Strings
Unlike C, C++ has a proper string type: std::string (from the <string> header). It manages its own memory, can grow automatically, and supports simple operators like + for concatenation.
💡 Key insight
std::string removes almost all the manual memory-management headaches that come with C-style char arrays.
Syntax
syntax
#include <string>
string name = "text";
name.length();
name + otherString;Example
.length() (or .size()) returns the number of characters in the string.
cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main() {
string name = "CodeyHub";
cout << "Name: " << name << endl;
cout << "Length: " << name.length() << endl;
return 0;
}outputName: CodeyHub
Length: 8
Try it yourself
Copy this example into the C++ compiler and run it — try changing a value and see what happens.