std::basic_string::copy

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std::basic_string
 
size_type copy( CharT* dest,

                size_type count,

                size_type pos = 0) const;

Copies a substring [pos, pos+count) to character string pointed to by dest. If the requested substring lasts past the end of the string, or if count == npos, the copied substring is [pos, size()). The resulting character string is not null-terminated.

If pos > size(), std::out_of_range is thrown.

Contents

[edit] Parameters

dest - pointer to the destination character string
pos - position of the first character to include
count - length of the substring

[edit] Return value

number of characters copied

[edit] Exceptions

std::out_of_range if pos > size().

[edit] Complexity

linear in count

[edit] Example

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
  std::string foo("quuuux");
  char bar[7];
  foo.copy(bar, sizeof bar);
  bar[6] = '\0';
  std::cout << bar << '\n';
}

Output:

quuuux

[edit] See also

returns a substring
(public member function)