Thread: Search and Replace

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    Search and Replace

    Say I have this string which contains >4000 characters, and I want every occurance of the character "I" to be replaced with the character "E", how could I do that ?

    I have searched, and searched again, but couldn't find anything I could use/quite understand.

    I've tried stuff like:
    Code:
    string.replace(string.find("I"), 1, "E");

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    You can use the STL's replace_if function. Look it up on google for proper usage or wait 20 minutes and I will get bored and post it.

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    well please do )

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    try

    for(int i = 0 ; i < string.size() ; i++) if( string[i] == 'I' ) string[i] = 'E'

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    I have found that the STL's replace_if is faster than your method. Here is a sample of its usage.

    Code:
    #include <string>
    #include <algorithm>
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    // Here is our functor
    class LetterCheck
    {
      private:
    
        char test;
    
      public:
    
        LetterCheck( char _test ) : test(_test) { }
        
        bool operator( )( char _test ) { return( test == _test ); }
    };
    
    int main( void )
    {
      string s = "HELLO WORLD";
      
      cout << s << endl;
    
      replace_if( s.begin(), s.end(), LetterCheck('E'), 'I' );
    
      cout << s << endl;
    
      return 0;
    }
    EDIT: I posted one with a simple standard C style function that checked for a specific letter. Here I replaced the function with a functor and its a little more flexible. Good luck.
    Last edited by MrWizard; 12-26-2002 at 03:29 PM.

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