16. Strings, Characters and Regular Expressions
The chief defect of Henry King Was chewing little bits of string.
—Hilaire Belloc
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences.
—William Strunk, Jr.
I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.
—Blaise Pascal
The difference between the almost-right word & the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.
—Mark Twain
Mum’s the word.
—Miguel de Cervantes
Objectives
In this chapter you will learn:
• To create and manipulate immutable character string objects of class string.
• To create and manipulate mutable character string ...
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