std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>::max_size
< cpp | string | basic string
size_type max_size() const; |
(until C++11) | |
size_type max_size() const noexcept; |
(since C++11) | |
Returns the maximum number of elements the string is able to hold due to system or library implementation limitations, i.e. std::distance(begin(), end()) for the largest string.
Parameters
(none)
Return value
Maximum number of characters
Complexity
Constant.
Example
Run this code
#include <iostream> #include <string> int main() { std::string s; std::cout << "Maximum size of a string is " << s.max_size() << "\n"; }
Possible output:
Maximum size of a string is 4294967294
See also
returns the number of characters (public member function) |