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authorfluxgen <fluxgen>2002-01-21 01:56:39 (GMT)
committerfluxgen <fluxgen>2002-01-21 01:56:39 (GMT)
commitfad5bbfdb916b3733b539cda9e49844a78fb0762 (patch)
tree948876e02bdd9462cc5136f95df045f64b37a6ed /src
parent3d20c78714d4bfc95327b16d8af6163d57856463 (diff)
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added getStringBetween
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-rw-r--r--src/StringUtil.cc52
-rw-r--r--src/StringUtil.hh5
2 files changed, 54 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/StringUtil.cc b/src/StringUtil.cc
index 036a4f4..ba5f58d 100644
--- a/src/StringUtil.cc
+++ b/src/StringUtil.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
19// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER 19// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
20// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 20// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
21 21
22// $Id: StringUtil.cc,v 1.5 2002/01/09 14:11:20 fluxgen Exp $ 22// $Id: StringUtil.cc,v 1.6 2002/01/21 01:56:39 fluxgen Exp $
23 23
24#include "StringUtil.hh" 24#include "StringUtil.hh"
25 25
@@ -74,3 +74,53 @@ char *StringUtil::expandFilename(const char *filename) {
74 74
75 return StringUtil::strdup(retval.get()); //return modified value 75 return StringUtil::strdup(retval.get()); //return modified value
76} 76}
77
78//------------- getStringBetween -----------
79// Parses a string between "first" and "last" characters
80// and ignoring ok_chars as whitespaces. The value is
81// returned in "out".
82// Returns negative value on error and this value is the position
83// in the in-string where the error occured.
84// Returns positive value on success and this value is
85// for the position + 1 in the in-string where the "last"-char value
86// was found.
87//------------------------------------------
88int StringUtil::getStringBetween(string& out, const char *instr, const char first, const char last,
89 const char *ok_chars) {
90 assert(first);
91 assert(last);
92 assert(instr);
93
94 string::size_type i = 0,
95 total_add=0; //used to add extra if there is a \last to skip
96 string in(instr);
97
98 // eat leading whitespace
99 i = in.find_first_not_of(ok_chars);
100 if (i == string::npos)
101 return -in.size(); // nothing left but whitespace
102
103 if (in[i]!=first)
104 return -i; //return position to error
105
106 // find the end of the token
107 string::size_type j = i;
108 while (1) {
109 j = in.find_first_of(last, j+1);
110 if (j==string::npos)
111 return -in.size(); //send negative size
112
113 //we found the last char, check so it doesn't have a '\' before
114 if (j>1 && in[j-1] != '\\')
115 break;
116 else if (j>1) {
117 in.erase(j-1, 1); //remove the '\'
118 j--;
119 total_add++; //save numchars removed so we can calculate totalpos
120 }
121 }
122
123 out = in.substr(i+1, j-i-1); //copy the string between first and last
124 //return value to last character
125 return (j+1+total_add);
126}
diff --git a/src/StringUtil.hh b/src/StringUtil.hh
index 59ce57c..4ac3bff 100644
--- a/src/StringUtil.hh
+++ b/src/StringUtil.hh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
19// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER 19// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
20// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 20// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
21 21
22//$Id: StringUtil.hh,v 1.4 2002/01/09 14:11:20 fluxgen Exp $ 22//$Id: StringUtil.hh,v 1.5 2002/01/21 01:56:39 fluxgen Exp $
23 23
24#ifndef _STRINGUTIL_HH_ 24#ifndef _STRINGUTIL_HH_
25#define _STRINGUTIL_HH_ 25#define _STRINGUTIL_HH_
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ struct StringUtil
34 static const char *strcasestr(const char *str, const char *ptn); 34 static const char *strcasestr(const char *str, const char *ptn);
35 35
36 static char *expandFilename(const char *filename); 36 static char *expandFilename(const char *filename);
37 37 static int getStringBetween(std::string& out, const char *instr, const char first, const char last,
38 const char *ok_chars=" \t\n");
38 //--------- stringtok ---------------------------------- 39 //--------- stringtok ----------------------------------
39 // Breaks a string into tokens 40 // Breaks a string into tokens
40 // Usage check: 41 // Usage check: