Thread: Find text in quotes of string.

If a string held this:

Code:

name { "cube01" }

What would be an efficient way to copy what's in the quotes to a new string?

once you locate the first quote, iterate through the string until you find the last one.

Originally Posted by Elkvis

once you locate the first quote, iterate through the string until you find the last one.

Thanks.
I was able to use the find function to find the quote's position, and then use copy to copy the name.

Code:

tester="\"";
findPos=line.find(tester); //finds first quote mark
findPos2=line.find(tester, findPos+1); //finds second quote mark
length=line.copy(name, (findPos2-findPos-1), findPos+1); //copies the name into name
name[length]='\0'; //end it off
cout<<"Name: "<<name<<"\n";