CPP/Strings/SingleCharacterTag
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SingleCharacterTag.cpp
#include <iostream> #include <string> int main() { size_t firstPos = 0, secondPos; std::string temp = "some text a <tag> and more text"; std::string sub; if ((firstPos = temp.find_first_of("<", firstPos)) != std::string::npos) { if ((secondPos = temp.find_first_of(">", firstPos + 1)) != std::string::npos) { sub = temp.substr(firstPos, (secondPos - firstPos + 1)); } } std::cout << sub << std::endl; return 0; }