24 Strings library [strings]

24.1 General [strings.general]

This Clause describes components for manipulating sequences of any non-array POD ([basic.types]) type.
Such types are called char-like types, and objects of char-like types are called char-like objects or simply characters.
The following subclauses describe a character traits class, a string class, and null-terminated sequence utilities, as summarized in Table 48.
Table 48 — Strings library summary
Subclause
Header(s)
Character traits
<string>
String classes
<string>
String view classes
<string_­view>
<cctype>
<cwctype>
Null-terminated sequence utilities
<cstring>
<cwchar>
<cstdlib>
<cuchar>