Question

I have to copy originalString to newString except for the first character (~). The content of originalString should not be changed.

std::string originalString("~myOriginalString");
std::string newString;
…
// expected result: newString is "myOriginalString", originalString is unmodified.

Answer 1

In general, this sort of operation can be performed with iterators:

string newString(originalString.begin()+1, originalString.end());