int main() { { std::regex phone_numbers("\\d{3}-\\d{4}"); const char phone_book[] = "555-1234, 555-2345, 555-3456"; typedef output_iterator<char*> Out; typedef bidirectional_iterator<const char*> Bi; char buf[100] = {0}; Out r = std::regex_replace(Out(buf), Bi(std::begin(phone_book)), Bi(std::end(phone_book)-1), phone_numbers, "123-$&"); assert(r.base() == buf+40); assert(buf == std::string("123-555-1234, 123-555-2345, 123-555-3456")); } { std::regex phone_numbers("\\d{3}-\\d{4}"); const char phone_book[] = "555-1234, 555-2345, 555-3456"; typedef output_iterator<char*> Out; typedef bidirectional_iterator<const char*> Bi; char buf[100] = {0}; Out r = std::regex_replace(Out(buf), Bi(std::begin(phone_book)), Bi(std::end(phone_book)-1), phone_numbers, "123-$&", std::regex_constants::format_sed); assert(r.base() == buf+43); assert(buf == std::string("123-$555-1234, 123-$555-2345, 123-$555-3456")); } { std::regex phone_numbers("\\d{3}-\\d{4}"); const char phone_book[] = "555-1234, 555-2345, 555-3456"; typedef output_iterator<char*> Out; typedef bidirectional_iterator<const char*> Bi; char buf[100] = {0}; Out r = std::regex_replace(Out(buf), Bi(std::begin(phone_book)), Bi(std::end(phone_book)-1), phone_numbers, "123-&", std::regex_constants::format_sed); assert(r.base() == buf+40); assert(buf == std::string("123-555-1234, 123-555-2345, 123-555-3456")); } { std::regex phone_numbers("\\d{3}-\\d{4}"); const char phone_book[] = "555-1234, 555-2345, 555-3456"; typedef output_iterator<char*> Out; typedef bidirectional_iterator<const char*> Bi; char buf[100] = {0}; Out r = std::regex_replace(Out(buf), Bi(std::begin(phone_book)), Bi(std::end(phone_book)-1), phone_numbers, "123-$&", std::regex_constants::format_no_copy); assert(r.base() == buf+36); assert(buf == std::string("123-555-1234123-555-2345123-555-3456")); } { std::regex phone_numbers("\\d{3}-\\d{4}"); const char phone_book[] = "555-1234, 555-2345, 555-3456"; typedef output_iterator<char*> Out; typedef bidirectional_iterator<const char*> Bi; char buf[100] = {0}; Out r = std::regex_replace(Out(buf), Bi(std::begin(phone_book)), Bi(std::end(phone_book)-1), phone_numbers, "123-$&", std::regex_constants::format_first_only); assert(r.base() == buf+32); assert(buf == std::string("123-555-1234, 555-2345, 555-3456")); } { std::regex phone_numbers("\\d{3}-\\d{4}"); const char phone_book[] = "555-1234, 555-2345, 555-3456"; typedef output_iterator<char*> Out; typedef bidirectional_iterator<const char*> Bi; char buf[100] = {0}; Out r = std::regex_replace(Out(buf), Bi(std::begin(phone_book)), Bi(std::end(phone_book)-1), phone_numbers, "123-$&", std::regex_constants::format_first_only | std::regex_constants::format_no_copy); assert(r.base() == buf+12); assert(buf == std::string("123-555-1234")); } }