//: C03:Replace.cpp
// From "Thinking in C++, Volume 2", by Bruce Eckel & Chuck Allison.
// (c) 1995-2004 MindView, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// See source code use permissions stated in the file 'License.txt',
// distributed with the code package available at www.MindView.net.
#include <cassert>
#include <cstddef>  // For size_t
#include <string>
using namespace std;

void replaceChars(string& modifyMe,
  const string& findMe, const string& newChars) {
  // Look in modifyMe for the "find string"
  // starting at position 0:
  size_t i = modifyMe.find(findMe, 0);
  // Did we find the string to replace?
  if(i != string::npos)
    // Replace the find string with newChars:
    modifyMe.replace(i, findMe.size(), newChars);
}

int main() {
  string bigNews = "I thought I saw Elvis in a UFO. "
                   "I have been working too hard.";
  string replacement("wig");
  string findMe("UFO");
  // Find "UFO" in bigNews and overwrite it:
  replaceChars(bigNews, findMe, replacement);
  assert(bigNews == "I thought I saw Elvis in a "
         "wig. I have been working too hard.");
} ///:~