How to concatenate additional character to a string in c++

Question

Suppose there is a array..and the contents of the array="ironman" Now, i need to add some additional character to this string like "i*r%o#n@m^a!n"

out[i]="ironman"

Outputs: 
out[]=i
out[]=*
out[]=r
out[]=%
out[]=o
out[]=#
out[]=n
out[]=@
out[]=m
out[]=^
out[]=a
out[]=!
out[]=n

I have written a code which concatenate at the end of the string, but i want to concatenate between the string.

char in[20] = "ironman";
const unsigned int symbol_size = 5;
std::string symbols[symbol_size];
std::string out(in);
out = out + "@" + "*" + "#";

take count of both strings, make a new array and fetch a character from each string copy to new array — asfandahmed1
– asfandahmed1, Commented May 7, 2015 at 17:03

KalyanS · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-07 18:53:24Z

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You can use string.insert(pos, newString). Example below:

std::string mystr
mystr.insert(6,str2);

If you know the index, specify it directly as 'pos'. Otherwise, you may want to do somekind of str.find() and pass in the result.

edited May 7, 2015 at 18:53

answered May 7, 2015 at 17:02

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Vlad from Moscow · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-07 17:52:38Z

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If I have understood correctly what you need then you can use the following straightforward approach

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>

int main()
{
    char in[] = "ironman";
    char symbols[] = "*%#@^!";

    std::string s;
    s.reserve( std::strlen( in ) + std::strlen( symbols ) );

    char *p = in;
    char *q = symbols;

    while ( *p && *q )
    {
        s.push_back( *p++ );
        s.push_back( *q++ );        
    }

    while ( *p ) s.push_back( *p++ );
    while ( *q ) s.push_back( *q++ );

    std::cout << s << std::endl; 
}

The program output is

i*r%o#n@m^a!n

You can write a separate function. For example

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>

std::string interchange_merge( const char *s1, const char *s2 )
{
    std::string result;
    result.reserve( std::strlen( s1 ) + std::strlen( s2 ) );

    while ( *s1 && *s2 )
    {
        result.push_back( *s1++ );
        result.push_back( *s2++ );      
    }

    while ( *s1 ) result.push_back( *s1++ );
    while ( *s2 ) result.push_back( *s2++ );

    return result;
}

int main()
{
    char in[] = "ironman";
    char symbols[] = "*%#@^!";

    std::string s = interchange_merge( in, symbols );

    std::cout << s << std::endl; 
}

The output will be the same as above

i*r%o#n@m^a!n

edited May 7, 2015 at 17:52

answered May 7, 2015 at 17:42

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Parag Bhuyan Over a year ago

Thank you..i appreciate your kind help !!

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