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    Beginner's String questions

    In all the C++/CLI examples I've seen, strings seem to get allocated like this:-

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    String^ MyString = "Hello World";
    To my (C++ mind) this feels more like char* than an actual String object. Doesn't C++/CLI have any actual string object type?

    Also... if I have a simple int containing some value (lets say, the value 1234) what's the easiest way of allocating it to a String (such that the string contents would then become "1234")
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    Re: Beginner's String questions

    This is the .net String class, boxed by ^ as it is a .net managed object. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dot...tframework-4.8

    Re int. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dot...tframework-4.8

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    Re: Beginner's String questions

    Quote Originally Posted by 2kaud View Post
    Thanks 2kaud - it looks like (in C++/CLI) the int type is actually an object type, rather than the simple type we know from regular C
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    Re: Beginner's String questions

    Quote Originally Posted by John E View Post
    it looks like (in C++/CLI) the int type is actually an object type, rather than the simple type we know from regular C
    That doesn't sound right to me because C++/CLI is an extension of standard C++ (just like C++ is an extension of C).

    It means all fundamental types of C++ like int, float, char etcetera are available in C++/CLI as well.

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    Re: Beginner's String questions

    Well here's what I needed to do to convert int to String^

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    int n = 56;
    String^ s = n.ToString();
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    Re: Beginner's String questions

    Quote Originally Posted by John E View Post
    Well here's what I needed to do to convert int to String^

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    int n = 56;
    String^ s = n.ToString();

    I suppose this is an example of so called coersion polymorphism in the C++/CLI type system.

    It would mean that n is an int in the C++ sense but it is implicitly cast to an equivalent C++/CLI managed type (probably System::Int32 or System::Int64) before the ToString() method is applied.
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    Re: Beginner's String questions

    All types are derived from a base class in .net.

    int and long for example are syntactic sugar for System.Int32 and System.Int64 classes.

    In .Net string (or System.String) is a class.

    When you make an assignment (C# syntax shown), the string object is created and the string value is assigned.
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    var myString = "Hello";
    Btw, strings in .Net are immutable so the following creates a new string object that is assigned to myString:
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    myString += " World!";

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