added conditional_regex_replace utility function

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/string_utils.c b/string_utils.c
index 7b60792..77765d2 100644
--- a/string_utils.c
+++ b/string_utils.c
@@ -149,3 +149,18 @@ void String_Parameter_To_Text(float Float_To_Convert, int significant_digits,
 	g_free (unit_mult);
 }
 
+
+gchar* conditional_regex_replace (gboolean do_it, gchar* in_string, gchar* regex_string, gchar* replace_with)
+{
+	gchar *out;
+
+	if (do_it) {
+	        GRegex *regex = g_regex_new (regex_string, 0, 0, NULL);
+        	out = g_regex_replace_literal (regex, in_string, -1, 0, replace_with, 0, NULL);
+	        g_regex_unref (regex);
+	} else {
+		out = g_strdup (in_string);
+	}
+
+        return out;
+}