std::basic_string::operator basic_string_view

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basic_string

basic_string_view (C++17)

char_traits

std::basic_string

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

Non-member functions operator+ operator==operator!=operator<operator>operator<=operator>= swap(std::basic_string) operator<<operator>> getline stoistolstoll (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) stoulstoull (C++11)(C++11) stofstodstold (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) to_string (C++11) to_wstring (C++11) operator""s (C++14) Helper classes hash<std::string>hash<std::wstring>hash<std::u32string>hash<std::u16string> (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)(C++11) hash<std::pmr::string>hash<std::pmr::wstring>hash<std::pmr::u32string>hash<std::pmr::u16string> (C++20)(C++20)(C++20)(C++20) Deduction guides(C++17)

operator std::basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>() const noexcept;		(since C++17)

Returns a std::basic_string_view, constructed as if by std::basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>(data(), size())

Parameters

(none)

Return value

A string view representing the entire contents of the string.

Example

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <string_view>

void show_wstring_size(std::wstring_view wcstr_v)
{
  std::cout << wcstr_v.size() << " code points\n";
}

int main()
{
  std::string cppstr = "";   // narrow string
  std::wstring wcstr = L"";  // wide string

  // Implicit conversion from string to string_view
  // via std::string::operator string_view:
  std::string_view cppstr_v = cppstr;

  std::cout << cppstr_v << '\n'
            << cppstr_v.size() << " code units\n";

  // Implicit conversion from wstring to wstring_view
  // via std::wstring::operator wstring_view:
  show_wstring_size(wcstr);

  // Warning:
  // It is the programmer's responsibility to ensure that std::string_view 
  // does not outlive the pointed-to string! 

  std::string_view BAD(std::string("a temporary string")); // holds a dangling pointer!
}

Output:

12 code units
4 code points

See also

(constructor)

constructs a basic_string_view (public member function of std::basic_string_view)