std::basic_string::operator+=

basic_string& operator+=( const basic_string& str );	(1)
basic_string& operator+=( CharT ch );	(2)
basic_string& operator+=( const CharT* s );	(3)
basic_string& operator+=( std::initializer_list<CharT> ilist );	(4)	(since C++11)
basic_string& operator+=( std::basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> sv);	(5)	(since C++17)

Appends additional characters to the string.

1) Appends string str

2) Appends character ch

3) Appends the null-terminated character string pointed to by s.

4) Appends characters in the initializer list ilist.

5) Appends characters in the string view sv as if by append(sv)

Parameters

str	-	string to append
ch	-	character value to append
s	-	pointer to a null-terminated character string to append
ilist	-	std::initializer_list with the characters to append
sv	-	std::basic_string_view with the characters to append

Return value

*this

Complexity

1) linear in size of str

2) constant

3) linear in size of s

4) linear in size of ilist

Exceptions

If an exception is thrown for any reason, this function has no effect (strong exception guarantee). (since C++11)

If the operation would result in size() > max_size(), throws std::length_error.

Notes

Owing to Implicit conversions, operator+= might accept values of unwanted types.

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
 
int main()
{
   std::string str;
   str.reserve(50); //reserves sufficient storage space to avoid memory reallocation
   std::cout << std::quoted(str) << '\n'; //empty string
 
   str += "This";
   std::cout << std::quoted(str) << '\n';
 
   str += std::string(" is ");
   std::cout << std::quoted(str) << '\n';
 
   str += 'a';
   std::cout << std::quoted(str) << '\n';
 
   str += {' ','s','t','r','i','n','g','.'};
   std::cout << std::quoted(str) << '\n';
 
   str += 76.85; // equivalent to str += static_cast<char>(76.85), might not be the intent
   std::cout << std::quoted(str) << '\n';
}

Output:

""
"This"
"This is "
"This is a"
"This is a string."
"This is a string.L"

Language
Standard library headers
Concepts
Utilities library
Strings library
Containers library
Algorithms library
Iterators library
Numerics library
Input/output library
Localizations library
Regular expressions library (C++11)
Atomic operations library (C++11)
Thread support library (C++11)
Filesystem library (C++17)
Technical Specifications

Null-terminated strings
Byte strings
Multibyte strings
Wide strings
Classes
basic_string
basic_string_view (C++17)
char_traits