Function ReplaceString

src/mydefs.cpp:422–440

replace all occurrences of search in subject with replace and return new string

/// replace all occurrences of search in subject with replace and return new string
std::string ReplaceString(const std::string& subject, const std::string& search, const std::string& replace) {
  // 'abc','a','ab' -> 'abbc'
  // 'abc','ab','a' -> 'ac'
  // 'aaa','a','aa' -> 'aaaaaa'
  // '1|   2','| ','|' -> '1,2'
  std::string result = subject;
  size_t pos = 0;
  size_t add = 0;
  // avoid endless replace if replace contains search token
  if (replace.find(search) != std::string::npos) {
    add = replace.length();
  }
  // replace loop
  while ((pos = result.find(search, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
    result.replace(pos, search.length(), replace);
    pos += add;  // set startpoint for next loop
  }
  return result;
}

/// replace all occurrences of search in subject with replace
void ReplaceStringInPlace(std::string& subject, const std::string& search, const std::string& replace) {