Replace a few characters in a string literal using C++

Question

i have

cost char* a="test_r.txt"

i want to strip the _r and add _n instead of it so that it becomes "test_n.txt" and save it in const char* b;

what is the easiest way to do it ?

Use std::string. You can't modify the contents of string literals. — Qaz
– Qaz, Commented Sep 28, 2012 at 14:19
Which is implicitly convertible to a string, and can easily be changed back. — Qaz
– Qaz, Commented Sep 28, 2012 at 14:21
Same question in C [c - Why do I get a segmentation fault when writing to a "char *s" initialized with a string literal, but not "char s[]"? - Stack Overflow](stackoverflow.com/questions/164194/…) — user202729
– user202729, Commented Jun 18, 2022 at 10:32

Luchian Grigore · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-28 14:21:58Z

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You can't directly modify the contents of a, so you'll need some copying:

std::string aux = a;
aux[5] = 'n';
const char* b = aux.c_str();

answered Sep 28, 2012 at 14:21

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Uli Klank · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-28 14:42:33Z

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Like mentioned before, if you put your const char * into a std::string, you can change your characters. Regarding the replacing of a constant that is longer than one character you can use the find method of std::string:

const char *a =  "test_r_or_anything_without_r.txt";

std::string a_copy(a); 
std::string searching("_r");
std::string replacing("_n");
size_t pos_r = 0;

while (std::string::npos != (pos_r = a_copy.find(searching, pos_r)))
{
    a_copy.replace(a_copy.begin() + pos_r,
                   a_copy.begin() + pos_r + searching.length(),
                   replacing.begin(), replacing.end());
}

const char *b = a_copy.c_str();

answered Sep 28, 2012 at 14:42

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