std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>::operator+=
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basic_string& operator+=( const basic_string& str );
 (1) 
 (constexpr since C++20) 
basic_string& operator+=( CharT ch );
 (2)
 (constexpr since C++20)
basic_string& operator+=( const CharT* s );
 (3) 
 (constexpr since C++20) 
basic_string& operator+=( std::initializer_list <CharT> ilist );
 (4) 
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template< class StringViewLike >
basic_string& operator+=( const StringViewLike& t );
 (5)
 (since C++17) basic_string& operator+=( const StringViewLike& t );
(constexpr since C++20)
Appends additional characters to the string.
1) Appends string str.
2) Appends character ch.
3) Appends the null-terminated character string pointed to by s. 
5) Implicitly converts t to a string view sv as if by std::basic_string_view <CharT, Traits> sv = t;, then appends characters in the string view sv as if by append(sv).
 This overload participates in overload resolution only if std::is_convertible_v <const StringViewLike&,
std::basic_string_view <CharT, Traits>> is true and std::is_convertible_v <const StringViewLike&, const CharT*> is false.
std::basic_string_view <CharT, Traits>> is true and std::is_convertible_v <const StringViewLike&, const CharT*> is false.
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[edit] Parameters
 str
 -
 string to append
 ch
 -
 character value to append
 s
 -
 pointer to a null-terminated character string to append
 ilist
 -
 std::initializer_list  with the characters to append
 t
 -
 object (convertible to std::basic_string_view ) with the characters to append
[edit] Return value
*this
[edit] Complexity
There are no standard complexity guarantees, typical implementations behave similar to std::vector::insert().
[edit] Exceptions
If the operation would cause size()  to exceed max_size() , throws std::length_error .
If an exception is thrown for any reason, this function has no effect (strong exception safety guarantee).
[edit] Notes
Overload (2) can accept any types that are implicitly convertible to CharT. For std::string, where CharT is char, the set of acceptable types includes all arithmetic types. This may have unintended effects.
[edit] Example
Run this code
#include <iomanip> #include <iostream> #include <string> int main() { std::string str; // reserve sufficient storage space to avoid memory reallocation str.reserve(50); std::cout << std::quoted (str) << '\n'; // empty string str += "This"; std::cout << std::quoted (str) << '\n'; str += std::string (" is "); std::cout << std::quoted (str) << '\n'; str += 'a'; std::cout << std::quoted (str) << '\n'; str += {' ', 's', 't', 'r', 'i', 'n', 'g', '.'}; std::cout << std::quoted (str) << '\n'; str += 69.96; // Equivalent to str += static_cast<char>(69.96); // 'E' (ASCII code 69) is appended by overload (2), // which might not be the intent. // To add a numeric value, consider std::to_string(): str += std::to_string (1729); std::cout << std::quoted (str) << '\n'; }
Output:
"" "This" "This is " "This is a" "This is a string." "This is a string.E1729"
[edit] Defect reports
The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.
| DR | Applied to | Behavior as published | Correct behavior | 
|---|---|---|---|
| LWG 847 | C++98 | there was no exception safety guarantee | added strong exception safety guarantee | 
| LWG 2946 | C++17 | overload (5) caused ambiguity in some cases | avoided by making it a template |