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+/**
+ * strings.cpp: Useful functions for manipulating strings
+ **/
+#include "core/strings.h"
+#include <codecvt>
+#include <locale>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace Strings {
+
+std::string Implode(const std::vector<std::string>& vector, const std::string& delimiter) {
+	if (vector.size() < 1)
+		return "-";
+	std::string out = "";
+	for (unsigned long long i = 0; i < vector.size(); i++) {
+		out.append(vector.at(i));
+		if (i < vector.size() - 1)
+			out.append(delimiter);
+	}
+	return out;
+}
+
+std::string ReplaceAll(const std::string& string, const std::string& find, const std::string& replace) {
+	std::string result;
+	size_t pos, find_len = find.size(), from = 0;
+	while ((pos = string.find(find, from)) != std::string::npos) {
+		result.append(string, from, pos - from);
+		result.append(replace);
+		from = pos + find_len;
+	}
+	result.append(string, from, std::string::npos);
+	return result;
+}
+
+/* this function probably fucks your RAM but whatevs */
+std::string SanitizeLineEndings(const std::string& string) {
+	std::string result(string);
+	result = ReplaceAll(result, "\r\n", "\n");
+	result = ReplaceAll(result, "<br>", "\n");
+	result = ReplaceAll(result, "\n\n\n", "\n\n");
+	return result;
+}
+
+std::string RemoveHtmlTags(const std::string& string) {
+	std::string html(string);
+	while (html.find("<") != std::string::npos) {
+		auto startpos = html.find("<");
+		auto endpos = html.find(">") + 1;
+
+		if (endpos != std::string::npos) {
+			html.erase(startpos, endpos - startpos);
+		}
+	}
+	return html;
+}
+
+std::string TextifySynopsis(const std::string& string) {
+	return RemoveHtmlTags(SanitizeLineEndings(string));
+}
+
+} // namespace Strings