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C++ Strings

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Summary

This lesson discusses the handling of text in C++ through the class std::string of the header string. You learn to make strings, combine them, and figure out the length and content of a string. Strings are very important because almost all programs process text data such as names, addresses, and messages.

Key points

String is created by including <string> and then declaring std::string name="...";
Two strings can be combined with the + operator or the append() function.
Length() or size() returns the number of characters in the string.
Access per character can be done with an index starting at 0.

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