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List:       amarok
Subject:    Re: Error when calling Amarok::decapitateString()
From:       Nicholas Sinlock <isolatedincident () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-01-17 1:15:00
Message-ID: 49713114.8090002 () gmail ! com
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Bart Cerneels wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Pavel Shved <pavel.shved@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Mark Kretschmann wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Cool. It would be great if you could send us a patch when you are done
>>> fixing it :)
>>>       
>> Hm, now i tihnk i should've just sent a patch instead of long description.
>>
>> Please, check the file attached and test cases there--in case i
>> misunderstood the function's purpose.  If it's OK, commit it to appropriate
>> place; don't think you allow anonymous users into your svn.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> #include <iostream>
>>
>> #include <qt4/QtCore/QString>
>>
>>    /* Strip the common prefix of two strings from the first one and trim
>>     * whitespaces from the beginning of the resultant string.
>>     * Case-insensitive.
>>     *
>>     * @param input the string being processed
>>     * @param ref the string used to determine prefix
>>     */
>>    QString decapitateString( const QString &input, const QString &ref )
>>    {
>>        //Sometimes it's good to be c-like...
>>        int len;    //the length of common prefix calculated so far
>>        for (len = 0; len<input.length() && len<ref.length(); len++){
>>            if (input.at(len).toUpper() != ref.at(len).toUpper())
>>                break;
>>        }
>>
>>        return input.right(input.length() - len).trimmed();
>>    }
>>
>>
>>
>> int main()
>> {
>>    using namespace std;
>>    //let's test it
>>    QString p[][3] = {
>>        //argument1, argument2, correct answer
>>        {"simple prefix","simple test","prefix"},
>>        {"just", "test", "just"},
>>        {"ContainsOther","Contains","Other"},
>>        {"Contains","ContainsOther",""},
>>        {"Equals","Equals",""},
>>        {"","",""},
>>        {"","AnotherIsEmpty",""},
>>        {"AnotherIsEmpty","","AnotherIsEmpty"},
>>        {"","something",""},
>>        {"something","","something"},
>>        {"   \t  ","   whatever",""},
>>        {"sEvERal wOrDs in One StrinG","several words indeed!","One StrinG"},
>>        {"sEvERal wOrDs  --  now it's more simple","several words, yeah!","--
>>  now it's more simple"},
>>    };
>>    int const num = 13;
>>    int failed = num;
>>    for (int i = 0; i<num ; i++){
>>        cout << "Test "<<(i+1)<<" ";
>>        QString res = decapitateString(p[i][0],p[i][1]);
>>        if (res == p[i][2]){
>>            cout <<"ok"<<endl;
>>            failed--;
>>        }else{
>>            cout <<"FAIL:
>> "<<"f(`"<<p[i][0].toStdString()<<"',`"<<p[i][1].toStdString()<<"')"<<endl
>>                <<"  yields  "<<res.toStdString()<<endl
>>                <<"  must be "<<p[i][2].toStdString()<<endl;
>>        }
>>    }
>>    cerr << failed << " tests failed."<<endl;
>>    return failed;
>> }
>>
>>     
>
> Hey Pavel,
>
> If you can also solve these cases I'll probably use your code.
>
> {"This Podcast","This Podcast: January 14, 2009","January 14, 2009"}
> {"Podcast Title","Podcast Title #001","#001"}
> {"The funnycast","Funnycast 042: The Answer","042: The Answer"}
>
>
> Perhaps you have suggestions of how to solve these without false positives:
> {"::Title with ascii art::","::Title with ascii art:: for January 14,
> 2009","January 14, 2009"}
>
> Look here to find more examples of the "creative" naming Podcasters
> practice: http://podcastpickle.com/index/featured.php?id=top100audio
>
> Remember, the reason we have decapitateString is because the
> PlaylistBrowser has a limited width. We try to strip common data in
> titles so we don't lose all relevant info to
> QFontMetrics::elidedText().
>
> Bart
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>   
I don't know if you're still looking for that code, but I felt like 
trying my hand at the problem.   The solution is attached
and it passed all of the tests except for your last "::title with ascii 
art::" problem, which I could not think of a good solution
to.

Nicholas Sinlock

["main.cpp" (text/plain)]

/***************************************************************************
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 ***************************************************************************/
#include <QString>
#include <QChar>
#include <QStringList>
#include <iostream>
#include <QtCore>

QString channelList[] = { "This Podcast", "Podcast Title", "The funnycast", "::Title \
with ascii art::" }; QString episodeList[] = { "This Podcast: January 14, 2009", \
"Podcast Title #001", "Funnycast 042: The Answer", "::Title with ascii art:: for \
January 14, 2009" }; QString correctAnswerList[] = { "January 14, 2009", "#001", \
"042: The Answer", "January 14, 2009" };

//QStringList badPredicateList;

QString decapitateString( const QString &input, const QString &ref )
{
    QString clean;
    int length;
    if( input.startsWith( ref, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) )   // if the episode title \
begins with the channel title...  {
        clean = input.right( input.length() - ( ref.length() ) ).trimmed();   // \
...remove the channel title from the episode title  }
    else // otherwise search for any phrases which are common among the channel title \
and episode title and remove them from the episode title  {
        for( length = 0; length < ref.length(); length++ )
        {
            if( ref[length].isSpace() && input.startsWith( ref.right( ref.length() - \
(length + 1)), Qt::CaseInsensitive ))  {
	        clean = input.right( input.length() - (ref.length() - length) ).trimmed();
                break;
	    }
        }
    }

    for( length = 0; length < clean.length(); length++ ) // remove any extraneous \
characters from the beginning of the episode title such as extra punctuation symbols  \
{  if( clean[length].isLetterOrNumber() || clean[length] == '#')
	{
	    clean = clean.right( clean.length() - length );
	    //std::cout << "Clean Version: " << clean.toStdString() << std::endl;
            break;
        }
    }
    std::cout << "Clean Version: " << clean.toStdString() << std::endl;
    return clean.trimmed();
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QString cleanString;
    for( int i = 0; i < 5; i++ )
    {
        cleanString = decapitateString( episodeList[i], channelList[i] );
        if( cleanString.toUpper() != correctAnswerList[i].toUpper() )
        {
            std::cout << "Wrong Answer" << std::endl;
            std::cout << "Correct Answer: " << correctAnswerList[i].toStdString() << \
std::endl << std::endl;  }
        else
            std::cout << "Right Answer\n" << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}



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