A C++ template library for embedded applications
MIT licensed
Designed and
maintained by
John Wellbelove

string_view


This class implements a view in to a range of a C string, etl::string (+ variants), std::string (+ variants).

STL equivalents:
std::basic_string_view
std::string_view
std::wstring_view
std::u16string_view
std::u32string_view
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Classes


etl::basic_string_view<typename T, typename TTraits = etl::char_traits<T>>
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Typedefs


etl::string_view<typename T>
etl::wstring_view<typename T>
etl::u16string_view<typename T>
etl::u32string_view<typename T>
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Member types


value_type              T
size_type               std::size_t
difference_type         std::ptrdiff_t
reference               value_type&
const_reference         const value_type&
pointer                 value_type*
const_pointer           const value_type*
iterator                Random access iterator
const_iterator          Constant random access iterator
reverse_iterator        std::reverse_iterator<iterator>
const_reverse_iterator  std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator>
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Constants


size_t npos
An end of view indicator by the functions that expect a view index.
An error indicator for functions that return a view index.
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Constructors


ETL_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view()
Default constructor.
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ETL_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view(const T* begin, size_t size)
Construct from a start and size.
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ETL_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view(const T* begin)
Construct from a zero terminated string.
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ETL_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view(const basic_string_view& other)
Copy constructor.
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Modifiers


void remove_prefix(size_t n)
Shrinks the view from the front.
Undefined behaviour if n is larger than the string.
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void remove_suffix(size_t n)
Shrinks the view from the back.
Undefined behaviour if n is larger than the string.
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void swap(etl::basic_string_view<T, TTraits> view)
Swaps with another view.
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Element access


const T& at(size_t i) const
Returns a const reference to the indexed element.
Emits an etl::string_view_uninitialised if the view is not initialised.
Emits an etl::string_view_bounds if the index is not in range.
If asserts or exceptions are not enabled then undefined behaviour occurs.
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const_reference operator[](size_t i) const
Returns a const reference to the indexed element.
Undefined behaviour if the string is empty.
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const_reference front() const
Returns a const reference to the first element.
Undefined behaviour if the string is empty.
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const_reference back() const
Returns a const reference to the last element.
Undefined behaviour if the string is empty.
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const_pointer data() const
Returns a const pointer to the first element.
Undefined behaviour if the string is empty.
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Iterators


const_iterator begin() const
const_iterator cbegin() const
Returns an iterator to the beginning of the string view.
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const_iterator end() const
const_iterator cend() const
Returns an iterator to the end of the string view.
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const_iterator rbegin() const
const_iterator crbegin() const
Returns a reverse iterator to the beginning of the string view.
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const_iterator rend() const
const_iterator crend() const
Returns a reverse iterator to the end of the string view.
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Operations


size_t copy(T* destination, size_t count, size_t position = 0) const
Copies the sub-string at position for count characters or size() - count, whichever smaller,  to the string pointed to
by destination.
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basic_string_view substr(size_t position = 0, size_t count = npos) const
Returns a view which is the sub-string at position for count characters or size() - count, whichever smaller.
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Capacity


bool empty() const
Returns true if the size of the string view is zero, otherwise false.
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size_t size() const
Returns the size of the view.
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size_t length() const
Alternative for size().
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size_t max_size() const
Returns the maximum possible size of the view.
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Compare


int compare(basic_string_view v) const
int compare(size_t position1, size_t count1, basic_string_view view) const
int compare(size_t position1, size_t count1,
            basic_string_view view,
            size_t position2, size_t count2) const
int compare(const T* text) const
int compare(size_t position1, size_t count, const T* text) const
int compare(size_t position1, size_t count1, const T* text, size_t count2) const
Compares two character sequences.
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Search


bool starts_with(etl::basic_string_view view) const
bool starts_with(T x) const
bool starts_with(const T* x) const
Checks if the string view begins with the given prefix.
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bool ends_with(etl::basic_string_view view) const
bool ends_with(T x) const
bool ends_with(const T* x) const
Checks if the string view ends with the given prefix.
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size_t find(basic_string_view view, size_type position = 0) const
size_t find(T c, size_t position = 0) const
size_t find(const T* text, size_t position, size_t count) const
size_t find(const T* text, size_t position = 0) const;
Finds the first sub-string equal to the given character sequence.
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size_t rfind(basic_string_view view, size_t position = npos) const
size_t rfind(T c, size_t position = npos) const
size_t rfind(const T* text, size_t position, size_t count) const
size_t rfind(const T* text, size_t position = npos) const
Finds the last sub-string equal to the given character sequence.
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size_t find_first_of(basic_string_view view, size_t position = 0) const
size_t find_first_of(T c, size_t position = 0) const
size_t find_first_of(const T* text, size_t position, size_t count) const
size_t find_first_of(const T* text, size_t position = 0) const
Finds the first character equal to any of the characters in the given character sequence.
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size_t find_last_of(basic_string_view view, size_t position = npos) const
size_t find_last_of(T c, size_t position = npos) const
size_t find_last_of(const T* text, size_t position, size_type count) const
size_t find_last_of(const T* text, size_t position = npos) const
Finds the last character equal to any of the characters in the given character sequence.
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size_t find_first_not_of(basic_string_view view, size_t position = 0) const
size_t find_first_not_of(T c, size_t position = 0) const
size_t find_first_not_of(const T* text, size_t position, size_t count) const
size_t find_first_not_of(const T* text, size_t position = 0) const
Finds the first character not equal to any of the characters in the given character sequence.
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size_t find_last_not_of(basic_string_view view, size_t position = npos) const
size_t find_last_not_of(T c, size_t position = npos) const
size_t find_last_not_of(const T* text, size_t position, size_t count) const
size_t find_last_not_of(const T* text, size_t position = npos) const
Finds the first character not equal to any of the characters in the given character sequence.
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Non-member functions

Lexicographically comparisons


== true if the contents of the string views are equal, otherwise false.
!= true if the contents of the string views are not equal, otherwise false.
true if the contents of the lhs are lexicographically less than the contents of the rhs,  otherwise false.
<= true if the contents of the lhs are lexicographically less than or equal to the contents of the rhs, otherwise false.
true if the contents of the lhs are lexicographically greater than the contents of the rhs,  otherwise false.
>= true if the contents of the lhs are lexicographically greater than or equal to the contents of the rhs, otherwise false

void swap(etl::basic_string_view<T, TTraits> lhs,
          etl::basic_string_view<T, TTraits> rhs)
Swaps two views.
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Hash


etl::hash<etl::string_view>
etl::hash<etl::wstring_view>
etl::hash<etl::u16string_view>
etl::hash<etl::u32string_view>
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Example


etl::string<10> greeting("Hello World");

typedef etl::string_view View;

View view(greeting.begin() + 2, greeting.size() - 4);

void Print(const View& view)
{
  std::cout << std::string(view.begin(), view.end());
}

Print(view); // Prints "llo Wo"

size_t hashvalue = etl::hash<View>()(view);
string_view.h