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Cool iterator class to join the strings
// infix_iterator.h
//
// Lifted from Jerry Coffin's 's prefix_ostream_iterator
#if !defined(INFIX_ITERATOR_H_)
#define INFIX_ITERATOR_H_
#include <ostream>
#include <iterator>
template <class T,
class charT=char,
class traits=std::char_traits<charT> >
class infix_ostream_iterator :
public std::iterator<std::output_iterator_tag,void,void,void,void>
{
std::basic_ostream<charT,traits> *os;
charT const* delimiter;
bool first_elem;
public:
typedef charT char_type;
typedef traits traits_type;
typedef std::basic_ostream<charT,traits> ostream_type;
infix_ostream_iterator(ostream_type& s)
: os(&s),delimiter(0), first_elem(true)
{}
infix_ostream_iterator(ostream_type& s, charT const *d)
: os(&s),delimiter(d), first_elem(true)
{}
infix_ostream_iterator<T,charT,traits>& operator=(T const &item)
{
// Here's the only real change from ostream_iterator:
// Normally, the '*os << item;' would come before the 'if'.
if (!first_elem && delimiter != 0)
*os << delimiter;
*os << item;
first_elem = false;
return *this;
}
infix_ostream_iterator<T,charT,traits> &operator*() {
return *this;
}
infix_ostream_iterator<T,charT,traits> &operator++() {
return *this;
}
infix_ostream_iterator<T,charT,traits> &operator++(int) {
return *this;
}
};
#endif
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comargo commented Jul 28, 2016

Fetched from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3496982/printing-lists-with-commas-c/3497021#3497021
Usage would be something like:

#include "infix_iterator.h"

// ...
std::copy(keywords.begin(), keywords.end(), infix_iterator(out, ","));

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