\chapter{The str library: regular expressions and string processing}
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The "str" library provides high-level string processing functions,
some based on regular expressions. It is intended to support the kind
of file processing that is usually performed with scripting languages
such as "awk", "perl" or "sed".

Programs that use the "str" library must be linked as follows:
\begin{alltt}
        ocamlc \var{other options} -I +str str.cma \var{other files}
        ocamlopt \var{other options}  -I +str str.cmxa \var{other files}
\end{alltt}
For interactive use of the "str" library, do:
\begin{alltt}
        ocamlmktop -o mytop str.cma
        ./mytop
\end{alltt}
or (if dynamic linking of C libraries is supported on your platform),
start "ocaml" and type
\begin{caml_example*}{toplevel}
#directory "+str";;
#load  "str.cma";;
\end{caml_example*}

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\libdocitem{Str}{regular expressions and string processing}
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