String.collect Function (F#)

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02/04/2013

Builds a new string whose characters are the results of applying a specified function to each of the characters of the input string and concatenating the resulting strings.

Namespace/Module Path: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.String

Assembly: FSharp.Core (in FSharp.Core.dll)

// Signature:
String.collect : (char -> string) -> string -> string

// Usage:
String.collect mapping str

Parameters

mapping
Type: char -> string

The function to produce a string from each character of the input string.
str
Type: string

The input string.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when the input string is null.

Return Value

The concatenated string.

Remarks

This function is named Collect in compiled assemblies. If you are accessing the function from a language other than F#, or through reflection, use this name.

Example

The following code shows how to use String.collect.

let spaceOut inputString =
     String.collect (fun c -> sprintf "%c " c) inputString
printfn "%s" (spaceOut "Hello World!")

Output

H e l l o   W o r l d !

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2

Version Information

F# Runtime

Supported in: 2.0, 4.0

Silverlight

Supported in: 3

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