sources/mystring.cpp

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:11:41 +0200

author
Teemu Piippo <teemu@hecknology.net>
date
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:11:41 +0200
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updated the documentation of the string functions

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*/

#include <cstring>
#include "main.h"
#include "mystring.h"

BEGIN_ZFC_NAMESPACE

/*!
 * \brief Converts the given string to lowercase.
 * \param string string to convert
 * \return converted string
 */
std::string to_lowercase(const std::string& string)
{
	std::string result = string;

	for (char& ch : result)
	{
		if (isupper(ch))
			ch += 'a' - 'A';
	}

	return result;
}

/*!
 * \brief Joins a list of strings to a single string.
 * \param strings strings to join together
 * \param delimeter delimeter to join the strings together with
 * \return joined string
 */
std::string join_string_list(const std::vector<std::string>& strings, const std::string& delimeter)
{
	std::string result;

	for (const std::string &item : strings)
	{
		if (not result.empty())
			result += delimeter;

		result += item;
	}

	return result;
}

/*!
 * \brief Extracts a substring from the middle of the given string
 * \param str string to extract from
 * \param rangeBegin starting index of the substring
 * \param rangeEnd end index of the substring
 * \return substring
 */
std::string mid(const std::string& str, int rangeBegin, int rangeEnd)
{
	rangeBegin = max(rangeBegin, 0);
	rangeEnd = min(rangeEnd, static_cast<signed>(str.length()));
	std::string result;
	if (rangeEnd > rangeBegin)
	{
		result = str.substr(rangeBegin, rangeEnd - rangeBegin);
	}
	return result;
}

/*!
 * \brief right Extracts a substring from the end of the substring
 * \param str string to extract from
 * \param length desired length of the new substring
 * \return substring
 */
std::string right(const std::string& str, int length)
{
	if (length >= static_cast<signed>(str.length()))
		return str;
	else
		return std::string{str.data() + str.length() - length};
}

/*!
 * \brief Formats a string using \c vsnprintf, using a va_list argument list
 * \param formatString formatting string
 * \param args argument list
 * \return formatted string
 */
std::string vsprintf(const char* formatString, va_list args)
{
	std::string result;
	// Copy the argument list so that we have something to provide to vsnprintf in case we have to call it again.
	va_list argsCopy;
	va_copy(argsCopy, args);
	// First, attempt to format using a fixed-size buffer.
	static char buffer[1024];
	const std::size_t length = std::vsnprintf(buffer, countof(buffer), formatString, args);
	if (length < sizeof buffer)
	{
		// vsnprintf succeeded in fitting the formatted string into the buffer, so we're done.
		result = buffer;
	}
	else
	{
		// vsnprintf needs more space, so we have to allocate a new buffer and try again.
		result.resize(length + 1);
		std::vsnprintf(result.data(), length + 1, formatString, argsCopy);
	}
	return result;
}

/*!
 * \brief Formats a string using \c printf -like syntax
 * \param formatString formatting string
 * \param ... printf-like arguments
 * \return formatted string
 */
std::string __cdecl sprintf(const char* formatString, ...)
{
	va_list args;
	va_start (args, formatString);
	std::string result = vsprintf(formatString, args);
	va_end (args);
	return result;
}

/*!
 * \brief Removes a substring from the middle of a string
 * \param string original string
 * \param start start index to remove
 * \param end end index to remove
 * \return modified string
 */
std::string remove_range(const std::string &string, int start, int end)
{
	std::string result;
	result.reserve(string.length() - (end - start));
	std::copy(string.begin(), string.begin() + start, std::back_inserter(result));
	std::copy(string.begin() + end, string.end(), std::back_inserter(result));
	return result;
}

/*!
 * \brief Finds out whether the specified string starts with the specified substring.
 * \param string string to test
 * \param substring substring to look for
 * \return bool
 */
bool starts_with(const std::string& string, const std::string& substring)
{
	if (string.length() < substring.length())
		return false;
	else
		return std::strncmp(string.data(), substring.data(), substring.length()) == 0;
}

/*!
 * \brief Replaces all instances of \c text with \c replacement in place.
 * \param text Text to replace away.
 * \param replacement Text to replace \c text with.
 */
void replace_all(std::string& str, const char* text, const char* replacement)
{
	int position;
	while ((position = str.find(text)) != -1)
	{
		str.replace(position, std::strlen(text), replacement);
	}
}

/*!
 * \brief Splits this string using the provided delimeter.
 * \param delimeter Delimeter to use for splitting.
 * \returns a string list containing the split strings.
 */
std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& string, const std::string& delimeter)
{
	std::vector<std::string> result;
	int a = 0;
	int b;

	// Find all separators and store the text left to them.
	while ((b = string.find(delimeter, a)) != -1)
	{
		std::string sub = mid(string, a, b);

		if (sub.length() > 0)
			result.push_back(sub);

		a = b + delimeter.length();
	}

	// Add the string at the right of the last separator
	if (a < static_cast<int>(string.length()))
		result.push_back(mid(string, a, string.length()));

	return result;
}

/*!
 * \brief Attempts to convert the specified string to an integer.
 * \param str string to convert
 * \param base numeric base to convert using.
 * \return the integer if conversion is successful.
 */
std::optional<long> to_int(const char* str, int base)
{
	errno = 0;
	char* endPointer;
	long result = strtol(str, &endPointer, base);
	if (errno == 0 and *endPointer == '\0')
	{
		return result;
	}
	else
	{
		return {};
	}
}

/*!
 * \brief Removes unwanted characters from the specified string. Modification is done in place.
 * \param string String to modify.
 * \param filter The filtering function to use, defaults to std::isspace in order to remove whitespace.
 */
void normalize(std::string& string, int (*filter)(int))
{
	int a = 0;
	int b = string.length() - 1;
	while ((*filter)(string[a]) and a != b)
	{
		++a;
	}
	while ((*filter)(string[b]) and a != b)
	{
		--b;
	}
	if (a == b)
	{
		string = "";
	}
	else if (a != 0 or b != static_cast<signed>(string.length() - 1))
	{
		string = string.substr (a, b - a + 1);
	}
}

END_ZFC_NAMESPACE

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