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Dixitque Goran-LongAxe@email.msn.com (The Dwarven Assassin) in
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>Could someone out there help me?
>
>I am trying to teach myself C++ but I am having trouble finding a decent
>tutorial book/website etc. that explains strings in a clear precise way.
>Could someone direct me to a good book (available in the
>UK) or a web site that could give me the information I require.

Lippman & Lajoie /C++ Primer/ (third edition) uses strings naturally
throughout. Be careful though: there are some horrendous errors in the
code, things like
 string badfile("The file "code.txt" could not be opened.");
That's from memory, but you get the idea -- code that obviously they
never ran through *any* compiler.

Apart from that., I think it's a decent introduction. I assume it's
available in the UK, but you can check with your bookseller or library.
Be sure you get the third edition -- it's the only one that is up to date
with the standard.

As for Web documentation, here's what's in my bookmarks file:
 http://www.pgroup.com/ppro_docs/pgC++_lib/stdlibug/str_8586.htm
 http://www.dinkumware.com/htm_cpl/string2.html

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In article <098a70340121949CPIMSSMTPU07@email.msn.com>, The Dwarven
Assassin <Goran-LongAxe@email.msn.com> writes
>Although I have many years of programming experience in BASIC, COBOL, and
>recently (this week) Visual Basic 6.0 I cannot get my head around C++
>strings.

Do you really mean C++ strings or are the books you are reading using C
ones?

to distinguish:

Do programs include

#include <string>
using namespace std;

(which indicate C++ strings)

or possibly

#include <string.h>

which would suggest C style strings (definitely clumsy and difficult)

Do strings get declared as

char message[100]
// just an example, the key feature is the use of char

(this declares a C-style string)

or as

string message;

(whereas this declares a C++ version)



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Could someone out there help me?

I am trying to teach myself C++ but I am having trouble finding a decent
tutorial book/website etc. that explains strings in a clear precise way.
I purchased 'Learn C++ in 21 days (3rd edition)' by SAMS and although it
explained what strings are, it didn't show much of string manipulation, and
comparison etc.  Could someone direct me to a good book (available in the
UK) or a web site that could give me the information I require.
Although I have many years of programming experience in BASIC, COBOL, and
recently (this week) Visual Basic 6.0 I cannot get my head around C++
strings.

I use MS Visual C++ 6.0.

Thankyou in advance.

The Dwarven Assassin.
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