# String Handling Functions

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-handling-functions/95058>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** functions\
**Created:** [February 23, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-handling-functions/95058 "2023-02-23T04:18:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![smashcoder2003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@smashcoder2003](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/smashcoder2003)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-handling-functions/95058/1 "2023-02-23T04:18:45Z")

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Is there a package or module for string handling functions?  
Did anyone write a package or module for **string handling?**

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**Author:** ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-handling-functions/95058/2 "2023-02-23T04:24:18Z")

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> [@smashcoder2003](#):
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> string handling

what does this mean? do you have any concrete functionality on mind?

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**Author:** ![jar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-handling-functions/95058/3 "2023-02-23T04:30:14Z")

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Base has lots of string functions. Also lots of extra string functionality in

> **[GitHub - JuliaString/Strs.jl: String support package for Julia](https://github.com/JuliaString/Strs.jl)**
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> String support package for Julia. Contribute to JuliaString/Strs.jl development by creating an account on GitHub.

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**Author:** ![smashcoder2003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@smashcoder2003](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/smashcoder2003)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-handling-functions/95058/4 "2023-02-23T04:37:40Z")

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You know string functions like  
lower() - to convert all characters into lower case.  
upper() - to convert all characters to upper case.  
replace() - to replace a particular in a string.(Actually creates a new string though).

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**Author:** ![jar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-handling-functions/95058/5 "2023-02-23T04:41:38Z")

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Those are in Base

[https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/base/strings/](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/base/strings/)

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**Author:** ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-handling-functions/95058/6 "2023-02-23T04:45:19Z")

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I think you want the Manual section:  
[https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/strings/](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/strings/)

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**Author:** ![smashcoder2003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@smashcoder2003](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/smashcoder2003)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-handling-functions/95058/7 "2023-02-23T04:47:15Z")

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Is there any document that i can download,  
So that i don’t ask any more general questions?  
For Complete reference ?

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**Author:** ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-handling-functions/95058/8 "2023-02-23T04:52:01Z")

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there’s pdf [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaLang/docs.julialang.org/assets/julia-1.8.5.pdf](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaLang/docs.julialang.org/assets/julia-1.8.5.pdf)

but why not just read the Manual chapter by chapter in the HTML?