Text processing in Object Pascal?

[vicot]

I am a newbie.
Are there good text processing tools in Object Pascal?

I really need it for simple tasks, and I don't want to learn awk, sed or Perl!

So far, I was not able to find any specific reference to text processing for Object Pascal.

Maybe you can help me.

Thanks

[jarto]

Here's the basics:

http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/docs/rtl/strutils/index-5.html
http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/stringfunctions.html

It'd be nice if you could describe in more detail, what you are looking for.

[vicot]

Thanks

Hm, from the link you gave me it seems that only the most basic string functions are supported.

Are more complex pattern-based functions supported (pehaps via a third-party component)? Such as regular expressions, for example. Or some other pattern-based functionality.

What I need it for is:
finding strings according to patterns, splitting up files according to patterns, etc.

Does anyone do these things in Object Pascal?

Or do you advise me to use another language instead?

Thanks again

[BigChimp]

I would advise you to search the wiki and documentation a bit.
E.g. see here for some info on regex:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Regexpr

Edit: on the forum, you'll also find many threads regarding these subject, but searching for them is perhaps not so easy. People have been posting about searching for a particular set of bytes in a binary file etc.

(Object) Pascal is fine for text processing but it is a general purpose language. Perhaps a language specifically focussed on text processing (perl?) may be quicker/faster for you. Also depends on taste.

[Leledumbo]

What I need it for is:
finding strings according to patterns, splitting up files according to patterns, etc.

Open your fpc/packages/regexpr and check yourself. The current version is based on Sorokin's TRegExpr AFAIK so you can read its documentation as a reference.