idestykk/cn_string

C library for managing Null-Terminated strings more efficiently and easily. Stores length for constant time strlen.

CN_String

A C library that makes Null-Terminated strings less of a pain in the arse.

CN_String is a library which helps users handle strings in a more "object-oriented" way in C. Chances are that you have been spoiled by std::string in C++. Getting string length in C is NOT constant time, meanwhile it is in C++. Also concatenation isn't as trivial in C as opposed to C++. This library supplies functions for enhanced string handling. You can concatenate and insert into CN_Strings, and it supports C-Strings as well. This library is similar to CN_Vec as in it handles dynamic memory management on its own, but it guarantees that its data will contain an empty string at least as opposed to a NULL pointer when empty with no text.

Example:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "cn_string.h"

main() {
	//Starting with a blank string
	CN_STRING str = cn_string_init();
	cn_string_set_from_cstr(str, "This is a test.");
	printf("%s\n", cn_string_str(str));
	cn_string_free(str);
	
	//Starting with initial string
	CN_STRING str_i = cn_string_from_cstr("This is also a test.");
	printf("%s\n", cn_string_str(str_i));
	cn_string_free(str_i);
}

Output:

This is a test.
This is also a test.

Full documentation at: http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~ssmit285/lib/cn_string/index.html
The documentation has details and examples of every single function in the library, as well as a guide.