I thought the strlen, strcpy, and strcmp are in the <cstring> ... .:Resolved:.

[voidflux]

Hello everyone!
I was wondering, does the <string> lib contain the <cstring> functions as well?
I've used the c-style string functions by #include <string> without any errors, but I always thought they were located in the <cstring> because thats what the books usually tell you. Any idea's? The reason i'm asking little stupid questions, is because i'm having a final and he'll be anal about everything and i don't feel like missing an easy question!

[Kasracer]

If you use a CString, include <cstring>. If you are going to use an std::string include <string>.

The strings are different, but the function names and the way they are used may be the same/similar.

[sunburnt]

It's probably because the std::string class uses the c-style functions internally to deal with the buffer, so <string> includes <cstring>. Regardless, include <string> if you're using std::string, include <cstring> if you're using strcpy/strcat, and theres no harm in including both if you use both.

[CornedBee]

To take this further: your <string> probably includes <cstring>, but that doesn't mean any other <string> (other compilers) includes <cstring>.

[sw_is_great]

i am not sure but i think in hp unix or sun solaris , u find strlen in stdio.h or stdlib.h-----


should follow , always the ANSI, so that there is no probs while porting

[voidflux]

Thanks guys for the responce!

[sw_is_great]