MyTools.cc File Reference

Implementation of helper functions. More...

#include "MyTools.h"

Functions
bool	openFile (ifstream *fin, string filename)
const std::string	trim (const std::string &pString, const std::string &pWhitespace)
bool	fline_tr (ifstream *fin, vector< string > *fields, string delim)
map< string, vector< string > >	getParameters (int argc, char **input)
int	lineCount (string filename)

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Detailed Description

Implementation of helper functions.

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Function Documentation

map< string, vector< string > > getParameters	(	int	argc,
		char **	input
	)

Return a list of parameter names and values from a string. The names can be preceeded by nothing, a '-' or a '--'. The value then follows an '='. Values that may contain nested flags should be surrounded by single quotes (').

Parameters:

argc	number of elements in input
input	array of strings to parse for flags and arguments

Returns:

A map related each flag to its given string value.

int lineCount

(

string

filename

)

Count the number of lines in a given file

Parameters:

filename

File to count lines of

bool openFile	(	ifstream *	fin,
		string	filename
	)

Open an ifstream with some basic checks

Parameters:

fin	ifstream to use to open file
filename	file to open

Returns:

if open successful

const std::string trim	(	const std::string &	pString,
		const std::string &	pWhitespace
	)

Remove beginning and trailing "whitespace" from the string

Parameters:

pString	String to trim
pWhitespace	Characters to trim at the ends of the given strings.

Returns:

string with whitespace characters stripped from beginning and end