I'm not totally sure what your asking. The string class contains other fields that are part of that class that will add to the size. If you want a more robust and compact string you'll have to write a class yourself or use char*.
----- Original Message ----- From: anju chandran To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:42 AM Subject: [c-prog] memory utilisation by string variables hi all, it has been noticed that string variable is taking more memory than character array in a particular C++ program ,is there any way to use string variable itself without using character array,consuming less memory ,tried with string functions like resize and reserve,but no use,please help in anticipation [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
