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+Many languages have powerful and useful ('''binary safe''') [[wp:String (computer science)|string]] [[wp:Comparison of programming languages (string functions)|manipulation functions]], while others don't, making it harder for these languages to accomplish some tasks.
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+This task is about creating functions to handle ''binary'' strings (strings made of arbitrary bytes, i.e. ''byte strings'' according to Wikipedia) for those languages that don't have built-in support for them. 
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+If your language of choice does have this built-in support, show a possible alternative implementation for the ''functions'' or ''abilities'' already provided by the language.
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+In particular the functions you need to create are:
+* String creation and destruction (when needed and if there's no [[garbage collection]] or similar mechanism)
+* String assignment
+* String comparison
+* String cloning and copying
+* Check if a string is empty
+* Append a byte to a string
+* Extract a substring from a string
+* Replace every occurrence of a byte (or a string) in a string with another string
+* Join strings
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+Possible contexts of use: compression algorithms (like [[LZW compression]]), L-systems (manipulation of symbols), many more.
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