How to copy a string of std::string type in C++?

Question

I used the strcpy() function and it only works if I use C-string arrays like:

char a[6] = "text";
char b[6] = "image";
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Answer 1

Caesar's solution is the best in my opinion, but if you still insist to use the strcpy function, then after you have your strings ready:

string a = "text";
string b = "image";

You can try either:

strcpy(a.data(), b.data());

or

strcpy(a.c_str(), b.c_str());

Just call either the data() or c_str() member functions of the std::string class, to get the char* pointer of the string object.

The strcpy() function doesn't have overload to accept two std::string objects as parameters. It has only one overload to accept two char* pointers as parameters.

Both data and c_str return what does strcpy() want exactly.