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basic_string::find_first_not_of

Searches through a string for the first character that is not an element of a specified string.

size_type find_first_not_of(
   value_type _Ch, 
   size_type _Off = 0
) const;
size_type find_first_not_of(
   const value_type* _Ptr,
   size_type _Off = 0
) const;
size_type find_first_not_of(
   const value_type* _Ptr, 
   size_type _Off,
   size_type _Count
) const;
size_type find_first_not_of(
   const basic_string<CharType, Traits, Allocator>& _Str,
   size_type _Off = 0
) const;

Parameters

  • _Ch
    The character value for which the member function is to search.

  • _Off
    Index of the position at which the search is to begin.

  • _Ptr
    The C-string for which the member function is to search.

  • _Count
    The number of characters, counting forward from the first character, in the C-string for which the member function is to search.

  • _Str
    The string for which the member function is to search.

Return Value

The index of the first character of the substring searched for when successful; otherwise npos.

Example

// basic_string_find_first_not_of.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main( ) 
{
   using namespace std;

   // The first member function
   // searches for a single character in a string
   string str1 ( "xddd-1234-abcd" );
   cout << "The original string str1 is: " << str1 << endl;
   basic_string <char>::size_type indexCh1a, indexCh1b;
   static const basic_string <char>::size_type npos = -1;

   indexCh1a = str1.find_first_not_of ( "d" , 2 );
   if ( indexCh1a != npos )
      cout << "The index of the 1st 'd' found after the 3rd"
           << " position in str1 is: " << indexCh1a << endl;
   else
      cout << "The character 'd' was not found in str1 ." << endl;

   indexCh1b = str1.find_first_not_of  ( "x" );
   if (indexCh1b != npos )
      cout << "The index of the 'non x' found in str1 is: " 
           << indexCh1b << endl << endl;
   else
      cout << "The character 'non x' was not found in str1."
           << endl << endl;

   // The second member function searches a string
   // for a substring as specified by a C-string
   string str2 ( "BBB-1111" );
   cout << "The original string str2 is: " << str2 << endl;
   basic_string <char>::size_type indexCh2a, indexCh2b;

   const char *cstr2 = "B1";
   indexCh2a = str2.find_first_not_of ( cstr2 , 6 );
   if ( indexCh2a != npos )
      cout << "The index of the 1st occurrence of an "
           << "element of 'B1' in str2 after\n the 6th "
           << "position is: " << indexCh2a << endl;
   else
      cout << "Elements of the substring 'B1' were not"
           << "\n found in str2 after the 6th position."
           << endl;

   const char *cstr2b = "B2";
   indexCh2b = str2.find_first_not_of ( cstr2b );
   if ( indexCh2b != npos )
      cout << "The index of the 1st element of 'B2' "
           << "after\n the 0th position in str2 is: "
           << indexCh2b << endl << endl;
   else
      cout << "The substring 'B2' was not found in str2 ." 
           << endl << endl << endl;

   // The third member function searches a string
   // for a substring as specified by a C-string
   string str3 ( "444-555-GGG" );
   cout << "The original string str3 is: " << str3 << endl;
   basic_string <char>::size_type indexCh3a, indexCh3b;

   const char *cstr3a = "45G";
   indexCh3a = str3.find_first_not_of ( cstr3a );
   if ( indexCh3a != npos )
      cout << "The index of the 1st occurrence of an "
           << "element in str3\n other than one of the "
           << "characters in '45G' is: " << indexCh3a 
           << endl;
   else
      cout << "Elements in str3 contain only characters "
           << " in the string '45G'. "
           << endl;

   const char *cstr3b = "45G";
   indexCh3b = str3.find_first_not_of ( cstr3b , indexCh3a + 1 , 2 );
   if ( indexCh3b != npos )
      cout << "The index of the second occurrence of an "
           << "element of '45G' in str3\n after the 0th "
           << "position is: " << indexCh3b << endl << endl;
   else
      cout << "Elements in str3 contain only characters "
           << " in the string  '45G'. "
           << endl  << endl;

   // The fourth member function searches a string
   // for a substring as specified by a string
   string str4 ( "12-ab-12-ab" );
   cout << "The original string str4 is: " << str4 << endl;
   basic_string <char>::size_type indexCh4a, indexCh4b;

   string str4a ( "ba3" );
   indexCh4a = str4.find_first_not_of ( str4a , 5 );
   if (indexCh4a != npos )
      cout << "The index of the 1st non occurrence of an "
           << "element of 'ba3' in str4 after\n the 5th "
           << "position is: " << indexCh4a << endl;
   else
      cout << "Elements other than those in the substring"
           << " 'ba3' were not found in the string str4."
           << endl;

   string str4b ( "12" );
   indexCh4b = str4.find_first_not_of ( str4b  );
   if (indexCh4b != npos )
      cout << "The index of the 1st non occurrence of an "
           << "element of '12' in str4 after\n the 0th "
           << "position is: " << indexCh4b << endl;
   else
      cout << "Elements other than those in the substring"
           << " '12' were not found in the string str4."
           << endl;
}
The original string str1 is: xddd-1234-abcd
The index of the 1st 'd' found after the 3rd position in str1 is: 4
The index of the 'non x' found in str1 is: 1

The original string str2 is: BBB-1111
Elements of the substring 'B1' were not
 found in str2 after the 6th position.
The index of the 1st element of 'B2' after
 the 0th position in str2 is: 3

The original string str3 is: 444-555-GGG
The index of the 1st occurrence of an element in str3
 other than one of the characters in '45G' is: 3
The index of the second occurrence of an element of '45G' in str3
 after the 0th position is: 7

The original string str4 is: 12-ab-12-ab
The index of the 1st non occurrence of an element of 'ba3' in str4 after
 the 5th position is: 5
The index of the 1st non occurrence of an element of '12' in str4 after
 the 0th position is: 2

Requirements

Header: <string>

Namespace: std

See Also

Reference

basic_string Class

Other Resources

basic_string Members