How can I extract a CString between two tags ?
<tag1>My Text</tag1>
I don't want to calculate the start and end position then use Mid, maybe there is another easier method using STL ?
How can I extract a CString between two tags ?
<tag1>My Text</tag1>
I don't want to calculate the start and end position then use Mid, maybe there is another easier method using STL ?
Disclaimer: the following idea is bad and should not be used in production code. I'm assuming you just want a quick hack for testing.
Use a regular expression to match the tags. Microsoft provides this in CAtlRegExp. If you're using Visual Studio 2008 or newer, download ATL here. Then, just provide myString
to the code below:
#include "atlrx.h"
CAtlRegExp<> regex;
VERIFY( REPARSE_ERROR_OK == regex.Parse("<tag1>(.*)</tag1>") );
CAtlREMatchContext<> mc;
if (!regex.Match(myString, &mc)) {
// no match found
} else {
// match(es) found
for (UINT nGroupIndex = 0; nGroupIndex < mc.m_uNumGroups; ++nGroupIndex) {
const CAtlREMatchContext<>::RECHAR* szStart = 0;
const CAtlREMatchContext<>::RECHAR* szEnd = 0;
mc.GetMatch(nGroupIndex, &szStart, &szEnd);
ptrdiff_t nLength = szEnd - szStart;
CString text(szStart, nLength);
// now do something with text
}
}
Disclaimer 2: You really should use an XML parser library instead.