Yes, it is possible to have dynamic strings in Zig.
Zig provides two main types of strings: fixed-length strings and resizable strings. Fixed-length strings have a specific size that is determined at compile time, while resizable strings can grow or shrink dynamically at runtime.
Here is an example of creating a resizable string and appending to it:
const std = @import("std");
var builder = std.heap.ManagedStringBuilder.init(std.heap.page_allocator);
defer builder.deinit();
builder.append("Hello, ");
builder.append("world!");
var str = builder.to_string();
std.debug.print("Resized string: {}\n", .{str});
In this example, we first initialize a ManagedStringBuilder
with a page allocator from the standard library. We use append()
to add two separate strings to the builder, and then we call to_string()
to get a []u8
slice representing the final string.
Note that ManagedStringBuilder
uses a heap allocator, so you need to ensure the memory is properly managed by calling deinit()
.
Asked: 2022-10-23 11:00:00 +0000
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Last updated: Aug 31 '22