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+string
+------
+
+String operations.
+
+Synopsis
+^^^^^^^^
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ `Search and Replace`_
+ string(`FIND`_ <string> <substring> <out-var> [...])
+ string(`REPLACE`_ <match-string> <replace-string> <out-var> <input>...)
+ string(`REGEX MATCH`_ <match-regex> <out-var> <input>...)
+ string(`REGEX MATCHALL`_ <match-regex> <out-var> <input>...)
+ string(`REGEX REPLACE`_ <match-regex> <replace-expr> <out-var> <input>...)
+
+ `Manipulation`_
+ string(`APPEND`_ <string-var> [<input>...])
+ string(`PREPEND`_ <string-var> [<input>...])
+ string(`CONCAT`_ <out-var> [<input>...])
+ string(`JOIN`_ <glue> <out-var> [<input>...])
+ string(`TOLOWER`_ <string> <out-var>)
+ string(`TOUPPER`_ <string> <out-var>)
+ string(`LENGTH`_ <string> <out-var>)
+ string(`SUBSTRING`_ <string> <begin> <length> <out-var>)
+ string(`STRIP`_ <string> <out-var>)
+ string(`GENEX_STRIP`_ <string> <out-var>)
+ string(`REPEAT`_ <string> <count> <out-var>)
+
+ `Comparison`_
+ string(`COMPARE`_ <op> <string1> <string2> <out-var>)
+
+ `Hashing`_
+ string(`\<HASH\> <HASH_>`_ <out-var> <input>)
+
+ `Generation`_
+ string(`ASCII`_ <number>... <out-var>)
+ string(`HEX`_ <string> <out-var>)
+ string(`CONFIGURE`_ <string> <out-var> [...])
+ string(`MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER`_ <string> <out-var>)
+ string(`RANDOM`_ [<option>...] <out-var>)
+ string(`TIMESTAMP`_ <out-var> [<format string>] [UTC])
+ string(`UUID`_ <out-var> ...)
+
+Search and Replace
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Search and Replace With Plain Strings
+"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+.. _FIND:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(FIND <string> <substring> <output_variable> [REVERSE])
+
+Return the position where the given ``<substring>`` was found in
+the supplied ``<string>``. If the ``REVERSE`` flag was used, the command will
+search for the position of the last occurrence of the specified
+``<substring>``. If the ``<substring>`` is not found, a position of -1 is
+returned.
+
+The ``string(FIND)`` subcommand treats all strings as ASCII-only characters.
+The index stored in ``<output_variable>`` will also be counted in bytes,
+so strings containing multi-byte characters may lead to unexpected results.
+
+.. _REPLACE:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(REPLACE <match_string>
+ <replace_string> <output_variable>
+ <input> [<input>...])
+
+Replace all occurrences of ``<match_string>`` in the ``<input>``
+with ``<replace_string>`` and store the result in the ``<output_variable>``.
+
+Search and Replace With Regular Expressions
+"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+.. _`REGEX MATCH`:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(REGEX MATCH <regular_expression>
+ <output_variable> <input> [<input>...])
+
+Match the ``<regular_expression>`` once and store the match in the
+``<output_variable>``.
+All ``<input>`` arguments are concatenated before matching.
+Regular expressions are specified in the subsection just below.
+
+.. _`REGEX MATCHALL`:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(REGEX MATCHALL <regular_expression>
+ <output_variable> <input> [<input>...])
+
+Match the ``<regular_expression>`` as many times as possible and store the
+matches in the ``<output_variable>`` as a list.
+All ``<input>`` arguments are concatenated before matching.
+
+.. _`REGEX REPLACE`:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(REGEX REPLACE <regular_expression>
+ <replacement_expression> <output_variable>
+ <input> [<input>...])
+
+Match the ``<regular_expression>`` as many times as possible and substitute
+the ``<replacement_expression>`` for the match in the output.
+All ``<input>`` arguments are concatenated before matching.
+
+The ``<replacement_expression>`` may refer to parenthesis-delimited
+subexpressions of the match using ``\1``, ``\2``, ..., ``\9``. Note that
+two backslashes (``\\1``) are required in CMake code to get a backslash
+through argument parsing.
+
+.. _`Regex Specification`:
+
+Regex Specification
+"""""""""""""""""""
+
+The following characters have special meaning in regular expressions:
+
+``^``
+ Matches at beginning of input
+``$``
+ Matches at end of input
+``.``
+ Matches any single character
+``\<char>``
+ Matches the single character specified by ``<char>``. Use this to
+ match special regex characters, e.g. ``\.`` for a literal ``.``
+ or ``\\`` for a literal backslash ``\``. Escaping a non-special
+ character is unnecessary but allowed, e.g. ``\a`` matches ``a``.
+``[ ]``
+ Matches any character(s) inside the brackets
+``[^ ]``
+ Matches any character(s) not inside the brackets
+``-``
+ Inside brackets, specifies an inclusive range between
+ characters on either side e.g. ``[a-f]`` is ``[abcdef]``
+ To match a literal ``-`` using brackets, make it the first
+ or the last character e.g. ``[+*/-]`` matches basic
+ mathematical operators.
+``*``
+ Matches preceding pattern zero or more times
+``+``
+ Matches preceding pattern one or more times
+``?``
+ Matches preceding pattern zero or once only
+``|``
+ Matches a pattern on either side of the ``|``
+``()``
+ Saves a matched subexpression, which can be referenced
+ in the ``REGEX REPLACE`` operation. Additionally it is saved
+ by all regular expression-related commands, including
+ e.g. :command:`if(MATCHES)`, in the variables
+ :variable:`CMAKE_MATCH_<n>` for ``<n>`` 0..9.
+
+``*``, ``+`` and ``?`` have higher precedence than concatenation. ``|``
+has lower precedence than concatenation. This means that the regular
+expression ``^ab+d$`` matches ``abbd`` but not ``ababd``, and the regular
+expression ``^(ab|cd)$`` matches ``ab`` but not ``abd``.
+
+CMake language :ref:`Escape Sequences` such as ``\t``, ``\r``, ``\n``,
+and ``\\`` may be used to construct literal tabs, carriage returns,
+newlines, and backslashes (respectively) to pass in a regex. For example:
+
+* The quoted argument ``"[ \t\r\n]"`` specifies a regex that matches
+ any single whitespace character.
+* The quoted argument ``"[/\\]"`` specifies a regex that matches
+ a single forward slash ``/`` or backslash ``\``.
+* The quoted argument ``"[A-Za-z0-9_]"`` specifies a regex that matches
+ any single "word" character in the C locale.
+* The quoted argument ``"\\(\\a\\+b\\)"`` specifies a regex that matches
+ the exact string ``(a+b)``. Each ``\\`` is parsed in a quoted argument
+ as just ``\``, so the regex itself is actually ``\(\a\+\b\)``. This
+ can alternatively be specified in a :ref:`bracket argument` without
+ having to escape the backslashes, e.g. ``[[\(\a\+\b\)]]``.
+
+Manipulation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. _APPEND:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(APPEND <string_variable> [<input>...])
+
+Append all the ``<input>`` arguments to the string.
+
+.. _PREPEND:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(PREPEND <string_variable> [<input>...])
+
+Prepend all the ``<input>`` arguments to the string.
+
+.. _CONCAT:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(CONCAT <output_variable> [<input>...])
+
+Concatenate all the ``<input>`` arguments together and store
+the result in the named ``<output_variable>``.
+
+.. _JOIN:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(JOIN <glue> <output_variable> [<input>...])
+
+Join all the ``<input>`` arguments together using the ``<glue>``
+string and store the result in the named ``<output_variable>``.
+
+To join a list's elements, prefer to use the ``JOIN`` operator
+from the :command:`list` command. This allows for the elements to have
+special characters like ``;`` in them.
+
+.. _TOLOWER:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(TOLOWER <string> <output_variable>)
+
+Convert ``<string>`` to lower characters.
+
+.. _TOUPPER:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(TOUPPER <string> <output_variable>)
+
+Convert ``<string>`` to upper characters.
+
+.. _LENGTH:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(LENGTH <string> <output_variable>)
+
+Store in an ``<output_variable>`` a given string's length in bytes.
+Note that this means if ``<string>`` contains multi-byte characters, the
+result stored in ``<output_variable>`` will *not* be the number of characters.
+
+.. _SUBSTRING:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(SUBSTRING <string> <begin> <length> <output_variable>)
+
+Store in an ``<output_variable>`` a substring of a given ``<string>``. If
+``<length>`` is ``-1`` the remainder of the string starting at ``<begin>``
+will be returned. If ``<string>`` is shorter than ``<length>`` then the
+end of the string is used instead.
+
+Both ``<begin>`` and ``<length>`` are counted in bytes, so care must
+be exercised if ``<string>`` could contain multi-byte characters.
+
+.. note::
+ CMake 3.1 and below reported an error if ``<length>`` pointed past
+ the end of ``<string>``.
+
+.. _STRIP:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(STRIP <string> <output_variable>)
+
+Store in an ``<output_variable>`` a substring of a given ``<string>`` with
+leading and trailing spaces removed.
+
+.. _GENEX_STRIP:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(GENEX_STRIP <string> <output_variable>)
+
+Strip any :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`
+from the input ``<string>`` and store the result in the ``<output_variable>``.
+
+.. _REPEAT:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(REPEAT <string> <count> <output_variable>)
+
+Produce the output string as the input ``<string>`` repeated ``<count>`` times.
+
+Comparison
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. _COMPARE:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(COMPARE LESS <string1> <string2> <output_variable>)
+ string(COMPARE GREATER <string1> <string2> <output_variable>)
+ string(COMPARE EQUAL <string1> <string2> <output_variable>)
+ string(COMPARE NOTEQUAL <string1> <string2> <output_variable>)
+ string(COMPARE LESS_EQUAL <string1> <string2> <output_variable>)
+ string(COMPARE GREATER_EQUAL <string1> <string2> <output_variable>)
+
+Compare the strings and store true or false in the ``<output_variable>``.
+
+.. _`Supported Hash Algorithms`:
+
+Hashing
+^^^^^^^
+
+.. _`HASH`:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(<HASH> <output_variable> <input>)
+
+Compute a cryptographic hash of the ``<input>`` string.
+The supported ``<HASH>`` algorithm names are:
+
+``MD5``
+ Message-Digest Algorithm 5, RFC 1321.
+``SHA1``
+ US Secure Hash Algorithm 1, RFC 3174.
+``SHA224``
+ US Secure Hash Algorithms, RFC 4634.
+``SHA256``
+ US Secure Hash Algorithms, RFC 4634.
+``SHA384``
+ US Secure Hash Algorithms, RFC 4634.
+``SHA512``
+ US Secure Hash Algorithms, RFC 4634.
+``SHA3_224``
+ Keccak SHA-3.
+``SHA3_256``
+ Keccak SHA-3.
+``SHA3_384``
+ Keccak SHA-3.
+``SHA3_512``
+ Keccak SHA-3.
+
+Generation
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. _ASCII:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(ASCII <number> [<number> ...] <output_variable>)
+
+Convert all numbers into corresponding ASCII characters.
+
+.. _HEX:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(HEX <string> <output_variable>)
+
+Convert each byte in the input ``<string>`` to its hexadecimal representation
+and store the concatenated hex digits in the ``<output_variable>``. Letters in
+the output (``a`` through ``f``) are in lowercase.
+
+.. _CONFIGURE:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(CONFIGURE <string> <output_variable>
+ [@ONLY] [ESCAPE_QUOTES])
+
+Transform a ``<string>`` like :command:`configure_file` transforms a file.
+
+.. _MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER <string> <output_variable>)
+
+Convert each non-alphanumeric character in the input ``<string>`` to an
+underscore and store the result in the ``<output_variable>``. If the first
+character of the ``<string>`` is a digit, an underscore will also be prepended
+to the result.
+
+.. _RANDOM:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(RANDOM [LENGTH <length>] [ALPHABET <alphabet>]
+ [RANDOM_SEED <seed>] <output_variable>)
+
+Return a random string of given ``<length>`` consisting of
+characters from the given ``<alphabet>``. Default length is 5 characters
+and default alphabet is all numbers and upper and lower case letters.
+If an integer ``RANDOM_SEED`` is given, its value will be used to seed the
+random number generator.
+
+.. _TIMESTAMP:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(TIMESTAMP <output_variable> [<format_string>] [UTC])
+
+Write a string representation of the current date
+and/or time to the ``<output_variable>``.
+
+If the command is unable to obtain a timestamp, the ``<output_variable>``
+will be set to the empty string ``""``.
+
+The optional ``UTC`` flag requests the current date/time representation to
+be in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) rather than local time.
+
+The optional ``<format_string>`` may contain the following format
+specifiers:
+
+::
+
+ %% A literal percent sign (%).
+ %d The day of the current month (01-31).
+ %H The hour on a 24-hour clock (00-23).
+ %I The hour on a 12-hour clock (01-12).
+ %j The day of the current year (001-366).
+ %m The month of the current year (01-12).
+ %b Abbreviated month name (e.g. Oct).
+ %B Full month name (e.g. October).
+ %M The minute of the current hour (00-59).
+ %s Seconds since midnight (UTC) 1-Jan-1970 (UNIX time).
+ %S The second of the current minute.
+ 60 represents a leap second. (00-60)
+ %U The week number of the current year (00-53).
+ %w The day of the current week. 0 is Sunday. (0-6)
+ %a Abbreviated weekday name (e.g. Fri).
+ %A Full weekday name (e.g. Friday).
+ %y The last two digits of the current year (00-99)
+ %Y The current year.
+
+Unknown format specifiers will be ignored and copied to the output
+as-is.
+
+If no explicit ``<format_string>`` is given, it will default to:
+
+::
+
+ %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S for local time.
+ %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ for UTC.
+
+.. note::
+
+ If the ``SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`` environment variable is set,
+ its value will be used instead of the current time.
+ See https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/ for details.
+
+.. _UUID:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ string(UUID <output_variable> NAMESPACE <namespace> NAME <name>
+ TYPE <MD5|SHA1> [UPPER])
+
+Create a universally unique identifier (aka GUID) as per RFC4122
+based on the hash of the combined values of ``<namespace>``
+(which itself has to be a valid UUID) and ``<name>``.
+The hash algorithm can be either ``MD5`` (Version 3 UUID) or
+``SHA1`` (Version 5 UUID).
+A UUID has the format ``xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx``
+where each ``x`` represents a lower case hexadecimal character.
+Where required, an uppercase representation can be requested
+with the optional ``UPPER`` flag.