Question

Which is the best way to include the standard header string.h in a C++ project?
Using the [dot]h at the end, like this:

#include <string.h>

or just writing

#include <string>

Or, maybe, using another way that I don’t know?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Those are two different headers.

• <string> is for c++ std::string class
• <string.h> is for c string functions (like strlen(), etc.), which should be <cstring> for c++ project (this is the third, you didn’t know of).