String Utils

A quick header-only collection of useful string manipulation functionality. Check out this code for some executable examples.

Concat

Used to quickly wrangle data together and return the values as one string. Can take any data that can be sent to an ostream.

Example:

std::string name = "Anthony";
int age = 90;
std::cout << concat("Hello, my name is ", name, ". I am ", age, " years old!");

// Output: Hello, my name is Anthony. I am 90 years old!

Although the lack of string format specifiers make it not practical for localizations, I find this useful for logging purposes and quick val-to-string conversions.

Join

Used to join together a bunch of data interleaved with a specific separator. Can take any data that can be sent to an ostream.

std::cout << join(", ", 1, 1.5f, 2, 2.5f);

// Output: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5

Can be used to separate data in meaningful ways, such as generating comma-separated values in a CSV file. Or whatever you want; the sky is the limit!

Split

Used to split up text into chunks, separated by a given token.

std::string sentence = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
auto words = split(sentence, " ");

std::cout << "The 5th word in the sentence is " << words[4] << "!";

// Output: The 5th word in the sentence is jumps!