Programming in C++, 2nd Edition

740 Working with Strings

Explanation: In the above program, two string objects s1 and s2 are declared and initialized

with the strings “abchijk” and “defg”. The insert() function inserts the string “defg”

in the string “abchijk” at location 3. Now, the resulting string is “abcdefghijk”. In the

statement s1. insert (3,s2), the object s1 invokes the member function insert() and

passes the arguments 3 and s2 explicitly.

erase()

18.5 HANDLING STRING OBJECTS

The member functions insert(), replace(), erase(), and append() are used to mod-

ify the string contents. The following program illustrates the use of these functions:

insert()

This member function ...