(C++) 'Hello Boost' using Qt Creator under Windows

 

Hello Boost is an extension of Hello World. Like Hello World, Hello Boost is a simple console application. Hello Boost, however, also requires the Boost library and to link against the Boost.Regex library.

 

• Download the Qt Creator project 'HelloBoost' (includes makefile)(zip): this download works under both Ubuntu and Windows (if the path to the Boost.Regex library is valid on the Windows computer)

 

 

 

 

 

Operating system: Windows XP

IDE: Qt Creator 2.0.0

Project type: console application

Compiler: G++ 4.4.1

Libraries used:

• Boost: version 1.40
• STL: from GCC, shipped with Qt Creator 2.0.0

 

 

 

 

 

Qt project file

 

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#------------------------------------------------- # # Project created by QtCreator 2010-09-29T14:48:25 # #------------------------------------------------- QT       += core QT       -= gui TARGET = CppHelloBoost unix:LIBS += -L/usr/lib -lboost_regex win32:LIBS +=C:/Qt/2010.02.1/qt/lib/libboost_regex.lib CONFIG   += console CONFIG   -= app_bundle TEMPLATE = app SOURCES += main.cpp

 

 

 

 

 

main.cpp

 

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#include <iostream> #include <boost/regex.hpp> int main() {   std::string s = "Hello World";   s = boost::regex_replace(s,boost::regex("World"),std::string("Boost"));   std::cout << s << '\n'; }