[programble]

I want to replace all occurrences of a certain string in another string with some other string.
Example:
"This is a example \\n This is an example."
Should become:
"This is a example \n This is a example."

I think I should be using

myString.replace();

but I don't know which overload I should use and how to use it.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[Aureax]

To use the replace function:

MyString = MyString.replace("false","true");

Maybe you could make a loop out of it?

[programble]

Aureax, on 1 Mar, 2009 - 01:15 PM, said:

To use the replace function:

MyString = MyString.replace("false","true");

Maybe you could make a loop out of it?

That doesn't work.

Error said:

e:\visual studio projects\2008\c++\lithium\lithium\lithium.cpp(567) : error C2661: 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>::replace' : no overloaded function takes 2 arguments
with
[
_Elem=char,
_Traits=std::char_traits<char>,
_Ax=std::allocator<char>
]

[JackOfAllTrades]

Read the docs.
You have to find what you want to replace first:

std::string favorite_soda = "My favorite soda is Coke";
std::cout << favorite_soda << std::endl;
size_t soda_location = favorite_soda.find("Coke");
std::string new_favorite_soda("root beer");
if (soda_location != string::npos)
   favorite_soda.replace(soda_location, 
       new_favorite_soda.length(), new_favorite_soda);
std::cout << favorite_soda << std::endl;

[programble]

JackOfAllTrades, on 1 Mar, 2009 - 03:15 PM, said:

Read the docs.
You have to find what you want to replace first:

std::string favorite_soda = "My favorite soda is Coke";
std::cout << favorite_soda << std::endl;
size_t soda_location = favorite_soda.find("Coke");
std::string new_favorite_soda("root beer");
if (soda_location != string::npos)
   favorite_soda.replace(soda_location, 
       new_favorite_soda.length(), new_favorite_soda);
std::cout << favorite_soda << std::endl;

I havn't tried your solution, but it looks as though it wouldn't work if the replacement text wasn't the same size.

[crazyjugglerdrummer]

You could use the erase() and insert() string methods I believe. Although the difficult part would be finding exactly where to erase and insert the strings...
example of insert and erase. look at the comma and remove spaces part for a brief walk through and practical application.

[programble]

I think it will be best to use erase and insert. I don't see why it would be hard to find exactly where to erase and insert. myString.find("\\n")

[crazyjugglerdrummer]

That could nicely if you made your own function that incorporated the find, erase, and insert functions. Could you post the result when you get it, or maybe submit a code snippet?

[JackOfAllTrades]

programble, on 1 Mar, 2009 - 04:32 PM, said:

JackOfAllTrades, on 1 Mar, 2009 - 03:15 PM, said:

Read the docs.
You have to find what you want to replace first:

std::string favorite_soda = "My favorite soda is Coke";
std::cout << favorite_soda << std::endl;
size_t soda_location = favorite_soda.find("Coke");
std::string new_favorite_soda("root beer");
if (soda_location != string::npos)
   favorite_soda.replace(soda_location, 
       new_favorite_soda.length(), new_favorite_soda);
std::cout << favorite_soda << std::endl;

I havn't tried your solution, but it looks as though it wouldn't work if the replacement text wasn't the same size.

Well, you should try it because it works.

[programble]

Here is the code that I am using (my solution):

int nlPos = 0;
while ((nlPos = text.find("\\n", nlPos)) != -1)
{
	text.erase(nlPos, 2);
	text.insert(nlPos, "\n");
}

That code effectively replaces user-typed newlines with actual newlines.