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• simple string operations:

• string_replace(heystack, needle, repl) -> string

• [{r,l}]strip(input, white="\r\n\t ") -> string

• format_string(printf_format, args...) -> string

• split_string(input, by, max=0) -> vector

• join_string(vector input, string by) -> string

• (de-)serialization to python source

    py_value* v = eval_full("[123, 123.456, 'string']");
    printf("python repr: %s\n", repr(v).c_str());
    // output: python repr: [123, 123.456, 'string']

check test/example/example.cpp

building

libstring_util has at least these build requirements:

• g++
• make

on debian (tested on jessie):

$ apt-get install build-essential

generate build system

if there is no file named "configure" you will need to generate the autotools-based build-system first. for that you will need these additional requirements:

• autoconf (e.g. 2.69-8)
• automake (e.g. 1.14)
• libtool (e.g. 2.4.2-1.11)

on debian:

$ apt-get install automake libtool

to create the buildsystem go into this directory and execute:

$ autoreconf -if

this will generate a configure-file.

configure build system

you should build out of source tree. for that create a new directory and execute configure with your desired flags (try --help to see a list of possible options):

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ ../configure --prefix=/usr/local

start build

after configure successfully finished, you can call make to build the libstring_util library:

$ make -j4

on success the generated libraries can be found at build/src/.libs/

run test cases

$ make check

install

if you want to install the generated libraries to your system (to the above specified --prefix) you can use the install target:

$ make install

depending on where you want to install, you might need root-rights:

$ sudo make install