SachiDev.StringUtilities 1.0.1

SachiDev.StringUtilities

A high-performance, lightweight utility library providing advanced string extension methods for modern .NET 10 applications. This package simplifies everyday string tasks like text manipulation, data masking, and SEO formatting.

What This Library Does

This library exposes a set of extension methods on the standard string type to perform common, repetitive text operations without polluting your application logic.

1. Accurate Word Counting (WordCount)

• What it does: Counts the exact number of words in a text block.
• How it works: It strips out messy formatting such as tabs (\t), carriage returns (\r), newlines (\n), and multiple consecutive spaces, ensuring an accurate count where standard splitting fails.
• Behavior with empty text: Safely returns 0 if the text is null, empty, or only contains whitespace.

2. SEO-Friendly URL Generation (ToUrlSlug)

• What it does: Transforms human-readable titles into clean, web-safe URL paths (slugs).
• How it works: It converts all text to lowercase, strips out illegal characters and punctuation (like !, @, #, ?), and replaces spaces or duplicate hyphens with a single, clean hyphen (-).

3. Sensitive Data Masking (Mask)

• What it does: Shields sensitive strings—like API keys, passwords, or credit card numbers—before displaying them in logs or user interfaces.
• How it works: It measures the total length of the string, replaces the majority of the starting characters with a masking symbol (default is *), and preserves only a specified number of safe trailing characters at the end.

4. Cultural Text Formatting (ToTitleCase)

• What it does: Automatically formats poorly cased strings into clean Title Case (capitalizing the first letter of each word).
• How it works: To prevent acronyms or existing uppercase words from being skipped, it lowercases the entire string first and then applies the casing rules tied directly to the system's current culture settings.

Technical Specifications

• Target Framework: .NET 10.0 (Long Term Support)
• Language Version: C# 14
• Dependencies: None (Zero external dependencies for maximum performance and security)
• IntelliSense Support: Full XML Documentation embedded inside the package for hover summaries during development.