get_lines

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// Copyright (C) 2010, Guy Barrand. All rights reserved.
// See the file tools.license for terms.
 
#ifndef tools_get_lines
#define tools_get_lines
 
#include "cstr"
 
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
namespace tools {
 
inline void get_lines(const std::string& a_string,std::vector<std::string>& a_lines){
  // a_string is a list separated by "\n" or "\\n".
  // For "xxx\n\nxxx", {"xxx","","xxx"} will be created.
  // WARNING : if a_string is a Windows file name, it may
  //  contains a \n which is not a delimiter ; like ..\data\ntuples.hbook.
  a_lines.clear();
  size_t length = a_string.length();
  if(!length) return;
  char* cstring = str_dup(a_string.c_str());
  if(!cstring) return;
  size_t pos = 0;
  length++;
  for(size_t count=0;count<length;count++) {
    if( (cstring[count]=='\n') ||
        (cstring[count]=='\0') ||
        ( (cstring[count]=='\\') && (cstring[count+1]=='n') ) ) {
      char shift_one = (cstring[count]=='\n' ? 1 : 0);
      cstring[count] = '\0';
      a_lines.push_back(cstring+pos);
      if(shift_one==1) {
        pos = count+1;
      } else {
        pos = count+2;
        count++;
      }
    }
  }
  str_del(cstring);
}
 
}
 
#endif