// Preprocessor directive
#ifndef STRING_UTILS_H
#define STRING_UTILS_H

// header files
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "StringConstants.h"

// prototypes
int compareString( const char*oneStr, const char *otherStr );
void concatenateString( char *destStr, const char *sourceStr );
void copyString( char *destStr, const char *sourceStr );
int findSubString( const char *testStr, const char *searchSubStr );
bool getStringConstrained( 
                           FILE *inStream, 
                           bool clearLeadingNonPrintable, 
                           bool clearLeadingSpace, 
                           bool stopAtNonPrintable,
                           char delimiter,
                           char *capturedString
                         );
int getStringLength( const char *testStr );
bool getStringToDelimiter(
                          FILE *inStream,
                          char delimiter,
                          char *capturedString
                         );
bool getStringToLineEnd( FILE *inStream, char *capturedString );
void getSubString( char *destStr, const char *sourceStr, int startIndex, int endIndex );
void intToChar( int number, char *charPtr );
void setStrToLowerCase( char *destStr, const char * sourceStr );
char toLowerCase( char testChar);

#endif // STRING_UTILS_H