9.5.3

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9.47

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using std::string;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

int main()
{
    string numbers{ "123456789" };
    string alphabet{ "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" };
    string str{ "ab2c3d7R4E6" };

    cout << "numeric characters: ";
    for (int pos = 0; (pos = str.find_first_of(numbers, pos)) != string::npos; ++pos)
        cout << str[pos] << " ";
    cout << "\nalphabetic characters: ";
    for (int pos = 0; (pos = str.find_first_of(alphabet, pos)) != string::npos; ++pos)
        cout << str[pos] << " ";
    cout << endl;

    return 0;
}

9.48

string::npos

9.49

#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>

using std::string; using std::cout; using std::endl; using std::ifstream;

int main()
{
    ifstream ifs("../data/letter.txt");
    if (!ifs) return -1;

    string longest;
    auto update_with = [&longest](string const& curr)
    {
        if (string::npos == curr.find_first_not_of("aceimnorsuvwxz"))
            longest = longest.size() < curr.size() ? curr : longest;
    };
    for (string curr; ifs >> curr; update_with(curr));
    cout << longest << endl;

    return 0;
}