Get MessageSet IDs as a Compact String

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Demonstrates the Chilkat MessageSet.ToCompactString method, which returns the unique identifiers in ascending order using compact IMAP message-set syntax, collapsing consecutive runs into inclusive ranges. It takes no arguments. This example loads 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10 and prints the compact form 1:5,8:10.

Background: The result is canonical for the current set — unique, sorted, and range-compacted — which is the compact notation IMAP servers expect for message-set arguments. It is the inverse of FromCompactString, so the two round-trip: a set emitted here can be reloaded later. The string contains only numbers and omits the HasUids setting, so track UID-vs-sequence separately.

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    success := false

    //  Demonstrates the MessageSet.ToCompactString method, which returns the unique identifiers in
    //  ascending order using compact IMAP message-set syntax, with consecutive runs collapsed into
    //  inclusive ranges.  It takes no arguments.

    msgSet := chilkat.NewMessageSet()

    //  Load a set of individual identifiers.
    success = msgSet.FromCompactString("1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(msgSet.LastErrorText())
        msgSet.DisposeMessageSet()
        return
    }

    //  Get the canonical compact representation.
    compact := msgSet.ToCompactString()
    fmt.Println(*compact)
    //  Output: 1:5,8:10

    msgSet.DisposeMessageSet()