This works! I used something similar to this for a bookstore app, where the inventory was stored in a CSV (like a .dat file). But in the case of a single char, meaning the replacer is only a single char, e.g.'|', it must be in double quotes "|" in order not to throw an invalid conversion const char.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int count = 0; // for the number of occurences.
// final hold variable of corrected word up to the npos=j
string holdWord = "";
// a temp var in order to replace 0 to new npos
string holdTemp = "";
// a csv for a an entry in a book store
string holdLetter = "Big Java 7th Ed,Horstman,978-1118431115,99.85";
// j = npos
for (int j = 0; j < holdLetter.length(); j++) {
if (holdLetter[j] == ',') {
if ( count == 0 )
{
holdWord = holdLetter.replace(j, 1, " | ");
}
else {
string holdTemp1 = holdLetter.replace(j, 1, " | ");
// since replacement is three positions in length,
// must replace new replacement's 0 to npos-3, with
// the 0 to npos - 3 of the old replacement
holdTemp = holdTemp1.replace(0, j-3, holdWord, 0, j-3);
holdWord = "";
holdWord = holdTemp;
}
holdTemp = "";
count++;
}
}
cout << holdWord << endl;
return 0;
}
// result:
Big Java 7th Ed | Horstman | 978-1118431115 | 99.85
Uncustomarily I am using CentOS currently, so my compiler version is below . The C++ version (g++), C++98 default:
g++ (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)
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