cppcfg ⚙️

Simple C++ library for parsing custom .cfg files.

About 📘

Hey! I always had a need to be able to add config files to my programs. I just like to have an ability to change some values in file and see the program process them in many different ways. But this always meant that I had to write myself a .cfg file parser to load those values... So I decided to make this library. This is my first C++ library released publicly so it might be kinda bad but I will try to improve it as I progress with my coding skills lmao.

✨ My website: https://febru.me/ ✨

Usage 🛠️

Installation:

• Download the cppcfg.hpp file and place it in include directory.
• Download the cppcfg.cpp file and place it in src directory.
• Create new ConfigurationFile object like this. Values from the file will be automatically imported.

ConfigurationFile config("config.cfg");
ConfigurationFile settings("settings.cfg", true);

NOTE: If the second parameter is true, all error messages will be suppressed.

Available methods:

• .reload() - Reloads values from file. Returns true if file exists, false if not.
• .getString(std::string key) - Returns string value of key.
• .getInt(std::string key) - Returns integer value of key.
• .getDouble(std::string key) - Returns double value of key.
• .getFloat(std::string key) - Returns float value of key.
• .getChar(std::string key) - Returns char value of key.
• .getBool(std::string key) - Returns bool value of key.

Syntax of .cfg files 📝

If you want to create a config file and be able to parse it using this library, you must stick to some rules.

• In one line there can only be one pair: <key>=<value>
• You can only use a-z,A-Z,0-9 symbols when defining keys. No spaces allowed. You can use underscores tho.
• Do not use spaces between key and '=' and between '=' and value.
• Strings have to be put into "". Chars have to be put into ''.
• When creating decimal values, you can put f at the end to make them float, not double.
• To create boolean value, just type true or false.
• Blank lines are allowed.
• Lines beginning with # symbol are treated as comments and are skipped.
• Lines containing errors and are skipped. However, you will see an error message.

If this is confusing, don't be upset. Just look at the example shown below.

Example code ⌨️

config.cfg

# Exemplary config.

hello="world"
ultimateAnswerToLifeTheUniverseAndEverything=42
someRandomNumber=21.37
someRandomNumberButFloat=326.23f
idkJustAChar=';'
isThisRepoAnyGood=true

# Some more values...
check=false
fun_number=82471.30f

# This library only cares about first and last char of your string to be ".
# This means that you don't have to escape special characters.
hey_look="you dont have to escape special chars here / | " "

main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "cppcfg.hpp"

int main()
{
    ConfigurationFile config("config.cfg");
    std::cout << config.getString("hello") << "\n";
    std::cout << config.getInt("ultimateAnswerToLifeTheUniverseAndEverything") << "\n";
    std::cout << config.getDouble("someRandomNumber") << "\n";
    std::cout << config.getFloat("someRandomNumberButFloat") << "\n";
    std::cout << config.getChar("idkJustAChar") << "\n";
    std::cout << config.getBool("isThisRepoAnyGood") << "\n";
}

Output:

world
42
21.37
326.23
;
1