/* string.cpp by detour@metalshell.com
 *
 * Example on using the string class from the STL.
 *
 * http://www.metalshell.com/
 *
 */

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
using namespace std;

int main() {
	string str;
	string str2;

	/* You can assign values using normal = operator */
	str = "Jimi Thing\n";
	str2 = "Jimi Thing\n";

	/* Can be compared against other strings */
	if(str == str2)
		cout << str;

	cout << "The length of str is: " << str.length() << endl;
	
	/* You pull text out of the string using substr */
	str2 = str.substr(0,4) + "\n";

	cout << "str2 = " << str2;
	
	/* Notice Jimi gets replace with Little even though Little is longer then
	   Jimi */
	str.replace(0,4,"Little");

	cout << "str = " << str;

	/* C Strings are null terminated areas of characters */
	printf("str = %s", str.c_str());

	/* First occurance of Little is stored in p1 */
	string::size_type p1 = str.find("Little");
	/* Replace the first Little found with Jimi */
	str.replace(p1, 6, "Jimi");

	cout << "str = " << str;

	/* Another way to turn it back */
	str.replace(str.find("Jimi"),4,"Little");
	cout << "str = " << str;

	/* If erase is given no arguments the whole string is cleared */
	str.erase();

	cout << "str = " << str;

	return 0;
}