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Tom Archer illustrates how to parse comma-delimited text—when the data contains quotes, commas, and blanks—and return the data in a managed array.
Strings and Performance in .NET
STL, String, StringBuilder, character arrays '— How do you get the best performance when working with strings?
Universal STL-Based Template String Class
Unite the best features from the STL's basic_string and MFC's CString classes using an STL-based template string class. Allows all classes based on this template to be completely interactive with each other. (The article and source code were updated.)
Guide to BSTR and C String Conversions
Converting to/from C strings and various Visual Basic BSTR string types.
CPerlString - A Class to Utilize Perl String Functions
String manipulation and regular expressions have always been a strength of Perl. Here are two classes that encapsulate some of Perl's most useful string functions for C++. (The source code was updated.)
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