NAME

std::basic_string_view::substr - std::basic_string_view::substr

Synopsis

constexpr basic_string_view substr( size_type pos = 0, (since C++17)
size_type count = npos ) const;

Returns a view of the substring [pos, pos + rcount), where rcount is the smaller of
count and size() - pos.

Parameters

pos - position of the first character
count - requested length

Return value

View of the substring [pos, pos + rcount).

Exceptions

std::out_of_range if pos > size()

Complexity

Constant.

Example

// Run this code

#include <cstddef>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <string_view>

int main()
{
typedef std::size_t count_t, pos_t;

constexpr std::string_view data{"ABCDEF"};

std::cout << data.substr() << '\n'; // ABCDEF
std::cout << data.substr(pos_t(1)) << '\n'; // BCDEF
std::cout << data.substr(pos_t(2), count_t(3)) << '\n'; // CDE

std::cout << data.substr(pos_t(4), count_t(42)) << '\n'; // EF
// count -> 2 == size() - pos == 6 - 4

try {
data.substr(pos_t(666), count_t(1)); // throws: pos > size()
}
catch(std::out_of_range const& ex) {
std::cout << ex.what() << '\n';
}
}

Possible output:

ABCDEF
BCDEF
CDE
EF
basic_string_view::substr: __pos (which is 666) > __size (which is 6)

See also

copy copies characters
(C++17) (public member function)
find find characters in the view
(C++17) (public member function)
substr returns a substring
(public member function of std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>)