std::sub_match::operator string_type, std::sub_match::str

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operator string_type() const;
(1)
string_type str() const;
(2)

Converts to an object of the underlying std::basic_string type.

The first version is an implicit conversion, the second one is explicit.

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[edit] Parameters

(none)

[edit] Return value

Returns the matched character sequence as an object of the underlying std::basic_string type. If the matched member is false then the empty string is returned.

[edit] Complexity

Linear in the length of the underlying character sequence.

[edit] Example

std::ssub_match sm;
std::string s = sm;  // implicit conversion
std::cout << s.length() << '\n';

Output:

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