String Module

String.upper, String.sub, String.reverse — the functional style equivalent to the methods.

In addition to method syntax (s.upper()), the String module exposes the same operations as module functions (String.upper(s)). Both forms are equivalent; the choice is a matter of style — method chaining tends to be more idiomatic, while the module form makes it easier to pass functions as values.

The module also provides String.sub (1-based inclusive index substring) and String.reverse, which have no native method form:

String.upper, String.sub, String.reverse and palindrome checking.

09-string-module.zolo

Playground

// Feature: `String` module — functions as a module

// Syntax: `String.method(s, ...)` (alternative to `s.method(...)`)

// When to use: functional style, passing as a first-class function.


use std::String

// In Zolo, string methods have an equivalent module-function form.

// Useful when you want to compose functions.


// -- upper / lower / len ---------------------------------------

print(String.upper("hello"))  // HELLO

print(String.lower("WORLD"))  // world

print(String.len("zolo"))  // 4


// -- sub: substring by range (1-based, inclusive) -------------

print(String.sub("hello", 1, 3))  // hel

print(String.sub("hello", 2, 4))  // ell

print("hello".sub(1, 3))  // hel (method form)


// -- reverse: reverses ----------------------------------------

print(String.reverse("hello"))  // olleh

print(String.reverse("zolo"))  // oloz


// Useful for checking palindromes.

fn is_palindrome(s: str) -> bool {
  return s == String.reverse(s)
}

print(is_palindrome("racecar"))  // true

print(is_palindrome("zolo"))  // false


// -- Functional style vs method --------------------------------

// These two do the same thing:

let s = "Hello World"
print(s.upper())  // HELLO WORLD

print(String.upper(s))  // HELLO WORLD


// Chaining method calls is idiomatic:

let clean = "  HELLO  ".trim().lower()
print(clean)
// expected: hello

Challenge

Use String.sub to extract the domain from "[email protected]" — that is, the part after the @. Hint: locate the index of @ with .chars() and calculate the bounds for sub.

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