Re: removing brackets from input

From:
"Jim Langston" <tazmaster@rocketmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:47:47 -0700
Message-ID:
<bjTSi.164$dy4.89@newsfe06.lga>
"cront" <cront@rocketship.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.10.21.04.13.24.723215@rocketship.com...

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:31:26 +0000, robin wrote:

Oh, I got another question: what if there are enclosed bracket-set?

For example: what is the desired output for "a(b(c)d)"?

My above-mentioned solution would result in "a" as output. Is this
what you want?


yes, "a" should be the output but i did not get your these outputs:

  Input: comp.lang.(c++)
  Output: comp.lang.c++

it should output: comp.lang.

  Input: comp.lang.(c++
  Output: comp.lang.(c++

this is good.

  Input: Bjarn)e St)roustr(up)
  Output: Bjarn)e St)roustrup

It should output: Bjarn)e Str)roustr

  Input: This ((is) the) way (it (goes)))
  Output: This is the way it goes)

It should output: This way


Oh, you want to throw away anything inside of the parenthesis? That's a
simple change.

Where i have:

            else if ( Input[i] == ')' && Left != std::string::npos )
            {
                Right = i - 1;
                Input = Input.substr( 0, Left ) + Input.substr( Left + 1 );
                Input = Input.substr( 0, Right ) + Input.substr( Right +
1 );
                Left = std::string::npos;
                Right = std::string::npos;
                Found = true;
                break;
            }

which gets rid of only the parenthsis, just change it to (untested code, may
be off by one)

            else if ( Input[i] == ')' && Left != std::string::npos )
            {
                Right = i;
                Input = Input.substr( 0, Left ) + Input.substr( Right );
                Left = std::string::npos;
                Right = std::string::npos;
                Found = true;
                break;
            }

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