Re: Declaring a dynamic pointer to an array of char pointers

From:
"Stephan T. Lavavej [MSFT]" <stl@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:47:58 -0800
Message-ID:
<OHO9KO7nKHA.5524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
strtok() is terrible. Instead, use regex_token_iterator to perform field
splitting:

C:\Temp>type meow.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <ostream>
#include <regex>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
using namespace std::tr1;

int main() {
    const string s("I have 1729 cute fluffy kittens");

    const regex r("\\s+");

    vector<string> v;

    for (sregex_token_iterator i(s.begin(), s.end(), r, -1), end; i != end;
++i) {
        v.push_back(*i);
    }

    for (vector<string>::const_reverse_iterator i = v.rbegin(); i !=
v.rend(); ++i) {
        cout << *i << ";";
    }

    cout << endl;
}

C:\Temp>cl /EHsc /nologo /W4 meow.cpp
meow.cpp

C:\Temp>meow
kittens;fluffy;cute;1729;have;I;

Stephan T. Lavavej
Visual C++ Libraries Developer

"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org> wrote in message
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DS <dsutNOSPAMter@tc3NOSPAMnet.com> wrote:

"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org> wrote in message
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But I respectfully submit you'd be much better off with something
like vector<string> .


(I hoped this was a 'C' group.)


There is no group dedicated to C in microsoft.public.* hierarchy. I suppose
if such a group existed, it would be pretty lonely there. People here
generally don't mind pure C questions though, but you should note in your
posts that you are thus limited: C++ is assumed by default.

This sounds suspciously like strtok()


Sure, but it(strtok()) may not be available in my environment.


If you say so, though I'd like to mention that strtok is part of the
standard C library. In any case, there are plenty of implementations of
strtok published under various licenses: perhaps you can borrow one.
--
With best wishes,
    Igor Tandetnik

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