.NET strings are not null-terminated (as you may have guessed from this). So, you can treat the ‘\0’ as you would treat any normal character. Normal string manipulation will fix things for you. Here are some (but not all) options. s = s.Trim(‘\0’); s = s.Replace(“\0”, “”); var strings = s.Split(new char[] {‘\0’}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); If … Read more
_T stands for “text”. It will turn your literal into a Unicode wide character literal if and only if you are compiling your sources with Unicode support. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c426s321.aspx.
You have to end the string with a \0 character. That’s why they are called zero terminated strings. It is also wise to allocate 1 extra char to hold the \0.
Virtually every compiler I’ve used provides source code for the runtime – so whether you’re using GCC or MSVC or whatever, you have the capability to look at the implementation. However, a large part or all of std::string will be implemented as template code, which can make for very difficult reading. Scott Meyer’s book, Effective … Read more