How to build a full path string (safely) from separate strings?

Question

Does C++ have any equivalent to python\'s function os.path.join? Basically, I\'m looking for something that combines two (or more) parts of a file path so that

Answer 1

With C++11 and Qt you can do this:

QString join(const QString& v) {
    return v;
}

template<typename... Args>
QString join(const QString& first, Args... args) {
    return QDir(first).filePath(join(args...));
}

Usage:

QString path = join("/tmp", "dir", "file"); // /tmp/dir/file