From 65433ea6299c51a6f3868f7efe1ae68d56eb689e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zongor <admin@alfrescocavern.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 18:39:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] string test changes, add intial stdlib

---
 test/stdlib.ul | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/string.ul |  21 +++--
 2 files changed, 221 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/stdlib.ul

diff --git a/test/stdlib.ul b/test/stdlib.ul
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a2cfb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/stdlib.ul
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+const int I16_MIN = -32768;
+const int I16_MAX = 32767;
+const nat U16_MAX = 65535;
+
+byte[10000] heap;
+nat heap_allocated = 0;
+
+function malloc(nat size) ref byte[] {
+    nat pos = heap_allocated;
+    heap_allocated = heap_allocated + size;
+    return ref heap[pos];
+}
+
+function free() {
+    heap_allocated = 0;
+}
+
+function memcpy(ref byte[] to, ref byte[] from, nat length) {
+    for (nat i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        to[i] = from[i];
+    }
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+function mallocpy(ref byte[] from, nat length) ref byte[] {
+    ref byte[] ptr = malloc(length);
+    for (nat i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        ptr[i] = from[i];
+    }
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Print with a newline
+ */
+function pln(str string) {
+    for (byte c in string) {
+     write = c;
+    }
+    write = '\n';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Concatinates 2 strings
+ */
+function strcat(str src1, str src2) str {
+    str result = malloc(src1.length + src2.length);
+    memcpy(ref result[0], ref src1[0]);
+    memcpy((ref result[0] + src1.length), ref src2[0]);
+    return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * finds index of string, -1 if not found
+ */
+function stridx(str haystack, char needle) int {
+   int i = -1;
+   for (char c in haystack) {
+     i = i + 1;
+     if (c == needle) {
+       break;
+     } 
+   }
+   return i;
+}
+
+/**
+ * checks if 2 strings are equal
+ */
+function streq(str src1, str src2) bool {
+  if (src1.length != src2.length) return false;
+  for (int i=0; src1.length; i++) {
+    if (src1[i] != src2[i]) return false; 
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Slice string
+ */
+function slice(str src, int start, int stop) str {
+   int len = stop - start;
+   str result = malloc(len); 
+   for (int i=start; i<stop; i++) {
+     result[i] = src[i];
+   }
+   return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * int to string
+ */
+function itos(int src) str {
+	byte buffer[6];
+	nat i = 6;
+  bool neg = n < 0;
+
+  if (neg) n = -n;
+
+  do {
+      buffer[--i] = '0' + n mod 10;
+      n /= 10;
+  } while(n > 0);
+
+  if(neg) buffer[--i] = '-';
+
+  str result = malloc(6 - i); 
+  memcpy(result, &buffer[0] + i, 6 - i);
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * nat to string
+ */
+function ntos(nat src) str {
+	byte buffer[5];
+	nat i = 5;
+  
+  do {
+      buffer[--i] = '0' + n mod 10;
+      n /= 10;
+  } while(n > 0);
+
+  str result = malloc(5 - i); 
+  memcpy(result, &buffer[0] + i, 5 - i);
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * real to string
+ */
+function rtos(real src) str {
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * string to int
+ */
+function stoi(str src) int {
+    bool neg = false;
+    int n = 0;
+    nat idx = 0;
+
+    while (is_space(src[idx])) {
+        if (length-- == 0) { return n; }
+        idx = idx + 1;
+    }
+
+    if (src[idx] == '-') {
+        neg = true;
+        if (length-- == 0) { return n; }
+        idx = idx + 1;
+    }
+
+    while (is_digit(src[idx]) and length-- > 0) {
+        int digit = (src[idx] - '0' as int);
+        idx = idx + 1;
+        
+        if (neg) {
+            if (n < (I16_MIN / 10) or (n == (I16_MIN / 10) and digit > -(I16_MIN mod 10))) {
+                return I16_MIN;
+            }
+            n = n * 10 - digit;
+        } else {
+            if (n > (I16_MAX / 10) or (n == (I16_MAX / 10) and digit > (I16_MAX mod 10))) {
+                return I16_MAX;
+            }
+            n = n * 10 + digit;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return neg ? -n : n;
+}
+
+/**
+ * string to nat
+ */
+function ston(str src) nat {
+    nat n = 0;
+    nat idx = 0;
+
+    while (is_space(src[idx])) {
+        if (length-- == 0) { return n; }
+        idx = idx + 1;
+    }
+
+    while (is_digit(src[idx]) and length-- > 0) {
+        nat digit = (src[idx] - '0' as nat);
+        idx = idx + 1;
+        
+        if (n > (U16_MAX / 10) or (n == (U16_MAX / 10) and digit > (U16_MAX mod 10))) {
+            return U16_MAX;
+        }
+        n = n * 10 + digit;
+    }
+
+    return n;
+}
+
+/**
+ * string to real
+ */
+function stor(str src) real {
+
+}
diff --git a/test/string.ul b/test/string.ul
index 62e7af2..cd8ab52 100755
--- a/test/string.ul
+++ b/test/string.ul
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
-str hello = "hello World!\n";
-str msg = " damage inflicted!\n";
+str hello = "hello World!";
+str msg = " damage inflicted!";
 
 if (msg[1] == 'd') {
-    print("yes\n");
+    pln("yes");
 }
 
-print(msg.length as str);
-print(msg);
+pln(msg.length as str);
+pln(msg);
 
 hello[0] = hello[0] - ' ';
-print(hello);
+pln(hello);
 halt;
+
+function pln(str string) {
+    nat i = 0;
+    while (i < string.length) {
+        write = string[i];
+        i = i + 1;
+    }
+    write = '\n';
+}