Chunk Split

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Though thing is, is this possible with char/char*?

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Of course.

By the way, your implementation of chunk_split is incorrect.

You possible return a boolean (false) when the function should output an std::string.

concatenation of two strings is simply an "operator+" , you don't have to loop (you will have to loop for char* , that's why you should always use std::string !)

The difficulty with the char* approach would be making sure there's enough room for the inserted characters (since char*'s don't magically resize themselves).

(Also, to insert something inside a string, you can use the insert function since I'm pretty sure += is not what you want here.)

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Originally Posted by laserlight

Of course.

By the way, your implementation of chunk_split is incorrect.

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Oh stop teasing me! :(

I can't seem to be able to confirm my implementation of this chunk_split because people don't seem to post the results of PHP functions in the manual.

Given this:

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void chunk_split (std::string & tochunk,
                  std::string::size_type chunklength = 76,
                  const std::string & chunkbit = "\n");

int main ()
{
    std::string test(34, 'Z');
    std::string retest(test);

    chunk_split(test, 16, "...\n");
    chunk_split(retest);

    std::cout << test << std::endl;
    std::cout << retest << std::endl;
}

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Would the results look like this?

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
ZZ
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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Originally Posted by citizen

I can't seem to be able to confirm my implementation of this chunk_split because people don't seem to post the results of PHP functions in the manual.

Given this:

Code:

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void chunk_split (std::string & tochunk,
                  std::string::size_type chunklength = 76,
                  const std::string & chunkbit = "\n");

int main ()
{
    std::string test(34, 'Z');
    std::string retest(test);

    chunk_split(test, 16, "...\n");
    chunk_split(retest);

    std::cout << test << std::endl;
    std::cout << retest << std::endl;
}

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Would the results look like this?

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
ZZ
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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chunk_split in php returns the string back with the chunk bit returns after every character by the amount of chunk length.

Hmm, well you should be able to do it with some simple math then.

Figure out how many chunks there are.

Then figure out which chunk your working on: for example, the third chunk would start at 3 * chunklength. But remember to insert the new bit into the right spot by advancing the insertion position by the number of characters you've added to the string so far.

Now that you know where to insert the new bit, it's easy with strings: call insert.

It's harder with C style strings, though, like tabstop said, but the algorithm is not different. What you need to do additionally is make sure there is enough space for new bits and then copy in without overwriting any data. Be careful that you don't terminate the string early, too.