21. Class string and String Stream Processing: A Deeper Look
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o’erstep not the modesty of nature.
—William Shakespeare
The difference between the almost-right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.
—Mark Twain
Mum’s the word.
—Miguel de Cervantes
I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.
—Blaise Pascal
Objectives
In this chapter you’ll:
• Manipulate string
objects.
• Determine string
characteristics.
• Find, replace and insert characters in string
s.
• Convert string
objects to pointer-based strings and vice versa.
• Use string
iterators. ...
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