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Replace string chars

Started by penetrator Jan 19, 2003 at 7:25 AM 8 replies 350+ views
Burning_Ice
Burning_Ice
are you using stl strings or char*

dunno about std::strings but for char* such a function doesnt exist, but its trivial to write one yourself:


        
char kill = 'a';
char replace = 'z';
for ( int i = 0; i < strlen(str); i++ )
    if ( str[i] == kill ) 
        str[i] = replace;


this will replace all 'a' with 'z' when str is either char* or std::string when you replace strlen(str) with str.length()


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[edited by - Burning_Ice on January 19, 2003 9:10:55 AM]
Oluseyi
Oluseyi
Hey, Your .sig is too big!

Now...
quote:
Original post by penetrator
and if i should replace, for example, "......" with "..", what the code would be ?

In that case you're creating a new string (".." is shorter than "......"), so it's not just a matter of replacement.

    
char * found = 0;
char formed[60] = {0};
const char text[60] = "Some very long string incorporating a...... triple ellipsis";
const char * trellipsis = "......";
 
found = strstr( text, trellipsis );
if( found != 0 && found != text )
{
  strncpy( formed, text, (found - text) );
  strcat( formed, ".." );
  strcat( formed, (found + 6) );
}

And that is why you should use std::string.

[edited by - Oluseyi on January 19, 2003 11:50:33 AM]
penetrator
penetrator
Still not working. All i want to do is to store string values which are separated by spaces, sometimes 2, sometimes 4 or 5 spaces, into 1 array. So just imagine the string is smt like this:

char mystring[8192]="1 4 6 7 2";

i want to store values into a simple array, so that i get smt like:

myarray[1]=1;
myarray[2]=4;
myarray[3]=6;
myarray[4]=7;
myarray[5]=2;

I was used to to this in VB very easily with a Split function, but in VC++ i''m lost !

Oluseyi
Oluseyi
quote:
Original post by penetrator
Still not working. All i want to do is to store string values which are separated by spaces, sometimes 2, sometimes 4 or 5 spaces, into 1 array...

In the future, say what you want to do. It saves both us and you time explaining stuff that doesn''t solve your problem.
penetrator
penetrator
Excuse, i will be more precise ! Thanks for help.

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