return start_string.ndup (((char*) start_string.offset (end - start)) - ((char*) start_string));
}
+ public string splice (long start, long end, string? str = null) {
+ long string_length = this.len ();
+ if (start < 0) {
+ start = string_length + start;
+ }
+ if (end < 0) {
+ end = string_length + end;
+ }
+ GLib.return_val_if_fail (start >= 0 && start <= string_length, null);
+ GLib.return_val_if_fail (end >= 0 && end <= string_length, null);
+ GLib.return_val_if_fail (start <= end, null);
+
+ unowned string start_string = this.offset (start);
+ unowned string end_string = start_string.offset (end - start);
+ size_t str_size;
+ if (str == null) {
+ str_size = 0;
+ } else {
+ str_size = str.size ();
+ }
+
+ string* result = GLib.malloc0 (this.size () - ((char*) end_string - (char*) start_string) + str_size + 1);
+
+ char* dest = result;
+
+ GLib.Memory.copy (dest, this, (char*) start_string - (char*) this);
+ dest += (char*) start_string - (char*) this;
+
+ GLib.Memory.copy (dest, str, str_size);
+ dest += str_size;
+
+ GLib.Memory.copy (dest, end_string, end_string.size ());
+
+ return (owned) result;
+ }
+
public bool contains (string needle) {
return this.str (needle) != null;
}