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c++searchfor-loopwords

C++ search for words string

I want to create program which will go through sentence and if it finds a character or a word it will display it.

Think of a program that stops as soon as it find first character/word.

   string test("This is sentense i would like to find ! "); //his is sentense to be searched
   string look; // word/char that i want to search

   cin >> look;

   for (i = 0; i < test.size(); i++) //i<string size
    {
       unsigned searcher = test.find((look));
       if (searcher != string::npos) {
           cout << "found at : " << searcher;
       }
   }
Solution

  • You do not need the loop. Just do:

    std::cin >> look;
std::string::size_type pos = test.find(look);
while (pos != std::string::npos)
{
    // Found!
    std::cout << "found at : " << pos << std::endl;
    pos = test.find(look, pos + 1);
}

    Here is a live example showing the result for the input string "is".