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What's the difference between std::string::c_str and std::string::data? [duplicate]

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Why would I ever want to call std::string::data() over std::string::c_str()? Surely there is some method to the standard's madness here...

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fbrereto Avatar asked Oct 07 '09 21:10

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c_str() guarantees NUL termination. data() does not.

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Jerry Coffin Avatar answered Sep 29 '22 10:09

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