - the index number

  Since:

  1.0

• public static int size(CharSequence self)

  Provides the standard Groovy size() method for CharSequence.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  the length of the CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static long size(Matcher self)

  Provides the standard Groovy size() method for Matcher.

  Parameters:

  self - a matcher object

  Returns:

  the matcher's size (count)

  Since:

  1.5.0

• @Deprecated
  public static int size(String self)

  Provides the standard Groovy size() method for String.

  Parameters:

  self - a String

  Returns:

  the length of the String

  Since:

  1.0

  See Also:

  size(CharSequence)

• @Deprecated
  public static int size(StringBuffer self)

  Provides the standard Groovy size() method for StringBuffer.

  Parameters:

  self - a StringBuffer

  Returns:

  the length of the StringBuffer

  Since:

  1.0

  See Also:

  size(CharSequence)

• public static String[] split(CharSequence self)

  Splits a CharSequence (with whitespace as delimiter). Similar to tokenize, but returns an Array of String instead of a List.

  Parameters:

  self - the CharSequence to split

  Returns:

  String[] result of split

  Since:

  1.8.2

• <T> public static T splitEachLine(CharSequence self, CharSequence regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class)
  Closure<T> closure)

  Iterates through the given CharSequence line by line, splitting each line using the given regex delimiter. The list of tokens for each line is then passed to the given closure.

  throws:

  java.io.IOException if an error occurs

  throws:

  java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  regex - the delimiting regular expression

  closure - a closure

  Returns:

  the last value returned by the closure

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  splitEachLine(CharSequence,Pattern,Closure)

• <T> public static T splitEachLine(CharSequence self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class)
  Closure<T> closure)

  Iterates through the given CharSequence line by line, splitting each line using the given separator Pattern. The list of tokens for each line is then passed to the given closure.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  pattern - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter

  closure - a closure

  Returns:

  the last value returned by the closure

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static boolean startsWithAny(CharSequence self, CharSequence prefixes)

  Tests if this CharSequence starts with any specified prefixes.

  Parameters:

  prefixes - the prefixes.

  Returns:

  true if this CharSequence starts with any specified prefixes.

  Since:

  2.4.14

• public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(CharSequence self, CharSequence searchString)

  Checks whether this CharSequence starts with the searchString ignoring the case considerations.

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  searchString - CharSequence being checked against this

  Returns:

  true if the character sequence represented by the argument is a prefix of this CharSequence ignoring the case considerations. false otherwise. Returns false if the argument is null

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String stripIndent(CharSequence self)

  Strips leading spaces from every line in a CharSequence. The line with the least number of leading spaces determines the number to remove. Lines only containing whitespace are ignored when calculating the number of leading spaces to strip.

   assert '  A\n B\nC' == '   A\n  B\n C'.stripIndent()
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence to strip the leading spaces from

  Returns:

  the stripped toString() of the CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• @Incubating
  public static String stripIndent(CharSequence self, boolean forceGroovyBehavior)

  Same logic as stripIndent(CharSequence) if forceGroovyBehavior is true, otherwise Java 13's stripIndent will be invoked.

  Parameters:

  self - The CharSequence to strip the leading spaces from

  forceGroovyBehavior - force groovy behavior to avoid conflicts with Java13's stripIndent

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String stripIndent(CharSequence self, int numChars)

  Strips numChars leading characters from every line in a CharSequence.

   assert 'DEF\n456' == '''ABCDEF\n123456'''.stripIndent(3)
   

  Parameters:

  self - The CharSequence to strip the characters from

  numChars - The number of characters to strip

  Returns:

  the stripped String

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String stripMargin(CharSequence self)

  Strips leading whitespace/control characters followed by '|' from every line in a CharSequence.

   assert 'ABC\n123\n456' == '''ABC
                               |123
                               |456'''.stripMargin()
   

  Parameters:

  self - The CharSequence to strip the margin from

  Returns:

  the stripped String

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  stripMargin(CharSequence,char)

• public static String stripMargin(CharSequence self, char marginChar)

  Strips leading whitespace/control characters followed by marginChar from every line in a CharSequence.

   assert 'ABC\n123\n456' == '''ABC
                               *123
                               *456'''.stripMargin('*')
   

  Parameters:

  self - The CharSequence to strip the margin from

  marginChar - Any character that serves as margin delimiter

  Returns:

  the stripped String

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String stripMargin(CharSequence self, CharSequence marginChar)

  Strips leading whitespace/control characters followed by marginChar from every line in a CharSequence.

  Parameters:

  self - The CharSequence to strip the margin from

  marginChar - Any character that serves as margin delimiter

  Returns:

  the stripped CharSequence

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static CharSequence take(CharSequence self, int num)

  Returns the first num elements from this CharSequence.

   def text = "Groovy"
   assert text.take( 0 ) == ''
   assert text.take( 2 ) == 'Gr'
   assert text.take( 7 ) == 'Groovy'
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  num - the number of chars to take from this CharSequence

  Returns:

  a CharSequence consisting of the first num chars, or else the whole CharSequence if it has less then num elements.

  Since:

  1.8.1

• public static String take(GString self, int num)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method.

  Parameters:

  self - the original GString

  num - the number of chars to take from this GString

  Returns:

  a String consisting of the first num chars, or else the whole GString if it has less then num elements.

  Since:

  2.3.7

• public static String take(String self, int num)

  A String variant of the equivalent CharSequence method.

  Parameters:

  self - the original String

  num - the number of chars to take from this String

  Returns:

  a String consisting of the first num chars, or else the whole String if it has less then num elements.

  Since:

  2.5.5

• public static CharSequence takeAfter(CharSequence self, CharSequence searchString)

  Returns the CharSequence that exists after the first occurrence of the given searchString in this CharSequence.

   def text = "Groovy development. Groovy team"
   assert text.takeAfter( 'Groovy' )           == ' development. Groovy team'
   assert text.takeAfter( 'team' )             == ''
   assert text.takeAfter( '' )                 == ''
   assert text.takeAfter( 'Unavailable text' ) == ''
   assert text.takeAfter( null )               == ''
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  searchString - CharSequence that is searched in this CharSequence

  Returns:

  CharSequence that is after the given searchString and empty string if it does not exist

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String takeAfter(String self, CharSequence searchString)

  A String variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeAfter(CharSequence,CharSequence).

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  searchString - String that is searched in this CharSequence

  Returns:

  String that is after the given searchString and empty string if it does not exist

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String takeAfter(GString self, CharSequence searchString)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeAfter(CharSequence,CharSequence).

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  searchString - CharSequence that is searched in this CharSequence

  Returns:

  String that is after the given searchString and empty string if it does not exist

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static CharSequence takeBefore(CharSequence self, CharSequence searchString)

  Returns the CharSequence that exists before the first occurrence of the given searchString in this CharSequence.

   def text = "Groovy development. Groovy team"
  
   assert text.takeBefore( ' Groovy ' )         == 'Groovy development.'
   assert text.takeBefore( ' ' )                == 'Groovy'
   assert text.takeBefore( 'Unavailable text' ) == ''
   assert text.takeBefore( null )               == ''
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  searchString - CharSequence that is searched in this CharSequence

  Returns:

  CharSequence that is before the given searchString

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String takeBefore(GString self, String searchString)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeBefore(CharSequence,CharSequence).

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  searchString - CharSequence that is searched in this CharSequence

  Returns:

  String that is before the given searchString

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String takeBefore(String self, String searchString)

  A String variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeBefore(CharSequence,CharSequence).

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  searchString - CharSequence that is searched in this CharSequence

  Returns:

  String that is before the given searchString

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static CharSequence takeBetween(CharSequence self, CharSequence from, CharSequence to)

  Returns the CharSequence that is in between the first occurrence of the given from and to CharSequences and empty if the unavailable inputs are given.

   def text = "Groovy"
  
   assert text.takeBetween( 'r', 'v' ) == 'oo'
   assert text.takeBetween( 'r', 'z' ) == ''
   assert text.takeBetween( 'a', 'r' ) == ''
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  from - beginning of search

  to - end of search

  Returns:

  the CharSequence that is in between the given two CharSequences and empty if the unavailable inputs are given

  Since:

  3.0.0

  See Also:

  takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence,CharSequence,int)

• public static String takeBetween(String self, CharSequence from, CharSequence to)

  A String variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence,CharSequence).

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  from - beginning of search

  to - end of search

  Returns:

  String that is in between the given two CharSequences and empty if the unavailable inputs are given

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String takeBetween(GString self, CharSequence from, CharSequence to)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence,CharSequence).

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  from - beginning of search

  to - end of search

  Returns:

  String that is in between the given two CharSequences and empty if the unavailable inputs are given

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static CharSequence takeBetween(CharSequence self, CharSequence enclosure)

  Takes the characters between the first occurrence of the two subsequent enclosure strings.

   def text = "name = 'some name'"
  
   assert text.takeBetween( "'" ) == 'some name'
   assert text.takeBetween( 'z' ) == ''
   

  Parameters:

  self - Original CharSequence

  enclosure - Enclosure CharSequence

  Returns:

  CharSequence between the 2 subsequent enclosure strings

  Since:

  3.0.0

  See Also:

  takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence,int)

• public static String takeBetween(String self, CharSequence enclosure)

  A String variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence).

  Parameters:

  self - Original String

  enclosure - Enclosure CharSequence

  Returns:

  String between the 2 subsequent enclosure strings

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String takeBetween(GString self, CharSequence enclosure)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence).

  Parameters:

  self - Original GString

  enclosure - Enclosure CharSequence

  Returns:

  String between the 2 subsequent enclosure strings

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static CharSequence takeBetween(CharSequence self, CharSequence from, CharSequence to, int occurrence)

  Returns the CharSequence that is in between the given the nth (specified by occurrence) pair of from and to CharSequences and empty if the unavailable inputs are given.

   def text = "t1=10 ms, t2=100 ms"
  
   assert text.takeBetween( '=', ' ', 0 ) == '10'
   assert text.takeBetween( '=', ' ', 1 ) == '100'
   assert text.takeBetween( 't1', 'z' ) == ''
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  from - beginning of search

  to - end of search

  occurrence - nth occurrence that is to be returned. 0 represents first one

  Returns:

  the CharSequence that is in between the given the nth (specified by occurrence) pair of from and to CharSequences and empty if the unavailable inputs are given.

  Since:

  3.0.0

  See Also:

  takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence,CharSequence)

• public static String takeBetween(String self, CharSequence from, CharSequence to, int occurrence)

  A String variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence,CharSequence,int).

  Parameters:

  self - the original String

  from - beginning of search

  to - end of search

  occurrence - nth occurrence that is to be returned. 0 represents first one

  Returns:

  the String that is in between the given nth (specified by occurrence) pair of from and to CharSequences and empty if the unavailable inputs are given.

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String takeBetween(GString self, CharSequence from, CharSequence to, int occurrence)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence,CharSequence,int).

  Parameters:

  self - the original GString

  from - beginning of search

  to - end of search

  occurrence - nth occurrence that is to be returned. 0 represents first one

  Returns:

  the String that is in between the given nth (specified by occurrence) pair of from and to CharSequences and empty if the unavailable inputs are given.

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static CharSequence takeBetween(CharSequence self, CharSequence enclosure, int occurrence)

  Takes the characters between nth (specified by occurrence) pair of enclosure strings.

   def text = "t1='10' ms, t2='100' ms"
  
   assert text.takeBetween( "'", 0 ) == '10'
   assert text.takeBetween( "'", 1 ) == '100'
   assert text.takeBetween( "'", 2 ) == ''
   

  Parameters:

  self - Original CharSequence

  enclosure - Enclosure CharSequence

  occurrence - nth occurrence being returned

  Returns:

  CharSequence between the nth occurrence of pair of enclosure strings

  Since:

  3.0.0

  See Also:

  takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence,int)

• public static String takeBetween(String self, CharSequence enclosure, int occurrence)

  A String variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence,int).

  Parameters:

  self - Original String

  enclosure - Enclosure CharSequence

  occurrence - nth occurrence being returned

  Returns:

  String between the nth occurrence of pair of enclosure strings

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String takeBetween(GString self, CharSequence enclosure, int occurrence)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeBetween(CharSequence,CharSequence,int).

  Parameters:

  self - Original GString

  enclosure - Enclosure CharSequence

  occurrence - nth occurrence being returned

  Returns:

  String between the nth occurrence of pair of enclosure strings

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static CharSequence takeRight(CharSequence self, int num)

  Returns the last num elements from this CharSequence.

   def text = "Groovy"
   assert text.takeRight( 0 ) == ''
   assert text.takeRight( 2 ) == 'vy'
   assert text.takeRight( 7 ) == 'Groovy'
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  num - the number of chars to take from this CharSequence from the right

  Returns:

  a CharSequence consisting of the last num chars, or else the whole CharSequence if it has less than num elements.

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String takeRight(String self, int num)

  A GString variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeRight(CharSequence,int).

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  num - the number of chars to take from this CharSequence from the right

  Returns:

  a String consisting of the last num chars, or else the whole CharSequence if it has less than num elements.

  Since:

  3.0.0

• public static String takeRight(GString self, int num)

  A String variant of the equivalent CharSequence method takeRight(CharSequence,int).

  Parameters:

  self - the original GString

  num - the number of chars to take from this GString from the right

  Returns:

  a String consisting of the last num chars, or else the whole GString if it has less than num elements.

  Since:

  3.0.0

• @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static String takeWhile(CharSequence self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"})
  Closure condition)

  Returns the longest prefix of this CharSequence where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true.

   def text = "Groovy"
   assert text.takeWhile{ it < 'A' } == ''
   assert text.takeWhile{ it < 'Z' } == 'G'
   assert text.takeWhile{ it != 'v' } == 'Groo'
   assert text.takeWhile{ it < 'z' } == 'Groovy'
   

  Parameters:

  self - the original CharSequence

  condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue taking elements

  Returns:

  a prefix of elements in the CharSequence where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true

  Since:

  2.0.0

• public static String takeWhile(GString self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"})
  Closure condition)

  A GString variant of the equivalent GString method.

  Parameters:

  self - the original GString

  condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue taking elements

  Returns:

  a prefix of elements in the GString where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true

  Since:

  2.3.7

• @Deprecated
  public static CharSequence takeWhile$$bridge(CharSequence self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class, conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class, options={"String", "Character"})
  Closure condition)

• public static BigDecimal toBigDecimal(CharSequence self)

  Parses a CharSequence into a BigDecimal

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a BigDecimal

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static BigInteger toBigInteger(CharSequence self)

  Parses a CharSequence into a BigInteger

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a BigInteger

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static Boolean toBoolean(String self)

  Converts the given string into a Boolean object. If the trimmed string is "true", "y" or "1" (ignoring case) then the result is true otherwise it is false.

  Parameters:

  self - a String

  Returns:

  The Boolean value

  Since:

  1.0

• public static Character toCharacter(String self)

  Converts the given string into a Character object using the first character in the string.

  Parameters:

  self - a String

  Returns:

  the first Character

  Since:

  1.0

• public static Double toDouble(CharSequence self)

  Parses a CharSequence into a Double.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a Double

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static Float toFloat(CharSequence self)

  Parses a CharSequence into a Float.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a Float

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static Integer toInteger(CharSequence self)

  Parses a CharSequence into an Integer.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  an Integer

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static List<String> toList(CharSequence self)

  Converts the given CharSequence into a List of Strings of one character.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a List of characters (a 1-character String)

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static Long toLong(CharSequence self)

  Parses a CharSequence into a Long

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a Long

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static Set<String> toSet(CharSequence self)

  Converts the given CharSequence into a Set of unique Strings of one character.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a Set of unique characters (each a 1-character String)

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static Short toShort(CharSequence self)

  Parses a CharSequence into a Short.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a Short

  Since:

  1.8.2

• @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static List<String> tokenize(CharSequence self)

  Tokenizes a CharSequence (with a whitespace as the delimiter).

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  Returns:

  a List of tokens

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  StringTokenizer.StringTokenizer

• public static List<String> tokenize(CharSequence self, Character delimiter)

  Tokenizes a CharSequence based on the given character delimiter.

  For example:

   char pathSep = ':'
   assert "/tmp:/usr".tokenize(pathSep) == ["/tmp", "/usr"]
   

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  delimiter - the delimiter

  Returns:

  a List of tokens

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  StringTokenizer.StringTokenizer

• @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static List<String> tokenize(CharSequence self, CharSequence delimiters)

  Tokenizes a CharSequence based on the given CharSequence. Each character in the CharSequence is a separate delimiter.

  Parameters:

  self - a CharSequence

  delimiters - the delimiters

  Returns:

  a List of tokens

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  StringTokenizer.StringTokenizer

• public static String tr(CharSequence self, CharSequence sourceSet, CharSequence replacementSet)

  Translates a CharSequence by replacing characters from the sourceSet with characters from replacementSet. If the first character from sourceSet appears in the CharSequence, it will be replaced with the first character from replacementSet. If the second character from sourceSet appears in the CharSequence, it will be replaced with the second character from replacementSet. and so on for all provided replacement characters.

  Here is an example which converts the vowels in a word from lower to uppercase:

   assert 'hello'.tr('aeiou', 'AEIOU') == 'hEllO'
   

  A character range using regex-style syntax can also be used, e.g. here is an example which converts a word from lower to uppercase:

   assert 'hello'.tr('a-z', 'A-Z') == 'HELLO'
   

  Hyphens at the start or end of sourceSet or replacementSet are treated as normal hyphens and are not considered to be part of a range specification. Similarly, a hyphen immediately after an earlier range is treated as a normal hyphen. So, '-x', 'x-' have no ranges while 'a-c-e' has the range 'a-c' plus the '-' character plus the 'e' character.

  Unlike the unix tr command, Groovy's tr command supports reverse ranges, e.g.:

   assert 'hello'.tr('z-a', 'Z-A') == 'HELLO'
   

  If replacementSet is smaller than sourceSet, then the last character from replacementSet is used as the replacement for all remaining source characters as shown here:

   assert 'Hello World!'.tr('a-z', 'A') == 'HAAAA WAAAA!'
   

  If sourceSet contains repeated characters, the last specified replacement is used as shown here:

   assert 'Hello World!'.tr('lloo', '1234') == 'He224 W4r2d!'
   

  The functionality provided by tr can be achieved using regular expressions but tr provides a much more compact notation and efficient implementation for certain scenarios.

  Parameters:

  self - the CharSequence that is to be translated

  sourceSet - the set of characters to translate from

  replacementSet - the set of replacement characters

  Returns:

  The resulting translated String

  Since:

  1.8.2

  See Also:

  StringUtil.tr

• public static String uncapitalize(CharSequence self)

  Convenience method to uncapitalize the first letter of a CharSequence (typically the first letter of a word). Example usage:

   assert 'H'.uncapitalize() == 'h'
   assert 'Hello'.uncapitalize() == 'hello'
   assert 'Hello world'.uncapitalize() == 'hello world'
   assert 'Hello World'.uncapitalize() == 'hello World'
   assert 'hello world' == 'Hello World'.split(' ').collect{ it.uncapitalize() }.join(' ')
   

  Parameters:

  self - The CharSequence to uncapitalize

  Returns:

  A String containing the uncapitalized toString() of the CharSequence

  Since:

  2.4.8

• public static String unexpand(CharSequence self)

  Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs using tabStops of size 8.

  Parameters:

  self - A CharSequence to unexpand

  Returns:

  an unexpanded String

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String unexpand(CharSequence self, int tabStop)

  Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs.

  Parameters:

  self - A CharSequence to unexpand

  tabStop - The number of spaces a tab represents

  Returns:

  an unexpanded String

  Since:

  1.8.2

• public static String unexpandLine(CharSequence self, int tabStop)

  Replaces sequences of whitespaces with tabs within a line.

  Parameters:

  self - A line to unexpand

  tabStop - The number of spaces a tab represents

  Returns:

  an unexpanded String

  Since:

  1.8.2