Since you want to determine the type of the last column, then this ought to work:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <vector>
#include <sstream>
#include <cctype>
#include <algorithm>
enum Types {
NONE,
STRING,
INTEGER,
DOUBLE
};
struct Found {
std::string string_val;
int integer_val;
double double_val;
enum Types type;
};
//copied verbatim from:
//http://stackoverflow.com/a/2845275/866930
inline bool isInteger(const std::string &s) {
if(s.empty() || ((!std::isdigit(s[0])) && (s[0] != '-') && (s[0] != '+'))) return false;
char * p ;
std::strtol(s.c_str(), &p, 10);
return (*p == 0);
}
//modified slightly for decimals:
inline bool isDouble(const std::string &s) {
if(s.empty() || ((!std::isdigit(s[0])) && (s[0] != '-') && (s[0] != '+'))) return false ;
char * p ;
std::strtod(s.c_str(), &p) ;
return (*p == 0);
}
bool isNotAlpha(char c) {
return !(std::isalpha(c));
}
//note: this searches for strings containing only characters from the alphabet
//however, you can modify that behavior yourself.
bool isString (const std::string &s) {
std::string::const_iterator it = std::find_if(s.begin(), s.end(), isNotAlpha);
return (it == s.end()) ? true : false;
}
void determine_last_column (const std::string& str, Found& found) {
//reset found:
found.integer_val = 0;
found.double_val = 0;
found.string_val = "";
found.type = NONE;
std::string temp;
std::istringstream iss(str);
int column = 0;
char *p;
while(std::getline(iss, temp, ',')) {
if (column == 5) {
//now check to see if the column is an integer or not:
if (isInteger(temp)) {
found.integer_val = static_cast<int>(std::strtol(temp.c_str(), &p, 10));
found.type = INTEGER;
}
else if (isDouble(temp)) {
found.double_val = static_cast<double>(std::strtod(temp.c_str(), &p));
found.type = DOUBLE;
}
else if (isString(temp)) {
found.string_val = temp;
found.type = STRING;
}
}
++column;
}
if (found.type == INTEGER) {
std::cout << "An integer was found: " << found.integer_val << std::endl;
}
else if(found.type == DOUBLE) {
std::cout << "A double was found: " << found.double_val << std::endl;
}
else if(found.type == STRING) {
std::cout << "A string was found: " << found.string_val << std::endl;
}
else {
std::cout << "A valid type was not found! Something went wrong..." << std::endl;
}
}
int main() {
std::string line_t1 = "Local1,Local2,ABC,200,300,asphalt";
std::string line_t2 = "Local1,Local2,ABC,200,300,-7000.3";
Found found;
determine_last_column(line_t1, found);
determine_last_column(line_t2, found);
return 0;
}
This outputs and correctly assigns the appropriate value:
A string was found: asphalt
An integer was found: -7000.3
This version works on int, double, string
; does not require boost
; and, is plain vanilla C++98.
REFERENCES:
UPDATE:
This version now supports both positive and negative numbers that are integers or doubles, in addition to strings.