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+<td align="right" valign="center"><img src="logo32.png" align="right" width="64" height="32" border="0"></td></tr></table><h1 align=center>TQString Class Reference</h1>
+
+<p>The TQString class provides an abstraction of Unicode text
+and the classic C '&#92;0'-terminated char array.
+<a href="#details">More...</a>
+<p>All the functions in this class are <a href="threads.html#reentrant">reentrant</a> when TQt is built with thread support.</p>
+<p><tt>#include &lt;<a href="qstring-h.html">ntqstring.h</a>&gt;</tt>
+<p><a href="qstring-members.html">List of all member functions.</a>
+<h2>Public Members</h2>
+<ul>
+<li class=fn><a href="#TQString"><b>TQString</b></a> ()</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#TQString-2"><b>TQString</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;ch )</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#TQString-3"><b>TQString</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#TQString-4"><b>TQString</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQByteArray&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;ba )</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#TQString-5"><b>TQString</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQChar&nbsp;*&nbsp;unicode, uint&nbsp;length )</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#TQString-6"><b>TQString</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#TQString-7"><b>TQString</b></a> ( const&nbsp;std::string&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#~TQString"><b>~TQString</b></a> ()</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator-eq-2"><b>operator=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator-eq-3"><b>operator=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator-eq-4"><b>operator=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;std::string&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator-eq-5"><b>operator=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQCString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;cstr )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator-eq"><b>operator=</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator-eq-6"><b>operator=</b></a> ( char&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#isNull"><b>isNull</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#isEmpty"><b>isEmpty</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>uint <a href="#length"><b>length</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>void <a href="#truncate"><b>truncate</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;newLen )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#fill"><b>fill</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;c, int&nbsp;len = -1 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString copy () const &nbsp;<em>(obsolete)</em></li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-2"><b>arg</b></a> ( long&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-3"><b>arg</b></a> ( ulong&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-4"><b>arg</b></a> ( Q_LLONG&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-5"><b>arg</b></a> ( Q_ULLONG&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-6"><b>arg</b></a> ( int&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-7"><b>arg</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-8"><b>arg</b></a> ( short&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-9"><b>arg</b></a> ( ushort&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-a"><b>arg</b></a> ( double&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, char&nbsp;fmt = 'g', int&nbsp;prec = -1 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-b"><b>arg</b></a> ( char&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-c"><b>arg</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg"><b>arg</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-d"><b>arg</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a2 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-e"><b>arg</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a2, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a3 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#arg-f"><b>arg</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a2, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a3, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a4 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#sprintf"><b>sprintf</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;cformat, ... )</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#find-2"><b>find</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;c, int&nbsp;index = 0, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#find-3"><b>find</b></a> ( char&nbsp;c, int&nbsp;index = 0, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#find-4"><b>find</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;index = 0, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#find"><b>find</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQRegExp&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;rx, int&nbsp;index = 0 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#find-5"><b>find</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;index = 0 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#findRev-2"><b>findRev</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;c, int&nbsp;index = -1, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#findRev-3"><b>findRev</b></a> ( char&nbsp;c, int&nbsp;index = -1, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#findRev-4"><b>findRev</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;index = -1, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#findRev-5"><b>findRev</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQRegExp&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;rx, int&nbsp;index = -1 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#findRev"><b>findRev</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;index = -1 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#contains"><b>contains</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;c, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#contains-2"><b>contains</b></a> ( char&nbsp;c, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#contains-3"><b>contains</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#contains-4"><b>contains</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#contains-5"><b>contains</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQRegExp&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;rx ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>enum <a href="#SectionFlags-enum"><b>SectionFlags</b></a> { SectionDefault = 0x00, SectionSkipEmpty = 0x01, SectionIncludeLeadingSep = 0x02, SectionIncludeTrailingSep = 0x04, SectionCaseInsensitiveSeps = 0x08 }</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#section"><b>section</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;sep, int&nbsp;start, int&nbsp;end = 0xffffffff, int&nbsp;flags = SectionDefault ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#section-2"><b>section</b></a> ( char&nbsp;sep, int&nbsp;start, int&nbsp;end = 0xffffffff, int&nbsp;flags = SectionDefault ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#section-3"><b>section</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;sep, int&nbsp;start, int&nbsp;end = 0xffffffff, int&nbsp;flags = SectionDefault ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#section-4"><b>section</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;sep, int&nbsp;start, int&nbsp;end = 0xffffffff, int&nbsp;flags = SectionDefault ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#section-5"><b>section</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQRegExp&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;reg, int&nbsp;start, int&nbsp;end = 0xffffffff, int&nbsp;flags = SectionDefault ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#left"><b>left</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;len ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#right"><b>right</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;len ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#mid"><b>mid</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len = 0xffffffff ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#leftJustify"><b>leftJustify</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;width, TQChar&nbsp;fill = ' ', bool&nbsp;truncate = FALSE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#rightJustify"><b>rightJustify</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;width, TQChar&nbsp;fill = ' ', bool&nbsp;truncate = FALSE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#lower"><b>lower</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#upper"><b>upper</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#stripWhiteSpace"><b>stripWhiteSpace</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#simplifyWhiteSpace"><b>simplifyWhiteSpace</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#insert"><b>insert</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#insert-2"><b>insert</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, const&nbsp;TQByteArray&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#insert-3"><b>insert</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#insert-4"><b>insert</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, const&nbsp;TQChar&nbsp;*&nbsp;s, uint&nbsp;len )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#insert-5"><b>insert</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, TQChar&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#insert-6"><b>insert</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, char&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#append-2"><b>append</b></a> ( char&nbsp;ch )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#append-3"><b>append</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;ch )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#append"><b>append</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#append-4"><b>append</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQByteArray&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#append-5"><b>append</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#append-6"><b>append</b></a> ( const&nbsp;std::string&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#prepend-2"><b>prepend</b></a> ( char&nbsp;ch )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#prepend-3"><b>prepend</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;ch )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#prepend"><b>prepend</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#prepend-4"><b>prepend</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQByteArray&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#prepend-5"><b>prepend</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#prepend-6"><b>prepend</b></a> ( const&nbsp;std::string&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#remove"><b>remove</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#remove-2"><b>remove</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#remove-3"><b>remove</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#remove-4"><b>remove</b></a> ( char&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#remove-5"><b>remove</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#remove-6"><b>remove</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQRegExp&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;rx )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#replace"><b>replace</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#replace-2"><b>replace</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len, const&nbsp;TQChar&nbsp;*&nbsp;s, uint&nbsp;slen )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#replace-3"><b>replace</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len, TQChar&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#replace-4"><b>replace</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len, char&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#replace-5"><b>replace</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;c, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;after, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#replace-6"><b>replace</b></a> ( char&nbsp;c, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;after, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#replace-7"><b>replace</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;before, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;after, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#replace-8"><b>replace</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQRegExp&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;rx, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;after )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#replace-9"><b>replace</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;c1, TQChar&nbsp;c2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>short <a href="#toShort"><b>toShort</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>ushort <a href="#toUShort"><b>toUShort</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#toInt"><b>toInt</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>uint <a href="#toUInt"><b>toUInt</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>long <a href="#toLong"><b>toLong</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>ulong <a href="#toULong"><b>toULong</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>Q_LLONG <a href="#toLongLong"><b>toLongLong</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>Q_ULLONG <a href="#toULongLong"><b>toULongLong</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>float <a href="#toFloat"><b>toFloat</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>double <a href="#toDouble"><b>toDouble</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0 ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setNum-2"><b>setNum</b></a> ( short&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setNum-3"><b>setNum</b></a> ( ushort&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setNum-4"><b>setNum</b></a> ( int&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setNum-5"><b>setNum</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setNum-6"><b>setNum</b></a> ( long&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setNum-7"><b>setNum</b></a> ( ulong&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setNum"><b>setNum</b></a> ( Q_LLONG&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setNum-8"><b>setNum</b></a> ( Q_ULLONG&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setNum-9"><b>setNum</b></a> ( float&nbsp;n, char&nbsp;f = 'g', int&nbsp;prec = 6 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setNum-a"><b>setNum</b></a> ( double&nbsp;n, char&nbsp;f = 'g', int&nbsp;prec = 6 )</li>
+<li class=fn>void setExpand ( uint&nbsp;index, TQChar&nbsp;c ) &nbsp;<em>(obsolete)</em></li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator+-eq"><b>operator+=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator+-eq-2"><b>operator+=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQByteArray&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator+-eq-3"><b>operator+=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator+-eq-4"><b>operator+=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;std::string&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator+-eq-5"><b>operator+=</b></a> ( TQChar&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#operator+-eq-6"><b>operator+=</b></a> ( char&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQChar <a href="#at"><b>at</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;i ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQChar <a href="#operator[]"><b>operator[]</b></a> ( int&nbsp;i ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQCharRef <a href="#at-2"><b>at</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;i )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQCharRef <a href="#operator[]-2"><b>operator[]</b></a> ( int&nbsp;i )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQChar <a href="#constref"><b>constref</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;i ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQChar &amp; <a href="#ref"><b>ref</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;i )</li>
+<li class=fn>const TQChar * <a href="#unicode"><b>unicode</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>const char * <a href="#ascii"><b>ascii</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>const char * <a href="#latin1"><b>latin1</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQCString <a href="#utf8"><b>utf8</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQCString <a href="#local8Bit"><b>local8Bit</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator!"><b>operator!</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#operator-const-char-*"><b>operator const char *</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#operator-std::string"><b>operator std::string</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>const unsigned short * <a href="#ucs2"><b>ucs2</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setUnicode"><b>setUnicode</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQChar&nbsp;*&nbsp;unicode, uint&nbsp;len )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setUnicodeCodes"><b>setUnicodeCodes</b></a> ( const&nbsp;ushort&nbsp;*&nbsp;unicode_as_ushorts, uint&nbsp;len )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setAscii"><b>setAscii</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;len = -1 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString &amp; <a href="#setLatin1"><b>setLatin1</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;len = -1 )</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#compare-2"><b>compare</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#localeAwareCompare-2"><b>localeAwareCompare</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>void <a href="#compose"><b>compose</b></a> ()</li>
+<li class=fn>const char * data () const &nbsp;<em>(obsolete)</em></li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#startsWith"><b>startsWith</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#endsWith"><b>endsWith</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const</li>
+<li class=fn>void <a href="#setLength"><b>setLength</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;newLen )</li>
+<li class=fn>uint <a href="#capacity"><b>capacity</b></a> () const</li>
+<li class=fn>void <a href="#reserve"><b>reserve</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;minCapacity )</li>
+<li class=fn>void <a href="#squeeze"><b>squeeze</b></a> ()</li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Static Public Members</h2>
+<ul>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#number"><b>number</b></a> ( long&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#number-2"><b>number</b></a> ( ulong&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#number-3"><b>number</b></a> ( Q_LLONG&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#number-4"><b>number</b></a> ( Q_ULLONG&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#number-5"><b>number</b></a> ( int&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#number-6"><b>number</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#number-7"><b>number</b></a> ( double&nbsp;n, char&nbsp;f = 'g', int&nbsp;prec = 6 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#fromAscii"><b>fromAscii</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;ascii, int&nbsp;len = -1 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#fromLatin1"><b>fromLatin1</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;chars, int&nbsp;len = -1 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#fromUtf8"><b>fromUtf8</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;utf8, int&nbsp;len = -1 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#fromLocal8Bit"><b>fromLocal8Bit</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;local8Bit, int&nbsp;len = -1 )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQString <a href="#fromUcs2"><b>fromUcs2</b></a> ( const&nbsp;unsigned&nbsp;short&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#compare"><b>compare</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>int <a href="#localeAwareCompare"><b>localeAwareCompare</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Related Functions</h2>
+<ul>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-eq-eq"><b>operator==</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-eq-eq-2"><b>operator==</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-eq-eq-3"><b>operator==</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator!-eq"><b>operator!=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator!-eq-2"><b>operator!=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator!-eq-3"><b>operator!=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-lt"><b>operator&lt;</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-lt-2"><b>operator&lt;</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-lt-eq"><b>operator&lt;=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-lt-eq-2"><b>operator&lt;=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-gt"><b>operator&gt;</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-gt-2"><b>operator&gt;</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-gt-eq"><b>operator&gt;=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>bool <a href="#operator-gt-eq-2"><b>operator&gt;=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>const TQString <a href="#operator+"><b>operator+</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>const TQString <a href="#operator+-2"><b>operator+</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>const TQString <a href="#operator+-3"><b>operator+</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )</li>
+<li class=fn>const TQString <a href="#operator+-4"><b>operator+</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, char&nbsp;c )</li>
+<li class=fn>const TQString <a href="#operator+-5"><b>operator+</b></a> ( char&nbsp;c, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQDataStream &amp; <a href="#operator-lt-lt"><b>operator&lt;&lt;</b></a> ( TQDataStream&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, const&nbsp;TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQDataStream &amp; <a href="#operator-gt-gt"><b>operator&gt;&gt;</b></a> ( TQDataStream&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, TQString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )</li>
+</ul>
+<hr><a name="details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2>
+
+
+
+<p> The TQString class provides an abstraction of Unicode text
+and the classic C '&#92;0'-terminated char array.
+<p>
+
+
+
+<p> TQString uses <a href="shclass.html">implicit sharing</a>, which
+makes it very efficient and easy to use.
+<p> In all of the TQString methods that take <tt>const char *</tt>
+parameters, the <tt>const char *</tt> is interpreted as a classic
+C-style '&#92;0'-terminated ASCII string. It is legal for the <tt>const char *</tt> parameter to be 0. If the <tt>const char *</tt> is not
+'&#92;0'-terminated, the results are undefined. Functions that copy
+classic C strings into a TQString will not copy the terminating
+'&#92;0' character. The <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a> array of the TQString (as returned by
+<a href="#unicode">unicode</a>()) is generally not terminated by a '&#92;0'. If you need to
+pass a TQString to a function that requires a C '&#92;0'-terminated
+string use <a href="#latin1">latin1</a>().
+<p> <!-- index TQString::null --><a name="TQString-null"></a>A TQString that has not been assigned to anything is <em>null</em>, i.e.
+both the length and data pointer is 0. A TQString that references
+the empty string ("", a single '&#92;0' char) is <em>empty</em>. Both null
+and empty TQStrings are legal parameters to the methods. Assigning
+<tt>(const char *) 0</tt> to TQString gives a null TQString. For
+convenience, <a href="ntqstring.html#TQString-null">TQString::null</a> is a null TQString. When sorting,
+empty strings come first, followed by non-empty strings, followed
+by null strings. We recommend using <tt>if ( !str.isNull() )</tt> to
+check for a non-null string rather than <tt>if ( !str )</tt>; see <a href="#operator!">operator!</a>() for an explanation.
+<p> Note that if you find that you are mixing usage of <a href="ntqcstring.html">TQCString</a>,
+TQString, and <a href="qbytearray.html">TQByteArray</a>, this causes lots of unnecessary
+copying and might indicate that the true nature of the data you
+are dealing with is uncertain. If the data is '&#92;0'-terminated 8-bit
+data, use <a href="ntqcstring.html">TQCString</a>; if it is unterminated (i.e. contains '&#92;0's)
+8-bit data, use <a href="qbytearray.html">TQByteArray</a>; if it is text, use TQString.
+<p> Lists of strings are handled by the <a href="ntqstringlist.html">TQStringList</a> class. You can
+split a string into a list of strings using <a href="ntqstringlist.html#split">TQStringList::split</a>(),
+and join a list of strings into a single string with an optional
+separator using <a href="ntqstringlist.html#join">TQStringList::join</a>(). You can obtain a list of
+strings from a string list that contain a particular substring or
+that match a particular <a href="ntqregexp.html">regex</a> using
+<a href="ntqstringlist.html#grep">TQStringList::grep</a>().
+<p> <b>Note for C programmers</b>
+<p> Due to C++'s type system and the fact that TQString is <a href="shclass.html#implicitly-shared">implicitly shared</a>, TQStrings can be treated like ints or other simple base
+types. For example:
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString boolToString( bool b )
+ {
+ TQString result;
+ if ( b )
+ result = "True";
+ else
+ result = "False";
+ return result;
+ }
+ </pre>
+
+<p> The variable, result, is an auto variable allocated on the stack.
+When return is called, because we're returning by value, The copy
+constructor is called and a copy of the string is returned. (No
+actual copying takes place thanks to the <a href="shclass.html#implicit-sharing">implicit sharing</a>, see
+below.)
+<p> Throughout TQt's source code you will encounter TQString usages like
+this:
+<pre>
+ TQString func( const TQString&amp; input )
+ {
+ TQString output = input;
+ // process output
+ return output;
+ }
+ </pre>
+
+<p> The 'copying' of input to output is almost as fast as copying a
+pointer because behind the scenes copying is achieved by
+incrementing a reference count. TQString (like all TQt's implicitly
+shared classes) operates on a copy-on-write basis, only copying if
+an instance is actually changed.
+<p> If you wish to create a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of a TQString without losing any
+Unicode information then you should use <a href="ntqdeepcopy.html">TQDeepCopy</a>.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>, <a href="ntqcstring.html">TQCString</a>, <a href="qbytearray.html">TQByteArray</a>, <a href="qconststring.html">TQConstString</a>, <a href="shared.html">Implicitly and Explicitly Shared Classes</a>, <a href="text.html">Text Related Classes</a>, and <a href="tools.html">Non-GUI Classes</a>.
+
+<hr><h2>Member Type Documentation</h2>
+<h3 class=fn><a name="SectionFlags-enum"></a>TQString::SectionFlags</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li><tt>TQString::SectionDefault</tt> - Empty fields are counted, leading and
+trailing separators are not included, and the separator is
+compared case sensitively.
+<li><tt>TQString::SectionSkipEmpty</tt> - Treat empty fields as if they don't exist,
+i.e. they are not considered as far as <em>start</em> and <em>end</em> are
+concerned.
+<li><tt>TQString::SectionIncludeLeadingSep</tt> - Include the leading separator (if
+any) in the result string.
+<li><tt>TQString::SectionIncludeTrailingSep</tt> - Include the trailing separator
+(if any) in the result string.
+<li><tt>TQString::SectionCaseInsensitiveSeps</tt> - Compare the separator
+case-insensitively.
+</ul><p> Any of the last four values can be OR-ed together to form a flag.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#section">section</a>().
+
+<hr><h2>Member Function Documentation</h2>
+<h3 class=fn><a name="TQString"></a>TQString::TQString ()
+</h3>
+
+<p> Constructs a null string, i.e. both the length and data pointer
+are 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="TQString-2"></a>TQString::TQString ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;ch )
+</h3>
+Constructs a string of length one, containing the character <em>ch</em>.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="TQString-3"></a>TQString::TQString ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+Constructs an <a href="shclass.html#implicitly-shared">implicitly shared</a> copy of <em>s</em>. This is very fast
+since it only involves incrementing a reference count.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="TQString-4"></a>TQString::TQString ( const&nbsp;<a href="qbytearray.html">TQByteArray</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;ba )
+</h3>
+Constructs a string that is a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of <em>ba</em> interpreted as a
+classic C string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="TQString-5"></a>TQString::TQString ( const&nbsp;<a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;*&nbsp;unicode, uint&nbsp;length )
+</h3>
+Constructs a string that is a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of the first <em>length</em>
+characters in the <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a> array.
+<p> If <em>unicode</em> and <em>length</em> are 0, then a null string is created.
+<p> If only <em>unicode</em> is 0, the string is empty but has <em>length</em>
+characters of space preallocated: TQString expands automatically
+anyway, but this may speed up some cases a little. We recommend
+using the plain constructor and <a href="#setLength">setLength</a>() for this purpose since
+it will result in more readable code.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#setLength">setLength</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="TQString-6"></a>TQString::TQString ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+Constructs a string that is a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of <em>str</em>, interpreted as
+a classic C string. The encoding is assumed to be Latin-1, unless
+you change it using <a href="ntqtextcodec.html#setCodecForCStrings">TQTextCodec::setCodecForCStrings</a>().
+<p> If <em>str</em> is 0, then a null string is created.
+<p> This is a cast constructor, but it is perfectly safe: converting a
+Latin-1 <tt>const char *</tt> to TQString preserves all the information. You
+can disable this constructor by defining <tt>QT_NO_CAST_ASCII</tt> when
+you compile your applications. You can also make TQString objects
+by using <a href="#setLatin1">setLatin1</a>(), <a href="#fromLatin1">fromLatin1</a>(), <a href="#fromLocal8Bit">fromLocal8Bit</a>(), and
+<a href="#fromUtf8">fromUtf8</a>(). Or whatever encoding is appropriate for the 8-bit data
+you have.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#fromAscii">fromAscii</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="TQString-7"></a>TQString::TQString ( const&nbsp;std::string&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+Constructs a string that is a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of <em>str</em>.
+<p> This is the same as <a href="#fromAscii">fromAscii</a>(<em>str</em>).
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="~TQString"></a>TQString::~TQString ()
+</h3>
+
+<p> Destroys the string and frees the string's data if this is the
+last reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="append"></a>TQString::append ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+
+<p> Appends <em>str</em> to the string and returns a reference to the
+result.
+<p> <pre>
+ string = "Test";
+ string.append( "ing" ); // string == "Testing"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#operator+-eq">operator+=</a>().
+
+<p>Example: <a href="dirview-example.html#x1701">dirview/dirview.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="append-2"></a>TQString::append ( char&nbsp;ch )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Appends character <em>ch</em> to the string and returns a reference to
+the result.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#operator+-eq">operator+=</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="append-3"></a>TQString::append ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;ch )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Appends character <em>ch</em> to the string and returns a reference to
+the result.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#operator+-eq">operator+=</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="append-4"></a>TQString::append ( const&nbsp;<a href="qbytearray.html">TQByteArray</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Appends <em>str</em> to the string and returns a reference to the result.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#operator+-eq">operator+=</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="append-5"></a>TQString::append ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Appends <em>str</em> to the string and returns a reference to the result.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#operator+-eq">operator+=</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="append-6"></a>TQString::append ( const&nbsp;std::string&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Appends <em>str</em> to the string and returns a reference to the result.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#operator+-eq">operator+=</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg"></a>TQString::arg ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0 ) const
+</h3>
+This function will return a string that replaces the lowest
+numbered occurrence of <tt>%1</tt>, <tt>%2</tt>, ..., <tt>%9</tt> with <em>a</em>.
+<p> The <em>fieldWidth</em> value specifies the minimum amount of space that
+<em>a</em> is padded to. A positive value will produce right-aligned
+text, whereas a negative value will produce left-aligned text.
+<p> The following example shows how we could create a 'status' string
+when processing a list of files:
+<pre>
+ TQString status = <a href="#TQString">TQString</a>( "Processing file %1 of %2: %3" )
+ .arg( i ) // current file's number
+ .arg( total ) // number of files to process
+ .arg( fileName ); // current file's name
+ </pre>
+
+<p> It is generally fine to use filenames and numbers as we have done
+in the example above. But note that using <a href="#arg">arg</a>() to construct
+natural language sentences does not usually translate well into
+other languages because sentence structure and word order often
+differ between languages.
+<p> If there is no place marker (<tt>%1</tt>, <tt>%2</tt>, etc.), a warning
+message (<a href="ntqapplication.html#qWarning">qWarning</a>()) is output and the result is undefined.
+<p> <b>Warning:</b> If any placeholder occurs more than once, the result is undefined.
+<p>
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-2"></a>TQString::arg ( long&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> The <em>fieldWidth</em> value specifies the minimum amount of space that
+<em>a</em> is padded to. A positive value will produce a right-aligned
+number, whereas a negative value will produce a left-aligned
+number.
+<p> <em>a</em> is expressed in base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must
+be between 2 and 36.
+<p> The '%' can be followed by an 'L', in which case the sequence is
+replaced with a localized representation of <em>a</em>. The conversion
+uses the default locale. The default locale is determined from the
+system's locale settings at application startup. It can be changed
+using <a href="ntqlocale.html#setDefault">TQLocale::setDefault</a>(). The 'L' flag is ignored if <em>base</em> is
+not 10.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str;
+ str = <a href="#TQString">TQString</a>( "Decimal 63 is %1 in hexadecimal" )
+ .arg( 63, 0, 16 );
+ // str == "Decimal 63 is 3f in hexadecimal"
+
+ TQLocale::<a href="ntqlocale.html#setDefault">setDefault</a>(TQLocale::English, TQLocale::UnitedStates);
+ str = <a href="#TQString">TQString</a>( "%1 %L2 %L3" )
+ .arg( 12345 )
+ .arg( 12345 )
+ .arg( 12345, 0, 16 );
+ // str == "12345 12,345 3039"
+ </pre>
+
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-3"></a>TQString::arg ( ulong&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <em>a</em> is expressed in base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must
+be between 2 and 36. If <em>base</em> is 10, the '%L' syntax can be used
+to produce localized strings.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-4"></a>TQString::arg ( Q_LLONG&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <em>a</em> is expressed in base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must
+be between 2 and 36. If <em>base</em> is 10, the '%L' syntax can be used
+to produce localized strings.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-5"></a>TQString::arg ( Q_ULLONG&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <em>a</em> is expressed in base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must
+be between 2 and 36. If <em>base</em> is 10, the '%L' syntax can be used
+to produce localized strings.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-6"></a>TQString::arg ( int&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <em>a</em> is expressed in base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must
+be between 2 and 36. If <em>base</em> is 10, the '%L' syntax can be used
+to produce localized strings.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-7"></a>TQString::arg ( uint&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <em>a</em> is expressed in base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must
+be between 2 and 36. If <em>base</em> is 10, the '%L' syntax can be used
+to produce localized strings.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-8"></a>TQString::arg ( short&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <em>a</em> is expressed in base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must
+be between 2 and 36. If <em>base</em> is 10, the '%L' syntax can be used
+to produce localized strings.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-9"></a>TQString::arg ( ushort&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <em>a</em> is expressed in base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must
+be between 2 and 36. If <em>base</em> is 10, the '%L' syntax can be used
+to produce localized strings.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-a"></a>TQString::arg ( double&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0, char&nbsp;fmt = 'g', int&nbsp;prec = -1 ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <a name="arg-formats"></a>
+<p> Argument <em>a</em> is formatted according to the <em>fmt</em> format specified,
+which is 'g' by default and can be any of the following:
+<p> <center><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" border="0">
+<tr bgcolor="#a2c511"> <th valign="top">Format <th valign="top">Meaning
+<tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td valign="top"><tt>e</tt> <td valign="top">format as [-]9.9e[+|-]999
+<tr bgcolor="#d0d0d0"> <td valign="top"><tt>E</tt> <td valign="top">format as [-]9.9E[+|-]999
+<tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td valign="top"><tt>f</tt> <td valign="top">format as [-]9.9
+<tr bgcolor="#d0d0d0"> <td valign="top"><tt>g</tt> <td valign="top">use <tt>e</tt> or <tt>f</tt> format, whichever is the most concise
+<tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td valign="top"><tt>G</tt> <td valign="top">use <tt>E</tt> or <tt>f</tt> format, whichever is the most concise
+</table></center>
+<p> With 'e', 'E', and 'f', <em>prec</em> is the number of digits after the
+decimal point. With 'g' and 'G', <em>prec</em> is the maximum number of
+significant digits (trailing zeroes are omitted).
+<p> <pre>
+ double d = 12.34;
+ TQString ds = <a href="#TQString">TQString</a>( "'E' format, precision 3, gives %1" )
+ .arg( d, 0, 'E', 3 );
+ // ds == "'E' format, precision 3, gives 1.234E+01"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> The '%L' syntax can be used to produce localized strings.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-b"></a>TQString::arg ( char&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0 ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <em>a</em> is assumed to be in the Latin-1 character set.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-c"></a>TQString::arg ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;a, int&nbsp;fieldWidth = 0 ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-d"></a>TQString::arg ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a2 ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> This is the same as str.<a href="#arg">arg</a>(<em>a1</em>).arg(<em>a2</em>), except that
+the strings are replaced in one pass. This can make a difference
+if <em>a1</em> contains e.g. <tt>%1</tt>:
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str( "%1 %2" );
+ str.<a href="#arg">arg</a>( "Hello", "world" ); // returns "Hello world"
+ str.<a href="#arg">arg</a>( "Hello" ).arg( "world" ); // returns "Hello world"
+
+ str.<a href="#arg">arg</a>( "(%1)", "Hello" ); // returns "(%1) Hello"
+ str.<a href="#arg">arg</a>( "(%1)" ).arg( "Hello" ); // returns "(Hello) %2"
+ </pre>
+
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-e"></a>TQString::arg ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a2, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a3 ) const
+</h3>
+
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> This is the same as calling str.<a href="#arg">arg</a>(<em>a1</em>).arg(<em>a2</em>).arg(<em>a3</em>),
+except that the strings are replaced in one pass.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="arg-f"></a>TQString::arg ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a2, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a3, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;a4 ) const
+</h3>
+
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> This is the same as calling
+str.<a href="#arg">arg</a>(<em>a1</em>).arg(<em>a2</em>).arg(<em>a3</em>).arg(<em>a4</em>),
+except that the strings are replaced in one pass.
+
+<h3 class=fn>const char * <a name="ascii"></a>TQString::ascii () const
+</h3>
+Returns an 8-bit ASCII representation of the string.
+<p> If a codec has been set using <a href="ntqtextcodec.html#codecForCStrings">TQTextCodec::codecForCStrings</a>(),
+it is used to convert Unicode to 8-bit char. Otherwise, this function
+does the same as <a href="#latin1">latin1</a>().
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#fromAscii">fromAscii</a>(), <a href="#latin1">latin1</a>(), <a href="#utf8">utf8</a>(), and <a href="#local8Bit">local8Bit</a>().
+
+<p>Example: <a href="networkprotocol-example.html#x690">network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a> <a name="at"></a>TQString::at ( uint&nbsp;i ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns the character at index <em>i</em>, or 0 if <em>i</em> is beyond the
+length of the string.
+<p> <pre>
+ const TQString string( "abcdefgh" );
+ <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a> ch = string.<a href="#at">at</a>( 4 );
+ // ch == 'e'
+ </pre>
+
+<p> If the TQString is not const (i.e. const TQString) or const& (i.e.
+const TQString &), then the non-const overload of <a href="#at">at</a>() will be used
+instead.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="qcharref.html">TQCharRef</a> <a name="at-2"></a>TQString::at ( uint&nbsp;i )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> The function returns a reference to the character at index <em>i</em>.
+The resulting reference can then be assigned to, or used
+immediately, but it will become invalid once further modifications
+are made to the original string.
+<p> If <em>i</em> is beyond the length of the string then the string is
+expanded with TQChar::null.
+
+<h3 class=fn>uint <a name="capacity"></a>TQString::capacity () const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns the number of characters this string can hold
+in the allocated memory.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#reserve">reserve</a>() and <a href="#squeeze">squeeze</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="compare"></a>TQString::compare ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+
+<p> Lexically compares <em>s1</em> with <em>s2</em> and returns an integer less
+than, equal to, or greater than zero if <em>s1</em> is less than, equal
+to, or greater than <em>s2</em>.
+<p> The comparison is based exclusively on the numeric Unicode values
+of the characters and is very fast, but is not what a human would
+expect. Consider sorting user-interface strings with
+<a href="#localeAwareCompare">TQString::localeAwareCompare</a>().
+<p> <pre>
+ int a = TQString::<a href="#compare">compare</a>( "def", "abc" ); // a &gt; 0
+ int b = TQString::<a href="#compare">compare</a>( "abc", "def" ); // b &lt; 0
+ int c = TQString::<a href="#compare">compare</a>( "abc", "abc" ); // c == 0
+ </pre>
+
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="compare-2"></a>TQString::compare ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Lexically compares this string with <em>s</em> and returns an integer
+less than, equal to, or greater than zero if it is less than, equal
+to, or greater than <em>s</em>.
+
+<h3 class=fn>void <a name="compose"></a>TQString::compose ()
+</h3>
+<b>Warning:</b> This function is not supported in TQt 3.x. It is provided
+for experimental and illustrative purposes only. It is mainly of
+interest to those experimenting with Arabic and other
+composition-rich texts.
+<p> Applies possible ligatures to a TQString. Useful when
+composition-rich text requires rendering with glyph-poor fonts,
+but it also makes compositions such as <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>(0x0041) ('A') and
+TQChar(0x0308) (Unicode accent diaresis), giving TQChar(0x00c4)
+(German A Umlaut).
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a> <a name="constref"></a>TQString::constref ( uint&nbsp;i ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns the <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a> at index <em>i</em> by value.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#at">at</a>(<em>i</em>).
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#ref">ref</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="contains"></a>TQString::contains ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the number of times the character <em>c</em> occurs in the
+string.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "Trolltech and TQt" );
+ int n = string.<a href="#contains">contains</a>( 't', FALSE );
+ // n == 3
+ </pre>
+
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="fileiconview-example.html#x867">fileiconview/qfileiconview.cpp</a> and <a href="mdi-example.html#x2064">mdi/application.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="contains-2"></a>TQString::contains ( char&nbsp;c, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="contains-3"></a>TQString::contains ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Returns the number of times the string <em>str</em> occurs in the string.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="contains-4"></a>TQString::contains ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Returns the number of times <em>str</em> occurs in the string.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> This function counts overlapping strings, so in the example below,
+there are two instances of "ana" in "bananas".
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str( "bananas" );
+ int i = str.<a href="#contains">contains</a>( "ana" ); // i == 2
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#findRev">findRev</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="contains-5"></a>TQString::contains ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqregexp.html">TQRegExp</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;rx ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Returns the number of times the regexp, <em>rx</em>, matches in the
+string.
+<p> This function counts overlapping matches, so in the example below,
+there are four instances of "ana" or "ama".
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str = "banana and panama";
+ <a href="ntqregexp.html">TQRegExp</a> rxp = TQRegExp( "a[nm]a", TRUE, FALSE );
+ int i = str.<a href="#contains">contains</a>( rxp ); // i == 4
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#find">find</a>() and <a href="#findRev">findRev</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="copy"></a>TQString::copy () const
+</h3>
+
+<p> <b>This function is obsolete.</b> It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.
+<p> In TQt 2.0 and later, all calls to this function are needless. Just
+remove them.
+
+<h3 class=fn>const char * <a name="data"></a>TQString::data () const
+</h3>
+
+<p> <b>This function is obsolete.</b> It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.
+<p> Returns a pointer to a '&#92;0'-terminated classic C string.
+<p> In TQt 1.x, this returned a char* allowing direct manipulation of the
+string as a sequence of bytes. In TQt 2.x where TQString is a Unicode
+string, char* conversion constructs a temporary string, and hence
+direct character operations are meaningless.
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="endsWith"></a>TQString::endsWith ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+Returns TRUE if the string ends with <em>s</em>; otherwise returns
+FALSE.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str( "Bananas" );
+ str.<a href="#endsWith">endsWith</a>( "anas" ); // returns TRUE
+ str.<a href="#endsWith">endsWith</a>( "pple" ); // returns FALSE
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#startsWith">startsWith</a>().
+
+<p>Example: <a href="tutorial2-04.html#x2561">chart/main.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="fill"></a>TQString::fill ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c, int&nbsp;len = -1 )
+</h3>
+Fills the string with <em>len</em> characters of value <em>c</em>, and returns
+a reference to the string.
+<p> If <em>len</em> is negative (the default), the current string length is
+used.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str;
+ str.<a href="#fill">fill</a>( 'g', 5 ); // string == "ggggg"
+ </pre>
+
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="find"></a>TQString::find ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqregexp.html">TQRegExp</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;rx, int&nbsp;index = 0 ) const
+</h3>
+Finds the first match of the <a href="ntqregexp.html#regular-expression">regular expression</a> <em>rx</em>, starting
+from position <em>index</em>. If <em>index</em> is -1, the search starts at
+the last character; if -2, at the next to last character and so
+on. (See <a href="#findRev">findRev</a>() for searching backwards.)
+<p> Returns the position of the first match of <em>rx</em> or -1 if no match
+was found.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "bananas" );
+ int i = string.<a href="#find">find</a>( TQRegExp("an"), 0 ); // i == 1
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#findRev">findRev</a>(), <a href="#replace">replace</a>(), and <a href="#contains">contains</a>().
+
+<p>Example: <a href="mail-example.html#x715">network/mail/smtp.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="find-2"></a>TQString::find ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c, int&nbsp;index = 0, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Finds the first occurrence of the character <em>c</em>, starting at
+position <em>index</em>. If <em>index</em> is -1, the search starts at the
+last character; if -2, at the next to last character and so on.
+(See <a href="#findRev">findRev</a>() for searching backwards.)
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> Returns the position of <em>c</em> or -1 if <em>c</em> could not be found.
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="find-3"></a>TQString::find ( char&nbsp;c, int&nbsp;index = 0, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Find character <em>c</em> starting from position <em>index</em>.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="find-4"></a>TQString::find ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;index = 0, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Finds the first occurrence of the string <em>str</em>, starting at
+position <em>index</em>. If <em>index</em> is -1, the search starts at the
+last character, if it is -2, at the next to last character and so
+on. (See <a href="#findRev">findRev</a>() for searching backwards.)
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> Returns the position of <em>str</em> or -1 if <em>str</em> could not be found.
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="find-5"></a>TQString::find ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;index = 0 ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#find">find</a>(TQString(<em>str</em>), <em>index</em>).
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="findRev"></a>TQString::findRev ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;index = -1 ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#findRev">findRev</a>(TQString(<em>str</em>), <em>index</em>).
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="findRev-2"></a>TQString::findRev ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c, int&nbsp;index = -1, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Finds the first occurrence of the character <em>c</em>, starting at
+position <em>index</em> and searching backwards. If the index is -1, the
+search starts at the last character, if it is -2, at the next to
+last character and so on.
+<p> Returns the position of <em>c</em> or -1 if <em>c</em> could not be found.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "bananas" );
+ int i = string.<a href="#findRev">findRev</a>( 'a' ); // i == 5
+ </pre>
+
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="findRev-3"></a>TQString::findRev ( char&nbsp;c, int&nbsp;index = -1, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Find character <em>c</em> starting from position <em>index</em> and working
+backwards.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="findRev-4"></a>TQString::findRev ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;index = -1, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Finds the first occurrence of the string <em>str</em>, starting at
+position <em>index</em> and searching backwards. If the index is -1, the
+search starts at the last character, if it is -2, at the next to
+last character and so on.
+<p> Returns the position of <em>str</em> or -1 if <em>str</em> could not be found.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string("bananas");
+ int i = string.<a href="#findRev">findRev</a>( "ana" ); // i == 3
+ </pre>
+
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="findRev-5"></a>TQString::findRev ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqregexp.html">TQRegExp</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;rx, int&nbsp;index = -1 ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Finds the first match of the regexp <em>rx</em>, starting at position <em>index</em> and searching backwards. If the index is -1, the search
+starts at the last character, if it is -2, at the next to last
+character and so on. (See <a href="#findRev">findRev</a>() for searching backwards.)
+<p> Returns the position of the match or -1 if no match was found.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "bananas" );
+ int i = string.<a href="#findRev">findRev</a>( TQRegExp("an") ); // i == 3
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#find">find</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="fromAscii"></a>TQString::fromAscii ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;ascii, int&nbsp;len = -1 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+Returns the Unicode string decoded from the first <em>len</em>
+bytes of <em>ascii</em>, ignoring the rest of <em>ascii</em>. If <em>len</em>
+is -1 then the length of <em>ascii</em> is used. If <em>len</em> is bigger
+than the length of <em>ascii</em> then it will use the length of <em>ascii</em>.
+<p> If a codec has been set using <a href="ntqtextcodec.html#codecForCStrings">TQTextCodec::codecForCStrings</a>(),
+it is used to convert the string from 8-bit characters to Unicode.
+Otherwise, this function does the same as <a href="#fromLatin1">fromLatin1</a>().
+<p> This is the same as the TQString(const char*) constructor, but you
+can make that constructor invisible if you compile with the define
+<tt>QT_NO_CAST_ASCII</tt>, in which case you can explicitly create a
+TQString from 8-bit ASCII text using this function.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str = TQString::<a href="#fromAscii">fromAscii</a>( "123456789", 5 );
+ // str == "12345"
+ </pre>
+
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="fromLatin1"></a>TQString::fromLatin1 ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;chars, int&nbsp;len = -1 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+Returns the Unicode string decoded from the first <em>len</em>
+bytes of <em>chars</em>, ignoring the rest of <em>chars</em>. If <em>len</em>
+is -1 then the length of <em>chars</em> is used. If <em>len</em> is bigger
+than the length of <em>chars</em> then it will use the length of <em>chars</em>.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#fromAscii">fromAscii</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="listbox-example.html#x1446">listbox/listbox.cpp</a> and <a href="mail-example.html#x716">network/mail/smtp.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="fromLocal8Bit"></a>TQString::fromLocal8Bit ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;local8Bit, int&nbsp;len = -1 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+Returns the Unicode string decoded from the first <em>len</em>
+bytes of <em>local8Bit</em>, ignoring the rest of <em>local8Bit</em>. If
+<em>len</em> is -1 then the length of <em>local8Bit</em> is used. If <em>len</em> is
+bigger than the length of <em>local8Bit</em> then it will use the length
+of <em>local8Bit</em>.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str = TQString::<a href="#fromLocal8Bit">fromLocal8Bit</a>( "123456789", 5 );
+ // str == "12345"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <em>local8Bit</em> is assumed to be encoded in a locale-specific format.
+<p> See <a href="ntqtextcodec.html">TQTextCodec</a> for more diverse coding/decoding of Unicode strings.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="fromUcs2"></a>TQString::fromUcs2 ( const&nbsp;unsigned&nbsp;short&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+Constructs a string that is a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of <em>str</em>, interpreted as a
+UCS2 encoded, zero terminated, Unicode string.
+<p> If <em>str</em> is 0, then a null string is created.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="fromUtf8"></a>TQString::fromUtf8 ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;utf8, int&nbsp;len = -1 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+Returns the Unicode string decoded from the first <em>len</em>
+bytes of <em>utf8</em>, ignoring the rest of <em>utf8</em>. If <em>len</em> is
+-1 then the length of <em>utf8</em> is used. If <em>len</em> is bigger than
+the length of <em>utf8</em> then it will use the length of <em>utf8</em>.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str = TQString::<a href="#fromUtf8">fromUtf8</a>( "123456789", 5 );
+ // str == "12345"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> See <a href="ntqtextcodec.html">TQTextCodec</a> for more diverse coding/decoding of Unicode strings.
+
+<p>Example: <a href="simple-font-demo-example.html#x2850">fonts/simple-qfont-demo/viewer.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="insert"></a>TQString::insert ( uint&nbsp;index, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+Inserts <em>s</em> into the string at position <em>index</em>.
+<p> If <em>index</em> is beyond the end of the string, the string is
+extended with spaces to length <em>index</em> and <em>s</em> is then appended
+and returns a reference to the string.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "I like fish" );
+ str = string.<a href="#insert">insert</a>( 2, "don't " );
+ // str == "I don't like fish"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#remove">remove</a>() and <a href="#replace">replace</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="themes-example.html#x337">themes/themes.cpp</a> and <a href="xform-example.html#x1264">xform/xform.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="insert-2"></a>TQString::insert ( uint&nbsp;index, const&nbsp;<a href="qbytearray.html">TQByteArray</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Inserts <em>s</em> into the string at position <em>index</em> and returns
+a reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="insert-3"></a>TQString::insert ( uint&nbsp;index, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Inserts <em>s</em> into the string at position <em>index</em> and returns
+a reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="insert-4"></a>TQString::insert ( uint&nbsp;index, const&nbsp;<a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;*&nbsp;s, uint&nbsp;len )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Inserts the first <em>len</em> characters in <em>s</em> into the string at
+position <em>index</em> and returns a reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="insert-5"></a>TQString::insert ( uint&nbsp;index, <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Insert <em>c</em> into the string at position <em>index</em> and returns a
+reference to the string.
+<p> If <em>index</em> is beyond the end of the string, the string is
+extended with spaces (ASCII 32) to length <em>index</em> and <em>c</em> is
+then appended.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="insert-6"></a>TQString::insert ( uint&nbsp;index, char&nbsp;c )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Insert character <em>c</em> at position <em>index</em>.
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="isEmpty"></a>TQString::isEmpty () const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns TRUE if the string is empty, i.e. if <a href="#length">length</a>() == 0;
+otherwise returns FALSE. Null strings are also empty.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString a( "" );
+ a.<a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>(); // TRUE
+ a.<a href="#isNull">isNull</a>(); // FALSE
+
+ TQString b;
+ b.<a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>(); // TRUE
+ b.<a href="#isNull">isNull</a>(); // TRUE
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#length">length</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="addressbook-example.html#x571">addressbook/mainwindow.cpp</a>, <a href="canvas-chart-example.html#x2892">chart/chartform.cpp</a>, <a href="tutorial2-06.html#x2576">chart/chartform_canvas.cpp</a>, <a href="networkprotocol-example.html#x691">network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp</a>, <a href="qmag-example.html#x1792">qmag/qmag.cpp</a>, and <a href="qwerty-example.html#x390">qwerty/qwerty.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="isNull"></a>TQString::isNull () const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns TRUE if the string is null; otherwise returns FALSE. A
+null string is always empty.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString a; // a.<a href="#unicode">unicode</a>() == 0, a.<a href="#length">length</a>() == 0
+ a.<a href="#isNull">isNull</a>(); // TRUE, because a.<a href="#unicode">unicode</a>() == 0
+ a.<a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>(); // TRUE, because a.<a href="#length">length</a>() == 0
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>() and <a href="#length">length</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="i18n-example.html#x1948">i18n/main.cpp</a>, <a href="ftpclient-example.html#x771">network/ftpclient/ftpmainwindow.ui.h</a>, and <a href="qdir-example.html#x1842">qdir/qdir.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn>const char * <a name="latin1"></a>TQString::latin1 () const
+</h3>
+Returns a Latin-1 representation of the string. The
+returned value is undefined if the string contains non-Latin-1
+characters. If you want to convert strings into formats other than
+Unicode, see the <a href="ntqtextcodec.html">TQTextCodec</a> classes.
+<p> This function is mainly useful for boot-strapping legacy code to
+use Unicode.
+<p> The result remains valid so long as one unmodified copy of the
+source string exists.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#fromLatin1">fromLatin1</a>(), <a href="#ascii">ascii</a>(), <a href="#utf8">utf8</a>(), and <a href="#local8Bit">local8Bit</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="fileiconview-example.html#x869">fileiconview/qfileiconview.cpp</a> and <a href="networkprotocol-example.html#x692">network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="left"></a>TQString::left ( uint&nbsp;len ) const
+</h3>
+Returns a substring that contains the <em>len</em> leftmost characters
+of the string.
+<p> The whole string is returned if <em>len</em> exceeds the length of the
+string.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString s = "Pineapple";
+ TQString t = s.<a href="#left">left</a>( 4 ); // t == "Pine"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#right">right</a>(), <a href="#mid">mid</a>(), and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<p>Example: <a href="themes-example.html#x338">themes/themes.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="leftJustify"></a>TQString::leftJustify ( uint&nbsp;width, <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;fill = ' ', bool&nbsp;truncate = FALSE ) const
+</h3>
+Returns a string of length <em>width</em> that contains this string
+padded by the <em>fill</em> character.
+<p> If <em>truncate</em> is FALSE and the length of the string is more than
+<em>width</em>, then the returned string is a copy of the string.
+<p> If <em>truncate</em> is TRUE and the length of the string is more than
+<em>width</em>, then any characters in a copy of the string after length
+<em>width</em> are removed, and the copy is returned.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString s( "apple" );
+ TQString t = s.<a href="#leftJustify">leftJustify</a>( 8, '.' ); // t == "apple..."
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#rightJustify">rightJustify</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>uint <a name="length"></a>TQString::length () const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns the length of the string.
+<p> Null strings and empty strings have zero length.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="dirview-example.html#x1702">dirview/dirview.cpp</a>, <a href="fileiconview-example.html#x870">fileiconview/qfileiconview.cpp</a>, <a href="networkprotocol-example.html#x693">network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp</a>, <a href="rot-example.html#x1372">rot13/rot13.cpp</a>, and <a href="themes-example.html#x339">themes/themes.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqcstring.html">TQCString</a> <a name="local8Bit"></a>TQString::local8Bit () const
+</h3>
+Returns the string encoded in a locale-specific format. On X11,
+this is the <a href="ntqtextcodec.html#codecForLocale">TQTextCodec::codecForLocale</a>(). On Windows, it is a
+system-defined encoding. On Mac OS X, this always uses UTF-8 as
+the encoding.
+<p> See <a href="ntqtextcodec.html">TQTextCodec</a> for more diverse coding/decoding of Unicode
+strings.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#fromLocal8Bit">fromLocal8Bit</a>(), <a href="#ascii">ascii</a>(), <a href="#latin1">latin1</a>(), and <a href="#utf8">utf8</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="localeAwareCompare"></a>TQString::localeAwareCompare ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+
+<p> Compares <em>s1</em> with <em>s2</em> and returns an integer less than, equal
+to, or greater than zero if <em>s1</em> is less than, equal to, or
+greater than <em>s2</em>.
+<p> The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
+platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
+lists of strings to the user.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#compare">TQString::compare</a>() and <a href="ntqtextcodec.html#locale">TQTextCodec::locale</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="localeAwareCompare-2"></a>TQString::localeAwareCompare ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Compares this string with <em>s</em>.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="lower"></a>TQString::lower () const
+</h3>
+Returns a lowercase copy of the string.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "TROlltECH" );
+ str = string.<a href="#lower">lower</a>(); // str == "trolltech"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#upper">upper</a>().
+
+<p>Example: <a href="scribble-example.html#x941">scribble/scribble.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="mid"></a>TQString::mid ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len = 0xffffffff ) const
+</h3>
+Returns a string that contains the <em>len</em> characters of this
+string, starting at position <em>index</em>.
+<p> Returns a null string if the string is empty or <em>index</em> is out of
+range. Returns the whole string from <em>index</em> if <em>index</em> + <em>len</em>
+exceeds the length of the string.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString s( "Five pineapples" );
+ TQString t = s.<a href="#mid">mid</a>( 5, 4 ); // t == "pine"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#left">left</a>() and <a href="#right">right</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="mail-example.html#x717">network/mail/smtp.cpp</a>, <a href="qmag-example.html#x1793">qmag/qmag.cpp</a>, and <a href="themes-example.html#x340">themes/themes.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="number"></a>TQString::number ( long&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+A convenience function that returns a string equivalent of the
+number <em>n</em> to base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must be
+between 2 and 36. The returned string is in "C" locale.
+<p> <pre>
+ long a = 63;
+ TQString str = TQString::<a href="#number">number</a>( a, 16 ); // str == "3f"
+ TQString str = TQString::<a href="#number">number</a>( a, 16 ).upper(); // str == "3F"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#setNum">setNum</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="simple-application-example.html#x1580">application/application.cpp</a>, <a href="canvas-chart-example.html#x2893">chart/chartform.cpp</a>, <a href="simple-font-demo-example.html#x2851">fonts/simple-qfont-demo/viewer.cpp</a>, <a href="helpviewer-example.html#x1018">helpviewer/helpwindow.cpp</a>, <a href="mdi-example.html#x2066">mdi/application.cpp</a>, <a href="regexptester-example.html#x2496">regexptester/regexptester.cpp</a>, and <a href="sql.html#x2193">sql/overview/extract/main.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="number-2"></a>TQString::number ( ulong&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#setNum">setNum</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="number-3"></a>TQString::number ( Q_LLONG&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#setNum">setNum</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="number-4"></a>TQString::number ( Q_ULLONG&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#setNum">setNum</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="number-5"></a>TQString::number ( int&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#setNum">setNum</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="number-6"></a>TQString::number ( uint&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> A convenience factory function that returns a string
+representation of the number <em>n</em> to the base <em>base</em>, which is 10
+by default and must be between 2 and 36.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#setNum">setNum</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="number-7"></a>TQString::number ( double&nbsp;n, char&nbsp;f = 'g', int&nbsp;prec = 6 )<tt> [static]</tt>
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Argument <em>n</em> is formatted according to the <em>f</em> format specified,
+which is <tt>g</tt> by default, and can be any of the following:
+<p> <center><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" border="0">
+<tr bgcolor="#a2c511"> <th valign="top">Format <th valign="top">Meaning
+<tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td valign="top"><tt>e</tt> <td valign="top">format as [-]9.9e[+|-]999
+<tr bgcolor="#d0d0d0"> <td valign="top"><tt>E</tt> <td valign="top">format as [-]9.9E[+|-]999
+<tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td valign="top"><tt>f</tt> <td valign="top">format as [-]9.9
+<tr bgcolor="#d0d0d0"> <td valign="top"><tt>g</tt> <td valign="top">use <tt>e</tt> or <tt>f</tt> format, whichever is the most concise
+<tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td valign="top"><tt>G</tt> <td valign="top">use <tt>E</tt> or <tt>f</tt> format, whichever is the most concise
+</table></center>
+<p> With 'e', 'E', and 'f', <em>prec</em> is the number of digits after the
+decimal point. With 'g' and 'G', <em>prec</em> is the maximum number of
+significant digits (trailing zeroes are omitted).
+<p> <pre>
+ double d = 12.34;
+ TQString ds = <a href="#TQString">TQString</a>( "'E' format, precision 3, gives %1" )
+ .arg( d, 0, 'E', 3 );
+ // ds == "1.234E+001"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#setNum">setNum</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="operator-const-char-*"></a>TQString::operator const char * () const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns <a href="#ascii">ascii</a>(). Be sure to see the warnings documented in the
+ascii() function. Note that for new code which you wish to be
+strictly Unicode-clean, you can define the macro <tt>QT_NO_ASCII_CAST</tt> when compiling your code to hide this function so
+that automatic casts are not done. This has the added advantage
+that you catch the programming error described in <a href="#operator!">operator!</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="operator-std::string"></a>TQString::operator std::string () const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns <a href="#ascii">ascii</a>() as a std::string.
+<p> <b>Warning:</b> The function may cause an application to crash if a static C run-time is in use.
+This can happen in Microsoft Visual C++ if TQt is configured as single-threaded. A safe
+alternative is to call ascii() directly and construct a std::string manually.
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator!"></a>TQString::operator! () const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns TRUE if this is a null string; otherwise returns FALSE.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString name = getName();
+ if ( !name )
+ name = "Rodney";
+ </pre>
+
+<p> Note that if you say
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString name = getName();
+ if ( name )
+ doSomethingWith(name);
+ </pre>
+
+<p> It will call "operator const char*()", which is inefficent; you
+may wish to define the macro <tt>QT_NO_ASCII_CAST</tt> when writing code
+which you wish to remain Unicode-clean.
+<p> When you want the above semantics, use:
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString name = getName();
+ if ( !name.<a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() )
+ doSomethingWith(name);
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator+-eq"></a>TQString::operator+= ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+Appends <em>str</em> to the string and returns a reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator+-eq-2"></a>TQString::operator+= ( const&nbsp;<a href="qbytearray.html">TQByteArray</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Appends <em>str</em> to the string and returns a reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator+-eq-3"></a>TQString::operator+= ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Appends <em>str</em> to the string and returns a reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator+-eq-4"></a>TQString::operator+= ( const&nbsp;std::string&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Appends <em>str</em> to the string and returns a reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator+-eq-5"></a>TQString::operator+= ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Appends <em>c</em> to the string and returns a reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator+-eq-6"></a>TQString::operator+= ( char&nbsp;c )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Appends <em>c</em> to the string and returns a reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator-eq"></a>TQString::operator= ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c )
+</h3>
+
+<p> Sets the string to contain just the single character <em>c</em>.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator-eq-2"></a>TQString::operator= ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Assigns a <a href="shclass.html#shallow-copy">shallow copy</a> of <em>s</em> to this string and returns a
+reference to this string. This is very fast because the string
+isn't actually copied.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator-eq-3"></a>TQString::operator= ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Assigns a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of <em>str</em>, interpreted as a classic C string
+to this string and returns a reference to this string.
+<p> If <em>str</em> is 0, then a null string is created.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator-eq-4"></a>TQString::operator= ( const&nbsp;std::string&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Makes a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of <em>s</em> and returns a reference to the deep
+copy.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator-eq-5"></a>TQString::operator= ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqcstring.html">TQCString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;cstr )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Assigns a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of <em>cstr</em>, interpreted as a classic C
+string, to this string. Returns a reference to this string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator-eq-6"></a>TQString::operator= ( char&nbsp;c )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Sets the string to contain just the single character <em>c</em>.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a> <a name="operator[]"></a>TQString::operator[] ( int&nbsp;i ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns the character at index <em>i</em>, or TQChar::null if <em>i</em> is
+beyond the length of the string.
+<p> If the TQString is not const (i.e., const TQString) or const&amp;
+(i.e., const TQString&amp;), then the non-const overload of operator[]
+will be used instead.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="qcharref.html">TQCharRef</a> <a name="operator[]-2"></a>TQString::operator[] ( int&nbsp;i )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> The function returns a reference to the character at index <em>i</em>.
+The resulting reference can then be assigned to, or used
+immediately, but it will become invalid once further modifications
+are made to the original string.
+<p> If <em>i</em> is beyond the length of the string then the string is
+expanded with TQChar::nulls, so that the <a href="qcharref.html">TQCharRef</a> references a
+valid (null) character in the string.
+<p> The TQCharRef internal class can be used much like a constant
+<a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>, but if you assign to it, you change the original string
+(which will detach itself because of TQString's copy-on-write
+semantics). You will get compilation errors if you try to use the
+result as anything but a TQChar.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="prepend"></a>TQString::prepend ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+
+<p> Inserts <em>s</em> at the beginning of the string and returns a
+reference to the string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#insert">insert</a>(0, <em>s</em>).
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string = "42";
+ string.<a href="#prepend">prepend</a>( "The answer is " );
+ // string == "The answer is 42"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#insert">insert</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="prepend-2"></a>TQString::prepend ( char&nbsp;ch )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Inserts <em>ch</em> at the beginning of the string and returns a
+reference to the string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#insert">insert</a>(0, <em>ch</em>).
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#insert">insert</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="prepend-3"></a>TQString::prepend ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;ch )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Inserts <em>ch</em> at the beginning of the string and returns a
+reference to the string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#insert">insert</a>(0, <em>ch</em>).
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#insert">insert</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="prepend-4"></a>TQString::prepend ( const&nbsp;<a href="qbytearray.html">TQByteArray</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Inserts <em>s</em> at the beginning of the string and returns a reference to the string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#insert">insert</a>(0, <em>s</em>).
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#insert">insert</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="prepend-5"></a>TQString::prepend ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Inserts <em>s</em> at the beginning of the string and returns a reference to the string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#insert">insert</a>(0, <em>s</em>).
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#insert">insert</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="prepend-6"></a>TQString::prepend ( const&nbsp;std::string&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Inserts <em>s</em> at the beginning of the string and returns a reference to the string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#insert">insert</a>(0, <em>s</em>).
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#insert">insert</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="ref"></a>TQString::ref ( uint&nbsp;i )
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns the <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a> at index <em>i</em> by reference, expanding the string
+with TQChar::null if necessary. The resulting reference can be
+assigned to, or otherwise used immediately, but becomes invalid
+once furher modifications are made to the string.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string("ABCDEF");
+ <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a> ch = string.<a href="#ref">ref</a>( 3 ); // ch == 'D'
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#constref">constref</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="remove"></a>TQString::remove ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len )
+</h3>
+Removes <em>len</em> characters from the string starting at position <em>index</em>, and returns a reference to the string.
+<p> If <em>index</em> is beyond the length of the string, nothing happens.
+If <em>index</em> is within the string, but <em>index</em> + <em>len</em> is beyond
+the end of the string, the string is truncated at position <em>index</em>.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "Montreal" );
+ string.<a href="#remove">remove</a>( 1, 4 ); // string == "Meal"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#insert">insert</a>() and <a href="#replace">replace</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="remove-2"></a>TQString::remove ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Removes every occurrence of <em>str</em> in the string. Returns a
+reference to the string.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> This is the same as <a href="#replace">replace</a>(<em>str</em>, "", <em>cs</em>).
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="remove-3"></a>TQString::remove ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Removes every occurrence of the character <em>c</em> in the string.
+Returns a reference to the string.
+<p> This is the same as <a href="#replace">replace</a>(<em>c</em>, "").
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="remove-4"></a>TQString::remove ( char&nbsp;c )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Removes every occurrence of the character <em>c</em> in the string.
+Returns a reference to the string.
+<p> This is the same as <a href="#replace">replace</a>(<em>c</em>, "").
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="remove-5"></a>TQString::remove ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Removes every occurrence of <em>str</em> in the string. Returns a
+reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="remove-6"></a>TQString::remove ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqregexp.html">TQRegExp</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;rx )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Removes every occurrence of the <a href="ntqregexp.html#regular-expression">regular expression</a> <em>rx</em> in the
+string. Returns a reference to the string.
+<p> This is the same as <a href="#replace">replace</a>(<em>rx</em>, "").
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="replace"></a>TQString::replace ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+Replaces <em>len</em> characters from the string with <em>s</em>, starting at
+position <em>index</em>, and returns a reference to the string.
+<p> If <em>index</em> is beyond the length of the string, nothing is deleted
+and <em>s</em> is appended at the end of the string. If <em>index</em> is
+valid, but <em>index</em> + <em>len</em> is beyond the end of the string,
+the string is truncated at position <em>index</em>, then <em>s</em> is
+appended at the end.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "Say yes!" );
+ string = string.<a href="#replace">replace</a>( 4, 3, "NO" );
+ // string == "Say NO!"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <b>Warning:</b> TQt 3.3.3 and earlier had different semantics for the
+case <em>index</em> >= <a href="#length">length</a>(), which contradicted the documentation.
+To avoid portability problems between TQt 3 versions and with TQt
+4, we recommend that you never call the function with <em>index</em> >=
+length().
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#insert">insert</a>() and <a href="#remove">remove</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="listviews-example.html#x162">listviews/listviews.cpp</a>, <a href="networkprotocol-example.html#x694">network/networkprotocol/nntp.cpp</a>, <a href="qmag-example.html#x1794">qmag/qmag.cpp</a>, and <a href="regexptester-example.html#x2497">regexptester/regexptester.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="replace-2"></a>TQString::replace ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len, const&nbsp;<a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;*&nbsp;s, uint&nbsp;slen )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Replaces <em>len</em> characters with <em>slen</em> characters of <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a> data
+from <em>s</em>, starting at position <em>index</em>, and returns a reference
+to the string.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#insert">insert</a>() and <a href="#remove">remove</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="replace-3"></a>TQString::replace ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len, <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> This is the same as <a href="#replace">replace</a>(<em>index</em>, <em>len</em>, TQString(<em>c</em>)).
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="replace-4"></a>TQString::replace ( uint&nbsp;index, uint&nbsp;len, char&nbsp;c )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> This is the same as <a href="#replace">replace</a>(<em>index</em>, <em>len</em>, <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>(<em>c</em>)).
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="replace-5"></a>TQString::replace ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;after, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Replaces every occurrence of the character <em>c</em> in the string
+with <em>after</em>. Returns a reference to the string.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> Example:
+<pre>
+ TQString s = "a,b,c";
+ s.<a href="#replace">replace</a>( TQChar(','), " or " );
+ // s == "a or b or c"
+ </pre>
+
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="replace-6"></a>TQString::replace ( char&nbsp;c, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;after, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Replaces every occurrence of the character <em>c</em> in the string
+with <em>after</em>. Returns a reference to the string.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="replace-7"></a>TQString::replace ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;before, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;after, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Replaces every occurrence of the string <em>before</em> in the string
+with the string <em>after</em>. Returns a reference to the string.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> Example:
+<pre>
+ TQString s = "Greek is Greek";
+ s.<a href="#replace">replace</a>( "Greek", "English" );
+ // s == "English is English"
+ </pre>
+
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="replace-8"></a>TQString::replace ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqregexp.html">TQRegExp</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;rx, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;after )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Replaces every occurrence of the regexp <em>rx</em> in the string with
+<em>after</em>. Returns a reference to the string. For example:
+<pre>
+ TQString s = "banana";
+ s.<a href="#replace">replace</a>( TQRegExp("an"), "" );
+ // s == "ba"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> For regexps containing <a href="ntqregexp.html#capturing-text">capturing
+ parentheses</a>, occurrences of <b>&#92;1</b>, <b>&#92;2</b>, ...,
+in <em>after</em> are replaced with <em>rx</em>.cap(1), cap(2), ...
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString t = "A &lt;i&gt;bon mot&lt;/i&gt;.";
+ t.<a href="#replace">replace</a>( TQRegExp("&lt;i&gt;([^&lt;]*)&lt;/i&gt;"), "\\emph{\\1}" );
+ // t == "A \\emph{bon mot}."
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#find">find</a>(), <a href="#findRev">findRev</a>(), and <a href="ntqregexp.html#cap">TQRegExp::cap</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="replace-9"></a>TQString::replace ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c1, <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c2 )
+</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Replaces every occurrence of <em>c1</em> with the char <em>c2</em>. Returns a
+reference to the string.
+
+<h3 class=fn>void <a name="reserve"></a>TQString::reserve ( uint&nbsp;minCapacity )
+</h3>
+Ensures that at least <em>minCapacity</em> characters are allocated to
+the string.
+<p> This function is useful for code that needs to build up a long
+string and wants to avoid repeated reallocation. In this example,
+we want to add to the string until some condition is true, and
+we're fairly sure that size is big enough:
+<pre>
+ TQString result;
+ int len = 0;
+ result.<a href="#reserve">reserve</a>(maxLen);
+ while (...) {
+ result[len++] = ... // fill part of the space
+ }
+ result.<a href="#squeeze">squeeze</a>();
+ </pre>
+
+<p> If <em>maxLen</em> is an underestimate, the worst that will happen is
+that the loop will slow down.
+<p> If it is not possible to allocate enough memory, the string
+remains unchanged.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#capacity">capacity</a>(), <a href="#squeeze">squeeze</a>(), and <a href="#setLength">setLength</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="right"></a>TQString::right ( uint&nbsp;len ) const
+</h3>
+Returns a string that contains the <em>len</em> rightmost characters of
+the string.
+<p> If <em>len</em> is greater than the length of the string then the whole
+string is returned.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "Pineapple" );
+ TQString t = string.<a href="#right">right</a>( 5 ); // t == "apple"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#left">left</a>(), <a href="#mid">mid</a>(), and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<p>Example: <a href="fileiconview-example.html#x871">fileiconview/qfileiconview.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="rightJustify"></a>TQString::rightJustify ( uint&nbsp;width, <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;fill = ' ', bool&nbsp;truncate = FALSE ) const
+</h3>
+Returns a string of length <em>width</em> that contains the <em>fill</em>
+character followed by the string.
+<p> If <em>truncate</em> is FALSE and the length of the string is more than
+<em>width</em>, then the returned string is a copy of the string.
+<p> If <em>truncate</em> is TRUE and the length of the string is more than
+<em>width</em>, then the resulting string is truncated at position <em>width</em>.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "apple" );
+ TQString t = string.<a href="#rightJustify">rightJustify</a>( 8, '.' ); // t == "...apple"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#leftJustify">leftJustify</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="section"></a>TQString::section ( <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;sep, int&nbsp;start, int&nbsp;end = 0xffffffff, int&nbsp;flags = SectionDefault ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This function returns a section of the string.
+<p> This string is treated as a sequence of fields separated by the
+character, <em>sep</em>. The returned string consists of the fields from
+position <em>start</em> to position <em>end</em> inclusive. If <em>end</em> is not
+specified, all fields from position <em>start</em> to the end of the
+string are included. Fields are numbered 0, 1, 2, etc., counting
+from the left, and -1, -2, etc., counting from right to left.
+<p> The <em>flags</em> argument can be used to affect some aspects of the
+function's behaviour, e.g. whether to be case sensitive, whether
+to skip empty fields and how to deal with leading and trailing
+separators; see <a href="#SectionFlags-enum">SectionFlags</a>.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString csv( "forename,middlename,surname,phone" );
+ TQString s = csv.<a href="#section">section</a>( ',', 2, 2 ); // s == "surname"
+
+ TQString path( "/usr/local/bin/myapp" ); // First field is empty
+ TQString s = path.<a href="#section">section</a>( '/', 3, 4 ); // s == "bin/myapp"
+ TQString s = path.<a href="#section">section</a>( '/', 3, 3, SectionSkipEmpty ); // s == "myapp"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> If <em>start</em> or <em>end</em> is negative, we count fields from the right
+of the string, the right-most field being -1, the one from
+right-most field being -2, and so on.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString csv( "forename,middlename,surname,phone" );
+ TQString s = csv.<a href="#section">section</a>( ',', -3, -2 ); // s == "middlename,surname"
+
+ TQString path( "/usr/local/bin/myapp" ); // First field is empty
+ TQString s = path.<a href="#section">section</a>( '/', -1 ); // s == "myapp"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="ntqstringlist.html#split">TQStringList::split</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="tutorial2-03.html#x2551">chart/element.cpp</a> and <a href="ftpclient-example.html#x772">network/ftpclient/ftpmainwindow.ui.h</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="section-2"></a>TQString::section ( char&nbsp;sep, int&nbsp;start, int&nbsp;end = 0xffffffff, int&nbsp;flags = SectionDefault ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="section-3"></a>TQString::section ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;sep, int&nbsp;start, int&nbsp;end = 0xffffffff, int&nbsp;flags = SectionDefault ) const
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="section-4"></a>TQString::section ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;sep, int&nbsp;start, int&nbsp;end = 0xffffffff, int&nbsp;flags = SectionDefault ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> This function returns a section of the string.
+<p> This string is treated as a sequence of fields separated by the
+string, <em>sep</em>. The returned string consists of the fields from
+position <em>start</em> to position <em>end</em> inclusive. If <em>end</em> is not
+specified, all fields from position <em>start</em> to the end of the
+string are included. Fields are numbered 0, 1, 2, etc., counting
+from the left, and -1, -2, etc., counting from right to left.
+<p> The <em>flags</em> argument can be used to affect some aspects of the
+function's behaviour, e.g. whether to be case sensitive, whether
+to skip empty fields and how to deal with leading and trailing
+separators; see <a href="#SectionFlags-enum">SectionFlags</a>.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString data( "forename**middlename**surname**phone" );
+ TQString s = data.<a href="#section">section</a>( "**", 2, 2 ); // s == "surname"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> If <em>start</em> or <em>end</em> is negative, we count fields from the right
+of the string, the right-most field being -1, the one from
+right-most field being -2, and so on.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString data( "forename**middlename**surname**phone" );
+ TQString s = data.<a href="#section">section</a>( "**", -3, -2 ); // s == "middlename**surname"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="ntqstringlist.html#split">TQStringList::split</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="section-5"></a>TQString::section ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqregexp.html">TQRegExp</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;reg, int&nbsp;start, int&nbsp;end = 0xffffffff, int&nbsp;flags = SectionDefault ) const
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> This function returns a section of the string.
+<p> This string is treated as a sequence of fields separated by the
+<a href="ntqregexp.html#regular-expression">regular expression</a>, <em>reg</em>. The returned string consists of the
+fields from position <em>start</em> to position <em>end</em> inclusive. If <em>end</em> is not specified, all fields from position <em>start</em> to the end
+of the string are included. Fields are numbered 0, 1, 2, etc., counting
+from the left, and -1, -2, etc., counting from right to left.
+<p> The <em>flags</em> argument can be used to affect some aspects of the
+function's behaviour, e.g. whether to be case sensitive, whether
+to skip empty fields and how to deal with leading and trailing
+separators; see <a href="#SectionFlags-enum">SectionFlags</a>.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString line( "forename\tmiddlename surname \t \t phone" );
+ <a href="ntqregexp.html">TQRegExp</a> sep( "\s+" );
+ TQString s = line.<a href="#section">section</a>( sep, 2, 2 ); // s == "surname"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> If <em>start</em> or <em>end</em> is negative, we count fields from the right
+of the string, the right-most field being -1, the one from
+right-most field being -2, and so on.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString line( "forename\tmiddlename surname \t \t phone" );
+ <a href="ntqregexp.html">TQRegExp</a> sep( "\\s+" );
+ TQString s = line.<a href="#section">section</a>( sep, -3, -2 ); // s == "middlename surname"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <b>Warning:</b> Using this <a href="ntqregexp.html">TQRegExp</a> version is much more expensive than
+the overloaded string and character versions.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="ntqstringlist.html#split">TQStringList::split</a>() and <a href="#simplifyWhiteSpace">simplifyWhiteSpace</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setAscii"></a>TQString::setAscii ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;len = -1 )
+</h3>
+Sets this string to <em>str</em>, interpreted as a classic 8-bit ASCII C
+string. If <em>len</em> is -1 (the default), then it is set to
+strlen(str).
+<p> If <em>str</em> is 0 a null string is created. If <em>str</em> is "", an empty
+string is created.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>void <a name="setExpand"></a>TQString::setExpand ( uint&nbsp;index, <a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;c )
+</h3> <b>This function is obsolete.</b> It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.
+<p> Sets the character at position <em>index</em> to <em>c</em> and expands the
+string if necessary, filling with spaces.
+<p> This method is redundant in TQt 3.x, because operator[] will expand
+the string as necessary.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setLatin1"></a>TQString::setLatin1 ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;str, int&nbsp;len = -1 )
+</h3>
+Sets this string to <em>str</em>, interpreted as a classic Latin-1 C
+string. If <em>len</em> is -1 (the default), then it is set to
+strlen(str).
+<p> If <em>str</em> is 0 a null string is created. If <em>str</em> is "", an empty
+string is created.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>void <a name="setLength"></a>TQString::setLength ( uint&nbsp;newLen )
+</h3>
+Ensures that at least <em>newLen</em> characters are allocated to the
+string, and sets the length of the string to <em>newLen</em>. Any new
+space allocated contains arbitrary data.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#reserve">reserve</a>() and <a href="#truncate">truncate</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setNum"></a>TQString::setNum ( Q_LLONG&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )
+</h3>
+Sets the string to the printed value of <em>n</em> in base <em>base</em> and
+returns a reference to the string. The returned string is in "C" locale.
+<p> The base is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string;
+ string = string.<a href="#setNum">setNum</a>( 1234 ); // string == "1234"
+ </pre>
+
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setNum-2"></a>TQString::setNum ( short&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Sets the string to the printed value of <em>n</em> in base <em>base</em> and
+returns a reference to the string.
+<p> The base is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setNum-3"></a>TQString::setNum ( ushort&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Sets the string to the printed value of <em>n</em> in base <em>base</em> and
+returns a reference to the string.
+<p> The base is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setNum-4"></a>TQString::setNum ( int&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Sets the string to the printed value of <em>n</em> in base <em>base</em> and
+returns a reference to the string.
+<p> The base is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setNum-5"></a>TQString::setNum ( uint&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Sets the string to the printed value of <em>n</em> in base <em>base</em> and
+returns a reference to the string.
+<p> The base is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setNum-6"></a>TQString::setNum ( long&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setNum-7"></a>TQString::setNum ( ulong&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setNum-8"></a>TQString::setNum ( Q_ULLONG&nbsp;n, int&nbsp;base = 10 )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Sets the string to the printed value of <em>n</em> in base <em>base</em> and
+returns a reference to the string.
+<p> The base is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setNum-9"></a>TQString::setNum ( float&nbsp;n, char&nbsp;f = 'g', int&nbsp;prec = 6 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Sets the string to the printed value of <em>n</em>, formatted in format
+<em>f</em> with precision <em>prec</em>, and returns a reference to the
+string.
+<p> The format <em>f</em> can be 'f', 'F', 'e', 'E', 'g' or 'G'. See <a href="#arg-formats">arg</a>() for an explanation of the formats.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setNum-a"></a>TQString::setNum ( double&nbsp;n, char&nbsp;f = 'g', int&nbsp;prec = 6 )
+</h3>
+This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p> Sets the string to the printed value of <em>n</em>, formatted in format
+<em>f</em> with precision <em>prec</em>, and returns a reference to the
+string.
+<p> The format <em>f</em> can be 'f', 'F', 'e', 'E', 'g' or 'G'. See <a href="#arg-formats">arg</a>() for an explanation of the formats.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setUnicode"></a>TQString::setUnicode ( const&nbsp;<a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;*&nbsp;unicode, uint&nbsp;len )
+</h3>
+Resizes the string to <em>len</em> characters and copies <em>unicode</em> into
+the string. If <em>unicode</em> is 0, nothing is copied, but the
+string is still resized to <em>len</em>. If <em>len</em> is zero, then the
+string becomes a <a href="#isNull">null</a> string.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#setLatin1">setLatin1</a>() and <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="setUnicodeCodes"></a>TQString::setUnicodeCodes ( const&nbsp;ushort&nbsp;*&nbsp;unicode_as_ushorts, uint&nbsp;len )
+</h3>
+Resizes the string to <em>len</em> characters and copies <em>unicode_as_ushorts</em> into the string (on some X11 client platforms
+this will involve a byte-swapping pass).
+<p> If <em>unicode_as_ushorts</em> is 0, nothing is copied, but the string
+is still resized to <em>len</em>. If <em>len</em> is zero, the string becomes
+a <a href="#isNull">null</a> string.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#setLatin1">setLatin1</a>() and <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="simplifyWhiteSpace"></a>TQString::simplifyWhiteSpace () const
+</h3>
+Returns a string that has whitespace removed from the start and
+the end, and which has each sequence of internal whitespace
+replaced with a single space.
+<p> Whitespace means any character for which <a href="qchar.html#isSpace">TQChar::isSpace</a>() returns
+TRUE. This includes Unicode characters with decimal values 9
+(TAB), 10 (LF), 11 (VT), 12 (FF), 13 (CR), and 32 (Space).
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string = " lots\t of\nwhite space ";
+ TQString t = string.<a href="#simplifyWhiteSpace">simplifyWhiteSpace</a>();
+ // t == "lots of white space"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#stripWhiteSpace">stripWhiteSpace</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="sprintf"></a>TQString::sprintf ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;cformat, ... )
+</h3>
+Safely builds a formatted string from the format string <em>cformat</em>
+and an arbitrary list of arguments. The format string supports all
+the escape sequences of printf() in the standard C library.
+<p> The %s escape sequence expects a <a href="#utf8">utf8</a>() encoded string. The format
+string <em>cformat</em> is expected to be in latin1. If you need a
+Unicode format string, use <a href="#arg">arg</a>() instead. For typesafe string
+building, with full Unicode support, you can use <a href="qtextostream.html">TQTextOStream</a> like
+this:
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str;
+ TQString s = ...;
+ int x = ...;
+ TQTextOStream( &amp;str ) &lt;&lt; s &lt;&lt; " : " &lt;&lt; x;
+ </pre>
+
+<p> For <a href="ntqobject.html#tr">translations,</a> especially if the
+strings contains more than one escape sequence, you should
+consider using the arg() function instead. This allows the order
+of the replacements to be controlled by the translator, and has
+Unicode support.
+<p> The %lc escape sequence expects a unicode character of type ushort
+(as returned by <a href="qchar.html#unicode">TQChar::unicode</a>()).
+The %ls escape sequence expects a pointer to a zero-terminated
+array of unicode characters of type ushort (as returned by
+<a href="#ucs2">TQString::ucs2</a>()).
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#arg">arg</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="dclock-example.html#x1103">dclock/dclock.cpp</a>, <a href="forever-example.html#x1052">forever/forever.cpp</a>, <a href="layout-example.html#x542">layout/layout.cpp</a>, <a href="qmag-example.html#x1795">qmag/qmag.cpp</a>, <a href="scrollview-example.html#x656">scrollview/scrollview.cpp</a>, <a href="tooltip-example.html#x449">tooltip/tooltip.cpp</a>, and <a href="xform-example.html#x1265">xform/xform.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn>void <a name="squeeze"></a>TQString::squeeze ()
+</h3>
+Squeezes the string's capacity to the current content.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#capacity">capacity</a>() and <a href="#reserve">reserve</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="startsWith"></a>TQString::startsWith ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, bool&nbsp;cs = TRUE ) const
+</h3>
+Returns TRUE if the string starts with <em>s</em>; otherwise returns
+FALSE.
+<p> If <em>cs</em> is TRUE (the default), the search is case sensitive;
+otherwise the search is case insensitive.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str( "Bananas" );
+ str.<a href="#startsWith">startsWith</a>( "Ban" ); // returns TRUE
+ str.<a href="#startsWith">startsWith</a>( "Car" ); // returns FALSE
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#endsWith">endsWith</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="stripWhiteSpace"></a>TQString::stripWhiteSpace () const
+</h3>
+Returns a string that has whitespace removed from the start and
+the end.
+<p> Whitespace means any character for which <a href="qchar.html#isSpace">TQChar::isSpace</a>() returns
+TRUE. This includes Unicode characters with decimal values 9
+(TAB), 10 (LF), 11 (VT), 12 (FF), 13 (CR) and 32 (Space), and may
+also include other Unicode characters.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string = " white space ";
+ TQString s = string.<a href="#stripWhiteSpace">stripWhiteSpace</a>(); // s == "white space"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#simplifyWhiteSpace">simplifyWhiteSpace</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>double <a name="toDouble"></a>TQString::toDouble ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0 ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the string converted to a <tt>double</tt> value.
+<p> If <em>ok</em> is not 0: if a conversion error occurs, <em>*ok</em> is set to
+FALSE; otherwise <em>*ok</em> is set to TRUE.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "1234.56" );
+ double a = string.<a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>(); // a == 1234.56
+ </pre>
+
+<p> The string-to-number functions:
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="#toShort">toShort</a>()
+<li> <a href="#toUShort">toUShort</a>()
+<li> <a href="#toInt">toInt</a>()
+<li> <a href="#toUInt">toUInt</a>()
+<li> <a href="#toLong">toLong</a>()
+<li> <a href="#toULong">toULong</a>()
+<li> <a href="#toLongLong">toLongLong</a>()
+<li> <a href="#toULongLong">toULongLong</a>()
+<li> <a href="#toFloat">toFloat</a>()
+<li> <a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>()
+</ul>
+can handle numbers
+represented in various locales. These representations may use different
+characters for the decimal point, thousands group sepearator
+and even individual digits. TQString's functions try to interpret
+the string according to the current locale. The current locale is
+determined from the system at application startup and can be changed
+by calling <a href="ntqlocale.html#setDefault">TQLocale::setDefault</a>(). If the string cannot be interpreted
+according to the current locale, this function falls back
+on the "C" locale.
+<p> <pre>
+ bool ok;
+ double d;
+
+ TQLocale::<a href="ntqlocale.html#setDefault">setDefault</a>(TQLocale::C);
+ d = <a href="#TQString">TQString</a>( "1234,56" ).toDouble(&amp;ok); // ok == false
+ d = <a href="#TQString">TQString</a>( "1234.56" ).toDouble(&amp;ok); // ok == true, d == 1234.56
+
+ TQLocale::<a href="ntqlocale.html#setDefault">setDefault</a>(TQLocale::German);
+ d = <a href="#TQString">TQString</a>( "1234,56" ).toDouble(&amp;ok); // ok == true, d == 1234.56
+ d = <a href="#TQString">TQString</a>( "1234.56" ).toDouble(&amp;ok); // ok == true, d == 1234.56
+ </pre>
+
+<p> Due to the ambiguity between the decimal point and thousands group
+separator in various locales, these functions do not handle
+thousands group separators. If you need to convert such numbers,
+use the corresponding function in <a href="ntqlocale.html">TQLocale</a>.
+<p> <pre>
+ bool ok;
+ TQLocale::<a href="ntqlocale.html#setDefault">setDefault</a>(TQLocale::C);
+ double d = <a href="#TQString">TQString</a>( "1,234,567.89" ).toDouble(&amp;ok); // ok == false
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <b>Warning:</b> If the string contains trailing whitespace this function
+will fail, and set <em>*ok</em> to false if <em>ok</em> is not 0. Leading
+whitespace is ignored.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#number">number</a>(), <a href="ntqlocale.html#setDefault">TQLocale::setDefault</a>(), <a href="ntqlocale.html#toDouble">TQLocale::toDouble</a>(), and <a href="#stripWhiteSpace">stripWhiteSpace</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>float <a name="toFloat"></a>TQString::toFloat ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0 ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the string converted to a <tt>float</tt> value.
+<p> Returns 0.0 if the conversion fails.
+<p> If <em>ok</em> is not 0: if a conversion error occurs, <em>*ok</em> is set to
+FALSE; otherwise <em>*ok</em> is set to TRUE.
+<p> For information on how string-to-number functions in TQString handle
+localized input, see <a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>().
+<p> <b>Warning:</b> If the string contains trailing whitespace this function
+will fail, settings <em>*ok</em> to false if <em>ok</em> is not 0.
+Leading whitespace is ignored.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#number">number</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>int <a name="toInt"></a>TQString::toInt ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the string converted to an <tt>int</tt> using base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36 or 0. If
+<em>base</em> is 0, the base is determined automatically using the
+following rules:
+<ul>
+<li>If the string begins with "0x", it is assumed to
+be hexadecimal;
+<li>If it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal;
+<li>Otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.
+</ul>
+<p> Returns 0 if the conversion fails.
+<p> If <em>ok</em> is not 0: if a conversion error occurs, <em>*ok</em> is set to
+FALSE; otherwise <em>*ok</em> is set to TRUE.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString str( "FF" );
+ bool ok;
+ int hex = str.<a href="#toInt">toInt</a>( &amp;ok, 16 ); // hex == 255, ok == TRUE
+ int dec = str.<a href="#toInt">toInt</a>( &amp;ok, 10 ); // dec == 0, ok == FALSE
+ </pre>
+
+<p> Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored by this function.
+<p> For information on how string-to-number functions in TQString handle
+localized input, see <a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>().
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#number">number</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>long <a name="toLong"></a>TQString::toLong ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the string converted to a <tt>long</tt> using base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36 or 0. If
+<em>base</em> is 0, the base is determined automatically using the
+following rules:
+<ul>
+<li>If the string begins with "0x", it is assumed to
+be hexadecimal;
+<li>If it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal;
+<li>Otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.
+</ul>
+<p> Returns 0 if the conversion fails.
+<p> If <em>ok</em> is not 0: if a conversion error occurs, <em>*ok</em> is set to
+FALSE; otherwise <em>*ok</em> is set to TRUE.
+<p> Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored by this function.
+<p> For information on how string-to-number functions in TQString handle
+localized input, see <a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>().
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#number">number</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>Q_LLONG <a name="toLongLong"></a>TQString::toLongLong ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the string converted to a <tt>long long</tt> using base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36 or 0. If
+<em>base</em> is 0, the base is determined automatically using the
+following rules:
+<ul>
+<li>If the string begins with "0x", it is assumed to
+be hexadecimal;
+<li>If it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal;
+<li>Otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.
+</ul>
+<p> Returns 0 if the conversion fails.
+<p> If <em>ok</em> is not 0: if a conversion error occurs, <em>*ok</em> is set to
+FALSE; otherwise <em>*ok</em> is set to TRUE.
+<p> Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored by this function.
+<p> For information on how string-to-number functions in TQString handle
+localized input, see <a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>().
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#number">number</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>short <a name="toShort"></a>TQString::toShort ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the string converted to a <tt>short</tt> using base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36 or 0. If
+<em>base</em> is 0, the base is determined automatically using the
+following rules:
+<ul>
+<li>If the string begins with "0x", it is assumed to
+be hexadecimal;
+<li>If it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal;
+<li>Otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.
+</ul>
+<p> Returns 0 if the conversion fails.
+<p> If <em>ok</em> is not 0: if a conversion error occurs, <em>*ok</em> is set to
+FALSE; otherwise <em>*ok</em> is set to TRUE.
+<p> Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored by this function.
+<p> For information on how string-to-number functions in TQString handle
+localized input, see <a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>().
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#number">number</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>uint <a name="toUInt"></a>TQString::toUInt ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the string converted to an <tt>unsigned int</tt> using base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36 or 0. If
+<em>base</em> is 0, the base is determined automatically using the
+following rules:
+<ul>
+<li>If the string begins with "0x", it is assumed to
+be hexadecimal;
+<li>If it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal;
+<li>Otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.
+</ul>
+<p> Returns 0 if the conversion fails.
+<p> If <em>ok</em> is not 0: if a conversion error occurs, <em>*ok</em> is set to
+FALSE; otherwise <em>*ok</em> is set to TRUE.
+<p> Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored by this function.
+<p> For information on how string-to-number functions in TQString handle
+localized input, see <a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>().
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#number">number</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>ulong <a name="toULong"></a>TQString::toULong ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the string converted to an <tt>unsigned long</tt> using base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36 or 0. If
+<em>base</em> is 0, the base is determined automatically using the
+following rules:
+<ul>
+<li>If the string begins with "0x", it is assumed to
+be hexadecimal;
+<li>If it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal;
+<li>Otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.
+</ul>
+<p> Returns 0 if the conversion fails.
+<p> If <em>ok</em> is not 0: if a conversion error occurs, <em>*ok</em> is set to
+FALSE; otherwise <em>*ok</em> is set to TRUE.
+<p> Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored by this function.
+<p> For information on how string-to-number functions in TQString handle
+localized input, see <a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>().
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#number">number</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>Q_ULLONG <a name="toULongLong"></a>TQString::toULongLong ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the string converted to an <tt>unsigned long long</tt> using base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36 or 0. If
+<em>base</em> is 0, the base is determined automatically using the
+following rules:
+<ul>
+<li>If the string begins with "0x", it is assumed to
+be hexadecimal;
+<li>If it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal;
+<li>Otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.
+</ul>
+<p> Returns 0 if the conversion fails.
+<p> If <em>ok</em> is not 0: if a conversion error occurs, <em>*ok</em> is set to
+FALSE; otherwise <em>*ok</em> is set to TRUE.
+<p> Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored by this function.
+<p> For information on how string-to-number functions in TQString handle
+localized input, see <a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>().
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#number">number</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>ushort <a name="toUShort"></a>TQString::toUShort ( bool&nbsp;*&nbsp;ok = 0, int&nbsp;base = 10 ) const
+</h3>
+Returns the string converted to an <tt>unsigned short</tt> using base <em>base</em>, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36 or 0. If
+<em>base</em> is 0, the base is determined automatically using the
+following rules:
+<ul>
+<li>If the string begins with "0x", it is assumed to
+be hexadecimal;
+<li>If it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal;
+<li>Otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.
+</ul>
+<p> Returns 0 if the conversion fails.
+<p> If <em>ok</em> is not 0: if a conversion error occurs, <em>*ok</em> is set to
+FALSE; otherwise <em>*ok</em> is set to TRUE.
+<p> Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored by this function.
+<p> For information on how string-to-number functions in TQString handle
+localized input, see <a href="#toDouble">toDouble</a>().
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#number">number</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>void <a name="truncate"></a>TQString::truncate ( uint&nbsp;newLen )
+</h3>
+If <em>newLen</em> is less than the length of the string, then the
+string is truncated at position <em>newLen</em>. Otherwise nothing
+happens.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString s = "truncate me";
+ s.<a href="#truncate">truncate</a>( 5 ); // s == "trunc"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#setLength">setLength</a>().
+
+<p>Example: <a href="mail-example.html#x718">network/mail/smtp.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn>const unsigned short * <a name="ucs2"></a>TQString::ucs2 () const
+</h3>
+Returns the TQString as a zero terminated array of unsigned shorts
+if the string is not null; otherwise returns zero.
+<p> The result remains valid so long as one unmodified
+copy of the source string exists.
+
+<p>Example: <a href="activeqt-dotnet.html#x2467">dotnet/wrapper/lib/tools.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn>const&nbsp;<a href="qchar.html">TQChar</a>&nbsp;* <a name="unicode"></a>TQString::unicode () const
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns the Unicode representation of the string. The result
+remains valid until the string is modified.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="upper"></a>TQString::upper () const
+</h3>
+Returns an uppercase copy of the string.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQString string( "TeXt" );
+ str = string.<a href="#upper">upper</a>(); // t == "TEXT"
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#lower">lower</a>().
+
+<p>Examples: <a href="scribble-example.html#x942">scribble/scribble.cpp</a> and <a href="sql.html#x2240">sql/overview/custom1/main.cpp</a>.
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqcstring.html">TQCString</a> <a name="utf8"></a>TQString::utf8 () const
+</h3>
+Returns the string encoded in UTF-8 format.
+<p> See <a href="ntqtextcodec.html">TQTextCodec</a> for more diverse coding/decoding of Unicode strings.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#fromUtf8">fromUtf8</a>(), <a href="#ascii">ascii</a>(), <a href="#latin1">latin1</a>(), and <a href="#local8Bit">local8Bit</a>().
+
+<p>Example: <a href="archivesearch-example.html#x483">network/archivesearch/archivedialog.ui.h</a>.
+<hr><h2>Related Functions</h2>
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator!-eq"></a>operator!= ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is not equal to <em>s2</em>; otherwise returns FALSE.
+Note that a null string is not equal to a not-null empty string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) != 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator!-eq-2"></a>operator!= ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is not equal to <em>s2</em>; otherwise returns FALSE.
+Note that a null string is not equal to a not-null empty string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) != 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator!-eq-3"></a>operator!= ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is not equal to <em>s2</em>; otherwise returns FALSE.
+Note that a null string is not equal to a not-null empty string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) != 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="operator+"></a>operator+ ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p>
+<p> Returns a string which is the result of concatenating the string
+<em>s1</em> and the string <em>s2</em>.
+<p> Equivalent to <em>s1</em>.<a href="#append">append</a>(<em>s2</em>).
+
+<h3 class=fn>const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="operator+-2"></a>operator+ ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns a string which is the result of concatenating the string
+<em>s1</em> and character <em>s2</em>.
+<p> Equivalent to <em>s1</em>.<a href="#append">append</a>(<em>s2</em>).
+
+<h3 class=fn>const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="operator+-3"></a>operator+ ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns a string which is the result of concatenating the
+character <em>s1</em> and string <em>s2</em>.
+
+<h3 class=fn>const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="operator+-4"></a>operator+ ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, char&nbsp;c )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns a string which is the result of concatenating the string
+<em>s</em> and character <em>c</em>.
+<p> Equivalent to <em>s</em>.<a href="#append">append</a>(<em>c</em>).
+
+<h3 class=fn>const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> <a name="operator+-5"></a>operator+ ( char&nbsp;c, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns a string which is the result of concatenating the
+character <em>c</em> and string <em>s</em>.
+<p> Equivalent to <em>s</em>.<a href="#prepend">prepend</a>(<em>c</em>).
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-lt"></a>operator&lt; ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is lexically less than <em>s2</em>; otherwise returns FALSE.
+The comparison is case sensitive.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) &lt; 0.
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-lt-2"></a>operator&lt; ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is lexically less than <em>s2</em>; otherwise returns FALSE.
+The comparison is case sensitive.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) &lt; 0.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqdatastream.html">TQDataStream</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator-lt-lt"></a>operator&lt;&lt; ( <a href="ntqdatastream.html">TQDataStream</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+
+<p> Writes the string <em>str</em> to the stream <em>s</em>.
+<p> See also <a href="datastreamformat.html">Format of the TQDataStream operators</a>
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-lt-eq"></a>operator&lt;= ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is lexically less than or equal to <em>s2</em>;
+otherwise returns FALSE.
+The comparison is case sensitive.
+Note that a null string is not equal to a not-null empty string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>,<em>s2</em>) &lt;= 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-lt-eq-2"></a>operator&lt;= ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is lexically less than or equal to <em>s2</em>;
+otherwise returns FALSE.
+The comparison is case sensitive.
+Note that a null string is not equal to a not-null empty string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) &lt;= 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-eq-eq"></a>operator== ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is equal to <em>s2</em>; otherwise returns FALSE.
+Note that a null string is not equal to a not-null empty string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) == 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-eq-eq-2"></a>operator== ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is equal to <em>s2</em>; otherwise returns FALSE.
+Note that a null string is not equal to a not-null empty string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) == 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-eq-eq-3"></a>operator== ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is equal to <em>s2</em>; otherwise returns FALSE.
+Note that a null string is not equal to a not-null empty string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) == 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-gt"></a>operator&gt; ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is lexically greater than <em>s2</em>; otherwise
+returns FALSE.
+The comparison is case sensitive.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) &gt; 0.
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-gt-2"></a>operator&gt; ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is lexically greater than <em>s2</em>; otherwise
+returns FALSE.
+The comparison is case sensitive.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) &gt; 0.
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-gt-eq"></a>operator&gt;= ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is lexically greater than or equal to <em>s2</em>;
+otherwise returns FALSE.
+The comparison is case sensitive.
+Note that a null string is not equal to a not-null empty string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) &gt;= 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="operator-gt-eq-2"></a>operator&gt;= ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;s1, const&nbsp;<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s2 )
+</h3>
+
+<p> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
+<p>
+<p> Returns TRUE if <em>s1</em> is lexically greater than or equal to <em>s2</em>;
+otherwise returns FALSE.
+The comparison is case sensitive.
+Note that a null string is not equal to a not-null empty string.
+<p> Equivalent to <a href="#compare">compare</a>(<em>s1</em>, <em>s2</em>) &gt;= 0.
+<p> <p>See also <a href="#isNull">isNull</a>() and <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqdatastream.html">TQDataStream</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator-gt-gt"></a>operator&gt;&gt; ( <a href="ntqdatastream.html">TQDataStream</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, <a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;str )
+</h3>
+
+<p> Reads a string from the stream <em>s</em> into string <em>str</em>.
+<p> See also <a href="datastreamformat.html">Format of the TQDataStream operators</a>
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