splitting a string into an array in C++ without using vector
#define MAXSPACE 25
string line = "test one two three.";
string arr[MAXSPACE];
string search = " ";
int spacePos;
int currPos = 0;
int k = 0;
int prevPos = 0;
do
{
spacePos = line.find(search,currPos);
if(spacePos >= 0)
{
currPos = spacePos;
arr[k] = line.substr(prevPos, currPos - prevPos);
currPos++;
prevPos = currPos;
k++;
}
}while( spacePos >= 0);
arr[k] = line.substr(prevPos,line.length());
for(int i = 0; i < k; i++)
{
cout << arr[i] << endl;
}
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
template <size_t N>
void splitString(string (&arr)[N], string str)
{
int n = 0;
istringstream iss(str);
for (auto it = istream_iterator<string>(iss); it != istream_iterator<string>() && n < N; ++it, ++n)
arr[n] = *it;
}
int main()
{
string line = "test one two three.";
string arr[4];
splitString(arr, line);
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
cout << arr[i] << endl;
}
It is possible to turn the string into a stream by using the std::stringstream
class (its constructor takes a string as parameter). Once it's built, you can use the >>
operator on it (like on regular file based streams), which will extract, or tokenize word from it:
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
string line = "test one two three.";
string arr[4];
int i = 0;
stringstream ssin(line);
while (ssin.good() && i < 4){
ssin >> arr[i];
++i;
}
for(i = 0; i < 4; i++){
cout << arr[i] << endl;
}
}