Why use c strings in c++?

Question

Is there any good reason to use C-strings in C++ nowadays? My textbook uses them in examples at some points, and I really feel like it would be easier just to use a std::string

Answer 1

STL strings are certainly far easier to use, and I don't see any reason to not use them.

If you need to interact with a library that only takes C-style strings as arguments, you can always call the c_str() method of the string class.