Programming in C++, 2nd Edition

 

Chapter 18

Working with Strings

Chapter Outline

18.1  Introduction

18.2   Moving from C String to C++ String

18.3   Declaring and Initializing String Objects

18.4   Relational Operators

18.5  Handling String Objects

18.6  String Attributes

18.7   Accessing Elements of Strings

18.8  Comparing and Exchanging

18.9  Miscellaneous Functions

18.10  More Programs

18.1  INTRODUCTION

A string is nothing but a sequence of characters. Strings can contain small and capital letters, numbers, and symbols. A string is to be treated as an array of characters with terminating \0. Each element of a string occupies a byte in the memory. Every string is terminated by a null character. The last character of such a string is a null (‘\0’) character, and the compiler ...