05_string_values.go

package main

/*
Unlike C# or Java, the string type is not a complex type. It does not have bunch of methods that you can use
to manipulate strings. Instead, if you want to manipulate or inspect a string, you can use the functions
that are available in the strings package
*/

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
)

func main() {

	str1 := "An implictly typed string"
	fmt.Printf("str1: %v:%T\n", str1, str1)

	fmt.Println(strings.ToUpper(str1))

	fmt.Println(strings.Title(str1)) // changes the first character of each word in a string to uppercase

	lValue := "hello"
	uValue := "HELLO"
	fmt.Println("Equal?", (lValue == uValue))                                   // == comparison operator compares the contents of the strings
	fmt.Println("Equal Non-Case-Sensitive?", strings.EqualFold(lValue, uValue)) // EqualFold folds all the values to all uppercase

	fmt.Println("Contains exp?", strings.Contains(str1, "exp"))
	fmt.Println("Contains exp?", strings.Contains(str1, "imp"))

}