Strings

[tbarnette]

'Mornin folks.

I just read another thread about comparing two strings. I haven't used C since MS VC 1.51. I dont recall a string type. Is this something new? Will it work like other languages? Does it no longer need a null terminator?

[HarryW]

There is a standard string class in C++. It's in the std namespace. There's no string class in C, obviously.

[parksie]

As far as null terminators go...

...no, they don't need one any more, since the strings are stored by length (also making asking for the length a fast operation).

Unfortunately, I think there are situations when you use .c_str() to get a const char* pointer to the content of a string...when I get home and have access to a compiler (a good one, the ones at work are x centuries out of date) I'll check it out for you.