String & String::Concat(const char Str[]) - c++

I decided to code all assignments from last semesters c++ class over summer in order to better prepare for c++ 3 but I don't understand how to pass through a String class or what steps are even needed in order to concatenate two strings and the display the result in the main cpp file.
In my Main.cpp:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include "String.h"
int main()
{
String Str1;
String Str2("this is a test");
String Str3(Str2);
String Str4("bruh");
int result;
cout << "Testing Display: " << endl;
Str2.Display();
cout << endl;
cout << "Testing displayLine: " << endl;
Str2.displayLine();
cout << endl;
result = Str2.Compare(Str3);
if (result < 0)
{
Str2.Display();
cout << " comes before " << endl;
Str3.Display();
cout << endl;
}
else
if (result > 0)
{
Str3.Display();
cout << " comes before " << endl;
Str2.Display();
}
else
{
Str3.Display();
cout << " is equal to " << endl;
Str2.Display();
}
cout << endl;
result = Str2.Compare("wxyz");
Str1.Copy(Str3);
cout << "Str1 contains " << Str1.length() <<" characters"<< endl;
cout << "Concatenation: ";
Str2.Concat(Str4);
cout << endl;
return 0;
}
In my String.cpp:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include <string.h>
#include "String.h"
#pragma warning(disable:4996)
String::String()
{
NumChars = 0;
MaxSlots = 0;
pChar = new char[NumChars+1];
pChar[0] = '\0';
}
String::String(const char Str[])
{
NumChars = strlen(Str);
pChar = new char[NumChars + 1];
strcpy(pChar, Str);
}
String::String(const String & Str)
{
NumChars = Str.NumChars;
pChar = new char[NumChars + 1];
strcpy(pChar, Str.pChar);
}
String::~String()
{
delete[] pChar;
}
int String::Compare(const String & Str) const
{
return strcmp(pChar, Str.pChar); //case sensitive
}
int String::Compare(const char Str[]) const
{
return strcmp(pChar, Str); //case sensitive
}
String& String::Copy(const String & Str)
{
if (this != &Str)
{
if (MaxSlots < Str.NumChars)
{
delete[]pChar;
MaxSlots = Str.NumChars;
pChar = new char[NumChars + 1];
}
else;
NumChars = Str.NumChars;
strcpy(pChar, Str.pChar);
}
else;
return *this;
}
String& String::Copy(const char Str[])
{
delete[] pChar;
NumChars = strlen(Str);
MaxSlots = NumChars;
pChar = new char[MaxSlots + 1];
return *this;
}
String& String::Concat(const String & Str)
{
pTemp = new char[NumChars+1];
strcpy(pTemp, pChar);
strcat(pTemp, Str.pChar);
delete[]pChar;
pChar = pTemp;
return *this;
}
String & String::Concat(const char Str[])
{
return *this;
/*
NumChars = strlen(Str);
MaxSlots = NumChars;
delete[] pChar;
MaxSlots = MaxSlots + NumChars;
NumChars = NumChars + strlen(Str);
pChar = new char[MaxSlots + 1]; */
}
void String::Display() const
{
cout << pChar;
}
void String::displayLine() const
{
cout << pChar;
}
In my String.h:
#ifndef STRING_H
#define STRING_H
class String
{
public:
String(); //default constructor
String(const char[]);
String(const String &); //copy constructor
~String();
int Compare(const String &) const;
int Compare(const char[])const;
String& Copy(const String&);
String& Copy(const char[]);
String& Concat(const String&);
String& Concat(const char[]);
void Display()const;
void displayLine() const;
int length() const;
private:
char * pChar;
char *pTemp;
int NumChars;
int MaxSlots;
};
inline int String::length() const
{
return NumChars;
};
#endif

You expect the length of the concatenated string to be the sum of the length of the two strings. Therefore:
String& String::Concat(const String & Str)
{
pTemp = new char[NumChars + Str.NumChars + 1];
strcpy(pTemp, pChar);
strcat(pTemp, Str.pChar);
delete[]pChar;
pChar = pTemp;
return *this;
}
You can optimize this further by not strcat()-ing but strcpy()-ing twice (with an offset added to pTemp second time), as you already know the string length.

I'm not sure to understand the use of your MaxSlots; it's the size of allocated pChar (minus 1)? If so, there are points in your code where you forget to set/update/use.
And I don't understand what do you mean with "how to pass through a String class", but regarding "what steps are even needed in order to concatenate two strings", you've forgotten to take in count the number of chars already present in the object.
First of all, I suggest to create e Reserve() method; something like [caution: code not tested]
String& String::Reserve (int n)
{
if ( n > MaxSlots )
{
MaxSlots = n;
pTemp = new char[MaxSlots+1];
strcpy(pTemp, pChar);
delete[]pChar;
pChar = pTemp;
}
}
Next, rewrite your Concat() methods in this way
String& String::Concat(const String & Str)
{
NumChars += Str.NumChars;
Reserve(NumChars);
strcat(pChar, Str.pChar);
return *this;
}
String & String::Concat(const char * Str)
{
if ( Str )
{
NumChars += strlen(Str);
Reserve(NumChars);
strcat(pChar, Str);
}
return *this;
}
p.s.: sorry for my bad English

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error: conversion from ‘const char [5]’ to non-scalar type ‘String’ requested

I am trying to create a class String which can be assigned by operator=. But the compiler shows an error:
error: conversion from ‘const char [5]’ to non-scalar type ‘String’ requested
Can anyone help me to fix it?
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class String
{
private:
char string[];
public:
void operator=(const char str[])
{
for (int i = 0; ; i++) {
if (str[i] == '\0') {
string[i] = str[i];
break;
} else {
string[i] = str[i];
}
}
}
friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &output, const String& str)
{
output << str.string;
return output;
}
};
int main()
{
String str1 = "test";
cout << str1 << endl;
}
String str1 = "test"; does not use operator= at all. It is just syntax sugar for String str1("test");, which uses a conversion constructor that you have not defined yet, hence the compiler error. You need to add such a constructor.
Also, char string[]; is not a valid variable declaration for an array. You need to specify a size for the array, and then make sure the class never exceeds that size.
For example
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
class String {
private:
char string[256];
public:
String(const char *str = NULL) {
if (str) strncpy(string, str, sizeof(string)-1);
string[sizeof(string)-1] = '\0';
}
String& operator=(const String &str) {
if (this != &str) {
memcpy(string, str.string, sizeof(string));
}
return *this;
}
friend ostream& operator<<(ostream &output, const String& str) {
output << str.string;
return output;
}
};
int main() {
String str1 = "test";
cout << str1 << endl;
}
However, in this situation, using a dynamically allocated array makes more sense than using a fixed array. Just be sure to follow the Rule of 3 for proper memory management.
Try this instead:
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
class String {
private:
char *string;
int length;
int capacity;
public:
String(const char *str = NULL)
: string(NULL), length(0), capacity(0)
{
if ((str) && (*str != '\0')) {
length = capacity = strlen(str);
string = new char[length + 1];
memcpy(string, str, length + 1);
}
}
String(const String &str)
: string(NULL), length(0), capacity(0)
{
if (str.string) {
length = capacity = str.length;
string = new char[length + 1];
memcpy(string, str.string, length + 1);
}
}
~String() {
delete[] string;
}
String& operator=(const String &str) {
if (this != &str) {
int len = str.length;
if (capacity >= len) {
memcpy(string, str.string, len + 1);
}
else {
int cap = int(double(len) * 1.5);
char *temp = new char[cap + 1];
memcpy(temp, str.string, len + 1);
delete[] string;
string = temp;
capacity = cap;
}
length = len;
}
return *this;
}
friend ostream& operator<<(ostream &output, const String& str) {
if (str.string) {
output.write(str.string, str.length);
}
return output;
}
};
int main() {
String str1 = "test";
cout << str1 << endl;
}
You need to add a ctor to your class. You are using the assignment operator to try to construct your String object. Add this to your class.
String(const char str[]) {
for (int i = 0; ; i++) {
if (str[i] == '\0') {
string[i] = str[i];
break;
} else {
string[i] = str[i];
}
}
}

Assertion `str' failed

I am new bee for c++ . I got follow error when I override operator+ .
ConsoleApplication1.out: /root/projects/ConsoleApplication1/sdstring.cpp:43: static sdstring::size_t sdstring::strlen(const char*): Assertion `str' failed.
This is my test code!
sdstring sd1(NULL);
cout << "sd1:" << sd1 << endl;
sdstring sd2("sd2");
cout << "sd2:" << sd2 << endl;
sdstring sd3;
cin >> sd3;
cout << "sd3:" << sd3 << endl;
sd3 +=sd2 ;
cout << "sd3:" << sd3 << endl;
sdstring sd4 =sd3+sd1;
cout << "sd4:" << sd2 << endl;
sd1 = sd2 + sd1;
cout << "sd1:" << sd1 << endl;
cout << "sd3==sd2:" << (sd3 == sd2)<<endl;
Error happened in This line .
sdstring sd4 =sd3+sd1;
This is my sdstring.cpp file.
#include "sdstring.h"
#include <assert.h>
sdstring::sdstring(const char *str) {
if (!str) {
datas = new char[1];
datas[0] = '\0';
}
else {
datas = new char[strlen(str)+1];
strcpy(datas, str);
}
}
sdstring::sdstring(const sdstring& str) {
datas = new char[strlen(str.datas) + 1];
strcpy(datas, str.datas);
}
sdstring& sdstring::operator+(const sdstring& str)const {
sdstring result(NULL);
size_t total_size = getlen() + str.getlen();
result.datas = new char[total_size + 1];
strcpy(result.datas, datas);
strcat(result.datas, str.datas);
return result;
}
bool sdstring::operator==(const sdstring& str)const {
return strcmp(datas, str.datas) == 0;
}
sdstring& sdstring::operator=(const sdstring& str) {
if (this == &str)
return *this;
delete[] datas;
datas = new char[str.getlen() + 1];
strcpy(datas, str.datas);
return *this;
}
sdstring::size_t sdstring::strlen(const char* str) {
assert(str);
size_t len = 0;
while ('\0' != *str++)
len++;
return len;
}
char* sdstring::strcpy( char* des, const char* src){
assert(des&& src);
char* temp = des;
while ('\0' != (*des++ = *src++));
return temp;
}
int sdstring::strcmp(const char* fir, const char* sec) {
assert(fir && sec);
while (*fir == *sec)
{
if (*fir == '\0') {
return 0;
}
++fir;
++sec;
}
return *fir - *sec;
}
char* sdstring::strcat(char* des,const char* src) {
char* temp = des;
while ('\0' != *des)
{
des++;
}
while ('\0' != (*des++ = *src++));
return temp;
}
sdstring::~sdstring()
{
if (datas)
{
delete[] datas;
datas = nullptr;
}
}
char& sdstring::operator[](const unsigned int position)const
{
return position < getlen() ? datas[position] : datas[position-1];
}
sdstring& sdstring::operator+=(const sdstring& str)
{
size_t total_size = getlen() + str.getlen();
if (total_size != getlen()) {
char* temp = datas;
datas = new char[total_size + 1];
strcpy(datas,temp);
strcat(datas, str.datas);
delete[] temp;
}
return *this;
}
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const sdstring& str)
{
os << str.datas;
return os;
}
istream& operator>>(istream& is, sdstring& str)
{
char* cache = new char[1024];
is >> cache;
delete[]str.datas;
str.datas = new char[sdstring::strlen(cache)];
sdstring::strcpy(str.datas, cache);
delete[]cache;
return is;
}
Who can help me , Thanks for first!
There are several things wrong with your code. However the operator + is wrong in that it is returning a reference to a local variable, which is undefined behavior.
sdstring& sdstring::operator+(const sdstring& str)const
{
sdstring result(NULL);
//..
return result; // Undefined behavior.
}
operator + should be returning a brand new object, not a reference to an object.
sdstring sdstring::operator+(const sdstring& str)const // <-- Note the return value is sdstring
{
sdstring result(NULL);
//..
return result;
}
The other issues with your code:
1) The operator= destroys the memory using delete[] datas; before calling new[] to allocate memory for the new string. If new[] throws an exception, the sdstring object would be corrupted since the data has been destroyed and you can't go back and reset the string with the old data. Use the copy / swap idiom to prevent this from happening.
2) You should store the length of the string in a member variable instead of calling strlen every time you want to know the length of the string. The strlen is slow in that it has to loop to count every single character to determine where the terminating '\0' character is located. Instead of that, just store the length of the string once and keep using that value.
3) Instead of writing your own strlen and strcmp functions, use the library functions strlen and strcmp. Your versions are not optimized, unlike the library versions.
4) operator + can be written in terms of operator +=. operator + should be written very simply as:
sdstring sdstring::operator + (const sdstring& rhs)
{
return sdstring(*this) += rhs;
}

In c++, when I use operator = , destructor is automatically called?

I made a class str for practice, and I use operator = to
assign an object into another.
I make like this.
#include <string.h>
class Str{
private:
char *str;
int len;
int num;
public:
Str(int leng);
Str(char *neyong);
~Str();
int length(void);
char *contents(void);
int compare(Str a);
int compare(char *a);
void operator=(char *a);
void operator=(Str a);
};
Str::Str(char *neyong){
len = strlen(neyong);
str = new char[len + 1];
strcpy(str, neyong);
}
Str::~Str(){
delete[] str;
}
int Str::length(void){
return len;
}
char* Str::contents(void){
return str;
}
void Str::operator=(Str a){
len = a.length();
str = new char[len+1];
strcpy(str, a.contents());
}
(I skip some functions for ease of reading)
And I execute this like below code.
Str a("hahahaha"), b("hihihihihihi");
cout << a.contents() << endl;
cout << b.contents() << endl;
a = b;
cout << b.contents() << endl;
cout << a.contents() << endl;
Problem: When I assign a = b, then destructors of b is
automatically called. Probably b.~Str() erases all its content and hence b.contents() doesn't return proper value.
How can I solve this problem????

Palindrome finder: non-alphanumeric character deletion problems

So I'm having a substantial amount of trouble with this one bit of code. I've included the whole program for context, but my issue lies in the cleanUp function, wherein I (attempt to) remove all characters that are not 'A' through 'Z'.
Any tips?
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
using namespace std;
bool again(string title); // Checks if you want to run again.
void makeUpper(char word[]);
void getReverse(char word[], char reversed[]);
char * find(char *str, char what);
bool equal(char word[], char reversed[]);
int size(char word[]);
char * cleanUp(char *str);
int main()
{
char word[256] = "Hello?? There!", reversedWord[256];
do
{
cout<<"Please enter the string to check: ";
makeUpper(word);
cout << word;
cleanUp(word);
getReverse(word,reversedWord);
if(equal(word, reversedWord))
cout<<"You have a palindrome!"<<endl;
else
cout<<"You do not have a palindrome!"<<endl;
} while(again("Do you want to do this again? "));
return 0;
}
bool again(string title)
{
string answer;
cout<<endl<<title;
getline(cin,answer);
return toupper(answer[0]) == 'Y';
}
void makeUpper(char word[])
{
char *ptr = word;
while (*ptr) {
*ptr = toupper(*ptr);
ptr++;
}
cout << "In uppercase:: " << word << endl;
}
char * cleanUp(char * astrid)
{
char *new_astrid;
for (*astrid; *astrid != '\0'; astrid++)
{
cout << "First loop";
if (isalpha(*astrid))
{
*new_astrid = *astrid;
new_astrid = ++new_astrid;
cout << "Here!";
}
}
cout << *new_astrid;
return *new_astrid;
}
void getReverse(char word[], char reversed[])
{
char *ptr_ind = find(word, '\0'), *ptr_ind_2 = reversed;
while(ptr_ind != word-1)
{
*ptr_ind_2 = *ptr_ind;
ptr_ind--;
ptr_ind_2++;
}
*ptr_ind_2 = '\0';
}
char * find(char *str, char what)
{
char *ptr = str;
while(*ptr != what && *ptr != '\0')
ptr++;
return *ptr == what ? ptr : NULL;
}
bool equal(char word[], char reverse[])
{
int total;
char * ptr;
ptr = word;
if((total = size(word)) != size(reverse))
return false;
for(char * ptr2 = reverse; *ptr != '\0' && *ptr == *ptr2; ptr++, ptr2++);
return *ptr == '\0';
}
int size(char word[])
{
int total = 0;
char * ptr = word;
while(*ptr != '\0') //while(!ptr)
{
ptr++;
total++;
}
return total;
}
There are several errors in your code.
new_astrid is not initialized and when you call *new_astrid = *astrid you try to copy a character to uninitialized memory, which will crash the program.
You also return the dereferenced pointer to new_astrid but the function prototype of cleanUp says that you return a pointer to char.
You should initialize new_astrid with new char[strlen(astrid)]. But then your code will result in memory leaks, since you increase the pointer (new_astid = ++new_astrid). So you should store the pointer first, so you can delete it later.
Instead of using raw pointers, i would suggest you use std::strings.
My suggestion for a palindrome tester would be:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <locale>
bool isPalindrome(std::string word)
{
std::locale loc;
for (std::string::size_type i = 0; i < word.length() / 2 + 1; ++i)
{
if (std::toupper(word[i],loc) != std::toupper(word[word.length() - i - 1],loc))
{
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
int main(int , char **)
{
std::string str = "Abba";
//Remove all non alpha values from string
str.erase(std::remove_if(str.begin(), str.end(), [](char const c){return !std::isalpha(c);}), str.end());
if (isPalindrome(str) == false)
{
std::cout << str << " is no palindrome" << std::endl;
}
else
{
std::cout << str << " is a palindrome" << std::endl;
}
return 0;
}
The erasion of non alpha values in the string is from this question.

Odd output from program when entering operator?

I'm probably missing something obvious here. This is my code (I'm just learning true C++, and I want to get some practice):
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
class String {
private:
char * value;
int len;
friend ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, String s);
public:
String();
String(const char * base);
~String();
String operator+(String s);
String operator*(int n);
int length();
};
String::String() {
this->value = new char[0];
this->len = 0;
}
String::String(const char * base) {
this->value = new char[this->len = strlen(base)];
strcpy(this->value, base);
}
String::~String() {
delete [] this->value;
}
int String::length() {
return this->len;
}
String String::operator+(String s) {
String n;
delete [] n.value;
cout << "Upon entering, I am: \"" << *this << "\"\n";
n.value = new char[this->len + s.len];
for(int i = 0; i < this->len; i++) {
n.value[i] = this->value[i];
}
for(int i = 0; i < s.len; i++) {
n.value[i + this->len] = s.value[i];
}
n.len = this->len + s.len;
cout << "String::operator+(" << *this << ", " << s << ") succeeded with new value = \"" << n << "\"\n";
return n;
}
String String::operator*(int n) {
String s;
delete [] s.value;
s.value = new char[this->len * n];
for(int i = 0; i < this->len * n; i++) {
s.value[i] = this->value[i % this->len];
}
cout << "String::operator* succeeded with new value = \"" << s << "\"\n";
return s;
}
ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, String s) {
return os << s.value;
}
int main() {
String s("Hello, world!");
cout << s << "\nLength = " << s.length() << "\n\n";
cout << (s + String("\n")) * 5;
return 0;
}
And the string initializes and displays correctly, but my output is really strange; it seems that upon entering the operator+, "Hello, world!" suddenly becomes "x%r"?
C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\My Dropbox\C++ Projects>strings
Hello, world!
Length = 13
Upon entering, I am: "x%r"
String::operator+(x%r,
) succeeded with new value = "x%r"
String::operator* succeeded with new value = "╚%r"
─
Try this:
ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, const String& s) {
return os << s.value;
}
otherwise your should define copy constructor for your String class.
You need to provide copy constructor and assignment operator.
There are a lot of problems with your code.
You are managing your own memory. You should avoid doing this if at all possible.
You are consitantly forgetting that strings have a null terminator. In order to accomodate the strin Hello, world! you need a char buffer that is 14 bytes, not 13.
You have a len member variable that does effectively the same thing as the strlen function, except for the inconsistent consideration of #1 above.
Your string class does not have a copy constructor, which results in wild pointers and eventually crashes.
Here is a refactoring of your code that pretty much works.
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
class String {
private:
char * value;
// size_t len;
friend ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, String s);
public:
String();
String(const char * base);
String(const String& rhs)
{
value = new char[strlen(rhs.value)+1];
strcpy(value,rhs.value);
}
~String();
String operator+(String s);
String operator*(int n);
size_t length();
};
String::String() {
this->value = new char[0];
}
String::String(const char * base) {
this->value = new char[strlen(base)+1];
strcpy(this->value, base);
}
String::~String() {
delete [] this->value;
}
size_t String::length() {
return strlen(value);
}
String String::operator+(String s) {
String n;
delete [] n.value;
cout << "Upon entering, I am: \"" << *this << "\"\n";
n.value = new char[strlen(value)+strlen(s.value)+1];
for(int i = 0; i < strlen(value); i++) {
n.value[i] = this->value[i];
}
for(int i = 0; i < strlen(s.value); i++) {
n.value[i + strlen(value)] = s.value[i];
}
n.value[strlen(value)+strlen(s.value)] = '\0';
cout << "String::operator+(" << *this << ", " << s << ") succeeded with new value = \"" << n << "\"\n";
return n;
}
String String::operator*(int n) {
String s;
delete [] s.value;
s.value = new char[(strlen(value)*n)+1];
for(int i = 0; i < strlen(value) * n; i++) {
s.value[i] = this->value[i % strlen(value)];
}
s.value[strlen(value)*n] = '\0';
cout << "String::operator* succeeded with new value = \"" << s << "\"\n";
return s;
}
ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, String s) {
return os << s.value;
}
int main() {
String s("Hello, world!");
cout << s << "\nLength = " << s.length() << "\n\n";
cout << (s + String("\n")) * 5;
return 0;
}