[cs33211] string::npos

[Mikhail Nesterenko]

Please ignore, I sent it to the wrong list.
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Mikhail

Mikhail Nesterenko wrote:
> 
> 
> > 
> > string b = "Great!"; b.find('g'); 
> > 
> > How can I return string::npos to state that the letter hasn't been found? This didn't work for me: if (!b.find('g')) { return string::npos; }
> > 
> 
> String find functions that we studied are expected to return the
> position (index of the element) that matches the items searched
> for. What if the item is not found at all? In this case the find
> functions return string::npos. For example:
> 
>    string b= "Great!";
>    if (b.find('x') == string::npos) cout << "no x found\n";
> 
> Will print: 
> 
>    no x found