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title: "What is string class in C  ?"  
description: "What is string class in C  ?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2013-06-17  
updated: 2013-06-17  
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# What is string class in C  ?

What is [string](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1527/string-split-in-c-sharp) [class](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/165/generic-class-in-c-sharp) in [C++](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/745/array-in-c-plus-plus)?

## Replies

### Reply by Anonymous User

The string class is a specialization if a more general template class called basic string. Infect there are two specialization of basic-string:string, which supports 8-bit character string and wstring, which supports wide character string.\


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