<string>

Defines the container template class basic_string and various supporting templates.

For a list of all members of this header, see <string> Members.

#include <string>

Remarks

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 all char-like template arguments.

See Also

Concepts

<string> Members

Header Files

Thread Safety in the Standard C++ Library