Re: [Boost-users] replace_all_regex on c-string help

From: Pavol Droba (droba_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-03 02:46:23

llwaeva_at_[hidden] wrote:
>>> I got the string (char*s), which is too big (>10M), from an external
>>> library, it's too slow to convert the raw string to std::string before
>>> it is handled by replace_all_regex
>> Here's your fundamental problem: regex does not do in-place search and 
>> replace.
> It is boost::algorithm::replace_all_regex, not boost:regex_replace

boost::replace_all_regex can do in-place search & replace, but for doing
this, it requires that input is a sequnce that has basic manipulation
operations like insert and erase. If you can provide these for char* I
can tell you how to make it work with replace_*.

Regards,
Pavol