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Thinking in C++ Vol 2 - Practical Programming
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Concatenation using
nonmember overloaded operators

One of the most delightful discoveries awaiting a C programmer learning about C++ string handling is how simply strings can be combined and appended using operator+ and operator+=. These operators make combining strings syntactically similar to adding numeric data:

//: C03:AddStrings.cpp
#include <string>
#include <cassert>
using namespace std;
 
int main() {
string s1("This ");
string s2("That ");
string s3("The other ");
// operator+ concatenates strings
s1 = s1 + s2;
assert(s1 == "This That ");
// Another way to concatenates strings
s1 += s3;
assert(s1 == "This That The other ");
// You can index the string on the right
s1 += s3 + s3[4] + "ooh lala";
assert(s1 == "This That The other The other oooh lala");
} ///:~
 

Using the operator+ and operator+= operators is a flexible and convenient way to combine string data. On the right side of the statement, you can use almost any type that evaluates to a group of one or more characters.

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