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stringManipulation.cpp

/* If you are wondering why there is C++ code in a C lib, it is because
 * C does not offer good string support, so C++ code is needed to mani-
 * pulate strings without implementing a whole bunch of code.
 */

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

extern "C"
{
    #include "stringManipulation.hpp"
    #include <stdlib.h>
    string string1;
    string string2;
    string concatenatedString;
    //add more strings if needed
    //creating refs
    string& str1 = string1;
    string& str2 = string2;
    string& conStr = concatenatedString;

    string concatString(string& str1, string& str2)
    {
        conStr = str1 + str2;
        return conStr;
    }
}

test.py

import ctypes

interfaceLib = ctypes.CDLL('Shared_Lib/bin/Library/libShared_Lib.so')

interfaceLib.test()
str1 = "H"
str2 = "I"
text = interfaceLib.concatString(str1, str2)
print(text)