From dc14168e2f39144bb9e812484c6071380c4f8beb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: akva <akva@e10b68d5-8a6e-419e-a041-bce267b0401d>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 13:18:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 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 | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/Utility/StringUtils.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/Utility/StringUtils.C
 create mode 100644 src/Utility/StringUtils.h

diff --git a/src/Utility/StringUtils.C b/src/Utility/StringUtils.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6951083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Utility/StringUtils.C
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//==============================================================================
+//!
+//! \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;
+}
diff --git a/src/Utility/StringUtils.h b/src/Utility/StringUtils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1956566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Utility/StringUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#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);