2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
index 602211e..4678f03 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
@@ -164,6 +164,24 @@ string findExtension(const string &filename) {
     return filename.substr(start_pos + 1);
 }
 
+string::size_type findCharFromAlphabetAfterTrigger(const std::string& in, char trigger, const char alphabet[], size_t len_alphabet, size_t* found) {
+    for (const char* s = in.c_str(); *s != '\0'; ) {
+        if (*s++ == trigger && *s != '\0') {
+            for (const char* a = alphabet; (a - alphabet) < len_alphabet; ++a) {
+                if (*s == *a) {
+                    if (found) {
+                        *found = a - alphabet;
+                    }
+                    return s - in.c_str() - 1;
+                }
+            }
+            s++;
+        }
+    }
+    return string::npos;
+}
+
+
 string replaceString(const string &original,
                      const char *findthis,
                      const char *replace) {
diff --git a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh
index 7bc8f80..a16e709 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh
+++ b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ std::string expandFilename(const std::string &filename);
 /// @return extension of filename (ex: filename.txt will return txt)
 std::string findExtension(const std::string &filename);
 
+/// is the char after a 'trigger' part of an alphabet?
+/// @param in - string to analyze
+/// @param trigger - check for char after trigger
+/// @param alphabet - contains chars to search for
+/// @param len_alphabet - length of alphabet
+/// @param found - position of found char in alphabet (optional)
+/// @return position of trigger if found
+/// @return std::string::npos if nothing found
+std::string::size_type findCharFromAlphabetAfterTrigger(const std::string& in, 
+    char trigger,
+    const char alphabet[], size_t len_alphabet, size_t* found);
+
 /// @return copy of original with find_string replaced with "replace"
 std::string replaceString(const std::string &original, 
                           const char *find_string,