One of the difference is Null termination (\0).
In C and C++, char* or char[] will take a pointer to a single char as a parameter and will track along the memory until a 0 memory value is reached (often called the null terminator).
C++ strings can contain embedded \0 characters, know their length without counting.
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
void NullTerminatedString(string str){
int NUll_term = 3;
str[NUll_term] = '\0'; // specific character is kept as NULL in string
cout << str << endl <<endl <<endl;
}
void NullTerminatedChar(char *str){
int NUll_term = 3;
str[NUll_term] = 0; // from specific, all the character are removed
cout << str << endl;
}
int main(){
string str = "Feels Happy";
printf("string = %s\n", str.c_str());
printf("strlen = %d\n", strlen(str.c_str()));
printf("size = %d\n", str.size());
printf("sizeof = %d\n", sizeof(str)); // sizeof std::string class and compiler dependent
NullTerminatedString(str);
char str1[12] = "Feels Happy";
printf("char[] = %s\n", str1);
printf("strlen = %d\n", strlen(str1));
printf("sizeof = %d\n", sizeof(str1)); // sizeof char array
NullTerminatedChar(str1);
return 0;
}
Output:
strlen = 11
size = 11
sizeof = 32
Fee s Happy
strlen = 11
sizeof = 12
Fee