/**
 * String utilities. Use this module by importing from `@sirpepe/shed/string`.
 */
/**
 * Turn a string's first character to upper case.
 */
export declare function uppercaseFirst(str: string): string;
/**
 * Turn a string's first character to lower case.
 */
export declare function lowercaseFirst(str: string): string;
/**
 * Get the number of characters/graphemes in a string.
 */
export declare function countGraphemes(text: string): number;
/**
 * Get the number of characters/graphemes in a string.
 */
export declare function length(text: string, tabSize: number): number;