How to delete parts from a binary file in C++

Question

I would like to delete parts from a binary file, using C++. The binary file is about about 5-10 MB.

What I would like to do:

1. Search for a ANSI string \"so

Answer 1

There are a number of fast string search routines that perform much better than testing each and every character. For example, when trying to find "something", only every 9th character needs to be tested.

Here's an example I wrote for an earlier question: code review: finding tag reverse search on a non-null terminated char str