Null terminator in c++ strings

Asked Mar 18 '17 at 14:20

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Is there any way to work normally with strings that can conatain "\0"? For example:

std::string a("abc\0def");
std::cout << a.length();

this produces output:

I understand that \0 is used in C to signal the end of an array of chars, but I didn't think it would work like this in c++ as well? I haven't been able to find this explained in detail anywhere.

asked Mar 18 '17 at 14:20

user1949350

***I didn't think it would work like this in c++ as well?*** The problem is the string literal. – drescherjm Mar 18 '17 at 14:22
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... `std::string a("abc\0def", 7);`, in the other words. – kennytm Mar 18 '17 at 14:23

Null terminator in c++ strings

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