inline StringClass
replace_all_occurrences_with_wildcards(
StringClass str,
ForwardIterator it_string_to_find, ForwardIterator it_string_to_find_end,
ForwardIterator it_string_to_replace, ForwardIterator it_string_to_replace_end)
{
for(; it_string_to_find != it_string_to_find_end && it_string_to_replace != it_string_to_replace_end;
++it_string_to_find, ++ it_string_to_replace) {
std::size_t wildcard_pos = it_string_to_find->find("*");
if(wildcard_pos == StringClass::npos) {
ForwardIterator it_to_find_current_end(it_string_to_find);
ForwardIterator it_to_replace_current_end(it_string_to_replace);
str = replace_all_occurrences_of(
str,
it_string_to_find, ++it_to_find_current_end,
it_string_to_replace, ++it_to_replace_current_end);
continue;
}
std::size_t wildcard_pos_replace = it_string_to_replace->find("*");
std::size_t found_begin = str.find( it_string_to_find->substr(0, wildcard_pos) );
while( found_begin != StringClass::npos ) {
std::size_t found_end = str.find(it_string_to_find->substr(wildcard_pos+1), found_begin + wildcard_pos + 1); // to simplify
if( found_end != StringClass::npos ) {
if( wildcard_pos_replace == StringClass::npos ) {
StringClass replace_content = *it_string_to_replace;
str.replace(
found_begin,
found_end + (it_string_to_find->size() - wildcard_pos - 1 ) - found_begin,
replace_content);
} else {
StringClass replace_content =
it_string_to_replace->substr(0, wildcard_pos_replace)
+ str.substr(found_begin + wildcard_pos,
found_end - found_begin - wildcard_pos)
+ it_string_to_replace->substr(wildcard_pos_replace+1) ;
str.replace(
found_begin,
found_end + (it_string_to_find->size() - wildcard_pos - 1 ) - found_begin,
replace_content);
}
}
// may adapt the restart to the replacement and be more efficient
found_begin = str.find( it_string_to_find->substr(0, wildcard_pos), found_begin + 1 );
}
}
return str;
}
