The basic_string member class, assign() C++ program example

Compiler: Visual C++ Express Edition 2005

Compiled on Platform: Windows XP Pro SP2

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To do: Using the basic_string class member, assign() to assign new character values to the contents of a string in C++ programming

To show: How to use assign() to assign new character values to the contents of a string in C++ programming

// the basic_string class member, assign() C++ example

#include <string>

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(void)

{

// the first member function assigning the characters of a C-string to a string

string str1a;

const char *cstr1a ="Out There";

cout << "The C-string cstr1a is: " << cstr1a << "." << endl;

str1a.assign (cstr1a);

cout << "Assigning the C-string cstr1a to string str1 gives: "

<< str1a << "." << endl << endl;

// the second member function assigning a specific number of the of characters a C-string to a string

string str1b;

const char *cstr1b ="Out There";

cout << "The C-string cstr1b is: " << cstr1b << endl;

str1b.assign (cstr1b , 3);

cout << "Assigning the 1st part of the C-string cstr1b "

<<"to string str1 gives: " << str1b << "."

<< endl << endl;

// the third member function assigning a specific number of the characters from one string to another string

string str1c ("Hello "), str2c ("Wide World ");

cout << "The string str2c is: " << str2c << endl;

str1c.assign (str2c , 5 , 5);

cout << "The newly assigned string str1 is: "

<< str1c << "." << endl << endl;

// the fourth member function assigning the characters from one string to another string in two equivalent ways, comparing the assign and operator =

string str1d ("Hello"), str2d ("Wide"), str3d ("World");

cout << "The original string str1 is: " << str1d << "." << endl;

cout << "The string str2d is: " << str2d << endl;

str1d.assign (str2d);

cout << "The string str1 newly assigned with string str2d is: "

<< str1d << "." << endl;

cout << "The string str3d is: " << str3d << "." << endl;

str1d = str3d;

cout << "The string str1 reassigned with string str3d is: "

<< str1d << "." << endl << endl;

// the fifth member function assigning a specific number of characters of a certain value to a string

string str1e ("Hello ");

str1e.assign (4 , '!');

cout << "The string str1 assigned with exclamations is: "

<< str1e << endl << endl;

// the sixth member function assigning the value from the range of one string to another string

string str1f ("Hello "), str2f ("Wide World ");

cout << "The string str2f is: " << str2f << endl;

str1f.assign(str2f.begin() + 5 , str2f.end() - 1);

cout << "The string str1 assigned a range of string str2f is: "

<< str1f << "." << endl << endl;

return 0;

}

Output example:

The C-string cstr1a is: Out There.

Assigning the C-string cstr1a to string str1 gives: Out There.

The C-string cstr1b is: Out There

Assigning the 1st part of the C-string cstr1b to string str1 gives: Out.

The string str2c is: Wide World

The newly assigned string str1 is: World.

The original string str1 is: Hello.

The string str2d is: Wide

The string str1 newly assigned with string str2d is: Wide.

The string str3d is: World.

The string str1 reassigned with string str3d is: World.

The string str1 assigned with exclamations is: !!!!

The string str2f is: Wide World

The string str1 assigned a range of string str2f is: World.

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