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Defines the container template class basic_string and various supporting templates.
For more information about basic_string, see basic_string Class
#include <string>
The C++ language and the Standard C++ Library support two types of strings:
Null-terminated character arrays often referred to as C strings.
Template class objects, of type
basic_string, that handle allchar-like template arguments.
Typedefs
| string | A type that describes a specialization of the template class basic_string with elements of type char as a string. |
| wstring | A type that describes a specialization of the template class basic_string with elements of type wchar_t as a wstring. |
| u16string | A type that describes a specialization of the template class basic_string based on elements of type char16_t. |
| u32string | A type that describes a specialization of the template class basic_string based on elements of type char32_t. |
Operators
| operator+ | Concatenates two string objects. |
| operator!= | Tests if the string object on the left side of the operator is not equal to the string object on the right side. |
| operator== | Tests if the string object on the left side of the operator is equal to the string object on the right side. |
| operator< | Tests if the string object on the left side of the operator is less than to the string object on the right side. |
| operator<= | Tests if the string object on the left side of the operator is less than or equal to the string object on the right side. |
| operator<< | A template function that inserts a string into the output stream. |
| operator> | Tests if the string object on the left side of the operator is greater than to the string object on the right side. |
| operator>= | Tests if the string object on the left side of the operator is greater than or equal to the string object on the right side. |
| operator>> | A template function that extracts a string from the input stream. |
Specialized Template Functions
| swap | Exchanges the arrays of characters of two strings. |
| stod | Converts a character sequence to a double. |
| stof | Converts a character sequence to a float. |
| stoi | Converts a character sequence to an integer. |
| stold | Converts a character sequence to a long double. |
| stoll | Converts a character sequence to a long long. |
| stoul | Converts a character sequence to an unsigned long. |
| stoull | Converts a character sequence to an unsigned long long. |
| to_string | Converts a value to a string. |
| to_wstring | Converts a value to a wide string. |
Functions
| getline Template Function | Extract strings from the input stream line by line. |
Classes
| basic_string Class | A template class that describes objects that can store a sequence of arbitrary character-like objects. |
| char_traits Struct | A template class that describes attributes associated with a character of type CharType |
Specializations
| char_traits<char> Struct | A struct that is a specialization of the template struct char_traits<CharType> to an element of type char. |
| char_traits<wchar_t> Struct | A struct that is a specialization of the template struct char_traits<CharType> to an element of type wchar_t. |
| char_traits<char16_t> Struct | A struct that is a specialization of the template struct char_traits<CharType> to an element of type char16_t. |
| char_traits<char32_t> Struct | A struct that is a specialization of the template struct char_traits<CharType> to an element of type char32_t. |
Header: <string>
Namespace: std
Header Files Reference
Thread Safety in the C++ Standard Library
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