added: a class for general string utilities

git-svn-id: http://svn.sintef.no/trondheim/IFEM/trunk@926 e10b68d5-8a6e-419e-a041-bce267b0401d

src/Utility/StringUtils.C

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+//==============================================================================
+//!
+//! \file StringUtils.C
+//!
+//! \date Feb 17 2011
+//!
+//! \author Arne Morten Kvarving / SINTEF
+//!
+//! \brief Some general string manipulation functions
+//!
+//==============================================================================
+
+#include <StringUtils.h>
+
+// taken from cppreference.com ::replace documentation
+std::string& replaceAll(std::string& context, const std::string& from,
+                        const std::string& to)
+{
+  size_t lookHere = 0;
+  size_t foundHere;
+  while((foundHere = context.find(from, lookHere)) != std::string::npos)
+  {
+    context.replace(foundHere, from.size(), to);
+    lookHere = foundHere + to.size();
+  }
+  return context;
+}

src/Utility/StringUtils.h

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+#pragma once
+//==============================================================================
+//!
+//! \file StringUtils.h
+//!
+//! \date Feb 17 2011
+//!
+//! \author Arne Morten Kvarving / SINTEF
+//!
+//! \brief Some general string manipulation functions
+//!
+//==============================================================================
+#include <string>
+
+std::string& replaceAll(std::string& context,
+                        const std::string& from, const std::string& to);