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

A combination of c++11 lambda and macro:

#define INFIX_PRINTER(os, sep)([&]()->decltype(os)&{static int f=1;os<<(f?(f=0,""):sep);return os;})()

Usage:

for(const auto& k: keywords)
    INFIX_PRINTER(out, ", ") << k;

Answer 2

In an experimental C++17 ready compiler coming soon to you, you can use std::experimental::ostream_joiner:

#include <algorithm>
#include <experimental/iterator>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>

int main()
{
    int i[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    std::copy(std::begin(i),
              std::end(i),
              std::experimental::make_ostream_joiner(std::cout, ", "));
}

Live examples using GCC 6.0 SVN and Clang 3.9 SVN

Answer 3

I suggest you simply switch the first character with the help of a lambda.

std::function<std::string()> f = [&]() {f = [](){ return ","; }; return ""; };                  

for (auto &k : keywords)
    std::cout << f() << k;

Answer 4

I think this should work

while (iter != keywords.end( ))
{

    out << *iter;
    iter++ ;
    if (iter != keywords.end( )) out << ", ";
}

Answer 5

I think this variant of @MarkB's answer strikes optimal balance of readability, simplicity and terseness:

auto iter= keywords.begin();
if (iter!=keywords.end()) {
    out << *iter;
    while(++iter != keywords.end())
        out << "," << *iter;
}
out << endl;

Answer 6

This one overloads the stream operator. Yes global variables are evil.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>

int index = 0;
template<typename T, template <typename, typename> class Cont>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Cont<T, std::allocator<T>>& vec)
{
    if (index < vec.size()) {
        if (index + 1 < vec.size())
            return os << vec[index++] << "-" << vec;
        else
            return os << vec[index++] << vec;
    } else return os;
}

int main()
{
    std::vector<int> nums(10);
    int n{0};
    std::generate(nums.begin(), nums.end(), [&]{ return n++; });
    std::cout << nums << std::endl;
}