Computer Science Canada [Source] Java-like String object |
Author: | rizzix [ Thu Sep 04, 2003 4:44 pm ] |
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here's something useful, a java.lang.String object that you can use. some things to remember while using this class. 1] any method that returns a String& reference, is basically returning a new object, so you'll have to delete it when not necessary 2] to print the string to terminal do this: cout << str << endl; 3] the toCharArray will return a pointer to a new char array, so delete it when not necessary. 4] the string object is immutable, all methods are const 5] basic primitive types are returned by value 6] all methods returning an int or char, return -1 if error, except for the compareTo method and it's variations. 7] the indexOf methods that take a String or char* as an argument are NOT IMPLEMENTED 8] methods that take String as an argument will tend to have a better performance gain. but it is subtle. 9] class is designed to take advantage of the Digital Mars' garbage collector 10] most importantly this class is cross-platform compatible |
Author: | Catalyst [ Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:51 pm ] |
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very nice but why not just use std::string? |
Author: | Catalyst [ Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:25 pm ] | ||||
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heres some useful things to add
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Author: | rizzix [ Thu Sep 04, 2003 10:15 pm ] |
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cool. nice additions. so thats how you implement the << operator. |
Author: | rizzix [ Sat Jun 19, 2004 1:35 am ] |
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subtle update.. for those interested. |
Author: | wtd [ Sat Jun 19, 2004 2:58 am ] | ||
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I agree that it's silly to use something like this as opposed to the std::string class. However, if you're going to do this, you should include const qualifiers in places like:
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Author: | rizzix [ Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:25 am ] |
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oh but they are in place. |
Author: | wtd [ Sat Jun 19, 2004 1:31 pm ] |
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Sorry. Somehow I missed that. That'll teach me to post when I'm half asleep. |