source: code/trunk/src/util/StringUtils.cc @ 3280

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 *   Author:
 *      Fabian 'x3n' Landau
 *   Co-authors:
 *      Benjamin Grauer
 *
 */

/**
    @file
    @brief Implementation of several string manipulation functions.
*/

#include "StringUtils.h"

#include <cctype>
#include "Convert.h"
#include "Math.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    std::string BLANKSTRING("");

    std::string getUniqueNumberString()
    {
        return multi_cast<std::string>(getUniqueNumber());
    }

    /**
        @brief Removes all whitespaces from a string.
        @param str The string to strip
    */
    void strip(std::string* str)
    {
        size_t pos;
        while ((pos = (*str).find(" ")) < (*str).length())
            (*str).erase(pos, 1);
        while ((pos = (*str).find("\t")) < (*str).length())
            (*str).erase(pos, 1);
        while ((pos = (*str).find("\n")) < (*str).length())
            (*str).erase(pos, 1);
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns a copy of a string without whitespaces.
        @param str The string to strip
        @return The stripped line
    */
    std::string getStripped(const std::string& str)
    {
        std::string output = std::string(str);
        strip(&output);
        return output;
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns a copy of a string without trailing whitespaces.
        @param str The string
        @return The modified copy
    */
    std::string removeTrailingWhitespaces(const std::string& str)
    {
        size_t pos1 = 0;
        int pos2 = (int)(str.size() - 1);
        for (; pos1 < str.size() && (str[pos1] == ' ' || str[pos1] == '\t' || str[pos1] == '\n'); pos1++);
        for (; pos2 > 0         && (str[pos2] == ' ' || str[pos2] == '\t' || str[pos2] == '\n'); pos2--);
        return str.substr(pos1, pos2 - pos1 + 1);
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns the position of the next quote in the string, starting with start.
        @param str The string
        @param start The startposition
        @return The position of the next quote (std::string::npos if there is no next quote)
    */
    size_t getNextQuote(const std::string& str, size_t start)
    {
        size_t quote = start - 1;

        while ((quote = str.find('\"', quote + 1)) != std::string::npos)
        {
            size_t backslash = quote;
            size_t numbackslashes = 0;
            for (; backslash > 0; backslash--, numbackslashes++)
                if (str[backslash - 1] != '\\')
                    break;

            if (numbackslashes % 2 == 0)
                break;
        }

        return quote;
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns true if pos is between two quotes.
        @param str The string
        @param pos The position to check
        @return True if pos is between two quotes
    */
    bool isBetweenQuotes(const std::string& str, size_t pos)
    {
        if (pos == std::string::npos)
            return false;

        size_t quotecount = 0;
        size_t quote = (size_t)-1;
        while ((quote = getNextQuote(str, quote + 1)) < pos)
        {
            if (quote == pos)
                return false;
            quotecount++;
        }

        if (quote == std::string::npos)
            return false;

        return ((quotecount % 2) == 1);
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns true if the string contains something like '..."between quotes"...'.
        @param The string
        @return True if there is something between quotes
    */
    bool hasStringBetweenQuotes(const std::string& str)
    {
        size_t pos1 = getNextQuote(str, 0);
        size_t pos2 = getNextQuote(str, pos1 + 1);
        return (pos1 != std::string::npos && pos2 != std::string::npos && pos2 > pos1 + 1);
    }

    /**
        @brief If the string contains something like '..."between quotes"...' then 'between quotes' gets returned (without quotes).
        @param The string
        @param The string between the quotes
    */
    std::string getStringBetweenQuotes(const std::string& str)
    {
        size_t pos1 = getNextQuote(str, 0);
        size_t pos2 = getNextQuote(str, pos1 + 1);
        if (pos1 != std::string::npos && pos2 != std::string::npos)
            return str.substr(pos1, pos2 - pos1 + 1);
        else
            return "";
    }

    /**
        @brief Removes enclosing quotes if available (including whitespaces at the outside of the quotes).
        @brief str The string to strip
        @return The string with removed quotes
    */
    std::string stripEnclosingQuotes(const std::string& str)
    {
        size_t start = std::string::npos;
        size_t end = 0;

        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos < str.size()) && (pos < std::string::npos); pos++)
        {
            if (str[pos] == '"')
            {
                start = pos;
                break;
            }

            if ((str[pos] != ' ') && (str[pos] != '\t') && (str[pos] != '\n'))
                return str;
        }

        for (size_t pos = str.size() - 1; pos < std::string::npos; pos--)
        {
            if (str[pos] == '"')
            {
                end = pos;
                break;
            }

            if ((str[pos] != ' ') && (str[pos] != '\t') && (str[pos] != '\n'))
                return str;
        }

        if ((start != std::string::npos) && (end != 0))
            return str.substr(start + 1, end - start - 1);
        else
            return str;
    }

    /**
        @brief Removes enclosing {braces} (braces must be exactly on the beginning and the end of the string).
        @param str The string to strip
        @return The striped string
    */
    std::string stripEnclosingBraces(const std::string& str)
    {
        std::string output = str;

        while (output.size() >= 2 && output[0] == '{' && output[output.size() - 1] == '}')
            output = output.substr(1, output.size() - 2);

        return output;
    }

    /**
        @brief Determines if a string is a comment (starts with a comment-symbol).
        @param str The string to check
        @return True = it's a comment

        A comment is defined by a leading '#', '%', ';' or '//'.
    */
    bool isComment(const std::string& str)
    {
        // Strip the line, whitespaces are disturbing
        std::string teststring = getStripped(str);

        // There are four possible comment-symbols:
        //  1) #comment in script-language style
        //  2) %comment in matlab style
        //  3) ;comment in unreal tournament config-file style
        //  4) //comment in code style
        if (teststring.size() >= 2)
        {
            if (teststring[0] == '#' || teststring[0] == '%' || teststring[0] == ';' || (teststring[0] == '/' && teststring[1] == '/'))
                return true;
        }
        else if (teststring.size() == 1)
        {
            if (teststring[0] == '#' || teststring[0] == '%' || teststring[0] == ';')
                return true;
        }

        return false;
    }

    /**
        @brief Determines if a string is empty (contains only whitespaces).
        @param str The string to check
        @return True = it's empty
    */
    bool isEmpty(const std::string& str)
    {
        std::string temp = getStripped(str);
        return ((temp == "") || (temp.size() == 0));
    }

    /**
        @brief Determines if a string contains only numbers and maximal one '.'.
        @param str The string to check
        @return True = it's a number
    */
    bool isNumeric(const std::string& str)
    {
        bool foundPoint = false;

        for (std::string::const_iterator it = str.begin(); it != str.end(); ++it)
        {
            if (((*it) < '0' || (*it) > '9'))
            {
                if ((*it) != '.' && !foundPoint)
                    foundPoint = true;
                else
                    return false;
            }
        }

        return true;
    }

    /**
        @brief Adds backslashes to the given string which makes special chars visible. Existing slashes will be doubled.
        @param str The string to manipulate
        @return The string with added slashes
    */
    std::string addSlashes(const std::string& str)
    {
        std::string output = str;

        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos = output.find('\\', pos)) < std::string::npos; pos += 2) { output.replace(pos, 1, "\\\\"); }
        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos = output.find('\n', pos)) < std::string::npos; pos += 2) { output.replace(pos, 1, "\\n"); }
        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos = output.find('\t', pos)) < std::string::npos; pos += 2) { output.replace(pos, 1, "\\t"); }
        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos = output.find('\v', pos)) < std::string::npos; pos += 2) { output.replace(pos, 1, "\\v"); }
        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos = output.find('\b', pos)) < std::string::npos; pos += 2) { output.replace(pos, 1, "\\b"); }
        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos = output.find('\r', pos)) < std::string::npos; pos += 2) { output.replace(pos, 1, "\\r"); }
        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos = output.find('\f', pos)) < std::string::npos; pos += 2) { output.replace(pos, 1, "\\f"); }
        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos = output.find('\a', pos)) < std::string::npos; pos += 2) { output.replace(pos, 1, "\\a"); }
        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos = output.find('"', pos)) < std::string::npos; pos += 2) { output.replace(pos, 1, "\\\""); }
        for (size_t pos = 0; (pos = output.find('\0', pos)) < std::string::npos; pos += 2) { output.replace(pos, 1, "\\0"); }

        return output;
    }

    /**
        @brief Removes backslashes from the given string. Double backslashes are interpreted as one backslash.
        @param str The string to manipulate
        @return The string with removed slashes
    */
    std::string removeSlashes(const std::string& str)
    {
        if (str.size() <= 1)
            return str;

        std::string output = "";
        for (size_t pos = 0; pos < str.size() - 1; )
        {
            if (str[pos] == '\\')
            {
                if (str[pos + 1] == '\\') { output += '\\'; pos += 2; continue; }
                else if (str[pos + 1] == 'n') { output += '\n'; pos += 2; continue; }
                else if (str[pos + 1] == 't') { output += '\t'; pos += 2; continue; }
                else if (str[pos + 1] == 'v') { output += '\v'; pos += 2; continue; }
                else if (str[pos + 1] == 'b') { output += '\b'; pos += 2; continue; }
                else if (str[pos + 1] == 'r') { output += '\r'; pos += 2; continue; }
                else if (str[pos + 1] == 'f') { output += '\f'; pos += 2; continue; }
                else if (str[pos + 1] == 'a') { output += '\a'; pos += 2; continue; }
                else if (str[pos + 1] == '"') { output += '"'; pos += 2; continue; }
                else if (str[pos + 1] == '0') { output += '\0'; pos += 2; continue; }
            }
            output += str[pos];
            pos++;
            if (pos == str.size() - 1)
                output += str[pos];
        }

        return output;
    }

    /**
        @brief Replaces each char between A and Z with its lowercase equivalent.
        @param str The string to convert
    */
    void lowercase(std::string* str)
    {
        for (size_t i = 0; i < str->size(); ++i)
        {
            (*str)[i] = (char)tolower((*str)[i]);
        }
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns a copy of the given string without uppercase chars.
        @param str The string
        @return The copy
    */
    std::string getLowercase(const std::string& str)
    {
        std::string output = std::string(str);
        lowercase(&output);
        return output;
    }

    /**
        @brief Replaces each char between a and z with its uppercase equivalent.
        @param str The string to convert
    */
    void uppercase(std::string* str)
    {
        for (size_t i = 0; i < str->size(); ++i)
        {
            (*str)[i] = (char)toupper((*str)[i]);
        }
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns a copy of the given string without lowercase chars.
        @param str The string
        @return The copy
    */
    std::string getUppercase(const std::string& str)
    {
        std::string output = std::string(str);
        uppercase(&output);
        return output;
    }

    /**
        @brief Compares two strings ignoring different casing.
        @param s1 First string
        @param s2 Second string
    */
    int nocaseCmp(const std::string& s1, const std::string& s2)
    {
        std::string::const_iterator it1=s1.begin();
        std::string::const_iterator it2=s2.begin();

        //stop when either string's end has been reached
        while ( (it1!=s1.end()) && (it2!=s2.end()) )
        {
            if(::toupper(*it1) != ::toupper(*it2)) //letters differ?
                // return -1 to indicate smaller than, 1 otherwise
                return (::toupper(*it1)  < ::toupper(*it2)) ? -1 : 1;
            //proceed to the next character in each string
            ++it1;
            ++it2;
        }
        size_t size1=s1.size(), size2=s2.size();// cache lengths
        //return -1,0 or 1 according to strings' lengths
        if (size1==size2)
            return 0;
        return (size1<size2) ? -1 : 1;
    }


    /**
        @brief Compares the first 'len' chars of two strings ignoring different casing.
        @param s1 First string
        @param s2 Second string
        @param len Maximal number of chars to compare
    */
    int nocaseCmp(const std::string& s1, const std::string& s2, size_t len)
    {
        if (len == 0)
            return 0;
        std::string::const_iterator it1=s1.begin();
        std::string::const_iterator it2=s2.begin();

        //stop when either string's end has been reached
        while ( (it1!=s1.end()) && (it2!=s2.end()) && len-- > 0)
        {
            if(::toupper(*it1) != ::toupper(*it2)) //letters differ?
                // return -1 to indicate smaller than, 1 otherwise
                return (::toupper(*it1)  < ::toupper(*it2)) ? -1 : 1;
            //proceed to the next character in each string
            ++it1;
            ++it2;
        }
        return 0;
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns true if the string contains a comment, introduced by #, %, ; or //.
        @param str The string
        @return True if the string contains a comment
    */
    bool hasComment(const std::string& str)
    {
        return (getCommentPosition(str) != std::string::npos);
    }

    /**
        @brief If the string contains a comment, the comment gets returned (including the comment symbol), an empty string otherwise.
        @param str The string
        @return The comment
    */
    std::string getComment(const std::string& str)
    {
        return str.substr(getCommentPosition(str));
    }

    /**
        @brief If the string contains a comment, the position of the comment-symbol gets returned, std::string::npos otherwise.
        @param str The string
        @return The position
    */
    size_t getCommentPosition(const std::string& str)
    {
        return getNextCommentPosition(str, 0);
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns the position of the next comment-symbol, starting with start.
        @param str The string
        @param start The startposition
        @return The position
    */
    size_t getNextCommentPosition(const std::string& str, size_t start)
    {
        for (size_t i = start; i < str.size(); i++)
            if (isComment(str.substr(i)))
                return i;

        return std::string::npos;
    }
}