added replaceString

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
index c3580ec..3066615 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "StringUtil.hh"
 
-#include <string>
+
 #ifdef HAVE_CSTDIO
   #include <cstdio>
 #else
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@
 #else
   #include <assert.h>
 #endif
+
+
 #include <memory>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <string>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -116,6 +119,27 @@ string findExtension(const std::string &filename) {
     return filename.substr(start_pos + 1);
 }
 
+string replaceString(const std::string &original,
+                     const char *findthis,
+                     const char *replace) {
+    int i=0;
+    const int size_of_replace = strlen(replace);
+    const int size_of_find = strlen(findthis);
+    string ret_str(original);
+    while (i < ret_str.size()) {
+        i = ret_str.find(findthis, i);
+        if (i == std::string::npos)
+            break;
+        // erase old string and insert replacement
+        ret_str.erase(i, size_of_find);
+        ret_str.insert(i, replace);
+        // jump to next position after insert
+        i += size_of_replace;
+    }
+
+    return ret_str;
+}
+
 /**
    Parses a string between "first" and "last" characters
    and ignoring ok_chars as whitespaces. The value is