Printing lists with commas C++

Question

I know how to do this in other languages, but not C++, which I am forced to use here.

I have a Set of Strings that I\'m printing to out in a list, and they need a co

Answer 1

I use a little helper class for that:

class text_separator {
public:
    text_separator(const char* sep) : sep(sep), needsep(false) {}

    // returns an empty string the first time it is called
    // returns the provided separator string every other time
    const char* operator()() {
        if (needsep)
            return sep;
        needsep = true;
        return "";
    }

    void reset() { needsep = false; }

private:
    const char* sep;
    bool needsep;
};

To use it:

text_separator sep(", ");
for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
    cout << sep() << i;