1 Preferred string type in C++ is string, defined in namespace std, in header <string> and you can initialize it like this for example:

Nov 9, 2011 · It requires that the std::string class contains a non- explicit constructor that takes a const char *. This allows the compiler to implicitly construct a temporary std::string object.

In practical terms, this means typing string instead of std::string, cout instead of std::cout and so on. The string variable itself (in the example, the string variable is your_name) is declared with string. Let's …

Apr 20, 2013 · You're declaring a label called std, and using the name string which has been dumped into the global namespace by using namespace std;. Writing it correctly as std::string, you're using …

Jan 28, 2016 · 1 You can directly declare an array of strings like string s[100];. Then if you want to access specific elements, you can get it directly like s[2][90]. For iteration purposes, take the size of …

Use std::string_view for constants only if you use string_view parameters in all your functions. If any of your functions uses a const std::string& parameter, a copy of a string will be created when you pass …

Aug 22, 2016 · In C we do char buffer[100]; Is there a way to declare a fixed size std::string?

string &foo() { string localString = "Hello!"; return localString; } You would probably get some compiler errors, since you are returning a reference to a string that was initialized in the stack for that function. …

Feb 5, 2015 · The default construction of std::string is not ""; it is {}. Default-constructing avoids having to check the char const*, find it is an empty string, and eventually do nothing.

Sep 27, 2011 · The OP mentions he is rusty in C++. I am merely adding some information as to how to initialize the string (put it in the cpp), that if it was an int it could be initialized directly in the class …