Selecting only the first few characters in a string C++

Question

I want to select the first 8 characters of a string using C++. Right now I create a temporary string which is 8 characters long, and fill it with the first 8 characters of anot

Answer 1

If I have understood correctly you then just write

std::string message = holder.substr( 0, 8 );

Jf you need to grab characters from a character array then you can write for example

const char *s = "Some string";

std::string message( s, std::min( 8, std::strlen( s ) );