How to print a string in C

Question

I tried this  but it didn t work    include  lt string gt  string someString  This is a string     printf   s n   someString

User · Answer

You need to access the underlying buffer:

printf("%s\n", someString.c_str());

Or better use cout << someString << endl; (you need to #include <iostream> to use cout)

Additionally you might want to import the std namespace using using namespace std; or prefix both string and cout with std::.

User · Answer

If you d like to use printf    you might want to also     include  lt stdio h gt

User · Answer

While using string  the best possible way to print your message is        include  lt iostream gt   include  lt string gt  using namespace std   int main      string newInput    getline cin  newInput     cout lt  lt newInput    return 0        this can simply do the work instead of doing the method you adopted

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You can t call  printf  with a std  string in parameter  The   s  is designed for C-style string   char  or char     In C   you can do like that     include  lt iostream gt  std  cout  lt  lt  YourString  lt  lt  std  endl    If you absolutely want to use printf  you can use the  c str    method that give a char  representation of your string   printf   s n  YourString c str

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You need  include lt string gt  to use string AND  include lt iostream gt  to use cin and cout   I didn t get it when I read the answers   Here s some code which works    include lt string gt   include lt iostream gt  using namespace std   int main         string name      cin  gt  gt  name      string message  hi        cout  lt  lt  name  lt  lt  message      return 0

User · Answer

include  lt iostream gt  std  cout  lt  lt  someString  lt  lt    n     or  printf   s n  someString c str

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