/* Copyright (c) Marshall Clow 2010-2012. Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) For more information, see http://www.boost.org */ #include #include // for cout, etc #include namespace ba = boost::algorithm; bool compare_string_lengths ( const std::string &one, const std::string &two ) { return one.length () < two.length (); } int main ( int /*argc*/, char * /*argv*/ [] ) { // Clamp takes a value and two "fenceposts", and brings the value "between" the fenceposts. // If the input value is "between" the fenceposts, then it is returned unchanged. std::cout << "Clamping 5 to between [1, 10] -> " << ba::clamp ( 5, 1, 10 ) << std::endl; // If the input value is out side the range of the fenceposts, it "brought into" range. std::cout << "Clamping 15 to between [1, 10] -> " << ba::clamp ( 15, 1, 10 ) << std::endl; std::cout << "Clamping -15 to between [1, 10] -> " << ba::clamp ( -15, 1, 10 ) << std::endl; // It doesn't just work for ints std::cout << "Clamping 5.1 to between [1, 10] -> " << ba::clamp ( 5.1, 1.0, 10.0 ) << std::endl; { std::string one ( "Lower Bound" ), two ( "upper bound!" ), test1 ( "test#" ), test2 ( "#test" ); std::cout << "Clamping '" << test1 << "' between ['" << one << "' and '" << two << "'] -> '" << ba::clamp ( test1, one, two ) << "'" << std::endl; std::cout << "Clamping '" << test2 << "' between ['" << one << "' and '" << two << "'] -> '" << ba::clamp ( test2, one, two ) << "'" << std::endl; // There is also a predicate based version, if you want to compare objects in your own way std::cout << "Clamping '" << test1 << "' between ['" << one << "' and '" << two << "'] (comparing lengths) -> '" << ba::clamp ( test1, one, two, compare_string_lengths ) << "'" << std::endl; std::cout << "Clamping '" << test2 << "' between ['" << one << "' and '" << two << "'] (comparing lengths) -> '" << ba::clamp ( test2, one, two, compare_string_lengths ) << "'" << std::endl; } // Sometimes, though, you don't get quite what you expect // This is because the two double arguments get converted to int std::cout << "Somewhat unexpected: clamp ( 12, 14.7, 15.9 ) --> " << ba::clamp ( 12, 14.7, 15.9 ) << std::endl; std::cout << "Expected: clamp ((double)12, 14.7, 15.9 ) --> " << ba::clamp ((double) 12, 14.7, 15.9 ) << std::endl; return 0; }