Other Operations
Learn how to use the various operations of std::string_view introduced in C++17. This lesson covers iterators, element access, size and capacity methods, modifiers, and comparison functions, helping you handle strings efficiently without ownership while maintaining read-only access.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
string_view is modelled to be very similar to std::string. The view, however, is non-owning, so any operation that modifies the data cannot go into the API. Here’s a brief list of methods that you can use with this new type:
Iterators
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
cbegin(), begin() |
Return an iterator to the first character |
crbegin(), rbegin() |
Return a reverse iterator to the first character of the reversed view. It corresponds to the last character of the sequence. |
cend(), end() |
Returns an iterator to a place after the last character of a sequence |
crend(), rend() |
Returns an iterator to the end of reversed sequence. It corresponds to a place before the first character |
Note: all of the above methods are
constexprandconst, so you always get a const iterator (even forbegin()orend()). ...
Accessing Elements
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
operator[] |
Returns a const reference to the character at the specified position. Bounds |