Find if string ends with another string in C++

Question

How can I find if a string ends with another string in C++?

Answer 1

you can use string::rfind

The full Example based on comments:

bool EndsWith(string &str, string& key)
{
size_t keylen = key.length();
size_t strlen = str.length();

if(keylen =< strlen)
    return string::npos != str.rfind(key,strlen - keylen, keylen);
else return false;
}

Answer 2

Simply compare the last n characters using std::string::compare:

#include <iostream>

bool hasEnding (std::string const &fullString, std::string const &ending) {
    if (fullString.length() >= ending.length()) {
        return (0 == fullString.compare (fullString.length() - ending.length(), ending.length(), ending));
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

int main () {
    std::string test1 = "binary";
    std::string test2 = "unary";
    std::string test3 = "tertiary";
    std::string test4 = "ry";
    std::string ending = "nary";

    std::cout << hasEnding (test1, ending) << std::endl;
    std::cout << hasEnding (test2, ending) << std::endl;
    std::cout << hasEnding (test3, ending) << std::endl;
    std::cout << hasEnding (test4, ending) << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

Answer 3

The std::mismatch method can serve this purpose when used to backwards iterate from the end of both strings:

const string sNoFruit = "ThisOneEndsOnNothingMuchFruitLike";
const string sOrange = "ThisOneEndsOnOrange";

const string sPattern = "Orange";

assert( mismatch( sPattern.rbegin(), sPattern.rend(), sNoFruit.rbegin() )
          .first != sPattern.rend() );

assert( mismatch( sPattern.rbegin(), sPattern.rend(), sOrange.rbegin() )
          .first == sPattern.rend() );

Answer 4

Note, that starting from c++20 std::string will finally provide starts_with and ends_with. Seems like there is a chance that by c++30 strings in c++ might finally become usable, if you aren't reading this from distant future, you can use these startsWith/endsWith:

#include <string>

static bool endsWith(const std::string& str, const std::string& suffix)
{
    return str.size() >= suffix.size() && 0 == str.compare(str.size()-suffix.size(), suffix.size(), suffix);
}

static bool startsWith(const std::string& str, const std::string& prefix)
{
    return str.size() >= prefix.size() && 0 == str.compare(0, prefix.size(), prefix);
}

and some extra helper overloads:

static bool endsWith(const std::string& str, const char* suffix, unsigned suffixLen)
{
    return str.size() >= suffixLen && 0 == str.compare(str.size()-suffixLen, suffixLen, suffix, suffixLen);
}

static bool endsWith(const std::string& str, const char* suffix)
{
    return endsWith(str, suffix, std::string::traits_type::length(suffix));
}

static bool startsWith(const std::string& str, const char* prefix, unsigned prefixLen)
{
    return str.size() >= prefixLen && 0 == str.compare(0, prefixLen, prefix, prefixLen);
}

static bool startsWith(const std::string& str, const char* prefix)
{
    return startsWith(str, prefix, std::string::traits_type::length(prefix));
}

IMO, c++ strings are clearly dysfunctional, and weren't made to be used in real world code. But there is a hope that this will get better at least.

Answer 5

Let a be a string and b the string you look for. Use a.substr to get the last n characters of a and compare them to b (where n is the length of b)

Or use std::equal (include <algorithm>)

Ex:

bool EndsWith(const string& a, const string& b) {
    if (b.size() > a.size()) return false;
    return std::equal(a.begin() + a.size() - b.size(), a.end(), b.begin());
}

Answer 6

the very same as above, here is my solution

 template<typename TString>
  inline bool starts_with(const TString& str, const TString& start) {
    if (start.size() > str.size()) return false;
    return str.compare(0, start.size(), start) == 0;
  }
  template<typename TString>
  inline bool ends_with(const TString& str, const TString& end) {
    if (end.size() > str.size()) return false;
    return std::equal(end.rbegin(), end.rend(), str.rbegin());
  }