#include <iostream>
#include <string>


main ()
{
  string s;
  s = "first";

  string ss ("second");

  string sss (5, 'a');		// fill with a character
  cout << sss << "\n";

  char olds[] = "old style";	// interaction with character arrays
  ss = olds;
  strcpy (olds, s.c_str ());
  cout << ss << "\n";
  cout << olds << "\n";

  string t (olds + 2, olds + 4);	// init with pointers
  cout << t << "\n";

  string tt (s.begin () + 2, s.begin () + 4);	// init /w iterators
// string tt(s.begin(),s.end());
  cout << tt << "\n";
  cout << tt.size () << "\n";
  cout << tt[1] << "\n";

  cout << (s < ss) << "\n";	// lexicographic comparison  
}