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Will the below string contain the null terminator '\0'? std::string temp = "hello whats up";

In C++11 basic_string::c_str is defined to be exactly the same as basic_string::data, which is in turn defined to be exactly the same as *(begin() + n) and *(&*begin() + n) (when 0 <= n < ...

We all know there is a null character automatically attached to the end of a C-string. What about a std::string object? Is there also a null character at the end of it?

It is possible to call .c_str() for a C++ const string. In order to efficiently implement this, it means that it must internally store an extra null character. (Otherwise, copying or modifying data ...

Some excerpts from the standard first: Spec for string::operator[](): const_reference operator[](size_type pos) const; reference operator[](size_type pos); Requires: pos <= size(). Returns:...

#include <iostream> #include <string> #include <cstring> int main() { using namespace std; string cppString = "string1"; //size of C++ String cout << sizeof(...

What are the problems of a zero-terminated string that length-prefixed strings overcome? I was reading the book Write Great Code vol. 1 and I had that question in mind.

For regular C strings, a null character '\0' signifies the end of data. What about std::string, can I have a string with embedded null characters?

In the C++ reference of c_str() in std::string the following appears: Return value Pointer to the underlying character storage. data()[i] == operator[](i) for every i in [0, size()) (until C++11)...

I am brushing up on my C++ and stumbled across a curious behavior in regards to strings, character arrays, and the null character ('\0'). The following code: #include <iostream> using namespace ...

What is the internal structure of std::wstring? Does it include the length? Is it null terminated? Both?

std::string.c_str() returns a (const char *) value. I Googled and found that I can do the following: std::string myString = "Hello World"; char *buf = &myString[0]; How is this possible? &...

I'm using VS2012/C++, I need to convert a std::string to char * and I can't find any material online giving any guidance on how to go about doing it. Any code examples and advice will be greatly ...

I have given a byte array [97, 98, 0, 99, 100] which is GSM 7-Bit encoded. This should be converted into ab@cd. When I tried to append this given array into a StringBuilder, I was not able to convert ...

One thing I'm not pretty sure after googling for a while, is the returned string of getline(). Hope to get it confirmed here. std::getline This global version returns a std::string so it's not ...