[c++] Difference between string and char[] types in C++

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

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