Re: [boost] Proposal for String Algorithms Library

From: Pavol Droba (droba_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-29 03:31:31

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 09:43:59AM +0400, zaufi_at_[hidden] wrote:
> hi boosters
> 
> I would like to propose one more algorithm to SAL -- squeeze. It removes 
> leading/trailing spaces and duplicate spaces between words. So sample string 
> "  This       is    \n\n   a test   \n" become "This is\na test". I use this 
> function with XML/HTML related code to 'normalize' content... Hope this will 
> help to smbd else ;)
> 

Thank, this seems like a good idea. I will put it to my todo list.

In regard to XML/HTML I'm also planing to add some support for transformation of characters like <, > to &lt; &gt;
It is quite easy to do it now, but it can be done more conviniently.

Stay tuned.

Regards,

Pavol