Load a MessageSet from a Compact String

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Demonstrates the Chilkat MessageSet.FromCompactString method, which clears the set and loads message identifiers from compact IMAP message-set syntax. The only argument is the compact string: a colon specifies an inclusive ascending range, and commas separate values or ranges. This example loads 1:5,8:10 and prints the result as a comma-separated list.

Background: Compact message-set syntax is how IMAP itself expresses groups of messages — 1:5,8:10 is far more concise than listing every id. FromCompactString is the inverse of ToCompactString: it parses that text into a set you can pass to Imap methods. Duplicates are removed, identifiers are sorted ascending, and the existing HasUids setting is preserved. Note the string carries only the numbers — it does not record whether they are UIDs or sequence numbers.

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    success := false

    //  Demonstrates the MessageSet.FromCompactString method, which loads a set of message
    //  identifiers from compact IMAP message-set syntax.  The only argument is the compact string.
    //  A colon specifies an inclusive range, and commas separate values or ranges.

    msgSet := chilkat.NewMessageSet()

    //  Load a compact message set.  "1:5,8:10" expands to 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10.
    success = msgSet.FromCompactString("1:5,8:10")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(msgSet.LastErrorText())
        msgSet.DisposeMessageSet()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Count: ", msgSet.Count())

    //  Show the loaded identifiers in comma-separated form.
    csv := msgSet.ToCommaSeparatedStr()
    fmt.Println(*csv)

    msgSet.DisposeMessageSet()