remove the duplicate(重复) characters from a string

/*
Design  an  algorithm  and  write  code  to  remove  the  duplicate(重复)  characters  
in  a string without using any additional buffer.  NOTE: One or two additional variables
are fine.An extra copy of the array is not */

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

void removeDuplicates(string &str)
{
	int len = str.length();
	if(len < 2)
		return;
	//new_end为无重复元素数组末元素下一位置的下标
	int new_end = 1;

	for (int i = 1;i < len;++i)
	{
		int j;
		//判断str[0...new_end-1]和str[i...len-1]是否有相等元素
		for (j = 0;j < new_end;++j)
		{
			//str[i]与str[0...new_end-1]中元素相等，则跳出for循环，接着判断str[i+1]
			if (str[j] == str[i])break;
			//str[i]不与str[0...new_end-1]中元素相等，则令str[new_end]等于str[i]		
		}
		if(j == new_end)
		{
			str[new_end] = str[i];
			++new_end;
		}
	}
	str[new_end] = '\0';
}

void print_c_str(string str)  
{  
	for (int i = 0;i < str.length();++i)
	{
		if(str.at(i) == '\0')
			break;
		cout << str[i];
	}
	cout << endl;
}

int main()
{
	string s1 = "";
	string s2 = "aaaa";
	string s3 = "aaaabbbb";
	string s4 = "abababab";
	removeDuplicates(s1);
	removeDuplicates(s2);
	removeDuplicates(s3);
	removeDuplicates(s4);
	print_c_str(s1);
	print_c_str(s2);
	print_c_str(s3);
	print_c_str(s4);

	return 0;
}