StringTools.cpp

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#include "StringTools.h"
 
#include <algorithm>
#include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
#include <chrono>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstdio>
#include <iterator>
#include <random>
 
#include "Error.h"
 
namespace BaseLib
{
std::vector<std::string> splitString(std::string const& str)
{
    std::istringstream str_stream(str);
    std::vector<std::string> items;
    std::copy(std::istream_iterator<std::string>(str_stream),
              std::istream_iterator<std::string>(),
              std::back_inserter(items));
    return items;
}
 
std::list<std::string> splitString(const std::string& str, char delim)
{
    std::list<std::string> strList;
    std::stringstream ss(str);
    std::string item;
    while (std::getline(ss, item, delim))
    {
        strList.push_back(item);
    }
    return strList;
}
 
std::string replaceString(const std::string& searchString,
                          const std::string& replaceString,
                          std::string stringToReplace)
{
    boost::replace_all(stringToReplace, searchString, replaceString);
    return stringToReplace;
}
 
void trim(std::string& str, char ch)
{
    std::string::size_type pos = str.find_last_not_of(ch);
    if (pos != std::string::npos)
    {
        str.erase(pos + 1);
        pos = str.find_first_not_of(ch);
        if (pos != std::string::npos)
        {
            str.erase(0, pos);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        str.erase(str.begin(), str.end());
    }
}
 
void simplify(std::string& str)
{
    trim(str);
    str.erase(std::unique(str.begin(),
                          str.end(),
                          [](char a, char b) { return a == ' ' && b == ' '; }),
              str.end());
}
 
std::string format(const char* format_str, ...)
{
    va_list args;
    va_start(args, format_str);
    // get the number of chars to write
    va_list args_tmp;
    va_copy(args_tmp, args);
    int char_length = std::vsnprintf(nullptr, 0, format_str, args_tmp);
    va_end(args_tmp);
    // allocate buffer and store formatted output there
    std::vector<char> buffer(char_length + 1);  // note +1 for null terminator
    vsnprintf(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), format_str, args);
    va_end(args);
 
    return std::string(buffer.data());
}
 
std::string randomString(std::size_t const length)
{
    static constexpr char charset[] =
        "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
 
    static const auto seed = static_cast<std::mt19937::result_type>(
        std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
    static std::mt19937 generator{seed};
    static std::uniform_int_distribution<unsigned short> distribution(
        0, sizeof(charset) - 2);
 
    std::string s(length, 0);
    std::generate_n(begin(s), length,
                    [&]() { return charset[distribution(generator)]; });
 
    return s;
}
 
std::string getUniqueName(std::vector<std::string> const& existing_names,
                          std::string const& input_name)
{
    std::string result_name = input_name;
    std::size_t count = 1;
    while (std::find(existing_names.cbegin(),
                     existing_names.cend(),
                     result_name) != existing_names.end())
    {
        count++;
        result_name = input_name + "-" + std::to_string(count);
    }
    return result_name;
}
}  // end namespace BaseLib