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Function std.algorithm.searching.findSplitBefore

These functions find the first occurrence of needle in haystack and then split haystack as follows.

findSplit returns a tuple result containing three ranges. result[0] is the portion of haystack before needle, result[1] is the portion of haystack that matches needle, and result[2] is the portion of haystack after the match. If needle was not found, result[0] comprehends haystack entirely and result[1] and result[2] are empty.

findSplitBefore returns a tuple result containing two ranges. result[0] is the portion of haystack before needle, and result[1] is the balance of haystack starting with the match. If needle was not found, result[0] comprehends haystack entirely and result[1] is empty.

findSplitAfter returns a tuple result containing two ranges. result[0] is the portion of haystack up to and including the match, and result[1] is the balance of haystack starting after the match. If needle was not found, result[0] is empty and result[1] is haystack.

In all cases, the concatenation of the returned ranges spans the entire haystack.

If haystack is a random-access range, all three components of the tuple have the same type as haystack. Otherwise, haystack must be a forward range and the type of result[0] and result[1] is the same as std.range.takeExactly.

Prototype

auto findSplitBefore(alias pred, R1, R2)(
  R1 haystack,
  R2 needle
)
if (isForwardRange!R1 && isForwardRange!R2);

Parameters

NameDescription
pred Predicate to use for comparing needle against haystack.
haystack The range to search.
needle What to look for.

Returns

A tuple of the split portions of haystack (see above for details).

Example

auto a = "Carl Sagan Memorial Station";
auto r = findSplit(a, "Velikovsky");
assert(r[0] == a);
assert(r[1].empty);
assert(r[2].empty);
r = findSplit(a, " ");
assert(r[0] == "Carl");
assert(r[1] == " ");
assert(r[2] == "Sagan Memorial Station");
auto r1 = findSplitBefore(a, "Sagan");
assert(r1[0] == "Carl ", r1[0]);
assert(r1[1] == "Sagan Memorial Station");
auto r2 = findSplitAfter(a, "Sagan");
assert(r2[0] == "Carl Sagan");
assert(r2[1] == " Memorial Station");

Authors

Andrei Alexandrescu

License

Boost License 1.0.

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