Inside the String
Learn to access the individual elements of a string.
Collection
A collection is a general term used to group multiple values into a single unit. We use collections all the time in the real world―a book is a collection of pages, a train is a collection of train cars, and a wardrobe is a collection of clothes.
String
A string is a collection of characters, mostly treated as a single unit. A string is used to store text values like a name, address, message, etc.
Initializing the string
The following program demonstrates the string initialization:
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#include <iostream>#include <string>using namespace std;int main(){string string1 = "The is a string.";cout << string1 << endl;return 0;}
Note: We have to write
#include <string>
at line 2 to include a header filestring
that allows the use ofstring
data type in the program.
In the above code:
- At line 7, we initialize