   cstring and string??
  I'm just trying to understand the differences of these two headers.  From what I understand, <cstring> is the c++ verions of <string>.  Is this right?  and I'm guessing this goes for all the others like <cmath> and <ctime> etc...   
  <cstring> is the C++ version of the C library <string.h> (not to be confused with <string> which contains the C++ std::string class)<cmath> is the C++ version of the C library <math.h><cstdio> ... <stdio.h><cctype> ... <ctype.h>And so on.   ;  okay, thanks, but whats the difference between <cstring> and <string>?   ;Quote:Original post by MikeTacularokay, thanks, but whats the difference between <cstring> and <string>?string is the header for the new string class introduced in C++.cstring is the header which contains all C's string (char*, not std::basic_string<>) manipulation functions, like strcpy.   ;  Just to elaborate a bit ...a c string is a zero-terminated series of characters.When you see:const char* cstr;orchar* cstr;then cstr points to the start of such a series.The series ends when a '\0' character is reached.There are some functions that can be used to work with such character series like the strcpy function that CTar mentioned.Now that C++ is object oriented ... how about putting such functions into a class?A c++ string is a class from the STL (standard template library) that comes with some functions for string manipulation.Internally it works with simple representations as well.Here's a thread about char* and std::string:Gamedev thread;Quote:okay, thanks, but whats the difference between <cstring> and <string>?Just to elaborate some more...The difference is, in short, that it is two entirely different libraries.The new standard library scheme can be a bit confusing:<string.h> --- The good old string library inherited from the C language.<cstring> --- The good old string library inherited from the C language (New implementation. Belongs to the std namespace).<string> --- The new string library that comes with C++. Has nothing to do with the other two   