text: {
      *********************************************************************
      Copyright (C) 2002 by Florian Klaempfl
  
      See the file COPYING.FPC, included in this distribution,
      for details about the copyright.
  
      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
      but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
      *********************************************************************
  }
  
  type
    TUnicodeCharArray = array of UnicodeChar;
  
  function Trim(const S: unicodestring): unicodestring;
  function TrimLeft(const S: unicodestring): unicodestring;
  function TrimRight(const S: unicodestring): unicodestring;
  
  function UpperCase(const s: UnicodeString): UnicodeString; overload;
  function LowerCase(const s: UnicodeString): UnicodeString; overload;
  
  function UnicodeUpperCase(const s : UnicodeString) : UnicodeString;{$ifdef SYSUTILSINLINE}inline;{$endif}
  function UnicodeLowerCase(const s : UnicodeString) : UnicodeString;{$ifdef SYSUTILSINLINE}inline;{$endif}
  function UnicodeCompareStr(const s1, s2 : UnicodeString) : PtrInt;{$ifdef SYSUTILSINLINE}inline;{$endif}
  function UnicodeSameStr(const s1, s2 : UnicodeString) : Boolean;{$ifdef SYSUTILSINLINE}inline;{$endif}
  function UnicodeCompareText(const s1, s2 : UnicodeString) : PtrInt;{$ifdef SYSUTILSINLINE}inline;{$endif}
  function UnicodeSameText(const s1, s2 : UnicodeString) : Boolean;{$ifdef SYSUTILSINLINE}inline;{$endif}
  
  Function UnicodeFormat (Const Fmt : UnicodeString; const Args : Array of const) : UnicodeString;
  Function UnicodeFormat (Const Fmt : UnicodeString; const Args : Array of const; Const FormatSettings: TFormatSettings) : UnicodeString;
  Function UnicodeFormatBuf (Var Buffer; BufLen : Cardinal; Const Fmt; fmtLen : Cardinal; Const Args : Array of const) : Cardinal;
  Function UnicodeFormatBuf (Var Buffer; BufLen : Cardinal; Const Fmt; fmtLen : Cardinal; Const Args : Array of const; Const FormatSettings: TFormatSettings) : Cardinal;
  Procedure UnicodeFmtStr(Var Res: UnicodeString; Const Fmt : UnicodeString; Const args: Array of const);
  Procedure UnicodeFmtStr(Var Res: UnicodeString; Const Fmt : UnicodeString; Const args: Array of const; Const FormatSettings: TFormatSettings);
  
  function StrMove(dest,source : PWideChar;l : SizeInt) : PWideChar; overload;
  function StrPLCopy(Dest: PWideChar; const Source: UnicodeString; MaxLen: SizeUInt): PWideChar; overload;
  function StrPCopy(Dest: PWideChar; const Source: UnicodeString): PWideChar; overload;
  function StrScan(P: PWideChar; C: WideChar): PWideChar; overload;
  function strnew(p : PWideChar) : PWideChar; overload;
  
  function StrPas(Str: PWideChar): UnicodeString;overload;
  
  function strecopy(dest,source : pwidechar) : pwidechar;
  function strend(p : pwidechar) : pwidechar;
  function strcat(dest,source : pwidechar) : pwidechar;
  function strcomp(str1,str2 : pwidechar) : SizeInt;
  function strlcomp(str1,str2 : pwidechar;l : SizeInt) : SizeInt;
  function stricomp(str1,str2 : pwidechar) : SizeInt;
  function strlcat(dest,source : pwidechar;l : SizeInt) : pwidechar;
  function strrscan(p : pwidechar;c : widechar) : pwidechar;
  function strlower(p : pwidechar) : pwidechar;
  function strupper(p : pwidechar) : pwidechar;
  function strlicomp(str1,str2 : pwidechar;l : SizeInt) : SizeInt;
  function strpos(str1,str2 : pwidechar) : pwidechar;
  
  function WideStrAlloc(size: cardinal): pwidechar;
  function StrBufSize(str: pwidechar): Cardinal;
  procedure StrDispose(str: pwidechar);
  
  
  function BytesOf(const Val: UnicodeString): TBytes; overload;
  function BytesOf(const Val: WideChar): TBytes; overload;
  function StringOf(const Bytes: TBytes): UnicodeString;
  function WideBytesOf(const Value: UnicodeString): TBytes;
  function WideStringOf(const Value: TBytes): UnicodeString;
  function ByteLength(const S: UnicodeString): Integer;
  function UnicodeStringReplace(const S, OldPattern, NewPattern: UnicodeString;  Flags: TReplaceFlags): UnicodeString;
  function UnicodeStringReplace(const S, OldPattern, NewPattern: UnicodeString;  Flags: TReplaceFlags; Out aCount : Integer): UnicodeString;
  
  