Bleep Alternative

8-references-and-pointers/bleep/bleep.cpp

@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
-
 #include "functions.hpp"
 
 int main() {
-  
+
   std::string word = "broccoli";
-
-  std::string sentence = "I sometimes eat broccoli. The interesting thing about broccoli is that there are four interesting things about broccoli. Number One. Nobody knows how to spell it. Number Two. No matter how long you boil it, it's always cold by the time it reaches your plate. Number Three. It's green. #broccoli";
-
-  bleep(word, sentence);
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < sentence.size(); i++) {
-
-    std::cout << sentence[i];
-
-  }
-
-  std::cout << "\n";
-
+  std::string text = "Barclay sounds like broccoli and calling someone broccoli is funny.";
+
+  std::cout << bleep(word, text) << "\n";
+
 }

8-references-and-pointers/bleep/functions.cpp

@@ -1,37 +1,23 @@
 #include <string>
+#include "functions.hpp"
+
+std::string bleep(std::string &bword, std::string &btext) {
+
+  std::string stars = "*";
+
+  while (stars.length() < bword.length()) {
+
+    stars += "*";
 
-void asterisk(std::string word, std::string &text, int i) {
-
-  for (int k = 0; k < word.size(); ++k) {
-
-    text[i+k] = '*';
-
   }
-
-}
 
-void bleep(std::string word, std::string &text) {
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < text.size(); ++i) {
-
-    int match = 0;
-
-    for (int j = 0; j < word.size(); ++j) {
-
-      if (text[i+j] == word[j]) {
-
-        ++match;
-
-      }
-
-    }
-
-    if (match == word.size()) {
-
-      asterisk(word, text, i);
-
-    }
-
+  //loop through replacing "broccoli" until .find is greater than the length of btext
+  while (btext.find(bword) < btext.length()) {
+
+    btext = btext.replace(btext.find(bword), bword.length(), stars);
+
   }
-
+
+  return btext;
+
 }

8-references-and-pointers/bleep/functions.hpp

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-void bleep(std::string word, std::string &text);
-void asterisk(std::string word, std::string &text, int i);
+std::string bleep(std::string &bword, std::string &btext);