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-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/strings.texi8
-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS5
-rw-r--r--src/fns.c46
-rw-r--r--test/src/fns-tests.el23
4 files changed, 82 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/strings.texi b/doc/lispref/strings.texi
index 8de6255478b..6eb3d6f3100 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/strings.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/strings.texi
@@ -656,6 +656,14 @@ optional argument @var{ignore-case} is non-@code{nil}, the comparison
ignores case differences.
@end defun
+@defun string-search needle haystack &optional start-pos
+Return the position of the first instance of @var{needle} in
+@var{haystack}, both of which are strings. If @var{start-pos} is
+non-@code{nil}, start searching from that position in @var{needle}.
+This function only considers the characters in the strings when doing
+the comparison; text properties are ignored.
+@end defun
+
@defun compare-strings string1 start1 end1 string2 start2 end2 &optional ignore-case
This function compares a specified part of @var{string1} with a
specified part of @var{string2}. The specified part of @var{string1}
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 13a022d1422..6bedd0347ee 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1416,6 +1416,11 @@ ledit.el, lmenu.el, lucid.el and old-whitespace.el.
* Lisp Changes in Emacs 28.1
+++
+*** New function 'string-search'.
+This function takes two string parameters and returns the position of
+the first instance of the first string in the latter.
+
++++
*** New function 'process-lines-ignore-status'.
This is like 'process-lines', but does not signal an error if the
return status is non-zero. 'process-lines-handling-status' has also
diff --git a/src/fns.c b/src/fns.c
index a3b8d6ef57d..3927e4306e6 100644
--- a/src/fns.c
+++ b/src/fns.c
@@ -5454,6 +5454,51 @@ It should not be used for anything security-related. See
return make_digest_string (digest, SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE);
}
+DEFUN ("string-search", Fstring_search, Sstring_search, 2, 3, 0,
+ doc: /* Search for the string NEEDLE in the string HAYSTACK.
+The return value is the position of the first instance of NEEDLE in
+HAYSTACK.
+
+The optional START-POS argument says where to start searching in
+HAYSTACK. If not given, start at the beginning. */)
+ (register Lisp_Object needle, Lisp_Object haystack, Lisp_Object start_pos)
+{
+ ptrdiff_t start_byte = 0, haybytes;
+ char *res = NULL, *haystart;
+
+ CHECK_STRING (needle);
+ CHECK_STRING (haystack);
+
+ if (!NILP (start_pos))
+ {
+ CHECK_FIXNUM (start_pos);
+ start_byte = string_char_to_byte (haystack, XFIXNUM (start_pos));
+ }
+
+ haystart = SSDATA (haystack) + start_byte;
+ haybytes = SBYTES (haystack) - start_byte;
+
+ if (STRING_MULTIBYTE (haystack) == STRING_MULTIBYTE (needle))
+ res = memmem (haystart, haybytes,
+ SSDATA (needle), SBYTES (needle));
+ else if (STRING_MULTIBYTE (haystack) && !STRING_MULTIBYTE (needle))
+ {
+ Lisp_Object multi_needle = string_to_multibyte (needle);
+ res = memmem (haystart, haybytes,
+ SSDATA (multi_needle), SBYTES (multi_needle));
+ }
+ else if (!STRING_MULTIBYTE (haystack) && STRING_MULTIBYTE (needle))
+ {
+ Lisp_Object uni_needle = Fstring_as_unibyte (needle);
+ res = memmem (haystart, haybytes,
+ SSDATA (uni_needle), SBYTES (uni_needle));
+ }
+
+ if (! res)
+ return Qnil;
+
+ return make_int (string_byte_to_char (haystack, res - SSDATA (haystack)));
+}
void
@@ -5494,6 +5539,7 @@ syms_of_fns (void)
defsubr (&Sremhash);
defsubr (&Smaphash);
defsubr (&Sdefine_hash_table_test);
+ defsubr (&Sstring_search);
/* Crypto and hashing stuff. */
DEFSYM (Qiv_auto, "iv-auto");
diff --git a/test/src/fns-tests.el b/test/src/fns-tests.el
index b9a7d29895a..8c2b1300dce 100644
--- a/test/src/fns-tests.el
+++ b/test/src/fns-tests.el
@@ -901,3 +901,26 @@
(should (equal (delete t [nil t]) [nil]))
(should (equal (delete 1 v1) (vector)))
(should (equal (delete 2 v1) v1))))
+
+(ert-deftest string-search ()
+ (should (equal (string-search "zot" "foobarzot") 6))
+ (should (equal (string-search "foo" "foobarzot") 0))
+ (should (not (string-search "fooz" "foobarzot")))
+ (should (not (string-search "zot" "foobarzo")))
+
+ (should (equal
+ (string-search (make-string 2 130)
+ (concat "helló" (make-string 5 130 t) "bár"))
+ 5))
+ (should (equal
+ (string-search (make-string 2 127)
+ (concat "helló" (make-string 5 127 t) "bár"))
+ 5))
+
+ (should (equal (string-search "\377" "a\377ø") 1))
+ (should (equal (string-search "\377" "a\377a") 1))
+
+ (should (not (string-search (make-string 1 255) "a\377ø")))
+ (should (not (string-search (make-string 1 255) "a\377a")))
+
+ (should (equal (string-search "fóo" "zotfóo") 3)))