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# string

### Description

`string` is a variadic, bidirectional, extensible Integral Sequence Wrapper of characters that supports amortized constant-time insertion and removal of elements at both ends, and linear-time insertion and removal of elements in the middle. The parameters to `string` are multi-character literals, giving a somewhat readable syntax for compile-time strings. `string` can also be an argument to the `c_str` metafunction, which generates a null-terminated character array that facilitates interoperability with runtime string processing routines.

### Header

Sequence form | Header
--- | ---
Variadic | `#include <boost/mpl/string.hpp>`

### Model of

- Integral Sequence Wrapper
- Variadic Sequence
- Bidirectional Sequence
- Extensible Sequence
- Back Extensible Sequence
- Front Extensible Sequence

### Expression semantics

In the following table, `s` is an instance of `string`, `pos` and `last` are iterators into `s`, `r` is a Forward Sequence of characters, `n` and `x` are Integral Constants, and c1,c2,... cn are arbitrary (multi-)characters.

Expression | Semantics
--- | ---
    string<c1,c2,... cn>
| `string` of characters c1,c2,... cn; see Variadic Sequence.
    string<c1,c2,... cn>::type
| Identical to `string<`c1,c2,... cn`>`; see Variadic Sequence.
`begin<s>::type` | An iterator pointing to the beginning of `s`; see Bidirectional Sequence.
`end<s>::type` | An iterator pointing to the end of `s`; see Bidirectional Sequence.
`size<s>::type` | The size of `s`; see Bidirectional Sequence.
`empty<s>::type` | A boolean Integral Constant `c` such that `c::value == true` if and only if the sequence is empty; see Bidirectional Sequence.
`front<s>::type` | The first element in `s`; see Bidirectional Sequence.
`back<s>::type` | The last element in `s`; see Bidirectional Sequence.
`insert<s,pos,x>::type` | A new `string` of following elements: [`begin<s>::type`, `pos`), `x`, [`pos`, `end<s>::type`); see Extensible Sequence.
`insert_range<s,pos,r>::type` | A new `string` of following elements: [`begin<s>::type`, `pos`), [`begin<r>::type`, `end<r>::type`) [`pos`, `end<s>::type`); see Extensible Sequence.
`erase<s,pos>::type` | A new `string` of following elements: [`begin<s>::type`, `pos`), [`next<pos>::type`, `end<s>::type`); see Extensible Sequence.
`erase<s,pos,last>::type` | A new `string` of following elements: [`begin<s>::type`, `pos`), [`last`, `end<s>::type`); see Extensible Sequence.
`clear<s>::type` | An empty `string`; see Extensible Sequence.
`push_back<s,x>::type` | A new `string` of following elements: [`begin<s>::type`, `end<s>::type`), `x`; see Back Extensible Sequence.
`pop_back<s>::type` | A new `string` of following elements: [`begin<s>::type`, `prior< end<s>::type >::type`); see Back Extensible Sequence.
`push_front<s,x>::type` | A new `string` of following elements: [`begin<s>::type`, `end<s>::type`), `x`; see Front Extensible Sequence.
`pop_front<s>::type` | A new `string` of following elements: [`next< begin<s>::type >::type`, `end<s>::type`); see Front Extensible Sequence.
`c_str<s>::value` | A null-terminated byte string such that `c_str<s>::value[`n`]` is equal to the n-th character in `s`, and `c_str<s>::value[size<s>::type::value]` is `'\0'`.

### Example

    typedef mpl::string<'hell','o wo','rld'> hello;
    typedef mpl::push_back<hello, mpl::char_<'!'> >::type hello2;

    BOOST_ASSERT(0 == std::strcmp(mpl::c_str<hello2>::value, "hello world!"));

### See also

Sequences, Variadic Sequence, Bidirectional Sequence, Extensible Sequence, Integral Sequence Wrapper, char_, c_str