Method GetCharacterPosition

src/Nazara/Core/String.cpp:2107–2132

! * \brief Gets the index where a character begin * * Iterate through the string to find the starting position of a specific character index * This is useful because non-ASCII characters may be encoded using multiple bytes. * * \param characterIndex Index of the character to search for * * \return Starting index */

	* \return Starting index
	*/
	std::size_t String::GetCharacterPosition(std::size_t characterIndex) const
	{
		const char* ptr = m_sharedString->string.get();
		const char* end = &m_sharedString->string[m_sharedString->size];

		try
		{
			utf8::advance(ptr, characterIndex, end);

			return ptr - m_sharedString->string.get();
		}
		catch (utf8::not_enough_room& /*e*/)
		{
			// Returns npos
		}
		catch (utf8::exception& e)
		{
			NazaraError("UTF-8 error: " + String(e.what()));
		}
		catch (std::exception& e)
		{
			NazaraError(e.what());
		}

		return npos;
	}

	/*!
	* \brief Gets the raw buffer