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** Definition of QStringList class
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#ifndef QSTRINGLIST_H
#define QSTRINGLIST_H

#ifndef QT_H
#include "qvaluelist.h"
#include "qstring.h"
#include "qregexp.h"
#endif // QT_H

#ifndef QT_NO_STRINGLIST

class QStrList;

class Q_EXPORT QStringList : public QValueList<QString>
{
public:
    QStringList() { }
    QStringList( const QStringList& l ) : QValueList<QString>(l) { }
    QStringList( const QValueList<QString>& l ) : QValueList<QString>(l) { }
    QStringList( const QString& i ) { append(i); }
#ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
    QStringList( const char* i ) { append(i); }
#endif

    static QStringList fromStrList(const QStrList&);

    void sort();

    static QStringList split( const QString &sep, const QString &str, bool allowEmptyEntries = FALSE );
    static QStringList split(  const QChar &sep, const QString &str, bool allowEmptyEntries = FALSE );
    static QStringList split(  const QRegExp &sep, const QString &str, bool allowEmptyEntries = FALSE );
    QString join( const QString &sep ) const;

    QStringList grep( const QString &str, bool cs = TRUE ) const;
    QStringList grep( const QRegExp &expr ) const;
};

#ifndef QT_NO_DATASTREAM
class QDataStream;
extern Q_EXPORT QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &, QStringList& );
extern Q_EXPORT QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &, const QStringList& );
#endif
#endif // QT_NO_STRINGLIST
#endif // QSTRINGLIST_H
