Visual C++ 2008: How to Program, Second Edition

Chapter 19. Class string and String Stream Processing

	Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o’erstep not the modesty of nature.
	--William Shakespeare

	The difference between the almost-right word and 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

	I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.
	--Blaise Pascal

OBJECTIVES

In this chapter you’ll learn:

• To use class string from the C++ Standard Library to treat strings as full-fledged objects.

• To assign, concatenate, compare, search and swap strings.

• To determine string characteristics.

• To find, replace ...