difference between string and string.h

from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9257665/difference-between-string-and-string-h

string.h

contains old functions like

strcpy

,

strlen

.

string

primarily contains the

std::string

class.

It should also be noted that using string.h is deprecated within C++. If you need the functionality contained within, you should use the header cstring .

<cstring>

will usually import the same things as

<string.h>

but into the

std

namespace.

<string.h>

will usually import everything into the global namespace.