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Re: comparing two std::string variables

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On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:25:36 PM UTC+1, Gus Gassmann wrote:

> I am trying to compare two std::string objects str1 and str2. Both
> strings are rather long (~70000 characters). The first one is read
> from a file, the second one is generated by a program. I am trying to
> establish that the two strings are equal. However, it turns out that
> the string read in from the file has additional white space in several
> places. (The white space does not concern me; I will declare the
> strings equal if the other characters match.)  In order to compare
> them it seems that I must compress them both.

not really. can't you just skip the spaces?

> What is the best way to
> do that? Do I have to copy each std::string to a char*, or is there a
> better way?

you know you can index std::string?

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comparing two std::string variables Gus Gassmann <horand.gassmann@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-28 15:25 -0700
  Re: comparing two std::string variables Tomasz D <tdolbniak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-28 23:25 -0700
  Re: comparing two std::string variables Gus Gassmann <horand.gassmann@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-29 03:18 -0700
    Re: comparing two std::string variables "AnonMail2005@gmail.com" <anonmail2005@gmail.com> - 2012-03-29 10:33 -0700
    Re: comparing two std::string variables Timothy Madden <terminatorul@gmail.com> - 2012-04-09 13:02 -0700
  Re: comparing two std::string variables nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-03-29 00:46 -0700

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