1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.h b/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.h
index 55a1e46..3d7f9b0 100644
--- a/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.h
+++ b/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <cctype>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <initializer_list>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <numeric>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
@@ -77,6 +79,38 @@ std::string cmJoin(Range const& rng, cm::string_view separator)
   return os.str();
 }
 
+/** Generic function to join strings range with separator
+ *  and initial leading string into a single string.
+ */
+template <typename Range>
+std::string cmJoinStrings(Range const& rng, cm::string_view separator,
+                          cm::string_view initial)
+{
+  if (rng.empty()) {
+    return { std::begin(initial), std::end(initial) };
+  }
+
+  std::string result;
+  result.reserve(
+    std::accumulate(std::begin(rng), std::end(rng),
+                    initial.size() + (rng.size() - 1) * separator.size(),
+                    [](std::size_t sum, const std::string& item) {
+                      return sum + item.size();
+                    }));
+  result.append(std::begin(initial), std::end(initial));
+
+  auto begin = std::begin(rng);
+  auto end = std::end(rng);
+  result += *begin;
+
+  for (++begin; begin != end; ++begin) {
+    result.append(std::begin(separator), std::end(separator));
+    result += *begin;
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 /**
  * Faster overloads for std::string ranges.
  * If @a initial is provided, it prepends the resulted string without