Strings library
The C++ strings library includes support for two general types of strings:
- std::basic_string - a templated class designed to manipulate strings of any character type.
- Null-terminated strings - arrays of characters terminated by a special null character.
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[edit] std::basic_string
The templated class std::basic_string generalizes how sequences of characters are manipulated and stored. String creation, manipulation, and destruction are all handled by a convenient set of class methods and related functions.
Several specializations of std::basic_string are provided for commonly-used types:
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<string> |
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std::string | std::basic_string<char> |
std::wstring | std::basic_string<wchar_t> |
std::u16string | std::basic_string<char16_t> |
std::u32string | std::basic_string<char32_t> |
[edit] Null-terminated strings
Null-terminated strings are arrays of characters that are terminated by a special null character. C++ provides functions to create, inspect, and modify null-terminated strings.
There are three types of null-terminated strings:
[edit] Additional support
[edit] char_traits
The string library also provides class template char_traits
that defines types and functions for std::basic_string. The following specializations are defined:
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<string>
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template<> class char_traits<std::string>;
template<> class char_traits<std::wstring>; |
(since C++11) (since C++11) |
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