strings 4.2.0

Large collection of String functions aimed at extending the String class whilst providing safer methods for working with nullable Strings.

4.2.0

• Add countMatches for non-overlapping literal counting.
• Add substringAfter, substringAfterLast and substringBeforeLast.
• Add normalizeSpace using the existing whitespace definition.
• Add replaceLineEndings with LF by default and a literal custom replacement.
• Expose all six additions through nullable Strings statics and StringEx extensions.
• Document and test null/empty arguments, UTF-16 boundaries and Unicode whitespace.
• Preserve all existing behavior, dependency constraints and the Dart 3.7 SDK floor.

4.1.0

• Add removePrefix and removeSuffix for removing one literal affix.
• Add partition and lastPartition for splitting once while retaining the delimiter.
• Expose all four methods through nullable Strings statics and StringEx extensions.
• Document and test null/empty arguments, missing delimiters and UTF-16 matching.
• No new dependencies or changes to the Dart SDK requirement.

4.0.1

• add new method conjuctionJoin.

4.0.0

BREAKING CHANGES

• ⚠️ Minimum Dart SDK is now >=3.7.0. This version drops support for Dart 3.0–3.6 in order to upgrade to the latest version of the unicode package.
• ⚠️ If you are on an older Dart version, you can continue using version ^3.1.2.

INTERNAL CHANGES

• Updated internal usage of unicode.generalCategories constants to use lowercase fields (e.g. unicode.control instead of unicode.CONTROL), per the latest unicode API in 1.1.8.
• No changes to the public API.

3.1.2

• added an option to the join function to excluded null or empty elements.

3.1.1

• add the method isDigits.

3.1.0

• add the within and upTo methods.

3.0.0

• migrated to dart 3.x
• added isWhitespace method.

2.0.3

• added method orElseOnBlank

2.0.2

• Improvements to the API documentation.
• Updated references to underscore to its new name toSnakeCase Fixed the StringEx class description.

2.0.1

• Documenation fixes.

2.0.0-beta.3

• added documentation link to pubspec
• added onepub logo

2.0.0-beta.2

• Fixed broken links on the readme page.

2.0.0-beta.1

BREAKING

• the right method has been redefined to be in keeping with the conventional use of right() For existing code that uses the old version of right use string.substring(fromRight);
• All methods are now exposed as static methods of the 'Strings' class.

1.0.0

• Initial release