[C++] split string on "name=test" and get "test" into a string without "name="

[WillLTT]

im doing standard vs19 c++.

 

im trying to split

//"test" is changed by what user input is.
std::string name = "name=test";

into a string and get "test" into a string. however i dont want "name=" in there.

and then cout the result

std::cout << name;

so basically remove "name=" from the string.

[PyroTheWise]

@WillLTT   Sorry but I am confused by your question.  Do you want a count of characters after "name="?  Or do you want the value after "name="?

 

Does "name=" always exist?   If so that would simply the code tremendously.

 

[Unimportant]

41 minutes ago, WillLTT said:

im doing standard vs19 c++.

 

im trying to split

//"test" is changed by what user input is.
std::string name = "name=test";

into a string and get "test" into a string. however i dont want "name=" in there.

and then cout the result

std::cout << name;

so basically remove "name=" from the string.

One possibility:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int 
main()
{
	const std::string name = "name=test";

	//check if "name=" is present in string and if it starts at position 0.
	const auto startIndex = name.find("name=");
	if (startIndex == std::string::npos || startIndex)
	{
		std::cout << "Did not find \"name=\" or it was not located at beginning of string.\n";
		return 1;
	}	

	//split string.
	const auto subName = name.substr(std::string("name=").length());

	//optionally test result length. Will be empty if there's nothing after "name="
	if (!subName.length())
	{
		std::cout << "Result empty.";
		return 2;
	}

	std::cout << subName << '\n';

	return 0;
}

 

[WillLTT]

46 minutes ago, PyroTheWise said:

@WillLTT   Sorry but I am confused by your question.  Do you want a count of characters after "name="?  Or do you want the value after "name="?

 

Does "name=" always exist?   If so that would simply the code tremendously.

 

@PyroTheWise

i want "test"

Correct "name=" does always exist.

Correct i want the value after "name="

 

Sorry for writing a bad question

[KNG_HOLDY]

if its always "x=y" and x & y are strings that dont contain "=" you could just split the string with '=' as delimiter and take the last part of the result

 

"pseudo code" 

1)

input : String = "x=bla"

inputSplitted : String = input.split("=")

result : String = inputSplitted[1] //would give you "bla"

 

2)

if its always "name=y" and y is any kind of string you should just do 

input : String = "name=test"

result : String  = input.remove("name=")

 

3) 

if "x=y" and you have a set of values that x could be you could use regex (would work for version 1/2 aswell)

"test=y", "name=y", "tag=y" etc

 

you could do something like 

patter := "(test|name|tage)=(.*)"

where "(x_1|x_2|x_3|...|x_n") contains all your x_i of your set of possbile "tags"

and use regexp to get the match for your "y" string

[PyroTheWise]

accidential double post see answer below.

 

Sorry

 

 

[PyroTheWise]

@WillLTT The simple solution I was leaning towards was provided by @Unimportant

 

A simple substring since you always have "name=":

 

4 hours ago, Unimportant said:

const auto subName = name.substr(std::string("name=").length());

 

you could further simply that to const auto subName = name.substr(5); //5 is the lenght of name=, since it always exists

[TheRealShadoh]

I'm curious (all I do is PowerShell), why wouldn't you have the user input saved to a variable of name, then look inside the variable for their input?

[WillLTT]

13 hours ago, TheRealShadoh said:

I'm curious (all I do is PowerShell), why wouldn't you have the user input saved to a variable of name, then look inside the variable for their input?

i am storing it in a variable. it just wasnt included in the post. but i want to keep the name for next app startup, so i write it to a INI file. But i want to write readable INI. with obvious places for names etc.

 

so the line written in in the ini file:

name=WillLTT

but i dont want name in the name, so i split away "name=" to get back "WillLTT"

[brandishwar]

5 minutes ago, WillLTT said:

i am storing it in a variable. but i want to keep the name for next app startup, so i write it to a INI file. But i want to write readable INI. with obvious places for names etc.

 

so the line written in in the ini file:

name=WillLTT

but i dont want name in the name, so i split away "name=" to get back "WillLTT"

So you're trying to parse an INI file? If you're doing this on Windows, there's already an API that'll do all the parsing for you without you having to handle the actual file contents: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-getprivateprofilestring

[WillLTT]

Just now, brandishwar said:

So you're trying to parse an INI file? If you're doing this on Windows, there's already an API that'll do all the parsing for you without you having to handle the actual file contents: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-getprivateprofilestring

im not asking question here, i was telling @TheRealShadohwhat i was doing.

 

The problem has been solved already.

 

Sorry for any confusion.

[brandishwar]

1 minute ago, WillLTT said:

im not asking question here, i was telling @TheRealShadohwhat i was doing.

 

The problem has been solved already.

 

Sorry for any confusion.

Right, and now that I know why you're wanting to parse the example line in question, knowing where it came from, I'm pointing you to an easier method of reading and writing the .INI file that abstracts away reading the file, reading the line, and parsing the line. Sometimes knowing the full scope of the problem you're trying to solve allows us to point you to solutions that are a lot simpler than whatever you're considering.

 

So if you're now going to be trying to implement a .ini file parser, reconsider doing that.