google string_split

//string_split.cc

// Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "base/string_split.h"

#include "base/string_util.h"

namespace base {

bool SplitStringIntoKeyValues(
    const std::string& line,
    char key_value_delimiter,
    std::string* key, std::vector<std::string>* values) {
  key->clear();
  values->clear();

  // find the key string
  size_t end_key_pos = line.find_first_of(key_value_delimiter);
  if (end_key_pos == std::string::npos) {
    DLOG(INFO) << "cannot parse key from line: " << line;
    return false;    // no key
  }
  key->assign(line, 0, end_key_pos);

  // find the values string
  std::string remains(line, end_key_pos, line.size() - end_key_pos);
  size_t begin_values_pos = remains.find_first_not_of(key_value_delimiter);
  if (begin_values_pos == std::string::npos) {
    DLOG(INFO) << "cannot parse value from line: " << line;
    return false;   // no value
  }
  std::string values_string(remains, begin_values_pos,
                            remains.size() - begin_values_pos);

  // construct the values vector
  values->push_back(values_string);
  return true;
}

bool SplitStringIntoKeyValuePairs(
    const std::string& line,
    char key_value_delimiter,
    char key_value_pair_delimiter,
    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> >* kv_pairs) {
  kv_pairs->clear();

  std::vector<std::string> pairs;
  SplitString(line, key_value_pair_delimiter, &pairs);

  bool success = true;
  for (size_t i = 0; i < pairs.size(); ++i) {
    std::string key;
    std::vector<std::string> value;
    if (!SplitStringIntoKeyValues(pairs[i],
                                  key_value_delimiter,
                                  &key, &value)) {
      // Don't return here, to allow for keys without associated
      // values; just record that our split failed.
      success = false;
    }
    DCHECK_LE(value.size(), 1U);
    kv_pairs->push_back(make_pair(key, value.empty()? "" : value[0]));
  }
  return success;
}

}  // namespace base

// string_split.h

// Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#ifndef BASE_STRING_SPLIT_H_
#define BASE_STRING_SPLIT_H_

#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>

namespace base {

bool SplitStringIntoKeyValues(
    const std::string& line,
    char key_value_delimiter,
    std::string* key, std::vector<std::string>* values);

bool SplitStringIntoKeyValuePairs(
    const std::string& line,
    char key_value_delimiter,
    char key_value_pair_delimiter,
    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> >* kv_pairs);

}  // namespace base

#endif  // BASE_STRING_SPLIT_H