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.TH "Builtins.translate" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
Builtins::translate \- Translate characters in a String
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B Void translate(
\fIvar String s, Char(Char) rule\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "s"
The string to translate
.PP
.B "rule"
The rule to apply
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Replace characters in a String in place, applying the translation function to each character in turn.
.IP "" -4
 Char rot13(Char c) {
     if ((c >= 'A' && c <= 'M') || 
         (c >= 'a' && c <= 'm')) {
         return Char(c+13);
     } else if ((c >= 'N' && c <= 'Z') || 
                (c >= 'n' && c <= 'z')) {
         return Char(c-13);
     } else {
         return c;
     }
 }
 
 Void main() {
     str = "Hello World";
     translate(str, rot13);
     // str = "Uryyb Jbeyq";
 }
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.