// This illustrates gnu's own string type.  It behaves
// like all other decent string types.  It is not, however, based
// on the Draft Standard's version of strings, and I suppose it
// will have to be changed when and if the Draft becomes a real standard.

// The header String.h, where most of the String class is defined with
// inlines, is in /usr/include/g++/.

#include	<iostream.h>
#include	<String.h>

int main( void )
{
	// Two ways to initialize Strings.
	String	s = "ABC";
	String	t("DEF");

	// Printing strings using the << operator.
	cout << s << "XXX" << t << endl;

	// Concatenation and assignment.
	s = s + t;
	cout << s << endl;

	// Input from an input stream
	cout << "Type a string, please: ";
	cin >> s;
	cout << "And another: ";
	cin >> t;

	// Comparison works using >, <, >=, <=, ==, and !=.
	if( s > t )
		cout << s << " comes after " << t << endl;
	else
		cout << s << " comes before " << t << endl;
	s = t;

	return(0);
}