std::filesystem::path::string, std::filesystem::path::wstring, std::filesystem::path::u8string, std::filesystem::path::u16string, std::filesystem::path::u32string

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< cpp‎ | filesystem‎ | path
 
 
 
 
template< class CharT, class Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>,

          class Alloc = std::allocator<CharT> >
std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Alloc>

    string( const Alloc& a = Alloc() ) const;
(1) (since C++17)
(2) (since C++17)
std::string string() const;
std::wstring wstring() const;
std::u16string u16string() const;
std::u32string u32string() const;
(3)
std::string u8string() const;
(since C++17)
(until C++20)
std::u8string u8string() const;
(since C++20)

Returns the internal pathname in native pathname format, converted to specific string type. Conversion, if any, is performed as follows:

  • If path::value_type is char, conversion, if any, is system-dependent. This is the case on typical POSIX systems (such as Linux), where native encoding is UTF-8 and string() performs no conversion.
  • Otherwise, if path::value_type is wchar_t, conversion, if any, is unspecified. This is the case on Windows, where wchar_t is 16 bit and the native encoding is UTF-16.
  • Otherwise, if path::value_type is char16_t, native encoding is UTF-16 and the conversion method is unspecified.
  • Otherwise, if path::value_type is char32_t, native encoding is UTF-32 and the conversion method is unspecified.
  • Otherwise, if path::value_type is char8_t, native encoding is UTF-8 and the conversion method is unspecified.
1) All memory allocations are performed by a.
3) The result encoding in the case of u8string() is always UTF-8.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

The internal pathname in native pathname format, converted to specified string type.

Exceptions

May throw implementation-defined exceptions.

Example

#include <cstdio>
#include <clocale>
#include <filesystem>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
 
int main()
{
    const char* const localeName = "ja_JP.utf-8";
    std::setlocale(LC_ALL, localeName);
    std::locale::global(std::locale(localeName));
 
    const std::filesystem::path p(u8"要らない.txt");
    std::ofstream(p) << "File contents";
 
    // native string representation can be used with OS APIs
    if (std::FILE* const f = std::fopen(p.string().c_str(), "r"))
    {
        int ch;
        while ((ch = fgetc(f)) != EOF)
            putchar(ch);
 
        std::fclose(f);
    }
 
    // multibyte and wide representation can be used for output
    std::cout << "\nFile name in narrow multibyte encoding: " << p.string() << '\n';
 
    // wstring() will throw in stdlibc++, see https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102839
    std::wcout << "File name in wide encoding: " << p.wstring() << '\n';
 
    std::filesystem::remove(p);
}

Possible output:

File contents
File name in narrow multibyte encoding: 要らない.txt
File name in wide encoding: 要らない.txt

See also

returns the path in generic pathname format converted to a string
(public member function)