Hi BCS, == Quote from BCS ([email protected])'s article > Hello Ben, > > Hi there, > > > > Can anyone tell me how to get the maximum char value from a string > > type? I have a template struct which can take string or wstring and > > need to determine the character type from the string type. > > > If you are looking for the X sutch that the following is true (as long as > fn returns a valid string) > someStringType foo = fn(); > assert(foo[rand()%$] <= X); // check a random position. > Bits out of the following should work: > template Max(T) { > static if(is(T U : U[])) > const string Max = U.stringof ~ ":" ~ (cast(int) (U.max)).stringof; > else static assert(false, "oops"); > } > import std.stdio; > void main() > { > writef("%s\n", Max!(string)); > writef("%s\n", Max!(wchar[])); > writef("%s\n", Max!(dchar[])); > } > Output: > char:cast(int)'\xff' > wchar:cast(int)'\U0000ffff' > dchar:cast(int)'\U0010ffff' > > Thanks, > > > > Ben > >
Yep, that's it! Thanks a lot Ben
