remove element from string c++ code example

Example 1: remove or erase first and last character of string c++

str.pop_back(); // removes last /back character from str
str.erase(str.begin()); // removes first/front character from str

Example 2: removing a character from a string in c++

#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>

using namespace std;
main() {
   string my_str = "ABAABACCABA";

   cout << "Initial string: " << my_str << endl;

   my_str.erase(remove(my_str.begin(), my_str.end(), 'A'), my_str.end()); //remove A from string
   cout << "Final string: " << my_str;
}

Example 3: erasing a character from a string in c++

// string::erase
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main ()
{
  std::string str ("This is an example sentence.");
  std::cout << str << '\n';
                                           // "This is an example sentence."
  str.erase (10,8);                        //            ^^^^^^^^
  std::cout << str << '\n';
                                           // "This is an sentence."
  str.erase (str.begin()+9);               //           ^
  std::cout << str << '\n';
                                           // "This is a sentence."
  str.erase (str.begin()+5, str.end()-9);  //       ^^^^^
  std::cout << str << '\n';
                                           // "This sentence."
  return 0;
}

Example 4: delete one specific character in string C++

#include <algorithm>
str.erase(std::remove(str.begin(), str.end(), 'a'), str.end());

Example 5: erase string c++

string& erase (size_t pos = 0, size_t len = npos);
/*
pos
Position of the first character to be erased.
If this is greater than the string length, it throws out_of_range.
Note: The first character in str is denoted by a value of 0 (not 1).
len
Number of characters to erase (if the string is shorter, as many characters as possible are erased).
A value of string::npos indicates all characters until the end of the string.
*/

Example 6: c++ erase substring

using namespace std;

string BasicString = "I dont like erasing strings";
string StrToErase = " dont";

string::size_type i = BasicString.find(StrToErase);

if (i != string::npos)
{
   BasicString.erase(i, StrToErase.length()); 
}

cout << BasicString << "\n"; // OUTPUT: I like erasing strings