Tag: Strings

        /// <summary>
        ///     <para>Returns true if <paramref name="value" /> is a true, 'Y', "yes", "true", "1", or '1'.</para>
        ///     <para>Returns false if <paramref name="value" /> is a false, 'N', "no", "false", or '0'.</para>
        ///     <para>A null will return false.</para>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value"></param>
        [Pure]
        public static Boolean ToBoolean<T>( [CanBeNull] this T value ) {
            switch ( value ) {
                case null: return false;

                case Boolean b: return b;

                case Char c: return c.In( ParsingConstants.TrueChars );

                case Int32 i: return i >= 1;

                case String s when String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace( s ): return false;

                case String s: {
                    var clean = s.Trimmed();

                    if ( clean is null ) {
                        return false;
                    }

                    if ( clean.In( ParsingConstants.TrueStrings ) ) {
                        return true;
                    }

                    if ( Boolean.TryParse( clean, out var result ) ) {
                        return result;
                    }

                    break;
                }
            }

            var t = value.ToString();

            if ( !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace( t ) ) {
                t = t.Trim();

                if ( t.In( ParsingConstants.TrueStrings ) ) {
                    return true;
                }

                if ( t.In( ParsingConstants.FalseStrings ) ) {
                    return false;
                }

                if ( Boolean.TryParse( t, out var rest ) ) {
                    return rest;
                }
            }

            return false;
        }

        [DebuggerStepThrough]
        [Pure]
        public static Boolean? ToBooleanOrNull<T>( [CanBeNull] this T value ) {
            switch ( value ) {
                case null: return default( Boolean? );

                case Boolean b: return b;

                case Char c: return c.In( ParsingConstants.TrueChars );

                case Int32 i: return i >= 1;

                case String s when String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace( s ): return default( Boolean? );

                case String s: {
                    var trimmed = s.Trimmed();

                    if ( trimmed is null ) {
                        return default( Boolean? );
                    }

                    if ( trimmed.In( ParsingConstants.TrueStrings ) ) {
                        return true;
                    }

                    if ( trimmed.In( ParsingConstants.FalseStrings ) ) {
                        return default( Boolean? );
                    }

                    if ( Boolean.TryParse( trimmed, out var result ) ) {
                        return result;
                    }

                    break;
                }
            }

            var t = value.ToString();

            if ( String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace( t ) ) {
                return default( Boolean? );
            }

            t = t.Trim();

            if ( t.In( ParsingConstants.TrueStrings ) ) {
                return true;
            }

            if ( t.In( ParsingConstants.FalseStrings ) ) {
                return default( Boolean? );
            }

            return Boolean.TryParse( t, out var rest ) ? rest : default( Boolean? );
        }

                public static Boolean ToBooleanOrThrow<T>( [CanBeNull] this T value ) =>
            value.ToBooleanOrNull() ?? throw new FormatException( $"Unable to convert {nameof( value ).SmartQuote()} [{value}] to a boolean value." );

		/// <summary>Trim the ToString() of the object; returning null if null, empty, or whitespace.</summary>
		/// <param name="self"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		[DebuggerStepThrough]
		[CanBeNull]
		[Pure]
		public static String? Trimmed<T>( [CanBeNull] this T self ) =>
			self switch {
				null => default( String? ),
				String s => s.Trim().NullIfEmpty(),
				var _ => self.ToString()?.Trim().NullIfEmpty()
			};


		/// <summary>Returns null if <paramref name="self" /> is <see cref="String.IsNullOrEmpty" />.</summary>
		/// <param name="self"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		[CanBeNull]
		[DebuggerStepThrough]
		[Pure]
		public static String? NullIfEmpty( [CanBeNull] this String? self ) => String.IsNullOrEmpty( self ) ? null : self;

		/// <summary>
		/// N, 0, no, false, fail, failed, failure, bad
		/// </summary>
		[NotNull]
		[ItemNotNull]
		public static readonly String[] FalseStrings = {
			"N", "0", "false", Boolean.FalseString, "fail", "failed", "stop", nameof( Status.Bad ), nameof( Status.Failure ), nameof( Status.No ),
			nameof( Status.Negative )
		};

		/// <summary>
		/// Y, 1
		/// </summary>
		[NotNull]
		public static readonly Char[] TrueChars = {
			'Y', '1'
		};

		/// <summary>
		/// Y, 1, yes, true, Success, good, Go, Positive, Continue
		/// </summary>
		[NotNull]
		[ItemNotNull]
		public static readonly String[] TrueStrings = {
			"Y", "1", "yes", "true", Boolean.TrueString, nameof( Status.Success ), "good", nameof( Status.Go ), nameof( Status.Positive ), nameof( Status.Continue ), nameof(Status.Okay)
		};