Results for “Text & bounded buffers”
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Extract part of a string
Use one-based positions with substr.
substr✓ Tested
Extract successive regex matches
Java: Use a Matcher loop to find all unsigned integer tokens in Java text.
Java✓ Tested
Find the final path separator
C: strrchr locates the last matching character without modifying the input.
C✓ Tested
Find the first occurrence of a character
C: strchr returns a pointer into the input or NULL if the character is absent.
C✓ Tested
Format a numeric label with leading zeroes
Bash Scripts: Use a constant printf format string and supply values as separate arguments.
Bash Scripts✓ Tested
Identify the title of a cited work
HTML: Cite marks the title of a work rather than the name of its author.
HTML✓ Tested
Increment a counter without an unexpected errexit
Bash Scripts: An assignment avoids the zero-result exit status of a standalone arithmetic post-increment.
Bash Scripts✓ Tested
Insert values into a multiline template
PowerShell: A double-quoted here-string expands variable references.
PowerShell✓ Tested
Inspect a substring without allocating a copy
C++: A string_view refers to existing storage and must not outlive that storage.
C++✓ Tested
Inspect a URI through typed properties
PowerShell: The Uri class separates URL components without manual string splitting.
PowerShell✓ Tested
Isolate a value with a different writing direction
HTML: Bdi isolates embedded user text so its direction does not reorder surrounding punctuation.
HTML✓ Tested
Iterate over all regular-expression matches
C++: A regex iterator yields successive matches without manually updating an offset.
C++✓ Tested