How many characters does string class in c++ support?

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Maximum length of a std::basic_string<_CharT> string

I would like to know how many characters does string class in c++ support.

thanks..

Answer 1

std::string s;
s.max_size();

That should tell you what that max size is.

Answer 2

according to http://www.idinews.com/string3.html

The std::string class supports varying length strings with no length limit.

Answer 3

I am lead to believe that the size of a std::string object is limited to size of an unsigned integer on the architecture of your system. I would assume this since the length of the string is stored as a size_t value.