Chapter Overview
Explore the C++20 STL string class and its capabilities for efficient character data storage and manipulation. Understand the improvements in string formatting introduced in C++20, including the new format library. Discover techniques such as using string_view, concatenation, trimming whitespace, reading input, and parsing with regular expressions to enhance your text processing skills.
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The STL string class is a powerful, full-featured tool for storing, manipulating, and displaying character-based data. It has much of the convenience we would find in a high-level scripting language, yet remains as quick and agile as we would expect from C++.
The string class is based on basic_string, a