C++ Access Strings
Access Strings
You can access the characters in a string by referring to its index number
inside square brackets [].
This example prints the first character in myString:
Note: String indexes start with 0: [0] is the first character. [1] is the second character, etc.
This example prints the second character in myString:
Change String Characters
To change the value of a specific character in a string, refer to the index number, and use single quotes:
Example
string
myString = "Hello";
myString[0] = 'J';
cout << myString;
//
Outputs Jello instead of Hello
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