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Std: :Wstring vs Std: :String

Sophia Al-Mansoor • • 21 min read
Std: :Wstring vs Std: :String

I am not able to understand the differences between std::string and std::wstring. I know wstring supports wide characters such as Unicode characters. I have got the following questions:

  1. When should I use std::wstring over std::string?
  2. Can std::string hold the entire ASCII character set, including the special characters?
  3. Is std::wstring supported by all popular C++ compilers?
  4. What is exactly a "wide character"?
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string? wstring?

std::string is a basic_string templated on a char, and std::wstring on a wchar_t.

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