code-snippets/cpp/string_embolding.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

std::vector<bool> buildMask(const std::string& main_string, const std::vector<std::string>& substrings)
{
    std::vector<bool> bold_mask(main_string.size(), false);
    for (const auto& substring : substrings)
    {
        const auto substring_index = main_string.find(substring);
        if (substring_index != main_string.npos)
        {
            for (size_t mask_i = substring_index; mask_i < substring_index + substring.size(); ++mask_i)
            {
                bold_mask[mask_i] = true;
            }
        }
    }

    return bold_mask;
}

std::string emboldenString(const std::string& main_string, const std::vector<std::string>& substrings)
{
    std::vector<bool> bold_mask = buildMask(main_string, substrings);

    std::string embolded_string;
    bool is_bold_now = false;
    for (size_t mask_i = 0; mask_i < bold_mask.size(); ++mask_i)
    {
        if (!is_bold_now)
        {
            if (bold_mask[mask_i])
            {
                embolded_string += "<b>";
                embolded_string += main_string[mask_i];
                is_bold_now = true;
            }
            else
            {
                embolded_string += main_string[mask_i];
            }
        }
        else
        {
            if (bold_mask[mask_i])
            {
                embolded_string += main_string[mask_i];
                
            }
            else
            {
                embolded_string += "</b>";
                embolded_string += main_string[mask_i];
                is_bold_now = false;
            }
        }
    }

    if (is_bold_now)
    {
        embolded_string += "</b>";
    }
    
    return embolded_string;
}

int main()
{
    std::string main_string = "I despise leetcode kind of problems.";
    std::vector<std::string> substrings = {"despise", "pise", "I", "s."};
    std::cout << emboldenString(main_string, substrings) << '\n';
}