Re: [Boost-users] accessing boost::format's parsing results?

From: Oliver Schoenborn (oliver.schoenborn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-10 10:19:45

> -----Original Message-----
> i.e. given a string like "filename_v%02d.%s", I'd like to be 
> able to parse it and see that there are two arguments, and 
> then retrieve their type.
> 
> It seems that all the parsing in boost::format is hidden away 
> internally. It would be a shame to have to write my own 
> printf format string parser when I know there is a good one 
> already in there somewhere.
> 
> AC.

AC, I don't know how hard it would be to do this in boost::format, but it
would be straightforward to use the functions in the iof library
(http://iof.sourceforge.net/api_doxy/files.html). This is not a boost
library, so let me know off-list if you want more info. Cheers, 

Oliver