chatikbot/utils.lisp

(in-package #:chatikbot)

(defun replace-all (string part replacement &key (test #'char=))
  "Returns a new string in which all the occurences of the part
is replaced with replacement."
  (with-output-to-string (out)
    (loop with part-length = (length part)
       for old-pos = 0 then (+ pos part-length)
       for pos = (search part string
                         :start2 old-pos
                         :test test)
       do (write-string string out
                        :start old-pos
                        :end (or pos (length string)))
       when pos do (write-string replacement out)
       while pos)))

(defmacro aget (key alist)
  `(cdr (assoc ,key ,alist :test #'equal)))