std::basic_string::append

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Member functions basic_string::basic_string basic_string::operator= basic_string::assign basic_string::get_allocator Element access basic_string::at basic_string::operator[] basic_string::front (C++11) basic_string::back (C++11) basic_string::data basic_string::c_str basic_string::operator basic_string_view (C++17) Iterators basic_string::beginbasic_string::cbegin (C++11) basic_string::endbasic_string::cend (C++11) basic_string::rbeginbasic_string::crbegin (C++11) basic_string::rendbasic_string::crend (C++11) Capacity basic_string::empty basic_string::sizebasic_string::length basic_string::max_size basic_string::reserve basic_string::capacity basic_string::shrink_to_fit (C++11)

Operations basic_string::clear basic_string::insert basic_string::erase basic_string::push_back basic_string::pop_back (C++11) basic_string::append basic_string::operator+= basic_string::compare basic_string::starts_with (C++20) basic_string::ends_with (C++20) basic_string::replace basic_string::substr basic_string::copy basic_string::resize basic_string::swap Search basic_string::find basic_string::rfind basic_string::find_first_of basic_string::find_first_not_of basic_string::find_last_of basic_string::find_last_not_of Constants basic_string::npos

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basic_string& append( size_type count, CharT ch );	(1)
basic_string& append( const basic_string& str );	(2)
	(3)
basic_string& append( const basic_string& str, size_type pos, size_type count );			(until C++14)
basic_string& append( const basic_string& str, size_type pos, size_type count = npos );			(since C++14)
basic_string& append( const CharT* s, size_type count );		(4)
basic_string& append( const CharT* s );		(5)
template< class InputIt > basic_string& append( InputIt first, InputIt last );		(6)
basic_string& append( std::initializer_list<CharT> ilist );		(7)	(since C++11)
template < class T > basic_string& append( const T& t );		(8)	(since C++17)
template < class T > basic_string& append( const T& t, size_type pos, size_type count = npos );		(9)	(since C++17)

Appends additional characters to the string.

1) Appends count copies of character ch

2) Appends string str

3) Appends a substring [pos, pos+count) of str. If the requested substring lasts past the end of the string, or if count == npos, the appended substring is [pos, size()). If pos > str.size(), std::out_of_range is thrown.

4) Appends the first count characters of character string pointed to by s. s can contain null characters.

5) Appends the null-terminated character string pointed to by s. The length of the string is determined by the first null character.

6) Appends characters in the range [first, last). This overload has the same effect as overload (1) if InputIt is an integral type.

7) Appends characters from the initializer list ilist.

8) Implicitly converts t to a string view sv as if by std::basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> sv = t;, then appends all characters from sv as if by append(sv.data(), sv.size()). This overload only participates in overload resolution if std::is_convertible_v<const T&, std::basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>> is true and std::is_convertible_v<const T&, const CharT*> is false.

9) Implicitly converts t to a string view sv as if by std::basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> sv = t;, then appends the characters from the subview [pos, pos+count) of sv. If the requested subview extends past the end of sv, or if count == npos, the appended subview is [pos, sv.size()). If pos >= sv.size(), std::out_of_range is thrown. This overload only participates in overload resolution if std::is_convertible_v<const T&, std::basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>> is true and std::is_convertible_v<const T&, const CharT*> is false.

Parameters

count	-	number of characters to append
pos	-	the index of the first character to append
ch	-	character value to append
first, last	-	range of characters to append
str	-	string to append
s	-	pointer to the character string to append
ilist	-	initializer list with the characters to append
t	-	object convertible to std::basic_string_view with the characters to append

Return value

*this

Complexity

There are no standard complexity guarantees, typical implementations behave similar to std::vector::insert.

Exceptions

If an exception is thrown for any reason, this function has no effect (strong exception guarantee). (since C++11)

If the operation would result in size() > max_size(), throws std::length_error.

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 2946	C++17	string_view overload causes ambiguity in some cases	avoided by making it a template

Example

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#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main() {
    std::basic_string<char> str = "string";
    const char* cptr = "C-string";
    const char carr[] = "Two and one";

    std::string output;

    // 1) Append a char 3 times. 
    // Notice, this is the only overload accepting chars.
    output.append(3, '*');
    std::cout << "1) " << output << "\n";

    //  2) Append a whole string
    output.append(str);
    std::cout << "2) " << output << "\n";

    // 3) Append part of a string (last 3 letters, in this case)
    output.append(str, 3, 3);
    std::cout << "3) " << output << "\n";

    // 4) Append part of a C-string
    // Notice, because `append` returns *this, we can chain calls together
    output.append(1, ' ').append(carr, 4);
    std::cout << "4) " << output << "\n";

    // 5) Append a whole C-string
    output.append(cptr);
    std::cout << "5) " << output << "\n";

    // 6) Append range
    output.append(&carr[3], std::end(carr));
    std::cout << "6) " << output << "\n";

    // 7) Append initializer list
    output.append({ ' ', 'l', 'i', 's', 't' });
    std::cout << "7) " << output << "\n";
}

Output:

1) ***
2) ***string
3) ***stringing
4) ***stringing Two 
5) ***stringing Two C-string
6) ***stringing Two C-string and one
7) ***stringing Two C-string and one list

See also

operator+=	appends characters to the end (public member function)
strcat	concatenates two strings (function)
strncat	concatenates a certain amount of characters of two strings (function)
wcscat	appends a copy of one wide string to another (function)
wcsncat	appends a certain amount of wide characters from one wide string to another (function)