Say I wanna split a string that contains hyphens. If I use
std.algorithm.splitter I end up with empty elements for each
hyphen, e.g.:
auto word = "bla-bla";
auto parts = appender!(string[]);
w.splitter('-').copy(parts);
// parts.data.length == 3 ["bla", "", "bla"]
This is not ideal for my purposes, so I filter like so:
auto parts = appender!(string[]);
foreach (p; word.splitter('-')) {
if (p != "") {
parts ~= p;
}
}
or even better like so:
w.splitter('-').filter!(a => a != "").copy(parts);
I wonder, however, whether this is ideal or whether regex's split
would be a better match (pardon the pun!). I try to avoid regex
when ever possible since they are more awkward to use and usually
more expensive.
