/*! Copyright 2023-2025 the gnablib contributors MPL-1.1 */
export declare function splitChars(src: string): string[];
export declare function splitLen(src: string, size: number): string[];
export declare function reverse(src: string): string;
export declare function padStart(src: string, len: number, fill?: string): string;
export declare function filter(src: string, ignore: string | RegExp, replace?: string): string;
export declare function ctEq(a: string, b: string): boolean;
export declare function ctSelect(a: string, b: string, first: boolean): string;