A string is a series of characters stored in consecutive bytes of memory. C++ has two ways of dealing with strings. The first, taken from C and often called a C-style string, then, an alternative method based on a string class library.
C-style strings: a arrays of chars, the last character of every strings is the null character,written 0.
char bird[11] = "cheeps"; // the 0 is understoodchar fish[] = "bubbles"; //let the compiler count
The string class definition hides the array nature of a string and lets you treat a string much like an ordinary variable.
#include int main(){ using namespace std; const int ArSize = 20; char name[ArSize]; char dessert[ArSize]; cout << "Enter your name:"; cin >> name; cout << "Enter your favorite dessert:"; cin >> dessert; cout << "I have some delicious " << dessert; cout << " for you, " << name << "."; // cin.get();// cin.get(); return 0; }
C-style strings use functions library to process string with header file or , and string class use class member function to process string with header .
The string class, is more convenient and safe than using an array. For example, you can't simply assign one array to another, but you can assign one string object to another.
#include #include // make string class availableint main(){ using namespace std; string s1 = "penguin"; string s2, s3; cout << "You can assign one string object to another: s2 = s1"; s2 = s1; cout << "s1: " << s1 <<