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+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2015 by the deal.II authors
+//
+// This file is part of the deal.II library.
+//
+// The deal.II library is free software; you can use it, redistribute
+// it, and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+// The full text of the license can be found in the file LICENSE at
+// the top level of the deal.II distribution.
+//
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+// test Utilities::split_string_list with an empty string
+
+#include "../tests.h"
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <cmath>
+
+#include <deal.II/base/utilities.h>
+
+
+void test ()
+{
+ // test an empty string -- should yield a list of zero elements with
+ // any delimiter
+ {
+ const char *p = "";
+ deallog << Utilities::split_string_list (p).size()
+ << std::endl;
+ deallog << Utilities::split_string_list (p, ' ').size()
+ << std::endl;
+ }
+
+ // also test a string that consists only of whitespace. this should
+ // yield a list of zero elements even if (maybe not very usefully)
+ // the delimiter is chosen as a whitespace itself
+ {
+ const char *p = " ";
+ deallog << Utilities::split_string_list (p).size()
+ << std::endl;
+ deallog << Utilities::split_string_list (p, ' ').size()
+ << std::endl;
+ }
+}
+
+
+
+
+int main()
+{
+ std::ofstream logfile("output");
+ deallog.attach(logfile);
+ deallog.depth_console(0);
+ deallog.threshold_double(1.e-10);
+
+ test ();
+}