How to handle strings in VC++? - string

HI,
Once we accept an input from a keyboard, How can we add that character into a string in VC++?
Can anyone help me with this?

You can use std::string from STL, and the + or += operator.
To do this, #include <string> and use the class std::string.
After that, there are various ways to store the input from the user.
First, you may store the character input directly into the string:
std::string myStr;
std::cin >> myStr;
Second, you can append the input to an existing string:
std::string myStr;
myOtherStr += myStr;

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
int main(int argc, char**argv)
{
std::string s;
std::cin >> s;
s += " ok";
std::cout << s;
return 0;
}

Try the following:
std::string inputStr;
std::cin >> inputStr;
This code will accept a string typed on the keyboard and store it into inputStr.
My guess is that you're in the process of learning C++. If so, my suggestion is to continue reading your C++ book. Keyboard input will surely be addressed in some upcoming chapter or the other.

There are several ways to go about, depending of what you exactly need. Check the C++ I/O tutorial at this site: www.cplusplus.com

Related

I took an input as string with scanf() but output with cout.why did my program terminate?

I took an input as string with scanf() but output with cout.My program terminated.But if I use printf() instead of cout it works.Can anybody tell me about this ?
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main(){
string s;
scanf("%s",s);
cout <<s<<endl;
}
scanf uses c-string (char arrays).
Use getline instead.

C++ password program, encountering problems with spaces

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream> // don't mind this
#include <ctime> //don't mind this either
using namespace std;
int main() {
const string password = "hello"; //password
char word[100]; //if this were string and I put 2 words in my password it would output "invalid password" twice
do {
cin >> word;
cin.getline(word, 100);
if (word == password) { //if word is equal to password, break and move on past the loop
break;
}
cout << "Password invalid" << endl; //password not equal, it will move on to this and repeat until password is true
} while (true);
cout << "Password valid" << endl;
return 0;
}
I've been new to c++ programming for a couple months now, and I'm watching a very good course right now. In one of the tutorials he makes this password program that is present above. I've played with the program some and noticed that when I input 2 words like "example password" it would output "Invalid password" twice. I assume that is because it recognizes spaces as another input. I've made some changes so that now when I input 2 words or more it only outputs invalid password once. But now I'm facing another problem which I need help on. When I try to input the correct password, it doesn't work. What could be the answer to this mystery? Help would be appreciated and this could help me and others understand this more, and help avoid this problem in the future.
I'm glad that I already solved your problem, but let me elaborate on what I said earlier as it will be helpful for learning.
scanf("%[^\n]%*c", string );
Here the [^\n] is the scanset specifier for the scanf function, it means that the scanf function scans for characters from stdin untill it reaches a newline. This is basically a c function.
The parallel in cpp is getline(stream, char *) function, but almost all c code works in c++ hence you can use it.

how to convert mpf_class to String

Hello and sorry for my basic English. I'm trying to convert from mpf_class to a String. I know there is a function (get_str()) but it show me only digits and its exponent separated. I want to get the whole expression in a string. I tried using ostreamstring and it work but I want to know if there is another way to do that. Let me know if I made myself clear.
Basically what I did was:
std::ostringstream show;
mpf_class result, Afact,Bfact,Cfact;
result=Afact*Bfact/Cfact;
show << result;
ui->lineEdit_5->setText(QString::fromStdString(show.str()));
As you can see, I'm working in a QT project and I need to show the result in a QLineEdit and with ostreamstring it works. I just was wondering if there is a gmp function to do that. thanks
Not sure whether this can help you, but you can actually print an mpf_class object and use I/O manipulators on it as a typical float object.
Here is my code
#include <gmpxx.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
int main(void) {
mpf_class a;
a = 3141592653589793.2;
std::cout << a << std::endl;
// Outputs 3.14159e+15
std::cout << std::uppercase << std::showpos << std::setprecision(3) << a << std::endl;
// Outputs +3.14E+15
}
Then you can use an std::ostringstream object instead of std::cout.
Reference: https://gmplib.org/manual/C_002b_002b-Formatted-Output.html

Convert a String^ to wstring C++

I programmed a little Application in C++. There is a ListBox in the UI. And I want to use the selected Item of ListBox for an Algorithm where I can use only wstrings.
All in all I have two questions:
-how can I convert my
String^ curItem = listBox2->SelectedItem->ToString();
to a wstring test?
-What means the ^ in the code?
Thanks a lot!
It should be as simple as:
std::wstring result = msclr::interop::marshal_as<std::wstring>(curItem);
You'll also need header files to make that work:
#include <msclr\marshal.h>
#include <msclr\marshal_cppstd.h>
What this marshal_as specialization looks like inside, for the curious:
#include <vcclr.h>
pin_ptr<WCHAR> content = PtrToStringChars(curItem);
std::wstring result(content, curItem->Length);
This works because System::String is stored as wide characters internally. If you wanted a std::string, you'd have to perform Unicode conversion with e.g. WideCharToMultiByte. Convenient that marshal_as handles all the details for you.
I flagged this as a duplicate, but here's the answer on how to get from System.String^ to a std::string.
String^ test = L"I am a .Net string of type System::String";
IntPtr ptrToNativeString = Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(test);
char* nativeString = static_cast<char*>(ptrToNativeString.ToPointer());
The trick is make sure you use Interop and marshalling, because you have to cross the boundary from managed code to non-managed code.
My version is:
Platform::String^ str = L"my text";
std::wstring wstring = str->Data();
With Visual Studio 2015, just do this:
String^ s = "Bonjour!";
C++/CLI
#include <vcclr.h>
pin_ptr<const wchar_t> ptr = PtrToStringChars(s);
C++/CX
const wchart_t* ptr = s->Data();
According to microsoft:
Ref How to: Convert System::String to Standard String
You can convert a String to std::string or std::wstring, without using PtrToStringChars in Vcclr.h.
// convert_system_string.cpp
// compile with: /clr
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
using namespace System;
void MarshalString ( String ^ s, string& os ) {
using namespace Runtime::InteropServices;
const char* chars =
(const char*)(Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(s)).ToPointer();
os = chars;
Marshal::FreeHGlobal(IntPtr((void*)chars));
}
void MarshalString ( String ^ s, wstring& os ) {
using namespace Runtime::InteropServices;
const wchar_t* chars =
(const wchar_t*)(Marshal::StringToHGlobalUni(s)).ToPointer();
os = chars;
Marshal::FreeHGlobal(IntPtr((void*)chars));
}
int main() {
string a = "test";
wstring b = L"test2";
String ^ c = gcnew String("abcd");
cout << a << endl;
MarshalString(c, a);
c = "efgh";
MarshalString(c, b);
cout << a << endl;
wcout << b << endl;
}
output:
test
abcd
efgh

atoi on a character array with lots of integers

I have a code in which the character array is populated by integers (converted to char arrays), and read by another function which reconverts it back to integers. I have used the following function to get the conversion to char array:
char data[64];
int a = 10;
std::string str = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(a);
memcpy(data + 8*k,str.c_str(),sizeof(str.c_str())); //k varies from 0 to 7
and the reconversion back to characters is done using:
char temp[8];
memcpy(temp,data+8*k,8);
int a = atoi(temp);
This works fine in general, but when I try to do it as part of a project involving qt (ver 4.7), it compiles fine and gives me segmentation faults when it tries to read using memcpy(). Note that the segmentation fault happens only while in the reading loop and not while writing data. I dont know why this happens, but I want to get it done by any method.
So, are there any other other functions which I can use which can take in the character array, the first bit and the last bit and convert it into the integer. Then I wouldnt have to use memcpy() at all. What I am trying to do is something like this:
new_atoi(data,8*k,8*(k+1)); // k varies from 0 to 7
Thanks in advance.
You are copying only a 4 characters (dependent on your system's pointer width). This will leave numbers of 4+ characters non-null terminated, leading to runaway strings in the input to atoi
sizeof(str.c_str()) //i.e. sizeof(char*) = 4 (32 bit systems)
should be
str.length() + 1
Or the characters will not be nullterminated
STL Only:
make_testdata(): see all the way down
Why don't you use streams...?
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
int main()
{
std::vector<int> data = make_testdata();
std::ostringstream oss;
std::copy(data.begin(), data.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(oss, "\t"));
std::stringstream iss(oss.str());
std::vector<int> clone;
std::copy(std::istream_iterator<int>(iss), std::istream_iterator<int>(),
std::back_inserter(clone));
//verify that clone now contains the original random data:
//bool ok = std::equal(data.begin(), data.end(), clone.begin());
return 0;
}
You could do it a lot faster in plain C with atoi/itoa and some tweaks, but I reckon you should be using binary transmission (see Boost Spirit Karma and protobuf for good libraries) if you need the speed.
Boost Karma/Qi:
#include <boost/spirit/include/qi.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/include/karma.hpp>
namespace qi=::boost::spirit::qi;
namespace karma=::boost::spirit::karma;
static const char delimiter = '\0';
int main()
{
std::vector<int> data = make_testdata();
std::string astext;
// astext.reserve(3 * sizeof(data[0]) * data.size()); // heuristic pre-alloc
std::back_insert_iterator<std::string> out(astext);
{
using namespace karma;
generate(out, delimit(delimiter) [ *int_ ], data);
// generate_delimited(out, *int_, delimiter, data); // equivalent
// generate(out, int_ % delimiter, data); // somehow much slower!
}
std::string::const_iterator begin(astext.begin()), end(astext.end());
std::vector<int> clone;
qi::parse(begin, end, qi::int_ % delimiter, clone);
//verify that clone now contains the original random data:
//bool ok = std::equal(data.begin(), data.end(), clone.begin());
return 0;
}
If you wanted to do architecture independent binary serialization instead, you'd use this tiny adaptation making things a zillion times faster (see benchmark below...):
karma::generate(out, *karma::big_dword, data);
// ...
qi::parse(begin, end, *qi::big_dword, clone);
Boost Serialization
The best performance can be reached when using Boost Serialization in binary mode:
#include <sstream>
#include <boost/archive/binary_oarchive.hpp>
#include <boost/archive/binary_iarchive.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/vector.hpp>
int main()
{
std::vector<int> data = make_testdata();
std::stringstream ss;
{
boost::archive::binary_oarchive oa(ss);
oa << data;
}
std::vector<int> clone;
{
boost::archive::binary_iarchive ia(ss);
ia >> clone;
}
//verify that clone now contains the original random data:
//bool ok = std::equal(data.begin(), data.end(), clone.begin());
return 0;
}
Testdata
(common to all versions above)
#include <boost/random.hpp>
// generates a deterministic pseudo-random vector of 32Mio ints
std::vector<int> make_testdata()
{
std::vector<int> testdata;
testdata.resize(2 << 24);
std::generate(testdata.begin(), testdata.end(), boost::mt19937(0));
return testdata;
}
Benchmarks
I benchmarked it by
using input data of 2<<24 (33554432) random integers
not displaying output (we don't want to measure the scrolling performance of our terminal)
the rough timings were
STL only version isn't too bad actually at 12.6s
Karma/Qi text version ran in 18s 5.1s, thanks to Arlen's hint at generate_delimited :)
Karma/Qi binary version (big_dword) in only 1.4s (roughly 12x 3-4x as fast)
Boost Serialization takes the cake with around 0.8s (or when subsituting text archives instead of binaries, around 13s)
There is absolutely no reason for the Karma/Qi text version to be any slower than the STL version. I improved #sehe implementation of the Karma/Qi text version to reflect that claim.
The following Boost Karma/Qi text version is more than twice as fast as the STL version:
#include <boost/spirit/include/qi.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/include/karma.hpp>
#include <boost/random.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/include/phoenix_core.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/include/phoenix_operator.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/include/phoenix_stl.hpp>
namespace ascii = boost::spirit::ascii;
namespace qi = boost::spirit::qi;
namespace karma = boost::spirit::karma;
namespace phoenix = boost::phoenix;
template <typename OutputIterator>
void generate_numbers(OutputIterator& sink, const std::vector<int>& v){
using karma::int_;
using karma::generate_delimited;
using ascii::space;
generate_delimited(sink, *int_, space, v);
}
template <typename Iterator>
void parse_numbers(Iterator first, Iterator last, std::vector<int>& v){
using qi::int_;
using qi::phrase_parse;
using ascii::space;
using qi::_1;
using phoenix::push_back;
using phoenix::ref;
phrase_parse(first, last, *int_[push_back(ref(v), _1)], space);
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
static boost::mt19937 rng(0); // make test deterministic
std::vector<int> data;
data.resize(2 << 24);
std::generate(data.begin(), data.end(), rng);
std::string astext;
std::back_insert_iterator<std::string> out(astext);
generate_numbers(out, data);
//std::cout << astext << std::endl;
std::string::const_iterator begin(astext.begin()), end(astext.end());
std::vector<int> clone;
parse_numbers(begin, end, clone);
//verify that clone now contains the original random data:
//std::copy(clone.begin(), clone.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, ","));
return 0;
}

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