Thread: using boost::replace_all( )

Code:

void NameScore::split_string()
{
    std::vector<std::string> v_split;
    
    for (auto it = name_list.begin(); it!=name_list.end(); ++it)
    {
        boost::replace_all(*it,",");
    }
}
 void NameScore::sort_data()
{
    std::sort(name_list.begin(), name_list.end());
}

I have read in several places about boost and it just what I need and it is failing. Funny because I have seen it used the same way I am using it in examples.

I am trying to break apart a mega string.

Code:

void NameScore::split_string()
{
    for (int i=0; i<name_list.size(); i++)
    {
        if (name_list[i]==" "" "||",")
        {
            name_list[i]="";
        }
    }
}

I seem to remember this problem. To be honest I think replace_all() is not the answer; boost::split() is. After all, you just want to tokenize a string of names separated by commas. I see no reason to actually substitute the commas with a different string (including a null string), like replace_all() would do.

Here is the issue. Since the string is a mega string the value is 1 so if I call size I get 1. However just to check I put an arbitrary number in there and none of the mega string values changed. Then again how could they if the whole thing is 1. Thing string is made up of 55,000 names in the format of:

"MARY","PATRICIA","LINDA","BARBARA","ELIZABETH","J ENNIFER","MARIA","SUSAN","MARGARET","DOROTHY","LIS A","NANCY","KAREN","BETTY","HELEN","SANDRA","DONNA ","CAROL","RUTH","SHARON","MICHELLE","LAURA","SARA H","KIMBERLY","DEBORAH","JESSICA","SHIRLEY","CYNTH IA","ANGELA","MELISSA","BRENDA","AMY","ANNA","REBE CCA","VIRGINIA","KATHLEEN","PAMELA","MARTHA","DEBR A","AMANDA","STEPHANIE","CAROLYN","CHRISTINE","MAR IE","JANET","CATHERINE","FRANCES","ANN","JOYCE","D IANE","ALICE","JULIE","HEATHER","TERESA"

So you need to split the string. I'm only saying now that the advice to use boost::replace_all() was bad advice from whoever gave it to you. Use boost::split() or some other method that you were shown.

Originally Posted by Elysia

But boost is more convenient

I dunno, in this instance I really think all options are pretty equal.

Convenient? I have been trying to figure out how to get boost into my library. I am using Xcode 5. I have Visual Studio too but I don't really use it, except for assembly language.

However I will say it is a very good compiler.

I tried using stringstream but that was giving me issues too.

No my compiler doesn't have the library. Xcode 5

Did you not understand the pseudocode I gave you in the other thread? What happened when you tried to implement that? Maybe we should concentrate on fixing that.