+(defun uridecode-string (query)
+ "Unescape non-alphanumeric characters for URI fields"
+ (declare (simple-string query)
+ (optimize (speed 3) (safety 0) (space 0)))
+ (do* ((count (count-string-char query #\%))
+ (len (length query))
+ (new-len (- len (* 2 count)))
+ (str (make-string new-len))
+ (spos 0 (1+ spos))
+ (dpos 0 (1+ dpos)))
+ ((= spos len) str)
+ (declare (fixnum count len new-len spos dpos)
+ (simple-string str))
+ (let ((ch (schar query spos)))
+ (if (char= #\% ch)
+ (let ((c1 (charhex (schar query (1+ spos))))
+ (c2 (charhex (schar query (+ spos 2)))))
+ (declare (fixnum c1 c2))
+ (setf (schar str dpos)
+ (code-char (logior c2 (ash c1 4))))
+ (incf spos 2))
+ (setf (schar str dpos) ch)))))
+
+
+
+(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
+ (defvar +unambigous-charset+
+ "abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQSRTUVWXYZ")
+ (defconstant +unambigous-length+ (length +unambigous-charset+)))
+
+(defun random-char (&optional (set :lower-alpha))
+ (ecase set
+ (:lower-alpha
+ (code-char (+ +char-code-lower-a+ (random 26))))
+ (:lower-alphanumeric
+ (let ((n (random 36)))
+ (if (>= n 26)
+ (code-char (+ +char-code-0+ (- n 26)))
+ (code-char (+ +char-code-lower-a+ n)))))
+ (:upper-alpha
+ (code-char (+ +char-code-upper-a+ (random 26))))
+ (:unambigous
+ (schar +unambigous-charset+ (random +unambigous-length+)))
+ (:upper-lower-alpha
+ (let ((n (random 52)))
+ (if (>= n 26)
+ (code-char (+ +char-code-upper-a+ (- n 26)))
+ (code-char (+ +char-code-lower-a+ n)))))))
+
+
+(defun random-string (&key (length 10) (set :lower-alpha))
+ "Returns a random lower-case string."
+ (declare (optimize (speed 3)))
+ (let ((s (make-string length)))
+ (declare (simple-string s))
+ (dotimes (i length s)
+ (setf (schar s i) (random-char set)))))
+
+
+(defun first-char (s)
+ (declare (simple-string s))
+ (when (and (stringp s) (plusp (length s)))
+ (schar s 0)))
+
+(defun last-char (s)
+ (declare (simple-string s))
+ (when (stringp s)
+ (let ((len (length s)))
+ (when (plusp len))
+ (schar s (1- len)))))
+
+(defun ensure-string (v)
+ (typecase v
+ (string v)
+ (character (string v))
+ (symbol (symbol-name v))
+ (otherwise (write-to-string v))))
+
+(defun string-right-trim-one-char (char str)
+ (declare (simple-string str))
+ (let* ((len (length str))
+ (last (1- len)))
+ (declare (fixnum len last))
+ (if (char= char (schar str last))
+ (subseq str 0 last)
+ str)))
+
+
+(defun string-strip-ending (str endings)
+ (if (stringp endings)
+ (setq endings (list endings)))
+ (let ((len (length str)))
+ (dolist (ending endings str)
+ (when (and (>= len (length ending))
+ (string-equal ending
+ (subseq str (- len
+ (length ending)))))
+ (return-from string-strip-ending
+ (subseq str 0 (- len (length ending))))))))
+
+
+(defun string-maybe-shorten (str maxlen)
+ (let ((len (length str)))
+ (if (<= len maxlen)
+ str
+ (concatenate 'string (subseq str 0 (- maxlen 3)) "..."))))
+
+
+(defun shrink-vector (str size)
+ #+allegro
+ (excl::.primcall 'sys::shrink-svector str size)
+ #+cmu
+ (lisp::shrink-vector str size)
+ #+lispworks
+ (system::shrink-vector$vector str size)
+ #+sbcl
+ (sb-kernel:shrink-vector str size)
+ #+scl
+ (common-lisp::shrink-vector str size)
+ #-(or allegro cmu lispworks sbcl scl)
+ (setq str (subseq str 0 size))
+ str)
+
+(defun lex-string (string &key (whitespace '(#\space #\newline)))
+ "Separates a string at whitespace and returns a list of strings"
+ (flet ((is-sep (char) (member char whitespace :test #'char=)))
+ (let ((tokens nil))
+ (do* ((token-start
+ (position-if-not #'is-sep string)
+ (when token-end
+ (position-if-not #'is-sep string :start (1+ token-end))))
+ (token-end
+ (when token-start
+ (position-if #'is-sep string :start token-start))
+ (when token-start
+ (position-if #'is-sep string :start token-start))))
+ ((null token-start) (nreverse tokens))
+ (push (subseq string token-start token-end) tokens)))))
+
+(defun split-alphanumeric-string (string)
+ "Separates a string at any non-alphanumeric chararacter"
+ (flet ((is-sep (char) (non-alphanumericp char)))
+ (let ((tokens nil))
+ (do* ((token-start
+ (position-if-not #'is-sep string)
+ (when token-end
+ (position-if-not #'is-sep string :start (1+ token-end))))
+ (token-end
+ (when token-start
+ (position-if #'is-sep string :start token-start))
+ (when token-start
+ (position-if #'is-sep string :start token-start))))
+ ((null token-start) (nreverse tokens))
+ (push (subseq string token-start token-end) tokens)))))
+
+
+