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diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/Jamfile.v2 b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/Jamfile.v2
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+# Boost string_algo library documentation Jamfile ---------------------------------
+#
+# Copyright Pavol Droba 2002-2003. Use, modification and
+# distribution is subject to the Boost Software License, Version
+# 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+#
+# See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+import toolset ;
+toolset.using doxygen ;
+
+boostbook string_algo : string_algo.xml autodoc
+ :
+ <xsl:param>boost.root=../../../../..
+ <format>pdf:<xsl:param>boost.url.prefix=http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/doc/html
+ ;
+
+doxygen autodoc
+ :
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string_regex.hpp ]
+
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/classification.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/iterator_range.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/sequence_traits.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/std_containers_traits.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/concept.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/compare.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/constants.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/find.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/finder.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/find_iterator.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/trim.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/iter_find.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/erase.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/join.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/find_format.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/formatter.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/regex.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/regex_find_format.hpp ]
+ [ glob ../../../../boost/algorithm/string/trim_all.hpp ]
+ :
+ <doxygen:param>HIDE_UNDOC_MEMBERS=YES
+ <doxygen:param>EXTRACT_PRIVATE=NO
+ <doxygen:param>ENABLE_PREPROCESSING=YES
+ <doxygen:param>MACRO_EXPANSION=YES
+ <doxygen:param>EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF=YES
+ <doxygen:param>SEARCH_INCLUDES=YES
+ <doxygen:param>PREDEFINED="BOOST_STRING_TYPENAME=typename \"BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(type,var)=static const type var;\""
+ ;
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/concept.xml b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/concept.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
+"http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
+
+<!-- Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Pavol Droba.
+ Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+
+<section id="string_algo.concept" last-revision="$Date: 2012-12-28 10:19:25 -0800 (Fri, 28 Dec 2012) $">
+ <title>Concepts</title>
+
+ <using-namespace name="boost"/>
+ <using-namespace name="boost::algorithm"/>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Definitions</title>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>Notation</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2" align="left">
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>F</code></entry>
+ <entry>A type that is a model of Finder</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>Fmt</code></entry>
+ <entry>A type that is a model of Formatter</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>Iter</code></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Iterator Type
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>f</code></entry>
+ <entry>Object of type <code>F</code></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>fmt</code></entry>
+ <entry>Object of type <code>Fmt</code></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>i,j</code></entry>
+ <entry>Objects of type <code>Iter</code></entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="string_algo.finder_concept">
+ <title>Finder Concept</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Finder is a functor which searches for an arbitrary part of a container.
+ The result of the search is given as an <classname>iterator_range</classname>
+ delimiting the selected part.
+ </para>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>Valid Expressions</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Expression</entry>
+ <entry>Return Type</entry>
+ <entry>Effects</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>f(i,j)</code></entry>
+ <entry>Convertible to <code>iterator_range&lt;Iter&gt;</code></entry>
+ <entry>Perform the search on the interval [i,j) and returns the result of the search</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ <para>
+ Various algorithms need to perform a search in a container and a Finder is a generalization of such
+ search operations that allows algorithms to abstract from searching. For instance, generic replace
+ algorithms can replace any part of the input, and the Finder is used to select the desired one.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note, that it is only required that the finder works with a particular iterator type. However,
+ a Finder operation can be defined as a template, allowing the Finder to work with any iterator.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="bold">Examples</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ Finder implemented as a class. This Finder always returns the whole input as a match. <code>operator()</code>
+ is templated, so that the finder can be used on any iterator type.
+
+ <programlisting>
+struct simple_finder
+{
+ template&lt;typename ForwardIteratorT&gt;
+ boost::iterator_range&lt;ForwardIteratorT&gt; operator()(
+ ForwardIteratorT Begin,
+ ForwardIteratorT End )
+ {
+ return boost::make_range( Begin, End );
+ }
+};
+ </programlisting>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Function Finder. Finder can be any function object. That is, any ordinary function with the
+ required signature can be used as well. However, such a function can be used only for
+ a specific iterator type.
+
+ <programlisting>
+boost::iterator_range&lt;std::string&gt; simple_finder(
+ std::string::const_iterator Begin,
+ std::string::const_iterator End )
+{
+ return boost::make_range( Begin, End );
+}
+ </programlisting>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="string_algo.formatter_concept">
+ <title>Formatter concept</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Formatters are used by <link linkend="string_algo.replace">replace algorithms</link>.
+ They are used in close combination with finders.
+ A formatter is a functor, which takes a result from a Finder operation and transforms it in a specific way.
+ The operation of the formatter can use additional information provided by a specific finder,
+ for example <functionname>regex_formatter()</functionname> uses the match information from
+ <functionname>regex_finder()</functionname> to format the result of formatter operation.
+ </para>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>Valid Expressions</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Expression</entry>
+ <entry>Return Type</entry>
+ <entry>Effects</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>fmt(f(i,j))</code></entry>
+ <entry>A container type, accessible using container traits</entry>
+ <entry>Formats the result of the finder operation</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ <para>
+ Similarly to finders, formatters generalize format operations. When a finder is used to
+ select a part of the input, formatter takes this selection and performs some formatting
+ on it. Algorithms can abstract from formatting using a formatter.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="bold">Examples</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ Formatter implemented as a class. This Formatter does not perform any formatting and
+ returns the match, repackaged. <code>operator()</code>
+ is templated, so that the Formatter can be used on any Finder type.
+
+ <programlisting>
+struct simple_formatter
+{
+ template&lt;typename FindResultT&gt;
+ std::string operator()( const FindResultT&amp; Match )
+ {
+ std::string Temp( Match.begin(), Match.end() );
+ return Temp;
+ }
+};
+ </programlisting>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Function Formatter. Similarly to Finder, Formatter can be any function object.
+ However, as a function, it can be used only with a specific Finder type.
+
+ <programlisting>
+std::string simple_formatter( boost::iterator_range&lt;std::string::const_iterator&gt;&amp; Match )
+{
+ std::string Temp( Match.begin(), Match.end() );
+ return Temp;
+}
+ </programlisting>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+</section>
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/credits.xml b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/credits.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
+"http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
+
+<!-- Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Pavol Droba.
+ Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+
+<section id="string_algo.credits" last-revision="$Date: 2008-02-27 12:00:24 -0800 (Wed, 27 Feb 2008) $">
+ <title>Credits</title>
+ <section id="string_algo.ack">
+ <title>Acknowledgments</title>
+ <para>
+ The author would like to thank everybody who gave suggestions and comments. Especially valuable
+ were the contributions of Thorsten Ottosen, Jeff Garland and the other boost members who participated
+ in the review process, namely David Abrahams, Daniel Frey, Beman Dawes, John Maddock, David B.Held, Pavel Vozenilek
+ and many other.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Additional thanks go to Stefan Slapeta and Toon Knapen, who have been very resourceful in solving various
+ portability issues.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+</section>
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/design.xml b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/design.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
+"http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
+
+
+<!-- Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Pavol Droba.
+ Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+
+<section id="string_algo.design" last-revision="$Date: 2010-04-21 16:00:35 -0700 (Wed, 21 Apr 2010) $">
+ <title>Design Topics</title>
+
+ <using-namespace name="boost"/>
+ <using-namespace name="boost::algorithm"/>
+
+ <section id="string_algo.string">
+ <title>String Representation</title>
+
+ <para>
+ As the name suggest, this library works mainly with strings. However, in the context of this library,
+ a string is not restricted to any particular implementation (like <code>std::basic_string</code>),
+ rather it is a concept. This allows the algorithms in this library to be reused for any string type,
+ that satisfies the given requirements.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="bold">Definition:</emphasis> A string is a
+ <ulink url="../../libs/range/index.html">range</ulink> of characters accessible in sequential
+ ordered fashion. Character is any value type with "cheap" copying and assignment.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ First requirement of string-type is that it must accessible using
+ <ulink url="../../libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</ulink>. This facility allows to access
+ the elements inside the string in a uniform iterator-based fashion.
+ This is sufficient for our library
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Second requirement defines the way in which the characters are stored in the string. Algorithms in
+ this library work with an assumption that copying a character is cheaper then allocating extra
+ storage to cache results. This is a natural assumption for common character types. Algorithms will
+ work even if this requirement is not satisfied, however at the cost of performance degradation.
+ <para>
+ </para>
+ In addition some algorithms have additional requirements on the string-type. Particularly, it is required
+ that an algorithm can create a new string of the given type. In this case, it is required that
+ the type satisfies the sequence (Std &sect;23.1.1) requirements.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In the reference and also in the code, requirement on the string type is designated by the name of
+ template argument. <code>RangeT</code> means that the basic range requirements must hold.
+ <code>SequenceT</code> designates extended sequence requirements.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="string_algo.sequence_traits">
+ <title>Sequence Traits</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The major difference between <code>std::list</code> and <code>std::vector</code> is not in the interfaces
+ they provide, but rather in the inner details of the class and the way how it performs
+ various operations. The problem is that it is not possible to infer this difference from the
+ definitions of classes without some special mechanism.
+ However, some algorithms can run significantly faster with the knowledge of the properties
+ of a particular container.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Sequence traits allow one to specify additional properties of a sequence container (see Std.&sect;32.2).
+ These properties are then used by algorithms to select optimized handling for some operations.
+ The sequence traits are declared in the header
+ <headername>boost/algorithm/string/sequence_traits.hpp</headername>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ In the table C denotes a container and c is an object of C.
+ </para>
+ <table>
+ <title>Sequence Traits</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Trait</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><classname>has_native_replace&lt;C&gt;</classname>::value</entry>
+ <entry>Specifies that the sequence has std::string like replace method</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><classname>has_stable_iterators&lt;C&gt;</classname>::value</entry>
+ <entry>
+ Specifies that the sequence has stable iterators. It means,
+ that operations like <code>insert</code>/<code>erase</code>/<code>replace</code>
+ do not invalidate iterators.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><classname>has_const_time_insert&lt;C&gt;</classname>::value</entry>
+ <entry>
+ Specifies that the insert method of the sequence has
+ constant time complexity.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><classname>has_const_time_erase&lt;C&gt;</classname>::value</entry>
+ <entry>
+ Specifies that the erase method of the sequence has constant time complexity
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ <para>
+ Current implementation contains specializations for std::list&lt;T&gt; and
+ std::basic_string&lt;T&gt; from the standard library and SGI's std::rope&lt;T&gt; and std::slist&lt;T&gt;.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="string_algo.find">
+ <title>Find Algorithms</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Find algorithms have similar functionality to <code>std::search()</code> algorithm. They provide a different
+ interface which is more suitable for common string operations.
+ Instead of returning just the start of matching subsequence they return a range which is necessary
+ when the length of the matching subsequence is not known beforehand.
+ This feature also allows a partitioning of the input sequence into three
+ parts: a prefix, a substring and a suffix.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Another difference is an addition of various searching methods besides find_first, including find_regex.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ It the library, find algorithms are implemented in terms of
+ <link linkend="string_algo.finder_concept">Finders</link>. Finders are used also by other facilities
+ (replace,split).
+ For convenience, there are also function wrappers for these finders to simplify find operations.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Currently the library contains only naive implementation of find algorithms with complexity
+ O(n * m) where n is the size of the input sequence and m is the size of the search sequence.
+ There are algorithms with complexity O(n), but for smaller sequence a constant overhead is
+ rather big. For small m &lt;&lt; n (m by magnitude smaller than n) the current implementation
+ provides acceptable efficiency.
+ Even the C++ standard defines the required complexity for search algorithm as O(n * m).
+ It is possible that a future version of library will also contain algorithms with linear
+ complexity as an option
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="string_algo.replace">
+ <title>Replace Algorithms</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The implementation of replace algorithms follows the layered structure of the library. The
+ lower layer implements generic substitution of a range in the input sequence.
+ This layer takes a <link linkend="string_algo.finder_concept">Finder</link> object and a
+ <link linkend="string_algo.formatter_concept">Formatter</link> object as an input. These two
+ functors define what to replace and what to replace it with. The upper layer functions
+ are just wrapping calls to the lower layer. Finders are shared with the find and split facility.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ As usual, the implementation of the lower layer is designed to work with a generic sequence while
+ taking advantage of specific features if possible
+ (by using <link linkend="string_algo.sequence_traits">Sequence traits</link>)
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="string_algo.split">
+ <title>Find Iterators &amp; Split Algorithms</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Find iterators are a logical extension of the <link linkend="string_algo.find">find facility</link>.
+ Instead of searching for one match, the whole input can be iteratively searched for multiple matches.
+ The result of the search is then used to partition the input. It depends on the algorithms which parts
+ are returned as the result. They can be the matching parts (<classname>find_iterator</classname>) of the parts in
+ between (<classname>split_iterator</classname>).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In addition the split algorithms like <functionname>find_all()</functionname> and <functionname>split()</functionname>
+ can simplify the common operations. They use a find iterator to search the whole input and copy the
+ matches they found into the supplied container.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="string_algo.exception">
+ <title>Exception Safety</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The library requires that all operations on types used as template
+ or function arguments provide the <emphasis>basic exception-safety guarantee</emphasis>.
+ In turn, all functions and algorithms in this library, except where stated
+ otherwise, will provide the <emphasis>basic exception-safety guarantee</emphasis>.
+ In other words:
+ The library maintains its invariants and does not leak resources in
+ the face of exceptions. Some library operations give stronger
+ guarantees, which are documented on an individual basis.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Some functions can provide the <emphasis>strong exception-safety guarantee</emphasis>.
+ That means that following statements are true:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ If an exception is thrown, there are no effects other than those
+ of the function
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ If an exception is thrown other than by the function, there are no effects
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ This guarantee can be provided under the condition that the operations
+ on the types used for arguments for these functions either
+ provide the strong exception guarantee or do not alter the global state .
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In the reference, under the term <emphasis>strong exception-safety guarantee</emphasis>, we mean the
+ guarantee as defined above.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For more information about the exception safety topics, follow this
+ <ulink url="http://www.boost.org/more/generic_exception_safety.html">link</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+</section>
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/environment.xml b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/environment.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
+"http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
+
+<!-- Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Pavol Droba.
+ Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+
+<section id="string_algo.env" last-revision="$Date: 2008-02-27 12:00:24 -0800 (Wed, 27 Feb 2008) $">
+ <title>Environment</title>
+ <section>
+ <title>Build</title>
+ <para>
+ The whole library is provided in headers. Regex variants of some algorithms,
+ however, are dependent on the <libraryname>Boost.Regex</libraryname> library. All such algorithms are
+ separated in <headername>boost/algorithm/string_regex.hpp</headername>.
+ If this header is used, the application must be linked with the <libraryname>Boost.Regex</libraryname>
+ library.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <para>
+ Examples showing the basic usage of the library can be found in the libs/algorithm/string/example
+ directory. There is a separate file for the each part of the library. Please follow the boost
+ build guidelines to build examples using the bjam. To successfully build regex examples
+ the <libraryname>Boost.Regex</libraryname> library is required.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Tests</title>
+ <para>
+ A full set of test cases for the library is located in the libs/algorithm/string/test directory.
+ The test cases can be executed using the boost build system. For the tests of regular
+ expression variants of algorithms, the <libraryname>Boost.Regex</libraryname> library is required.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Portability</title>
+ <para>
+ The library has been successfully compiled and tested with the following compilers:
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0</listitem>
+ <listitem>Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1</listitem>
+ <listitem>GCC 3.2</listitem>
+ <listitem>GCC 3.3.1</listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ See <ulink url="http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/">Boost regression tables</ulink>
+ for additional info for a particular compiler.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ There are known limitation on platforms not supporting partial template specialization.
+ Library depends on correctly implemented <code>std::iterator_traits</code> class.
+ If a standard library provided with compiler is broken, the String Algorithm Library
+ cannot function properly. Usually it implies that primitive pointer iterators are not
+ working with the library functions.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+</section>
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/external_concepts.html b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/external_concepts.html
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+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><title> Concepts and External Concepts </title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type"content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></head> <body><table ><tr ><td ><img src="../../../../boost.png" width="100%" border="0"></td><td ><h1 >Concepts and External Concepts</h1></td></tr></table><p >Generic programming in C++ is characterized by the use of function and class templates where
+ the template parameter(s) must satisfy certain requirements.Often these
+ requirements are so important that we give them a name: we call
+ such a set of type requirements a <b>concept</b>. We say that a type <i>
+ conforms to a concept</i> or that it <i>is a model of a concept</i> if it
+ satisfies all of those requirements. The concept can be specified as a set
+ of member functions with well-defined semantics
+ and a set of nested typedefs with well-defined properties.</p><p >Often it much more flexible to provide free-standing functions and typedefs
+ which provides the exact same semantics (but a different syntax) as
+ specified
+ by the concept. This allows generic code to treat different types <i> as if
+ </i> they fulfilled the concept. In this case we say that the concept has
+ been <b> externalized </b> or that the new requirements constitutes an <b>external
+ concept </b>. We say that a type <i> conforms to an external concept </i>
+ or that it <i> is a model of an external concept </i>. A concept may exist
+ without a corresponding external concept and conversely.</p><p >Whenever a concept specifies a member function, the corresponding external
+ concept
+ must specify a free-standing function of the same name, same return type and
+ the same argument list except there is an extra first argument which must
+ be of the type (or a reference to that type) that is to fulfill the external
+ concept. If the corresonding member function has any cv-qulifiers, the
+ first argument must have the same cv-qualifiers. Whenever a concept
+ specifies a nested typedef, the corresponding external concept
+ specifies a <b>type-generator</b>, that is, a type with a nested typedef
+ named <code>type</code>. The type-generator has the name as the nested typedef with
+ <code>_of</code> appended.
+ The converse relationship of an external concept and its corresponding concept
+ also holds.</p><p ><b ><i >Example:</i></b></p><p >A type <code>T</code> fulfills the FooConcept if it
+ has the follwing public members:</p><code> void T::foo( int ) const; <br>
+ int T::bar(); <br>
+ typedef <i>implementation defined </i> foo_type;</code><p >The corresponding external concept is the ExternalFooConcept.</p><p >A type <code>T</code> fullfills the ExternalFooConcept if these
+ free-standing functions and type-generators exists:</p><code>void foo( const T&, int ); <br>
+ int bar( T& ); <br>
+ foo_type_of< T >::type;</code> <br> <br><hr size="1" ><h3 >Literature</h3><ul ><li > <a href="http://www.boost.org/more/generic_programming.html#type_generator" target="_self" >Type Generators</a> </li><li > <a href="http://www.boost.org/more/generic_programming.html#concept" target="_self" >Concepts</a> </li><li > <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/stl_introduction.html" target="_self" >Concepts and SGI STL</a> </li></ul><hr size="1" ><p >&copy; Thorsten Ottosen 2003-2004 (nesotto_AT_cs.auc.dk).
+<br>Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost
+ Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
+ <code class="filename">LICENSE_1_0.txt</code> or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)
+</br>
+</p>
+ <!-- Copyright Dezide Aps 2003-2004 -->
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/intro.xml b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/intro.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
+"http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
+
+
+<!-- Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Pavol Droba.
+ Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+
+<section id="string_algo.intro" last-revision="$Date: 2008-02-27 12:00:24 -0800 (Wed, 27 Feb 2008) $">
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The String Algorithm Library provides a generic implementation of
+ string-related algorithms which are missing in STL. It is an extension
+ to the algorithms library of STL and it includes trimming, case conversion,
+ predicates and find/replace functions. All of them come in different variants
+ so it is easier to choose the best fit for a particular need.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The implementation is not restricted to work with a particular container
+ (like <code>std::basic_string</code>), rather it is as generic as
+ possible. This generalization is not compromising the performance since
+ algorithms are using container specific features when it means a performance
+ gain.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="bold">
+ Important note: In this documentation we use term <emphasis>string</emphasis> to
+ designate a sequence of <emphasis>characters</emphasis> stored in an arbitrary container.
+ A <emphasis>string</emphasis> is not restricted to <code>std::basic_string</code> and
+ <emphasis>character</emphasis> does not have to be <code>char</code> or <code>wchar_t</code>,
+ although these are most common candidates.
+ </emphasis>
+ Consult the <link linkend="string_algo.design">design chapter</link> to see precise specification of
+ supported string types.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The library interface functions and classes are defined in namespace <code>boost::algorithm</code>, and
+ they are lifted into namespace <code>boost</code> via using declaration.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The documentation is divided into several sections. For a quick start read the
+ <link linkend="string_algo.usage">Usage</link> section followed by
+ <link linkend="string_algo.quickref">Quick Reference</link>.
+ <link linkend="string_algo.design">The Design Topics</link>,
+ <link linkend="string_algo.concept">Concepts</link> and <link linkend="string_algo.rationale">Rationale</link>
+ provide some explanation about the library design and structure an explain how it should be used.
+ See the <link linkend="string_algo.reference">Reference</link> for the complete list of provided utilities
+ and algorithms. Functions and classes in the reference are organized by the headers in which they are defined.
+ The reference contains links to the detailed description for every entity in the library.
+ </para>
+</section>
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/quickref.xml b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/quickref.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
+"http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
+
+<!-- Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Pavol Droba.
+ Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+
+<section id="string_algo.quickref" last-revision="$Date: 2012-01-15 08:49:25 -0800 (Sun, 15 Jan 2012) $">
+ <title>Quick Reference</title>
+
+ <using-namespace name="boost"/>
+ <using-namespace name="boost::algorithm"/>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Algorithms</title>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>Case Conversion</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Algorithm name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Functions</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>to_upper</code></entry>
+ <entry>Convert a string to upper case</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>to_upper_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>to_upper()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>to_lower</code></entry>
+ <entry>Convert a string to lower case</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>to_lower_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>to_lower()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ <table>
+ <title>Trimming</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Algorithm name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Functions</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>trim_left</code></entry>
+ <entry>Remove leading spaces from a string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>trim_left_copy_if()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>trim_left_if()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>trim_left_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>trim_left()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>trim_right</code></entry>
+ <entry>Remove trailing spaces from a string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>trim_right_copy_if()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>trim_right_if()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>trim_right_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>trim_right()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>trim</code></entry>
+ <entry>Remove leading and trailing spaces from a string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>trim_copy_if()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>trim_if()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>trim_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>trim()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ <table>
+ <title>Predicates</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Algorithm name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Functions</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>starts_with</code></entry>
+ <entry>Check if a string is a prefix of the other one</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>starts_with()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>istarts_with()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>ends_with</code></entry>
+ <entry>Check if a string is a suffix of the other one</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>ends_with()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>iends_with()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>contains</code></entry>
+ <entry>Check if a string is contained of the other one</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>contains()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>icontains()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>equals</code></entry>
+ <entry>Check if two strings are equal</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>equals()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>iequals()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>lexicographical_compare</code></entry>
+ <entry>Check if a string is lexicographically less then another one</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>lexicographical_compare()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ilexicographical_compare()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>all</code></entry>
+ <entry>Check if all elements of a string satisfy the given predicate</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>all()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ <table>
+ <title>Find algorithms</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Algorithm name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Functions</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find_first</entry>
+ <entry>Find the first occurrence of a string in the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>find_first()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ifind_first()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find_last</entry>
+ <entry>Find the last occurrence of a string in the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>find_last()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ifind_last()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find_nth</entry>
+ <entry>Find the nth (zero-indexed) occurrence of a string in the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>find_nth()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ifind_nth()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find_head</entry>
+ <entry>Retrieve the head of a string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>find_head()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find_tail</entry>
+ <entry>Retrieve the tail of a string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>find_tail()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find_token</entry>
+ <entry>Find first matching token in the string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>find_token()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find_regex</entry>
+ <entry>Use the regular expression to search the string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>find_regex()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find</entry>
+ <entry>Generic find algorithm</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>find()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ <table>
+ <title>Erase/Replace</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Algorithm name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Functions</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>replace/erase_first</entry>
+ <entry>Replace/Erase the first occurrence of a string in the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>replace_first()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>replace_first_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ireplace_first()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ireplace_first_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_first()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_first_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ierase_first()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ierase_first_copy()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>replace/erase_last</entry>
+ <entry>Replace/Erase the last occurrence of a string in the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>replace_last()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>replace_last_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ireplace_last()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ireplace_last_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_last()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_last_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ierase_last()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ierase_last_copy()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>replace/erase_nth</entry>
+ <entry>Replace/Erase the nth (zero-indexed) occurrence of a string in the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>replace_nth()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>replace_nth_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ireplace_nth()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ireplace_nth_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_nth()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_nth_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ierase_nth()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ierase_nth_copy()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>replace/erase_all</entry>
+ <entry>Replace/Erase the all occurrences of a string in the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>replace_all()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>replace_all_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ireplace_all()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ireplace_all_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_all()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_all_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ierase_all()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ierase_all_copy()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>replace/erase_head</entry>
+ <entry>Replace/Erase the head of the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>replace_head()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>replace_head_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_head()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_head_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>replace/erase_tail</entry>
+ <entry>Replace/Erase the tail of the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>replace_tail()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>replace_tail_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_tail()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_tail_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>replace/erase_regex</entry>
+ <entry>Replace/Erase a substring matching the given regular expression</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>replace_regex()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>replace_regex_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_regex()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_regex_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>replace/erase_regex_all</entry>
+ <entry>Replace/Erase all substrings matching the given regular expression</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>replace_all_regex()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>replace_all_regex_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_all_regex()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>erase_all_regex_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find_format</entry>
+ <entry>Generic replace algorithm</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>find_format()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>find_format_copy()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>find_format_all()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>find_format_all_copy()()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ <table>
+ <title>Split</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Algorithm name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Functions</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find_all</entry>
+ <entry>Find/Extract all matching substrings in the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>find_all()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>ifind_all()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>find_all_regex()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>split</entry>
+ <entry>Split input into parts</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>split()</functionname>
+ <sbr/>
+ <functionname>split_regex()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>iter_find</entry>
+ <entry>Iteratively apply the finder to the input to find all matching substrings</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>iter_find()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>iter_split</entry>
+ <entry>Use the finder to find matching substrings in the input and use them as separators to split the input into parts</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>iter_split()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ <table>
+ <title>Join</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Algorithm name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Functions</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>join</entry>
+ <entry>Join all elements in a container into a single string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>join</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>join_if</entry>
+ <entry>Join all elements in a container that satisfies the condition into a single string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>join_if()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Finders and Formatters</title>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>Finders</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Finder</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Generators</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>first_finder</entry>
+ <entry>Search for the first match of the string in an input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>first_finder()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>last_finder</entry>
+ <entry>Search for the last match of the string in an input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>last_finder()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>nth_finder</entry>
+ <entry>Search for the nth (zero-indexed) match of the string in an input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>nth_finder()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>head_finder</entry>
+ <entry>Retrieve the head of an input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>head_finder()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>tail_finder</entry>
+ <entry>Retrieve the tail of an input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>tail_finder()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>token_finder</entry>
+ <entry>Search for a matching token in an input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>token_finder()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>range_finder</entry>
+ <entry>Do no search, always returns the given range</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>range_finder()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>regex_finder</entry>
+ <entry>Search for a substring matching the given regex</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>regex_finder()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>Formatters</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Formatter</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Generators</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>const_formatter</entry>
+ <entry>Constant formatter. Always return the specified string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>const_formatter()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>identity_formatter</entry>
+ <entry>Identity formatter. Return unmodified input input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>identity_formatter()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>empty_formatter</entry>
+ <entry>Null formatter. Always return an empty string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>empty_formatter()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>regex_formatter</entry>
+ <entry>Regex formatter. Format regex match using the specification in the format string</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>regex_formatter()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Iterators</title>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>Find Iterators</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Iterator name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Iterator class</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>find_iterator</entry>
+ <entry>Iterates through matching substrings in the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <classname>find_iterator</classname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>split_iterator</entry>
+ <entry>Iterates through gaps between matching substrings in the input</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <classname>split_iterator</classname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Classification</title>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>Predicates</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3" align="left">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Predicate name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Generator</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_classified</entry>
+ <entry>Generic <code>ctype</code> mask based classification</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_classified()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_space</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize spaces</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_space()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_alnum</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize alphanumeric characters</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_alnum()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_alpha</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize letters</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_alpha()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_cntrl</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize control characters</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_cntrl()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_digit</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize decimal digits</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_digit()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_graph</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize graphical characters</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_graph()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_lower</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize lower case characters</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_lower()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_print</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize printable characters</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_print()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_punct</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize punctuation characters</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_punct()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_upper</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize uppercase characters</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_upper()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_xdigit</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize hexadecimal digits</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_xdigit()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_any_of</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize any of a sequence of characters</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_any_of()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>is_from_range</entry>
+ <entry>Recognize characters inside a min..max range</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <functionname>is_from_range()</functionname>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </section>
+</section>
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/rationale.xml b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/rationale.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe4e8f1c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/rationale.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
+"http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
+
+<!-- Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Pavol Droba.
+ Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+
+<section id="string_algo.rationale" last-revision="$Date: 2008-02-27 12:00:24 -0800 (Wed, 27 Feb 2008) $">
+ <title>Rationale</title>
+
+ <using-namespace name="boost"/>
+ <using-namespace name="boost::algorithm"/>
+
+ <section it="string_algo.locale">
+ <title>Locales</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Locales have a very close relation to string processing. They contain information about
+ the character sets and are used, for example, to change the case of characters and
+ to classify the characters.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ C++ allows to work with multiple different instances of locales at once. If an algorithm
+ manipulates some data in a way that requires the usage of locales, there must be a way
+ to specify them. However, one instance of locales is sufficient for most of the applications,
+ and for a user it could be very tedious to specify which locales to use at every place
+ where it is needed.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Fortunately, the C++ standard allows to specify the <emphasis>global</emphasis> locales (using static member
+ function <code>std:locale::global()</code>). When instantiating an
+ <code>std::locale</code> class without explicit information, the instance will
+ be initialized with the <emphasis>global</emphasis> locale. This implies, that if an algorithm needs a locale,
+ it should have an <code>std::locale</code> parameter defaulting to <code>std::locale()</code>.
+ If a user needs to specify locales explicitly, she can do so. Otherwise the <emphasis>global</emphasis>
+ locales are used.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="string_algo.regex">
+ <title>Regular Expressions</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Regular expressions are an essential part of text processing. For this reason, the library
+ also provides regex variants of some algorithms. The library does not attempt to replace
+ <libraryname>Boost.Regex</libraryname>; it merely wraps its functionality in a new interface.
+ As a part of this library, regex algorithms integrate smoothly with other components, which
+ brings additional value.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+</section>
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/release_notes.xml b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/release_notes.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba2a39c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/release_notes.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
+"http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
+
+<!-- Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Pavol Droba.
+ Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+
+<section id="string_algo.release_notes" last-revision="$Date: 2012-12-28 10:19:25 -0800 (Fri, 28 Dec 2012) $">
+
+ <using-namespace name="boost"/>
+ <using-namespace name="boost::algorithm"/>
+
+ <title>Release Notes</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">1.32</emphasis></para>
+ <para>Initial release in Boost</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">1.33</emphasis></para>
+ <para>Internal version of collection traits removed, library adapted to Boost.Range</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">1.34</emphasis></para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <functionname>lexicographical_compare()</functionname>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <functionname>join()</functionname> and <functionname>join_if()</functionname>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ New comparison predicates <code>is_less</code>, <code>is_not_greater</code>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Negative indexes support (like Perl) in various algorithms
+ (<code>*_head/tail</code>, <code>*_nth</code>).
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+</section>
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/string_algo.xml b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/string_algo.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1eb4a2c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/string_algo.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
+"http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
+
+<!-- Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Pavol Droba.
+ Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+
+<library name="String Algorithms" dirname="algorithm/string" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ id="string_algo" last-revision="$Date: 2010-07-10 13:29:03 -0700 (Sat, 10 Jul 2010) $">
+ <libraryinfo>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Pavol</firstname>
+ <surname>Droba</surname>
+ </author>
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2002</year>
+ <year>2003</year>
+ <year>2004</year>
+ <holder>Pavol Droba</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+ <legalnotice>
+ <para>Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost
+ Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
+ <filename>LICENSE_1_0.txt</filename> or copy at <ulink
+ url="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</ulink>)
+ </para>
+ </legalnotice>
+
+ <librarypurpose>
+ A set of generic string-related algorithms and utilities
+ </librarypurpose>
+ <librarycategory name="category:algorithms"/>
+ <librarycategory name="category:string-text"/>
+ </libraryinfo>
+
+ <title>Boost String Algorithms Library</title>
+ <xi:include href="intro.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="release_notes.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="usage.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="quickref.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="design.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="concept.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="autodoc.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="rationale.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="environment.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="credits.xml"/>
+</library>
+
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/string/doc/usage.xml b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/usage.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d14ee16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/algorithm/string/doc/usage.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
+"http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
+
+
+<!-- Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Pavol Droba.
+ Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+ (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+
+
+<section id="string_algo.usage" last-revision="$Date: 2013-05-22 08:10:49 -0700 (Wed, 22 May 2013) $">
+ <title>Usage</title>
+
+ <using-namespace name="boost"/>
+ <using-namespace name="boost::algorithm"/>
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>First Example</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Using the algorithms is straightforward. Let us have a look at the first example:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ #include &lt;boost/algorithm/string.hpp&gt;
+ using namespace std;
+ using namespace boost;
+
+ // ...
+
+ string str1(" hello world! ");
+ to_upper(str1); // str1 == " HELLO WORLD! "
+ trim(str1); // str1 == "HELLO WORLD!"
+
+ string str2=
+ to_lower_copy(
+ ireplace_first_copy(
+ str1,"hello","goodbye")); // str2 == "goodbye world!"
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>
+ This example converts str1 to upper case and trims spaces from the start and the end
+ of the string. str2 is then created as a copy of str1 with "hello" replaced with "goodbye".
+ This example demonstrates several important concepts used in the library:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Container parameters:</emphasis>
+ Unlike in the STL algorithms, parameters are not specified only in the form
+ of iterators. The STL convention allows for great flexibility,
+ but it has several limitations. It is not possible to <emphasis>stack</emphasis> algorithms together,
+ because a container is passed in two parameters. Therefore it is not possible to use
+ a return value from another algorithm. It is considerably easier to write
+ <code>to_lower(str1)</code>, than <code>to_lower(str1.begin(), str1.end())</code>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The magic of <ulink url="../../libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</ulink>
+ provides a uniform way of handling different string types.
+ If there is a need to pass a pair of iterators,
+ <ulink url="../../libs/range/doc/html/range/reference/utilities/iterator_range.html"><code>boost::iterator_range</code></ulink>
+ can be used to package iterators into a structure with a compatible interface.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Copy vs. Mutable:</emphasis>
+ Many algorithms in the library are performing a transformation of the input.
+ The transformation can be done in-place, mutating the input sequence, or a copy
+ of the transformed input can be created, leaving the input intact. None of
+ these possibilities is superior to the other one and both have different
+ advantages and disadvantages. For this reason, both are provided with the library.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Algorithm stacking:</emphasis>
+ Copy versions return a transformed input as a result, thus allow a simple chaining of
+ transformations within one expression (i.e. one can write <code>trim_copy(to_upper_copy(s))</code>).
+ Mutable versions have <code>void</code> return, to avoid misuse.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Naming:</emphasis>
+ Naming follows the conventions from the Standard C++ Library. If there is a
+ copy and a mutable version of the same algorithm, the mutable version has no suffix
+ and the copy version has the suffix <emphasis>_copy</emphasis>.
+ Some algorithms have the prefix <emphasis>i</emphasis>
+ (e.g. <functionname>ifind_first()</functionname>).
+ This prefix identifies that the algorithm works in a case-insensitive manner.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ To use the library, include the <headername>boost/algorithm/string.hpp</headername> header.
+ If the regex related functions are needed, include the
+ <headername>boost/algorithm/string_regex.hpp</headername> header.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Case conversion</title>
+
+ <para>
+ STL has a nice way of converting character case. Unfortunately, it works only
+ for a single character and we want to convert a string,
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ string str1("HeLlO WoRld!");
+ to_upper(str1); // str1=="HELLO WORLD!"
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>
+ <functionname>to_upper()</functionname> and <functionname>to_lower()</functionname> convert the case of
+ characters in a string using a specified locale.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For more information see the reference for <headername>boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp</headername>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Predicates and Classification</title>
+ <para>
+ A part of the library deals with string related predicates. Consider this example:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ bool is_executable( string&amp; filename )
+ {
+ return
+ iends_with(filename, ".exe") ||
+ iends_with(filename, ".com");
+ }
+
+ // ...
+ string str1("command.com");
+ cout
+ &lt;&lt; str1
+ &lt;&lt; (is_executable(str1)? "is": "is not")
+ &lt;&lt; "an executable"
+ &lt;&lt; endl; // prints "command.com is an executable"
+
+ //..
+ char text1[]="hello";
+ cout
+ &lt;&lt; text1
+ &lt;&lt; (all( text1, is_lower() )? " is": " is not")
+ &lt;&lt; " written in the lower case"
+ &lt;&lt; endl; // prints "hello is written in the lower case"
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>
+ The predicates determine whether if a substring is contained in the input string
+ under various conditions. The conditions are: a string starts with the substring,
+ ends with the substring,
+ simply contains the substring or if both strings are equal. See the reference for
+ <headername>boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp</headername> for more details.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note that if we had used "hello world" as the input to the test, it would have
+ output "hello world is not written in the lower case" because the space in the
+ input string is not a lower case letter.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In addition the algorithm <functionname>all()</functionname> checks
+ all elements of a container to satisfy a condition specified by a predicate.
+ This predicate can be any unary predicate, but the library provides a bunch of
+ useful string-related predicates and combinators ready for use.
+ These are located in the <headername>boost/algorithm/string/classification.hpp</headername> header.
+ Classification predicates can be combined using logical combinators to form
+ a more complex expressions. For example: <code>is_from_range('a','z') || is_digit()</code>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Trimming</title>
+
+ <para>
+ When parsing the input from a user, strings often have unwanted leading or trailing
+ characters. To get rid of them, we need trim functions:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ string str1=" hello world! ";
+ string str2=trim_left_copy(str1); // str2 == "hello world! "
+ string str3=trim_right_copy(str1); // str3 == " hello world!"
+ trim(str1); // str1 == "hello world!"
+
+ string phone="00423333444";
+ // remove leading 0 from the phone number
+ trim_left_if(phone,is_any_of("0")); // phone == "423333444"
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>
+ It is possible to trim the spaces on the right, on the left or on both sides of a string.
+ And for those cases when there is a need to remove something else than blank space, there
+ are <emphasis>_if</emphasis> variants. Using these, a user can specify a functor which will
+ select the <emphasis>space</emphasis> to be removed. It is possible to use classification
+ predicates like <functionname>is_digit()</functionname> mentioned in the previous paragraph.
+ See the reference for the <headername>boost/algorithm/string/trim.hpp</headername>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Find algorithms</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The library contains a set of find algorithms. Here is an example:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ char text[]="hello dolly!";
+ iterator_range&lt;char*&gt; result=find_last(text,"ll");
+
+ transform( result.begin(), result.end(), result.begin(), bind2nd(plus&lt;char&gt;(), 1) );
+ // text = "hello dommy!"
+
+ to_upper(result); // text == "hello doMMy!"
+
+ // iterator_range is convertible to bool
+ if(find_first(text, "dolly"))
+ {
+ cout &lt;&lt; "Dolly is there" &lt;&lt; endl;
+ }
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>
+ We have used <functionname>find_last()</functionname> to search the <code>text</code> for "ll".
+ The result is given in the <ulink url="../../libs/range/doc/html/range/reference/utilities/iterator_range.html"><code>boost::iterator_range</code></ulink>.
+ This range delimits the
+ part of the input which satisfies the find criteria. In our example it is the last occurrence of "ll".
+
+ As we can see, input of the <functionname>find_last()</functionname> algorithm can be also
+ char[] because this type is supported by
+ <ulink url="../../libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</ulink>.
+
+ The following lines transform the result. Notice that
+ <ulink url="../../libs/range/doc/html/range/reference/utilities/iterator_range.html"><code>boost::iterator_range</code></ulink> has familiar
+ <code>begin()</code> and <code>end()</code> methods, so it can be used like any other STL container.
+ Also it is convertible to bool therefore it is easy to use find algorithms for a simple containment checking.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Find algorithms are located in <headername>boost/algorithm/string/find.hpp</headername>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Replace Algorithms</title>
+ <para>
+ Find algorithms can be used for searching for a specific part of string. Replace goes one step
+ further. After a matching part is found, it is substituted with something else. The substitution is computed
+ from the original, using some transformation.
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ string str1="Hello Dolly, Hello World!"
+ replace_first(str1, "Dolly", "Jane"); // str1 == "Hello Jane, Hello World!"
+ replace_last(str1, "Hello", "Goodbye"); // str1 == "Hello Jane, Goodbye World!"
+ erase_all(str1, " "); // str1 == "HelloJane,GoodbyeWorld!"
+ erase_head(str1, 6); // str1 == "Jane,GoodbyeWorld!"
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>
+ For the complete list of replace and erase functions see the
+ <link linkend="string_algo.reference">reference</link>.
+ There is a lot of predefined function for common usage, however, the library allows you to
+ define a custom <code>replace()</code> that suits a specific need. There is a generic <functionname>find_format()</functionname>
+ function which takes two parameters.
+ The first one is a <link linkend="string_algo.finder_concept">Finder</link> object, the second one is
+ a <link linkend="string_algo.formatter_concept">Formatter</link> object.
+ The Finder object is a functor which performs the searching for the replacement part. The Formatter object
+ takes the result of the Finder (usually a reference to the found substring) and creates a
+ substitute for it. Replace algorithm puts these two together and makes the desired substitution.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Check <headername>boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp</headername>, <headername>boost/algorithm/string/erase.hpp</headername> and
+ <headername>boost/algorithm/string/find_format.hpp</headername> for reference.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Find Iterator</title>
+
+ <para>
+ An extension to find algorithms it the Find Iterator. Instead of searching for just a one part of a string,
+ the find iterator allows us to iterate over the substrings matching the specified criteria.
+ This facility is using the <link linkend="string_algo.finder_concept">Finder</link> to incrementally
+ search the string.
+ Dereferencing a find iterator yields an <ulink url="../../libs/range/doc/html/range/reference/utilities/iterator_range.html"><code>boost::iterator_range</code></ulink>
+ object, that delimits the current match.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ There are two iterators provided <classname>find_iterator</classname> and
+ <classname>split_iterator</classname>. The former iterates over substrings that are found using the specified
+ Finder. The latter iterates over the gaps between these substrings.
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ string str1("abc-*-ABC-*-aBc");
+ // Find all 'abc' substrings (ignoring the case)
+ // Create a find_iterator
+ typedef find_iterator&lt;string::iterator&gt; string_find_iterator;
+ for(string_find_iterator It=
+ make_find_iterator(str1, first_finder("abc", is_iequal()));
+ It!=string_find_iterator();
+ ++It)
+ {
+ cout &lt;&lt; copy_range&lt;std::string&gt;(*It) &lt;&lt; endl;
+ }
+
+ // Output will be:
+ // abc
+ // ABC
+ // aBC
+
+ typedef split_iterator&lt;string::iterator&gt; string_split_iterator;
+ for(string_split_iterator It=
+ make_split_iterator(str1, first_finder("-*-", is_iequal()));
+ It!=string_split_iterator();
+ ++It)
+ {
+ cout &lt;&lt; copy_range&lt;std::string&gt;(*It) &lt;&lt; endl;
+ }
+
+ // Output will be:
+ // abc
+ // ABC
+ // aBC
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>
+ Note that the find iterators have only one template parameter. It is the base iterator type.
+ The Finder is specified at runtime. This allows us to typedef a find iterator for
+ common string types and reuse it. Additionally make_*_iterator functions help
+ to construct a find iterator for a particular range.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ See the reference in <headername>boost/algorithm/string/find_iterator.hpp</headername>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Split</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Split algorithms are an extension to the find iterator for one common usage scenario.
+ These algorithms use a find iterator and store all matches into the provided
+ container. This container must be able to hold copies (e.g. <code>std::string</code>) or
+ references (e.g. <code>iterator_range</code>) of the extracted substrings.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Two algorithms are provided. <functionname>find_all()</functionname> finds all copies
+ of a string in the input. <functionname>split()</functionname> splits the input into parts.
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ string str1("hello abc-*-ABC-*-aBc goodbye");
+
+ typedef vector&lt; iterator_range&lt;string::iterator&gt; &gt; find_vector_type;
+
+ find_vector_type FindVec; // #1: Search for separators
+ ifind_all( FindVec, str1, "abc" ); // FindVec == { [abc],[ABC],[aBc] }
+
+ typedef vector&lt; string &gt; split_vector_type;
+
+ split_vector_type SplitVec; // #2: Search for tokens
+ split( SplitVec, str1, is_any_of("-*"), token_compress_on ); // SplitVec == { "hello abc","ABC","aBc goodbye" }
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>
+ <code>[hello]</code> designates an <code>iterator_range</code> delimiting this substring.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ First example show how to construct a container to hold references to all extracted
+ substrings. Algorithm <functionname>ifind_all()</functionname> puts into FindVec references
+ to all substrings that are in case-insensitive manner equal to "abc".
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Second example uses <functionname>split()</functionname> to split string str1 into parts
+ separated by characters '-' or '*'. These parts are then put into the SplitVec.
+ It is possible to specify if adjacent separators are concatenated or not.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ More information can be found in the reference: <headername>boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp</headername>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+</section>