/*
** $Id: strings.cc 824 2008-03-09 19:23:52Z phf $
**
** Examples of using the std::string class, should get
** you "That Java Feeling" again... :-)
*/

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  // Two ways of declaring and initializing strings, essentially
  // the same; we'll talk about some of this later...
  std::string name = "Peter Froehlich";
  std::string title( " the Third" );

  // A special way to make a string filled with a certain char.
  std::string bar( 10, '*' );

  // Printing a string, no surprise here I hope? Obviously <<
  // is overloaded for std::string as well as int, char, ...
  std::cout << bar << std::endl;

  // Aha! String concatenation, just like in Java! :-)
  std::cout << name + title << std::endl;

  // Need to the length of a string? No more strlen() crap, we
  // can ask the string directly (in two ways even :-)!
  std::cout << name.size() << std::endl;
  std::cout << name.length() << std::endl;

  // We can also get a certain character inside the string using
  // an overloaded [] operator. Java needs charAt() for this, we
  // are cooler now. :-)
  std::cout << name[4] << std::endl;

  // We can still use some of the old C-style string stuff of
  // course, we can even make a string out of a C-style string.
  char buf[] = "bla bla bla";
  std::string bla(buf);
  std::cout << buf << std::endl;
  std::cout << bla << std::endl;

  // We can also take a std::string and turn it back into an old
  // C-style string, but I'd rather not show you. Always use the
  // std::string stuff!
  return 0;
}