Re: sscanf with CString

From:

"Tom Serface" <tom.nospam@camaswood.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:01:30 -0700

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<OPgYIDwaHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>

Hi Norbert,

I haven't used std::string much. Can you explain how this does the same
thing as the sscanf or what Joe posted. I'm sure there is some good juju in
there somewhere, but I don't see it.

Thanks,

Tom

"Norbert Unterberg" <nunterberg@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:eANXUAtaHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

Joseph M. Newcomer schrieb:

The correct usage would be

CString strUserName;
CString strPassword;
m_recBuff.Trim(); // remove leading and trailing space
int n = m_recvBuff.Find(_T(" "));
if(n < 0)
   { /* no space */
    strUserName = m_recvBuff;
  } /* no space */
else
   { /* has space */
    strUserName = m_recvBuff.Left(n);
    strPassword = m_recvBuff.Mid(n + 1);
    strPassword.Trim();
   } /* has space */

This looks quite complex.

How about something like this:

#include <istream>
std::istringstream in(recvBuff);
std::string username, password;
in >> username >> password;

Norbert

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