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[jduffell]

I need to construct/manipulate a string that contains multiple null bytes within the string. From what I've read I need to use basic_string in order to do this. I think I'm just not constructing it properly. Does anyone have any examples on how to create/manipulate a string that can handle char(0) anywhere within the string?

[Alvaro]

What about using a good old-fashioned array of characters? It's primitive but it lets you do whatever you want.

Other than that, I don't know what you can use. Good luck!


Alvaro

[Dave Lorde]

Both MFC's CString and STL's basic_string may contain embedded null characters, but unfortunately, the string manipulation facilities in both MFC and STL generally expect zero-terminated strings, so will not behave as you expect. (Extract from docs: "The sequences controlled by an object of template class basic_string are usually called strings. These objects should not be confused, however, with the null-terminated C strings used throughout the Standard C++ library.").

I guess you'll need to write your own manipulation routines.

Dave