std::basic_string::data

 

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std::basic_string

Member functions basic_string::basic_string basic_string::operator= basic_string::assign basic_string::get_allocator Element access basic_string::at basic_string::operator[] basic_string::front (C++11) basic_string::back (C++11) basic_string::data basic_string::c_str Iterators basic_string::begin basic_string::cbegin (C++11) basic_string::end basic_string::cend (C++11) basic_string::rbegin basic_string::crbegin (C++11) basic_string::rend basic_string::crend (C++11) Capacity basic_string::empty basic_string::size basic_string::length basic_string::max_size basic_string::reserve basic_string::capacity basic_string::shrink_to_fit (C++11)	Operations basic_string::clear basic_string::insert basic_string::erase basic_string::push_back basic_string::pop_back (C++11) basic_string::append basic_string::operator+= basic_string::compare basic_string::replace basic_string::substr basic_string::copy basic_string::resize basic_string::swap Search basic_string::find basic_string::rfind basic_string::find_first_of basic_string::find_first_not_of basic_string::find_last_of basic_string::find_last_not_of Constants basic_string::npos	Non-member functions operator+ operator== operator!= operator< operator> operator<= operator>= swap(std::basic_string) operator<< operator>> getline stoi stol stoll (C++11) (C++11) (C++11) stoul stoull (C++11) (C++11) stof stod stold (C++11) (C++11) (C++11) to_string (C++11) to_wstring (C++11) Helper classes hash<std::string> hash<std::wstring> hash<std::u32string> hash<std::u16string> (C++11)

 

const CharT* data() const;

Returns pointer to the underlying array serving as character storage. The pointer is such that the range [data(); data() + size()) is valid and the values in it correspond to the values stored in the string.

The returned array is not required to be null-terminated. If empty() returns true, the pointer is a non-null pointer that should not be dereferenced.	(until C++11)
The returned array is null-terminated, that is, data() and c_str() perform the same function. If empty() returns true, the pointer points to a single null character.	(since C++11)

The pointer obtained from data() may be invalidated by:

• Passing a non-const reference to the string to any standard library function, or
• Calling non-const member functions on the string, excluding operator[](), at(), front(), back(), begin(), end(), rbegin(), rend().

Modifying the character array accessed through data is undefined behavior.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

A pointer to the underlying character storage.

data()[i] == operator[](i) for every i in [0, size()).	(until C++11)
data() + i == &operator[](i) for every i in [0, size()].	(since C++11)

Complexity

Constant.

Exceptions

noexcept specification:   noexcept   (since C++11)

(since C++11)

See also

front (C++11)	accesses the first character (public member function)
back (C++11)	accesses the last character (public member function)
c_str	returns a non-modifiable standard C character array version of the string (public member function)