What are the methods for using the string class in C++?
In C++, the string class is a commonly used class for manipulating strings, providing a range of methods to handle and process strings. Here are some common application methods of the string class:
- length(): Returns the length of the string.
- size(): returns the length of the string, equivalent to the function of length().
- empty(): Check if the string is empty and return a boolean value.
- at(): returns the character at the specified position.
- front(): returns the first character of the string.
- back(): Returns the last character of the string.
- substr() function: returns a substring.
- Append(): Add other strings to the end of a string.
- Insert(): To insert another string at a specified position.
- erase(): delete characters from a string within a specified range.
- replace() function: Replaces characters within a specified range with another string.
- find(): locate the position of a specified string in the current string.
- rfind(): Searches for the specified string in the current string starting from the end of the string.
- compare(): compare two strings in dictionary order.
- c_str(): Convert a string to a C-style string.
- Convert other data types to strings using to_string().
- getline(): reads a line of string from the input stream.
- push_back(): add a character to the end of a string.
- Remove the last character of the string using pop_back().
These are just some common methods of the string class, there are more methods available that can be found in the official C++ documentation.