C++ 01 Feb 2010 15:32:18
Snippet: Dynamic Box of Strings
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#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
int main() {
std::vector<std::string> strs;
strs.push_back("Hello World!");
strs.push_back("This is a text line.");
strs.push_back("Shorter line.");
size_t maxl = 0;
for (size_t i = 0 ; i<strs.size() ; ++i) {
maxl = std::max(maxl, strs[i].length());
}
std::cout << std::string(maxl+4, '*') << std::endl;
for (size_t i = 0 ; i<strs.size() ; ++i) {
std::cout << "* "
<< strs[i]
<< std::string(maxl-strs[i].length()+1, ' ')
<< "*" << std::endl;
}
std::cout << std::string(maxl+4, '*') << std::endl;
}
