Re: a quickie

[Angus Leeming]

This works but I suspect you'll not like it...

Should I combine it with escape(string const &) ?

Angus


string const latexify(string const str)
{
        ostringstream out;

        string::const_iterator it  = str.begin();
        string::const_iterator end = str.end();

        for (; it != end; ++it) {
                switch (*it) {
                        
                case ('$'):
                case ('&'):
                case ('%'):
                case ('#'):
                case ('_'):
                case ('{'):
                case ('}'):
                        out << '\\' << *it;
                        break;

                case ('~'):
                case ('^'):
                        out << '\\' << *it << "{}";
                        break;

                case ('\\'):
                        out << "$\backslash$";
                        break;

                default:
                        out << *it;
                        break;
                }
        }
        
        return out.str().c_str();
}