/// Returns the number of chars in a utf-8 string
/// Returns the first n characters up to len from a utf-8 string
/// Removes a single unicode character at the specified index from a utf-8 string stored
//NOTE: Currently unneeded
// /// Returns the unicode character at the idx, counting through each character in the string
// /// Will panic if idx is greater than the number of characters in the parsed string
// pub fn unicode_char_at_index(s: &str, idx : usize) -> char {
// s.chars().nth(idx).unwrap()
// }