Strings

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There are several types of strings that can be used in Haskell programs.

Contents 1 Strings 2 ByteString 2.1 Lazy ByteString 2.2 Strict ByteString 2.3 Data.ByteString.Char8 3 Text 3.1 Lazy Text 3.2 Strict Text 4 Links

1 Strings

is the standard string type in Haskell; it is the same as . Strings are in Unicode.

2 ByteString

is a type defined in the package bytestring, available from Hackage. There are two version of s: lazy and strict.

2.1 Lazy ByteString

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2.2 Strict ByteString

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2.3 Data.ByteString.Char8

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3 Text

For a more efficient processing of text, there is , defined in the package text. There are two version of s: lazy and strict.

3.1 Lazy Text

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3.2 Strict Text

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4 Links

• Performance/Strings

• Wc

• Fast number parsing with strict bytestrings

• string-conversions; this package provides a simple type class for converting values of different string types into values of other string types.

• convertible-text, a text conversion package (depricated)

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