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Custom string class implementation in C++
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#include<iostream> | |
#include <cstring> | |
using namespace std; | |
template <typename T=char> | |
class MyString { | |
public: | |
MyString();//default constructor | |
explicit MyString(const T* s); | |
MyString(const MyString& other); // copy constructor | |
MyString& operator=(const MyString& other); //copy assignment operator | |
MyString(MyString&& other) noexcept ; // move constructor | |
MyString& operator=(MyString &&other) noexcept; //move assignment operator | |
MyString operator+(const MyString& other); // concatenation | |
~MyString()=default; | |
[[nodiscard]] const T* c_str() const; | |
[[nodiscard]] size_t length() const; | |
private: | |
T* d_data_p; | |
size_t d_size; | |
}; | |
template <typename T> | |
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const MyString<T>& mystring) | |
{ | |
return os << mystring.c_str(); | |
} | |
template <typename T> | |
MyString<T>::MyString() : d_data_p(nullptr), d_size(0) { | |
} | |
template <typename T> | |
MyString<T>::MyString(const T* str) : d_data_p(const_cast<T *>(str)) { | |
if (d_data_p == nullptr) { | |
d_size = 0; | |
} else { | |
d_size = strlen(d_data_p); | |
} | |
} | |
template <typename T> | |
MyString<T>::MyString(const MyString &other) : d_data_p(other.d_data_p), d_size(other.d_size) { | |
} | |
template <typename T> | |
MyString<T> &MyString<T>::operator=(const MyString<T> &other) { | |
d_data_p = other.d_data_p; | |
d_size = other.d_size; | |
return *this; | |
} | |
template <typename T> | |
const T *MyString<T>::c_str() const { | |
return d_data_p; | |
} | |
template <typename T> | |
MyString<T> &MyString<T>::operator=(MyString<T> &&other) noexcept { | |
d_data_p = other.d_data_p; | |
d_size = other.d_size; | |
other.d_data_p = nullptr; | |
other.d_size = 0; | |
return *this; | |
} | |
template <typename T> | |
MyString<T>::MyString(MyString<T> &&other) noexcept { | |
d_data_p = other.d_data_p; | |
d_size = other.d_size; | |
other.d_data_p = nullptr; | |
other.d_size = 0; | |
} | |
template <typename T> | |
size_t MyString<T>::length() const { | |
return d_size; | |
} | |
template <typename T> | |
MyString<T> MyString<T>::operator+(const MyString<T> &other) { | |
MyString s; // create a new string named 's' | |
s.d_size = d_size + other.d_size; | |
s.d_data_p = static_cast<char *>(malloc(s.d_size + 1)); | |
s.d_data_p = strcpy(s.d_data_p, d_data_p); // technically it should only for char, possibly find a better way? | |
s.d_data_p = strcat(s.d_data_p, other.d_data_p); // technically it should only for char, possibly find a better way? | |
return s; | |
} | |
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