Question

Write a MyString class that stores a (null-terminated) char* and a length and implements all of the member functions below.

• Default constructor: empty string
• const char* constructor: initializes data members appropriately
• Copy constructor: prints "Copy constructor" and endl in addition to making a copy
• Move constructor: prints "Move constructor" and endl in addition to moving data
• Copy assignment operator: prints "Copy assignment" and endl in addition to making a copy
• Move assignment operator: prints "Move assignment" and endl in addition to moving data
• Destructor
• Array index overload (e.g., str[2]): should be able to read or write the character in this position. Don't test for out-of-bounds indices.
• Concatenation (+) operator: returns the concatenation of this string with the other. Does not modify either object.
• Print function that works with cout

#ifndef __MYSTRING_H

#define __MYSTRING_H

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class MyString

{

friend ostream& operator<<(ostream&, const MyString&);

private:

char* str;

int len;

public:

MyString();

MyString(const char*);

MyString(const MyString&);

MyString(MyString&&);

const MyString& operator=(const MyString&);

const MyString& operator=(MyString&&);

~MyString();

int size() const { return len; }

char& operator[](int);

MyString operator+(const MyString&) const;

};

ostream& operator<<(ostream&, const MyString&);

#endif

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#include <iostream>

#include <vector>

using namespace std;

#include "mystring.h"

int main()

{

//Test basic constructors and printing

MyString test1, test2("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog ");

cout << "String 1: \"" << test1 << '"' << endl;

cout << "String 2: \"" << test2 << '"' << endl;

//Test [] operator

cout << "Char #41: " << test2[40] << endl;

test2[40] = 'h';

cout << "Changing char #41 to 'h': " << test2 << endl;

//Test copy constructor and assignment

MyString test3 = test2;

test2[40] = 'd';

cout << "Copy: " << test3 << endl;

test1 = test3 = test2;

cout << "Changing char #41 back: " << test3 << endl;

//Test + and move assignment

vector<MyString> vec;

vec.reserve(10);

vec.push_back(test1); //Calls copy constructor

for (int i = 1; i < test1.size(); i++)

if (test1[i - 1] == ' ')

vec.emplace_back(&test1[i]);

MyString test5;

cout << "Calling move assignment * " << vec.size() << ':' << endl;

for (int i = 0; i < vec.size(); i++)

test5 = test5 + vec[i];

cout << test5 << endl;

return 0;

}

Answer 1

#######################################
        MyString.cpp
#######################################
#include "MyString.h"

MyString::MyString(const char *charArr) {
        len = strlen(charArr);
        str = new char[len + 1];
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                str[i] = charArr[i];
        }
        str[len] = '\0';
}

MyString::MyString() {
        len = 0;
        str = new char[len + 1];
        str[len] = '\0';
}


MyString::~MyString() {
        delete[] str;
}

int MyString::size() const {
        return len;
}
 
void MyString::set(const char *s) {
        delete[] str;
        len = strlen(s);
        str = new char[len + 1];
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                str[i] = s[i];
        }
        str[len] = '\0';
}

char& MyString::operator[](int idx) {       
        return str[idx];
}

char& MyString::at(int i) {
        if(i < 0 || i >= len)
                throw std::invalid_argument( "OUT OF BOUNDS!" );
        return str[i];
}

MyString MyString::operator + (MyString const &other) {

        MyString res; 
        res.len = len + other.len;
        res.str = new char[res.len + 1];
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                res.str[i] = str[i];
        }

        for (int i = len; i < res.len; i++) {
                res.str[i] = other.str[i];
        }
        res.str[len] = '\0';

        return res; 
} 
ostream & operator << (ostream &out, const MyString &s) {
        for (int i = 0; i < s.len; i++) {
                cout << s.str[i];
        }
        return out;
}



#######################################
          MyString.h
#######################################
#ifndef MYSTRING_H
#define MYSTRING_H

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <cassert>
using namespace std;

class MyString
{
    public:
        MyString();
        MyString(const char *s);
        ~MyString();
        int size() const;
        void set(const char *s);
        char& at(int i);

        char& operator[](int idx);
        MyString operator + (MyString const &other);
        friend ostream & operator << (ostream &out, const MyString &s); 

    private:
        char *str;
        int len;
    };

#endif



#######################################
            main.cpp
#######################################
#include <iostream>
#include "MyString.h"

using namespace std;
#include <iostream>

#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main()

{

//Test basic constructors and printing

MyString test1, test2("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog ");

cout << "String 1: \"" << test1 << '"' << endl;

cout << "String 2: \"" << test2 << '"' << endl;

//Test [] operator

cout << "Char #41: " << test2[40] << endl;

test2[40] = 'h';

cout << "Changing char #41 to 'h': " << test2 << endl;

//Test copy constructor and assignment

MyString test3 = test2;

test2[40] = 'd';

cout << "Copy: " << test3 << endl;

test1 = test3 = test2;

cout << "Changing char #41 back: " << test3 << endl;

//Test + and move assignment

vector<MyString> vec;

vec.reserve(10);

vec.push_back(test1); //Calls copy constructor

for (int i = 1; i < test1.size(); i++)

if (test1[i - 1] == ' ')

vec.emplace_back(&test1[i]);

MyString test5;

cout << "Calling move assignment * " << vec.size() << ':' << endl;

for (int i = 0; i < vec.size(); i++)

test5 = test5 + vec[i];

cout << test5 << endl;

return 0;

}



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