std::literals::string_literals:: operator""s

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Defined in header <string>
std:: string operator "" s ( const char * str, std:: size_t len ) ;
(1) (since C++14)
(constexpr since C++20)
constexpr std:: u8string operator "" s ( const char8_t * str, std:: size_t len ) ;
(2) (since C++20)
std:: u16string operator "" s ( const char16_t * str, std:: size_t len ) ;
(3) (since C++14)
(constexpr since C++20)
std:: u32string operator "" s ( const char32_t * str, std:: size_t len ) ;
(4) (since C++14)
(constexpr since C++20)
std:: wstring operator "" s ( const wchar_t * str, std:: size_t len ) ;
(5) (since C++14)
(constexpr since C++20)

Forms a string literal of the desired type.

1) Returns std:: string { str, len } .
2) Returns std:: u8string { str, len } .
3) Returns std:: u16string { str, len } .
4) Returns std:: u32string { str, len } .
5) Returns std:: wstring { str, len } .

Parameters

str - pointer to the beginning of the raw character array literal
len - length of the raw character array literal

Return value

The string literal.

Notes

These operators are declared in the namespace std :: literals :: string_literals , where both literals and string_literals are inline namespaces. Access to these operators can be gained with either

  • using namespace std :: literals , or
  • using namespace std :: string_literals , or
  • using namespace std :: literals :: string_literals .

std::chrono::duration also defines operator "" s , to represent literal seconds, but it is an arithmetic literal: 10.0s and 10s are ten seconds, but "10" s is a string.

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_string_udls 201304L (C++14) User-defined literals for string types

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
void print_with_zeros(auto const note, std::string const& s)
{
    std::cout << note;
    for (const char c : s)
        c ? std::cout << c : std::cout << "₀";
    std::cout << " (size = " << s.size() << ")\n";
}
 
int main()
{
    using namespace std::string_literals;
 
    std::string s1 = "abc\0\0def";
    std::string s2 = "abc\0\0def"s;
    print_with_zeros("s1: ", s1);
    print_with_zeros("s2: ", s2);
 
    std::cout << "abcdef"s.substr(1,4) << '\n';
}

Output:

s1: abc (size = 3)
s2: abc₀₀def (size = 8)
bcde

See also

constructs a basic_string
(public member function)
creates a string view of a character array literal
(function)