Add utf8_iterator::advance(CharCount, utf8_iterator end)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/utf8_iterator.hh b/src/utf8_iterator.hh
index 464aff3a..71681dcc 100644
--- a/src/utf8_iterator.hh
+++ b/src/utf8_iterator.hh
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ public:
         return save;
     }
 
+    void advance(CharCount count, const utf8_iterator& end)
+    {
+        while (*this != end and count-- > 0)
+            ++*this;
+    }
+
     utf8_iterator& operator--()
     {
         m_it = utf8::previous(m_it);