;;; my-strings.el --- Functions related to strings manipulation
;;; Commentary:
;;; Code:

(defun my/remove-sql-columns ()
  "Remove \"|\" from strings.
This is useful when I want to drop the column separator from some
text coming from a mysql query."
  (interactive)
  (while (search-forward-regexp "\s?|\s?")
    (replace-match " ")))

;; from https://karl-voit.at/2014/08/10/bookmarks-with-orgmode/
(defun my/string-replace (this withthat in)
  "Replace THIS with WITHTHAT' in the string IN."
  (with-temp-buffer
    (insert in)
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (replace-string this withthat)
    (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max))))

(provide 'my-strings)
;;; my-strings.el ends here