void strings::utf8_to_utf16(const std::string& utf8, std::u16string& utf16)

{

std::basic_string<utf16_char> tmp = conv_utf8_utf16.from_bytes(utf8); utf16.clear();

utf16.resize(tmp.length()); std::copy(tmp.begin(), tmp.end(), utf16.begin());

}

Section 47.16: Finding character(s) in a string

To find a character or another string, you can use std::string::find. It returns the position of the first character of the first match. If no matches were found, the function returns std::string::npos

std::string str = "Curiosity killed the cat"; auto it = str.find("cat");

if (it != std::string::npos)

std::cout << "Found at position: " << it << '\n';

else

std::cout << "Not found!\n";

Found at position: 21

The search opportunities are further expanded by the following functions:

These functions can allow you to search for characters from the end of the string, as well as find the negative case (ie. characters that are not in the string). Here is an example:

std::string str = "dog dog cat cat";

std::cout << "Found at position: " << str.find_last_of("gzx") << '\n';

Found at position: 6

Note: Be aware that the above functions do not search for substrings, but rather for characters contained in the search string. In this case, the last occurrence of 'g' was found at position 6 (the other characters weren't found).