std::basic_string::shrink_to_fit

 

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std::basic_string

Member functions basic_string::basic_string basic_string::operator= basic_string::assign basic_string::get_allocator Element access basic_string::at basic_string::operator[] basic_string::front (C++11) basic_string::back (C++11) basic_string::data basic_string::c_str Iterators basic_string::beginbasic_string::cbegin (C++11) basic_string::endbasic_string::cend (C++11) basic_string::rbeginbasic_string::crbegin (C++11) basic_string::rendbasic_string::crend (C++11) Capacity basic_string::empty basic_string::sizebasic_string::length basic_string::max_size basic_string::reserve basic_string::capacity basic_string::shrink_to_fit (C++11)

Operations basic_string::clear basic_string::insert basic_string::erase basic_string::push_back basic_string::pop_back (C++11) basic_string::append basic_string::operator+= basic_string::compare basic_string::replace basic_string::substr basic_string::copy basic_string::resize basic_string::swap Search basic_string::find basic_string::rfind basic_string::find_first_of basic_string::find_first_not_of basic_string::find_last_of basic_string::find_last_not_of Constants basic_string::npos

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void shrink_to_fit();		(since C++11)

Requests the removal of unused capacity.

It is a non-binding request to reduce capacity to size. It depends on the implementation if the request is fulfilled.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

(none)

Complexity

Constant

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
int main()
{
    std::string s;
    std::cout << "Default-constructed capacity is " << s.capacity() << '\n';
    s.resize(100);
    std::cout << "Capacity of a 100-element string is " << s.capacity() << '\n';
    s.clear();
    std::cout << "Capacity after clear() is " << s.capacity() << '\n';
    s.shrink_to_fit();
    std::cout << "Capacity after shrink_to_fit() is " << s.capacity() << '\n';
}

Output:

Default-constructed capacity is 0
Capacity of a 100-element string is 100
Capacity after clear() is 100
Capacity after shrink_to_fit() is 0

See also

sizelength	returns the number of characters (public member function)
capacity	returns the number of characters that can be held in currently allocated storage (public member function)