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Implement search-and-replace for string objects
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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
bool search_and_replace(string &str, const string &oldsubstr,const string &newsubstr);
int main(){
string str = "This is a test. So is this.";
while(search_and_replace(str, "is", "was"))
cout << str << endl;
cout << endl;
string oldstr("So");
string newstr("So too");
cout << "Replace 'So' with 'So too'" << endl;
search_and_replace(str, oldstr, newstr);
cout << str << endl;
return 0;
}
bool search_and_replace(string &str, const string &oldsubstr, const string &newsubstr) {
string::size_type startidx;
startidx = str.find(oldsubstr);
if(startidx != string::npos) {
str.replace(startidx, oldsubstr.size(), newsubstr);
return true;
}
return false;
}
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