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The most elegant way to iterate the words of a C/C++ string
There is no one elegant way to iterate the words of a C/C++ string. The most readable way could be termed as the most elegant for some while the most performant for others. I've listed 2 methods that you can use to achieve this. First way is using a stringstream to read words seperated by spaces. This is a little limited but does the task fairly well if you provide the proper checks.
example
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
string str("Hello from the dark side");
string tmp; // A string to store the word on each iteration.
stringstream str_strm(str);
vector<string> words; // Create vector to hold our words
while (str_strm >> tmp) {
// Provide proper checks here for tmp like if empty
// Also strip down symbols like !, ., ?, etc.
// Finally push it.
words.push_back(tmp);
}
}Another way is to provide a custom delimiter to split the string by using the getline function −
example
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
std::stringstream str_strm("Hello from the dark side");
std::string tmp;
vector<string> words;
char delim = ' '; // Ddefine the delimiter to split by
while (std::getline(str_strm, tmp, delim)) {
// Provide proper checks here for tmp like if empty
// Also strip down symbols like !, ., ?, etc.
// Finally push it.
words.push_back(tmp);
}
}
Updated on: 11-Feb-2020
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