Released May 25, 1999

**New Tcl subcommands**
    :   [string bytelength]
    :   [string equal]
    :   [string is]
    :   [string map]
    :   [string repeat]
    :   [string replace]

**Expanded syntax/new options**
    :   '''[string compare]''' ?'''-nocase'''? ?'''-length''' ''int''? ''string1 string2''
    :   '''[string first]''' ''string1 string2'' ?''startIndex''?
    :   '''[string index]''' ''string'' '''end-'''''integer''
    :   '''[string last]''' ''string1 string2'' ?''startIndex''?
    :   '''[string match]''' ?'''-nocase'''? ''pattern string''
    :   '''[string tolower]''' ''string'' ?''first''? ?''last''?
    :   '''[string totitle]''' ''string'' ?''first''? ?''last''?
    :   '''[string toupper]''' ''string'' ?''first''? ?''last''?
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[Donald Porter]

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