public member function
<string>
iterator begin();
const_iterator begin() const;
Return iterator to beginning
Returns an iterator referring to the first character in the string.
Parameters
none
Return Value
An iterator to the beginning of the string.
The type of this iterator is either
string::iterator member type or
string::const_iterator member type, which are compiler specific iterator types suitable to iterate through the elements of a
string object.
Example
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// string::begin and string::end
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
string str ("Test string");
string::iterator it;
for ( it=str.begin() ; it < str.end(); it++ )
cout << *it;
return 0;
}
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This code prints out the content of a string character by character using an iterator that iterates between
begin and
end.
Basic template member declaration
( basic_string<charT,traits,Allocator> )
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iterator begin();
const_iterator begin() const;
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See also
- string::end
- Return iterator to end (public member function)
- string::rbegin
- Return reverse iterator to reverse beginning (public member function)
- string::rend
- Return reverse iterator to reverse end (public member function)