C++ String Library - operator=

---

---

Description

It assigns a new value to the string, replacing its current contents.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for std::string::operator=

 tring& operator= (const string& str); 

Parameters

• str − It is an another string object.

• s − Pointer to an array of characters.

• c − Character to fill the string.

• il − It is an initializer_list object.

Return Value

It returns *this.

Exceptions

Never throw any exceptions.

Example

In below example for std::string::operator=.

 #include <string> int main () { std::string str1, str2, str3; str1 = "Test string: "; str2 = 'abc'; str3 = str1 + str2; std::cout << str3 << '\n'; return 0; } 

The sample output should be like this −

 Test string: c