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string::assign (1 of 7 overloads)

Assign characters to a string.

Synopsis
string&
assign(
    std::size_t count,
    char ch);
Description

Replace the contents with count copies of character ch.

Complexity

Linear in count.

Exception Safety

Strong guarantee. Calls to memory_resource::allocate may throw.

Return Value

*this

Parameters

Name

Description

count

The size of the resulting string.

ch

The value to initialize characters of the string with.

Exceptions

Type

Thrown On

boost::system::system_error

count > max_size().


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