[strings.general]

This Clause describes components for manipulating sequences of any non-array POD ([basic.types]) type.

Such types are called char-like types, and objects of char-like types are called char-like objects or simply characters.

The following subclauses describe a character traits class, a string class, and null-terminated sequence utilities, as summarized in Table 48 .

Table 48 — Strings library summary

Subclause		Header(s)
[char.traits]	Character traits	<string>
[string.classes]	String classes	<string>
[string.view]	String view classes	<string_view>
		<cctype>
		<cwctype>
[c.strings]	Null-terminated sequence utilities	<cstring>
		<cwchar>
		<cstdlib>
		<cuchar>

24 Strings library [strings]