动态内存处理字符串实例

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;


const int ArSize = 80;
char * left(const char * str,int n=1);   //left函数接受一个字符串，返回前n个字符

int main()
{
	char sample[ArSize];
	cout << "enter a string:\n";
	cin.get(sample, ArSize);
	char* ps = left(sample, 4);          
	cout << ps << endl;
	delete [] ps;
	ps = left(sample);
	cout << ps << endl;
	delete [] ps;
	return 0;
}

char* left(const char* str, int n)
{
	if (n < 0)
		n = 0;
	char* p = new char[n + 1];
	int i;
	for (i = 0; i < n && str[i]; i++)
		p[i] = str[i];
	while (i <= n)
		p[i++] = '\0';
	return p;
}