str.h

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#ifndef STR_H
#define STR_H
 
#include<algorithm> //replace
#include<string>
 
#include "str/iff.h"
#include "str/parse.h"
 
/**************************************************************************/
namespace str{
    inline std::string findStringAndGetAllAfter(std::string checkedString, std::string searchString)
    {
        size_t loc = checkedString.find(searchString);
        if(std::string::npos == loc)
            return std::string("");
        return checkedString.substr(loc + searchString.size());
    }
    inline std::string replace(std::string str, char oldChar, char newChar) 
    {
        replace(str.begin(), str.end(), oldChar, newChar);
        return str;
    }
    inline std::string removeSpaces(std::string str)    
    {
        str.erase(remove_if(str.begin(), str.end(), ::isspace), str.end());
        return str;
    }
    inline std::string stringToUpper(std::string str)   
    {
        transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), ::toupper);
        return str;
    }
    inline std::string stringToLower(std::string str)   
    {
        transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), ::tolower);
        return str;
    }
    inline std::string removeExternalQuotes(std::string str)    
    {
        if(str.empty())
            return str;
        if(str.front() == '"')
            str.erase(str.begin());
        if(str.empty())
            return str;
        if(str.back() == '"')
            str.erase(str.end()-1);
        return str;
    }
    inline void findAndReplace(std::string &str, std::string toFind, std::string toReplaceWith)
    {
        size_t pos = str.find(toFind);
        while( pos != std::string::npos) {
            str.replace(pos, toFind.size(), toReplaceWith);
            pos = str.find(toFind, pos + toReplaceWith.size());
        }
    }
}
#endif //STR_H