const char* data() const;

Get string data

Returns a pointer to an array of characters with the same content as the string.

Notice that no terminating null character is appended (see member c_str for such a functionality).

The returned array points to an internal location which should not be modified directly in the program. Its contents are only granted to remain unchanged until the next call to a non-constant member function of the string object.

Parameters

Return Value

Example

// string::data
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  int length;

  string str = "Test string";
  char* cstr = "Test string";

  if ( str.length() == strlen (cstr) )
  {
    cout << "str and cstr have the same length.\n";

    length = str.length();

    if ( memcmp (cstr, str.data(), length ) == 0 )
      cout << "str and cstr have the same content.\n";
  } 
  return 0;
}

Output:

str and cstr have the same length.
str and cstr have the same content.

Basic template member declaration

const charT* data ( ) const;

See also