std::basic_string_view<CharT,Traits>:: substr

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constexpr basic_string_view substr ( size_type pos = 0 ,
size_type count = npos ) const ;
(since C++17)

Returns a view of the substring [ pos , pos + rlen ) , where rlen is the smaller of count and size ( ) - pos .

Parameters

pos - position of the first character
count - requested length

Return value

View of the substring [ pos , pos + rlen ) .

Exceptions

std::out_of_range if pos > size ( ) .

Complexity

Constant.

Example

#include <cstddef>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <string_view>
 
int main()
{
    typedef std::size_t count_t, pos_t;
 
    constexpr std::string_view data{"ABCDEF"};
 
    std::cout << data.substr() << '\n'; // ABCDEF, i.e. data[0, 5] that is [0, 6)
    std::cout << data.substr(pos_t(1)) << '\n'; // BCDEF, i.e. [1, 6)
    std::cout << data.substr(pos_t(2), count_t(3)) << '\n'; // CDE, i.e. [2, 2 + 3)
    std::cout << data.substr(pos_t(4), count_t(42)) << '\n'; // EF, i.e. [4, 6)
 
    try
    {
        [[maybe_unused]]
        auto sub = data.substr(pos_t(666), count_t(1)); // throws: pos > size()
    }
    catch (std::out_of_range const& ex)
    {
        std::cout << ex.what() << '\n';
    }
}

Possible output:

ABCDEF
BCDEF
CDE
EF
basic_string_view::substr: __pos (which is 666) > __size (which is 6)

See also

copies characters
(public member function)
find characters in the view
(public member function)
returns a substring
(public member function of std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator> )